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    Staff working from home: Meet Anna!

    by Eva Romanick May 7, 2020
    written by Eva Romanick

    With the majority of students and staff being advised to work and study from home, this is how our archivist is supporting online learning…

    Say “hello” to Anna!

    Being a social introvert, Anna has fully embraced working from home. As long as she has her husband, son and two dogs nearby, she is content, happy and incredibly productive! Ok sure, Anna can’t actually process records, create inventories or physically acquire new records, but there are a lot of things that she can do. So just what can archivists do from home? Here is a list of the top 5 things that the University of Alberta Archives (UAA) staff are working on right now…

    1. PARIS Training – Sounds exotic and exciting right? The PARIS initiative includes the Information & Privacy Office; the University Archives; the University Records Office; and the Chief Information Security Office. Under PARIS, these offices work together to provide training and an integrated approach to managing university information and records. Prior to the pandemic, training was offered to staff in a classroom setting. Now it is delivered in an online environment. 

    2. Capture COVID-19 Records – The UAA is the official repository for the permanently valuable records of the University of Alberta. As the institutional repository of record, we have been “meeting” with and advising various faculties and departments on how best to capture and preserve institutional COVID-19 response records. 

    3. Index and make available scanned images – The UAA has over 30,000 scanned archival images languishing on internal shared drives. With the help of our SLIS Collaborative students, we are using this time to index and assign metadata to these images, and then make them available to the public for research. Our most requested photographs are actually in the process of being put online now, thanks to some folks in Digital Initiatives. Thanks DI!

    4. Discover Archives clean-up – The university’s Discover Archives site is the application that allows researchers to search for archival records and collections housed at the UAA, Bruce Peel Special Collections and the University Libraries. The UAA staff are cleaning up our descriptive records, deleting duplicate entries, cleaning up finding aids and adding new biographical information for creators of various fonds.

    5. Provide research/reference services – Although the UAA has been closed to researchers since March 16, the staff continues to answer reference questions we receive via email and over the phone. While not having access to our physical holdings presents a challenge in answering some questions, we are fortunate to be working at a time when so many of our finding aids and some archival content is available digitally. We are especially excited by a request we received to help find content for a documentary in the works.

    Photograph of Cameron Library to be made available online (Photograph courtesy of the University of Alberta Archives, UAA-1979-051-325, Donald E. Cameron Library, ca. 1960s)

    This is just a sample of some of the work that the UAA staff continues to do. We have also been conducting regular checks on the facility and our holdings (individually of course!), reviewing internal processes and procedures and virtually meeting with each other to keep our spirits up!

    Anna looks forward to the day when we can meet again in person at the Research & Collections Resource Facility.
    Until then, stay healthy everyone!

    Need assistance with your archival research? Send us an email at archives@ualberta.ca!

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  • Stay-at-Home Hobbyists: Part II

    by Junelle Mah April 24, 2020
    by Junelle Mah April 24, 2020

    Our stellar staffers share more hobbies and interests during our sixth week of sheltering-in-place. Welcome to the second instalment of our #StayatHome Hobbyists feature. We ran out of blog room last week as we highlighted the hobbies of some of our library staffers, so we are pleased to have you join us as we continue our showcase. Librarian David Sulz has been known to bust out an impromptu concert in the Rutherford…

  • Pride Week 2020: Events at the Library & Beyond

    by Emily Zheng March 6, 2020
    by Emily Zheng March 6, 2020

    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:…

  • Bodies of Data: An Exhibition of Digitized Bodies that Connects Online Database Information and Art

    by Bojan Kumovic September 30, 2019
    by Bojan Kumovic September 30, 2019

    A unique art exhibition opens October 3, 2019 at the University of Alberta’s Augustana Campus Library. Marilène Oliver’s art project Bodies of Data uses scientific images of the human body to create stunning works of art. The exhibition will be on display until December 2, 2019. As part of a series of events Leonardo da Vinci, 500 Years Later that celebrates work, achievements and influences of one of the most famous artists…

  • What are your librarians up to? Turns out, it’s a lot of teaching!

    by Meredith Bratland September 11, 2019
    by Meredith Bratland September 11, 2019

    This is a guest post by librarians, Jessica Thorlakson and Janice Kung The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) is a strong supporter of teaching and information literacy. In 2018, your library staff taught approximately 667 sessions with approximately 17,542 library users. That’s a lot of people! One of the best ways to do this is through the collaboration between professors/instructors and subject librarians. Librarians come into classes and provide relevant library and…

  • Library Instruction: A Core Service We Provide!

    by Guest Author August 29, 2018
    by Guest Author August 29, 2018

    Written by Jessica Thorlakson, ALES Librarian The University of Alberta Libraries is a strong supporter of teaching and information literacy. As a Teaching Library, we provide quality services and resources to facilitate the teaching, learning, and research needs of our user community. Librarians (liaison or subject librarians) responsible for specific subject areas are heavily involved with instruction. A large part of their work involves teaching in many forms such as, library workshops,…

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    by Guest Author May 21, 2015
    by Guest Author May 21, 2015

    The University of Alberta Library consists of 6 library locations, the Digital Scholarship Centre, Bruce Peel Special Collections, and the RCRF, which is the location of University of Alberta Archives & storage facility. We provide access to: We aim to collect and assist you to discover the most up‐to‐date, credible, and relevant information for your research, courses, work, and interests. Our personalized services include: Ask us via email / phone / chat…

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