Sunday, June 21 is Father’s Day! As we all prepare to celebrate at a safe distance and virtually, some of us here at the library wanted to share a pictures of our Dads. This is our Pubic Services Librarian Doris Wagner with her Dad, Theo, back in 2014. This lovely picture was taken at Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort on Vancouver Island. Since Theo lives in BC and Doris here in Alberta…

With restrictions on mass gatherings still in place, many of us are looking for other ways we can celebrate Pride season with LGBTQ2S+ communities. Reading and learning about sexual minority issues in academic and non-academic literature is one way we can participate in Pride this year.  I recently broadened my own understandings in this area, when I was asked to conduct a literature review into queer theory for our team learning purposes.…

In times of change, it’s also important to look back and reflect. To do that, we created an infographic of how UAlberta Library responded to the COVID-19 quarantine directives to provide library service and support the campus community. The library is here for you online (and always has been!)

We are pleased to be celebrating National Indigenous History Month throughout June with a series of blog posts featuring some great resources from our collection that can be accessed online! Imagine being able to learn traditional walrus hunting or being dazzled by the joyous spectacle of a Pow Wow.  As Anne Carr-Wiggin, our Indigenous Initiatives Librarian, noted in her staff working from home profile, audiovisual resources are an incredibly important resource for…