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    Revamped and Ready: Get Reacquainted with Library Services and the Expert Team

    by Guest Author September 27, 2023
    written by Guest Author

    University of Alberta Library is celebrating the new Geoffrey & Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library. This post is part of a series of posts that showcase the Sperber Library.

    This blog post was written by: Janice Kung

    Greetings to all health sciences enthusiasts and knowledge seekers! After weeks of eager anticipation, we are thrilled to promote the long-awaited reopening of our health sciences library. We understand the challenges and inconveniences caused by the temporary closure of the John W. Scott Library, but fear not, the Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library is here to take your academic and research journey to new heights this fall! Prepare to be reacquainted with our amazing library services and staff!

    Library Services

    The brand new state-of-the-art Sperber Library is poised to revolutionize the way you access knowledge and pursue your academic and research endeavours. From the revamped physical spaces to our expanded range of services and resources, our library is fully equipped to help you access high-quality information when you need it and where you need it. Whether you need assistance with finding required readings, navigating complex databases, conducting research, or finding relevant resources, our team is here to support you every step of the way. We firmly believe that a library is not just a repository of books and journals, but a dynamic hub where students and researchers collaborate to foster academic growth. In addition to the full suite of services with which you are familiar, there will be new tech spaces ready for exploration including 3D printing, virtual reality, and a media lab for recording podcasts! With an exciting new teaching space embedded in the library, you’ll be able to attend in-person workshops on a wide range of topics from systematic review searching to learning how to 3D print your own models.  

    Library Staff

    At the heart of our new health sciences library lies a dedicated team of experts who are eager to assist you in your pursuit of knowledge. Did you know the health sciences library team has a combined total of more than 175 years’ experience working in the University of Alberta health sciences library? Let’s reintroduce you to our remarkable staff, a group of passionate Information Services Specialists (ISSs) and Librarians.

    We have five friendly ISSs who cover our service desk:

    • Brenda Wolfe
    • Jerry Kubina
    • Arden Hill 
    • Jackie Sudeikat
    • Sarah Lum

    They literally keep the library open and enthusiastically answer your questions in person, by email, on the phone, and even through the library’s Chat service. In addition to helping you troubleshoot technical issues, locating your required readings, or getting started on writing a term paper, the ISSs work on special projects, too! They provide LAN (Local Area Network) liaison support, collections support, and design the beautiful display cases that showcase timely and interesting topics such as History of Dissection, Plant and Herbal Medicine, and Celebrate the Scott Library – looking back on the history of the library since its opening in October 1984.

    There are also nine librarians to complete the staffing complement. Angie Mandeville, Head, Information Services and User Engagement for the Health Sciences Library, superbly manages ISS staffing, coordinates training, services, student engagement issues and has had a hand in almost all areas as we launch the new space! Added to that eight librarians offer support to specific faculties and departments, providing the College of Health Sciences with customized services for the individual. At the helm is Connie Winther, Head, Faculty Engagement; she oversees the work of seven Faculty Engagement librarians. Get to know the librarians a little more by learning which area they support:

    Halloween circa 2022. Ketchup Club
    • Liza Chan, Dentistry & Dental Hygiene
    • Dagmara Chojecki, History of Medicine
    • Liz Dennett, Rehabilitation Medicine
    • Megan Kennedy, Nursing
    • Janice Kung, Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
    • Allison Sivak, Kinesiology, Sport & Recreation
    • Lisa Tjosvold, School of Public Health, Dentistry & Dental Hygiene

    Are you wondering where Medicine fits into the picture? Since Medicine comprises dozens of departments, research institutes, research centres, and divisions, supporting the largest faculty on campus is no small feat! As a result, all health librarians share in the work, with Liz as the lead contact for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. Librarians provide curricular-based instruction, library workshops (e.g. systematic review searching), and have one-on-one consultations with researchers on myriad topics. When in doubt, reach out to a well-informed health sciences library staff to help you out!

    While the library staff work hard in the health sciences library, they know how to play hard, too! You may find a few staff members getting into the Halloween spirit this October. We look forward to welcoming you back this fall!

    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons license.

