Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy & Carol!Kaitlyn Hill, Sarah Chomyc, Kathy Urban and Carol Rodgers make up our Monograph Acquisitions Team. Congratulations! The Monograph Acquisition Team just got awarded the University of Alberta Library’s Team Service Excellence Award Winners! How do you feel? We are all very grateful that our team has been recognized in this fashion and consider this…

Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Elisabet!June 30th is Social Media Day and we’re celebrating early by interviewing one of our Communications and Outreach members, Elisabet Ingibergsson, who handles the University of Alberta Libraries Facebook social media. What is your role at UAL?I am a public services assistant at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean. What is the coolest thing about working at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean? I…

Here at the library we have a stellar team of library folks working on indigenous projects to further our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. The team consists of:Kathleen De Long, Associate University LibrarianKim Bates, Learning ManagerKayla Lar-Son, Academic Librarian ResidentGabrielle Lamontagne, Indigenous InternLeigha Rind, Indigenous InternGeordie Cardinal, Public Service AssistantLarry Laliberte, GIS LibrarianDebbie Feisst, Interim Head, HT Coutts LibrarySharon Farnel, Metadata CoordinatorAnne Carr-Wiggin, Coordinator, Indigenous InitiativesPaul Gareau, Assistant Professor, Native Studies. Here’s…

CRACK “Daddy! Mom got egg shells in the batter!” It was a Saturday afternoon and I was baking a cake from a recipe book I had taken out from The University of Alberta Libraries. The book was Let Them Eat Cake and my daughter had chosen to make the “Cocoa cake” based on the tempting photo on the cover of the book. We eventually get the egg shells out of the batter and follow the…