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Libraries Staff Publications
This collection contains publications of staff at the University of Alberta Libraries.
Items in this Collection
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Exploring the Research Knowledge Needs of Canadian Academic Librarians
2010-11-17
As academic librarians increasingly embrace the core value and challenge of engaging in research and scholarly work, and as senior library administrators continue to adopt evidence-based decision making, staff research knowledge and skills must be constantly and systematically developed and...
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2016
This chapter examines the effects of integrating APIs for academic library services through a case study examining the development of a seamless, responsive discovery environment at MacEwan University Library, a medium-sized Canadian university.
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Nosotros: A Digitization Story Between a University Library and Its Latin American Community
Download2019-01-01
Collecting latin American and Caribbean materials for a large Canadian university library in the twenty- first century now goes beyond the straight- forward acquisition of traditionally published information sources. the widespread use of approval plans allows academic librarians’ attention to...
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2021-01-01
When the University of Alberta Library hired its first Wikimedian-in-Residence (WIR) in 2019, the team had difficulty finding detailed information about how to plan for a WIR and set up the role for success. This chapter details two Wikipedia residencies that served as a guide for the Alberta...
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2013-01-01
Vanderjagt, Leah, Sivak, Allison
The institutional repository (IR) is more than an end product that holds content. It is a complex system with a variety of participants and a development course that can most accurately be described as “perpetual beta.” As a software system with both commercial and open-source iterations, an...
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2023-01-01
LaFitte, Denise, Brettle, Alison
In our 2016 book, Being Evidence Based in Library and Information Practice, we outlined a revised model for evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) across different types of libraries. This model focused on flexible aspects that could guide library and information professionals...