This post was written by Katie Cuyler, Librarian (Arts & Law) & Government Information Librarian Today, governments share almost all of their public information on their websites. But, what happens when these websites change? When policies, mandates, or governments change? How can researchers access government information from previous governments? The answer is often through the Wayback Machine and Archive-it. Archive-it and the Wayback Machine are invaluable tools when it comes to accessing…

Once upon a time in early 2020, a few library staff in the Digital Initiatives department had an energetic lunchtime conversation in which we extolled our amazement of recent projects that used data and yarncraft to create physical artifacts. The practice is called data physicalization and you can read more about it in an earlier news blog post. At the time we were most familiar with knitting projects, like the German Train…

We invite you on a trip through historic Alberta as seen through the lens of the postcard photographer and the greetings written to family and friends. The Golden Age of the postcard The early 1900s was the Golden Age of the postcard. An album bulging full of collected postcards provided great shared entertainment in an era before radio or television. Cards were collected as souvenirs, or mailed ahead to announce a visit,…

Are you teaching a course this fall? A huge consideration that goes into planning an effective course is the required reading materials that your students will need to consume to be successful in your course. Are they going to be able to access their course materials should the unforeseen occur? If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that situations can change suddenly. Students could lose access to physical items that are located…