Monday, September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (TRC). On that day campus services, including the Library, will close to allow students and staff to contemplate the repercussions of the Canadian residential school system. To support this reflection the Library invites students and staff to take part in the following activities.   Orange Heart Beaded Pin Activity / September 24-27 Orange shirts are symbols which mark the impacts of residential schools…

Stories of immigration and settlement, homesteading and going to school in the countryside, church life and traditional remedies, folk songs and recipes of old fashioned doughnuts – these are some of the topics covered in the interviews in the University of Alberta Archives’ (UAA) Héritage Franco-Albertain fonds. The fonds consists of 15.4 m of textual records as well as numerous audio recordings generated by the “Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain.” This fonds was acquired…

The University of Alberta Library website got a major refresh with a new look and feel that aligns with the university’s web style and brand standards. Overview Until very recently, the Library website looked very different from the rest of the University of Alberta sites. Library staff have maintained the site independently for many years, which has evolved organically to serve the library’s complex and unique needs. The challenge However, it was…

Metadata is the information that describes the resources the University of Alberta Library makes accessible to our campus community and the world beyond. If you have searched our library catalogue or found an item in our institutional repository, you have already seen metadata in action: Metadata is a core tool in the information search and retrieval process. In aggregate form, it holds inherent value as  a resource in itself. Metadata creation and…