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  • Ask Us! | Reach Out to Our Library Chat Service

    by Junelle Mah September 12, 2023
    by Junelle Mah September 12, 2023

    In Winter 2020, the University of Alberta plunged into the unknown world that was study/work from home. The University of Alberta Library was able to seamlessly transfer one aspect of our services out-of-office without missing a beat: our Ask Us! Library online chat service. We continue to help our community through this valuable online medium. Read on to find out what makes this chat service so awesome, besides the people who staff…

  • Scott Library History – Part 2

    by Guest Author August 3, 2023
    by Guest Author August 3, 2023

    Welcome back. The last post explored the first decade and a half of the Scott Library. We pick-up at the dawn of the World Wide Web, which would forever change how we access information in the library and beyond.  1995 to 2009 – The Internet transforms the information landscape A student walking into the Scott Library in 1995 would have found computer workstations intended for word processing and other basic functions scattered…

  • University of Alberta Librarians Take Position on Open Access Publishing 

    by Guest Author June 29, 2023
    by Guest Author June 29, 2023

    On April 19th, librarians at the University of Alberta endorsed a Position Statement on Open Access for University of Alberta Librarians, which demonstrates their commitment to open scholarship through their own professional practice and research.  Our engagement with open scholarship: The University of Alberta Library (UAL) has a long history of engagement with open scholarship: librarians support and promote faculty sharing research through well-established open repository and open publishing programs, invest in…

  • Staff Showcase: Digital Initiatives Project Librarian Sarah Severson

    by Hanne Pearce October 20, 2022
    by Hanne Pearce October 20, 2022

    At the University of Alberta Library, there are a great many staff that work either on the front lines or behind the scenes to make our library services happen. In our staff showcase, we hope to bring those staff into the spotlight to share who they are both as professionals and as people who care passionately about information, knowledge and learning. Sarah Severson is a Digital Initiatives Project Librarian so her work…

  • Librarian’s Role in Health Science Research

    by Guest Author September 9, 2021
    by Guest Author September 9, 2021

    This post was written by Health Sciences Librarian, Sandy Campbell with support from her colleagues at the Scott Library There has been a collective effort among researchers to promote science and research to help society make decisions as we navigate this pandemic. Perhaps, you follow “Science Up First” on Twitter and have seen this action in real-time. Shedding some light on the research process and science literacy is of benefit to society.…

  • Celebrating Chinese Culture | Honouring Tea, Part I

    by Junelle Mah August 13, 2021
    by Junelle Mah August 13, 2021

    As the University of Alberta Library highlights China and Chinese culture in this month’s blog, I feel very fortunate to write a two-part special on Chinese tea. Not only do I get to venture into my favourite section of Rutherford’s stacks (fourth floor, call range GV 2907), but I get to transfer a piece of my personal history into written word. Part One will introduce Chinese tea, as well as some of…

  • Staff Call-Out | What have I learned while working remotely?

    by Junelle Mah April 30, 2021
    by Junelle Mah April 30, 2021

    As we see another remote semester come to a close, it is sometimes surreal to think of how long we have been providing support for our U of A community from afar. We were curious to find out what kind of hacks, tips, or pearls of wisdom our colleagues had discovered after working from home, so we asked, What have you learned while working remotely? Doris Wagner, Librarian (Law, Sociology, MLCS, History,…

  • De-Stressing Tips from Library Staff | Part II

    by Junelle Mah December 4, 2020
    by Junelle Mah December 4, 2020

    It is widely known that library staff are always willing to offer helpful tips and advice…call it an occupational hazard! Lucky for us, we received such a wealth of self-care tips from our colleagues that we had to create a second part to our Fall 2020 Staff De-stressing Tips blog! To catch up on Part I, take a peek here… otherwise sit back, relax, and enjoy Part II! Eva, Information Services Specialist…

  • De-Stressing Tips from Library Staff | Part I

    by Junelle Mah December 3, 2020
    by Junelle Mah December 3, 2020

    First, a giant shout-out to everyone for all the hard work done thus far in our Fall 2020 semester. We are truly proud of you! We invite you to take some time to rest, relax, and focus on a little self-care before you battle on to end this term on a strong note. Our lovely library staffers offer up their de-stressing tips in Part I of a two-part special! David, Academic Librarian…

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