PressReader – a subscription service brought to you by the University of Alberta Library, gives the university community access to over 5,000 news sources from 100+ countries. Titles include The Edmonton Journal,  The National Post, The Washington Post, Newsweek, and The Guardian. Create your own personal magazine on PressReader! Visit the site to catch-up on daily news stories and browse magazines from across Canada and around the world. Create an account to…

U of A Library supports platforms for students to join the scholarly publishing process and designed a workshop to teach students how! Many profs talk about “peer reviewed” as something to look for when consuming scholarly information. It might even be a requirement for citations in your next paper. But what does “peer reviewed” actually mean? What does the process entail? Who are “peers” and what is a “review”? Librarians have to…

Here at the Library, we are so excited about Pride Week, which officially kicks off on Sunday, March 8, 2020! As in previous years, you can expect to see a variety of book displays across several library locations. Additionally, we have been working with the wonderful folks at iSMSS to bring you some events: Club de lecture de bouquins d’enfants Date: Lundi 9 Mars 2020 Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.  Location:…

Art+Feminism (A+F) is a yearly campaign that began in 2014 to address the information gap around feminism, gender and the arts on Wikipedia.  This year, the University of Alberta and MacEwan University have partnered to host a YEG edit-a-thon that is open to all. The event will run from 2 to 8 p.m. and they are encouraging people to stop by at any time. They will be running training throughout the afternoon,…