A simple greeting can open connections and communication between people. It can be a one word, a smile, a nod. Today, along with our University of Alberta community, we celebrate World Hello Day (a little early, we know). Taken from the University’s Days of Action site, “World Hello Day—is a global event with 180 countries taking part—created in 1973 to respond to the conflict between Egypt and Israel. Using communication instead of…

Good news! We’ve added two more Dogs in the Library virtual sessions to help ease some late-fall term woes. We invite all members of the UAlberta community to take a break and visit with our four-legged pals from CAAWLS and their humans over Zoom. Bookmark this post and come back on Tuesday, November 24 between noon to 1:30pm and then again on Tuesday, December 8th, same pup time, same pup channel, to…

The University of Alberta Library subscribes to numerous databases that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. This is one of those gems… Artstor is a collection of more than a million high-quality digital images of works of art from the collections of galleries, museums, and libraries around the world. It is used most often by researchers in the Arts and Human Ecology: Clothing, Textiles & Material…

With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… Our Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation Librarian, Allison, has students asking her all kinds of questions. How to refine their searches so they don’t get overwhelmed with citations? Where they can go to find the information they need? And, whether she can help create sophisticated searches for comprehensive reviews…