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A path toward reconciling Indigenous research with research assessment
2024-06-01
Chambers, Thane, Cuyler, Katie, LeBlanc, Mikaela, Robinson, Amanda, Kung, Janice
The University of Alberta (UA) is the home to North America's first and only Faculty of Native Studies. Campus members and the community are proud of the innovative research, teaching, and service done by Indigenous researchers and students on our campus. UA's library leadership team has tasked...
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Building Foreign Language Collections for the Communities We Serve
2013/26/04
Lacroix, Denis, Johnston, Lindsay, Bennett, Mary
The creation and management of foreign language collections present unique challenges for librarians who serve the information needs of a linguistically and culturally diverse population. Our panel of public and academic librarians will present our various approaches to working with foreign...
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Citation Analysis: A Tool for Collection Development and Enhanced Liaison Services
2012-11-21
Lacroix, Denis, Brown, Christine
This talk addresses the use of citation analysis as a tool for understanding the complex landscape of research publishing in the humanities and social sciences. The results of a current citation study at the University of Alberta Libraries will demonstrate the impact of a solid understanding of...
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2012
Hwang, Christina, Usova, Tania, Lacroix, Denis
Engaging students in the classroom is a challenge, but more so with the proliferation of technology, such as cell phones and laptops, that have served to distract students. In an effort to capture students’ attention in the classroom, many instructors have opted to use clicker technology. Mobile...
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Information Literacy at the Heart of Librarianship and Translation Studies: A Case Study of the University of Alberta Libraries
Information Literacy at the Heart of Librarianship and Translation Studies: A Case Study of the University of Alberta Libraries
Download2013-08-29
Since the University of Alberta’s (UA) Modern Languages and Culture Studies (MLCS) department actively integrated information literacy into its translation certificate programme five years ago, the university’s libraries (UAL) have moved from the periphery to the heart of the programme, teaching...
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Plants, Pancakes, and Penguins! Partnering with the STEM Community to Promote Innovative Science Literacy
Download2018-05-25
Hwang, Christina, Hiscott, Quincy,, Wong, Victoria,, Hamonic, Laura
Building off the success of Science Literacy Week 2016 celebrations, the University of Alberta Libraries expanded in 2017, partnering with over 20 STEM groups and coordinating 53 different events that included giveaways, demonstrations, experiments and tutorials. Highlights of the week included...
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Really Simple Syndication? A study on health sciences faculty and medical residents’ adoption of a new technology following an instruction session on RSS
Really Simple Syndication? A study on health sciences faculty and medical residents’ adoption of a new technology following an instruction session on RSS
Download2008/2009
Storie, Dale, Campbell, Sandy, Chambers, Thane
A variety of health professionals were surveyed about their use of RSS feeds, introduced to RSS feeds in a hands-on class and then later surveyed about their use of RSS feeds.