On an ordinary day, HathiTrust is one of a number of trusted archives that front-line library staff use as a part of their secret arsenal when finding obscure sources for our users. I myself have used it numerous times, for example when trying to locate a digitized version of an older publication, or when trying to find the source of a quote that needs to be cited directly rather than second hand.…

With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our librarians are supporting online learning… Peggy Sue recently had a question about the methodologies behind research-creation. Collaboration involving research-creation is one of the U of A’s Faculty of Arts signature areas of research. You can find out more about SPAR²C in this 8-minute intro video on some of the many projects currently connected…

Welcome back! Grab a socially-distanced lawn chair and join us for our second instalment of Green (and Gold) Thumbs, the three-part series that showcases the botanic beauty nurtured by our talented University of Alberta Library staff. If you missed Part I, feel free to wander down the garden path to the story on our blog to get caught up! Our Digital Content Specialist, Anna Bombak, shares this array of plants waiting for staff…

Hey Augustana folks! Hope you’re doing well in these upside down times! Do you miss Augustana’s friendly community? Hanging out in the busy Forum? The library? Its beautiful corners? Sunshine through the big windows? Do you miss the chit chat with the library staff while petting Hutch, the library dog? I know you do! All this and the fact that Hutch and his human Mark, two big-hearted staff members at our library,…