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REMINDER our library is currently closed but if you have an in-person class or lab please prepare for your trip to campus by watching this safety video.

Please join the University of Alberta community today, January 8th at 11 am as we pause in a moment of silence to honour the victims of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752. January 8th, 2021, marks the one-year anniversary of their loss. We will not forget them. If you need support, help is available for students, faculty and staff, and others in the U of A community: https://www.ualberta.ca/flight-ps752-memorial/index.html

Staying calm in a chaotic world can be a challenge. Nothing quite like breaking out the pencil crayons and adding your own creative flourish to our Images of Research colouring book pages! Inspired by entries from past #UAlbertaIOR competitions. Keep calm and colour on! UAlberta Alumni University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research http://news.library.ualberta.ca/.../introducing-the-ior.../

Reading List Workshop for Instructors New Year's resolution 2021 - since you can't go to the gym why not flex those typing fingers and work on your reading list! We will walk you through the main components of creating a list and adding resources. It's like Pinterest for academics and once you get started you'll be hooked! Register for one of two workshops offered January 5 and 6 https://bit.ly/3bbLFwv University of Alberta

Happy New Year! Although the #UAlberta winter semester doesn't begin until January 11th, our library staff are here online to help and answer any questions you may have. Check out our Covid-19 Library Services page: library.ualberta.ca/covid-19 Bonne année ! Bien que le semestre d'hiver #UAlberta ne commence pas avant le 11 janvier, le personnel de notre bibliothèque est là en ligne pour vous aider et répondre à toutes vos questions. Consultez notre page sur les services de la bibliothèque : library.ualberta.ca/francais/covid-19

Meet our Vice-Provost (Library & Museums) & Chief Librarian, Dale Askey in this special two part interview with Part One reflects back on 2020 and how it changed the University of Alberta Library. https://news.library.ualberta.ca//librarians-working-from/

Wikipedia Speaker Series: Information activism on Wikipedia How can editing Wikipedia be an act of social justice? We hope you can join us as our #UAlberta Wikipedian in Residence Erin Laura O'Neil delves into this topic with Kira Wisniewski, Executive Director of Art+Feminism. Registration is required, but the talk is free and open to everyone!

BOOK SALE! We are starting to think about holidays, and what better way to celebrate than to share favourite books with favourite friends? Our colleagues at the UAlberta Press are holding a holiday sale and offering a 30% discount on all titles in print until December 14. Choose a gift or treat yourself to a new book! Go on... You know you want to... Get 30% off on orders placed by December 14. Use the code iH20 when placing your order. (Shipping and taxes extra. Print editions only.) http://ow.ly/4np650Cr8M4

HIDDEN GEMS: ARTSTOR The #UAlberta Library subscribes to numerous databases that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. This is one of those gems news.library.ualberta.ca/blog/2020//17/hidden-gems-artstor/ University of Alberta - Faculty of Arts U of A Augustana

Thanks to the support of former University of Alberta Chancellor, Ralph and wife, Gay Young, our former Chief Librarian, the late Ernie Ingles, will be always be remembered at our Bruce Peel Special Collections in a new reading room bearing his name. https://www.ualberta.ca//library-innovator-honoured-for-br

HAPPY WORLD HELLO DAY! A simple greeting can open connections and communication between people. It can be a single word, a smile, a nod. Today, along with our #UAlberta community, we celebrate World Hello Day (a little early, we know). https://news.library.ualberta.ca//19/happy-world-hello-day/

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR #UAlberta20 GRADUATES! We have seen you pass through our library spaces, helped you with finding resources, citations, and sometimes the nearest coffee shop! This year we will not have the pleasure of seeing you in your caps and gowns posing for photos with your proud family, friends and classmates. We send you off virtually with our best wishes and a link to our repository of this year's Thesis and Dissertations... #BraggingRights #Proud #ProudPa...rents go ahead... share the results of your hard work. Thesis and Dissertations can be searched by the author's name or the title from the main search here: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/ OR... Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research list here: era.library.ualberta.ca/search University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research UAlberta Alumni

This Wednesday November 18th is #GISday Join us for a virtual workshop to celebrate and learn about the Library's geospatial data services (public and restricted) and install and start using ArcGIS Pro. Presented by Larry Laliberté (4 pm) and Charlene Nielsen (5 pm) Register online: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~gis/index.htm