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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Images of Research! We are so pleased to present the outstanding entries of the Images of Research competition for 2019. Out of 67 eligible entries, a panel of judges chose the winners and semifinalists; all will be on display in HT Coutts Education Library from April 4 to 30, 2019. Images of Research exhibition Location: HT Coutts Education Library, main floor Date: April 4 –…

Drum roll please…. We are so pleased to present the winners of the Images of Research competition for 2018. Out of 100 eligible entries, a panel of judges chose the winners and semifinalists; all will be on display in Cameron Library from April 5 to 30, 2018. Images of Research exhibition Location: Cameron Library, main floorDate: April 5 – 30, 2018 First Place $800 Augmented Phobia Anna Chakravorty Master’s – Arts, Visual…

Among many commemorative titles including Blueberry Month and International Zine Month, July is also anti-boredom month. When you work at a library there are endless amounts of resources to pour over when you need a brain break. Oftentimes during quiet periods at the desk, I like to poke around in the collections our digitization team have made available through Internet Archive. We’ve examined the process of digitization in a previous blog post,…

Alors que le semestre d’automne touche à sa fin et que nous approchons la fin de cette année difficile, tout le monde mérite de prendre une pause, de respirer et de faire quelque chose qui nous apporte de la joie. Pour certains d’entre nous, cela peut signifier une aventure revigorante en plein air, tandis que d’autres préfèrent un moment de détente avec un bon livre, peut-être même… un livre de coloriage. Si…

Le concours et l’exposition “Images de la recherche” de l’Université de l’Alberta célèbre cette année son cinquième anniversaire. En plus des étudiants de deuxième cycle de l’Université de l’Alberta, le concours de cette année est également ouvert aux boursiers de recherches postdoctorales de toutes les disciplines. Les demi-finalistes verront leur image et leur description immortalisées dans la collection Images of Research de l’Education & Research Archive (ERA) de l’Université de l’Alberta. Les soumissions seront acceptées du…

The University of Alberta Images of Research Competition & Exhibition is the ultimate test of knowledge transfer for any graduate student. The challenge is to portray your research in a single image. Are you up for the task?Semifinalists will have their image and description immortalized in the University of Alberta’s Education & Research Archive (ERA) Images of Research Collection. Submissions will be accepted from January 21, 2018 to February 8, 2019. Visit the competition…

By Kelsey Kropiniski With final exams being right around the corner, us UAlberta Library workers wanted to drop in with a few mental health and stress relief resources that we offer here at the library!  My name is Kelsey, and I work in Rutherford library as a second-year Masters of Library and Information Studies student. I think it’s pretty safe to say that for most folks here on campus, finals season is…

This post was revised on October 28, 2021. To mark International Open Access (OA) week this year, we’ve prepared a guide on how to find an open avenue for disseminating your own research. We’ve written about OA many times, right here on this blog! See what others are doing around the world, by visiting Open Access Week’s website! Why Open? Traditionally, commercial scholarly publications have been only available to those who can…

In our final interview of IOR Where are They Now? we catch up with Katrina Aranas. Images of Research is accepting submissions for the 2021 competition and exhibition between January 25 and February 12, 2021. See IOR’s website for official rules and FAQs. What did you learn about yourself or your research while you created your IOR image?  Creating my image for IOR reminded me that research has an impact on the…