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2023-11-01
This is a re-creation and consolidation of a 2012 article written by UAlberta librarians Maria Tan and David Sulz discussing library visits while travelling. They recount some interesting anecdotes; offer a starter checklist of ideas for observations, questions, and conversations starters; pose...
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2023-09-30
SSHRC IG awarded 2024: Drawing on our previous nation-wide surveys on: (1) the PPSH experiences of library workers; and (2) the composition of PPSH related policies and training in Canadian libraries, this new project examines how public libraries can meaningfully address PPSH, a complex problem...
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2021-01-21
We welcome anyone curious about or working with bibliometrics and research impact indicators, across Canada, to join us for this inaugural Bibliometrics and Research Impact Community Call. The agenda is simple: we want to get folks talking, connecting, and building collaborations. We welcome...
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2021-03-11
Thorlakson, Jessica, Gareau-Brennan, Céline
Abstract: Finding high quality Queer resources can be challenging in heteronormative academia. Learn the ins and outs of advanced searching for LGBTQ2S+ sources from UofA Librarians. In this presentation, we review: Good search strategy; Vetted databases containing Queer information; General tips...
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2020-05-07
Cardozo, P., Scott, E., Greenshields, M.
This presentation begins with a summary of the first survey ever conducted on the job offer negotiations of Canadian academic librarians. Like previous American studies, our results indicated that even in a female-populated profession, women are still less likely to negotiate than men; however,...
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Rooting stories and branching out: Research support services study for the field of Indigenous Studies
Download2019-03-31
Tanya Ball, Anne Carr-Wiggin, Kayla Lar-Son
The University of Alberta Libraries (UAL), along with eleven other institutions across Turtle Island / North America and Hawai’i, participated in a research project to explore the research practices and needs of scholars in Indigenous Studies with a view to improving library services. The UAL...
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2018-10-15
SSHRC IG Awarded 2018: Three transnational corporations (Universal, Sony, and Warner) control roughly 80% of the global recording and publishing industries and 86% of the North American market. This three-pronged research project responds to the problem of music industry consolidation by...
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2017-05-01
Environmental ecosystems are complex. Evaluating only one aspect of an ecosystem, does not provide a true measure of its impact. The same is true for information literacy. To evaluate information literacy goals only in a class setting, without taking into account other factors, does not provide...
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2017-02-03
In my presentation I explore the grey area between censorship in terms of banning books, and reconciliation. I will be using the children’s novel The King’s Daughter by Suzanne Martel as a case study. The King’s Daughter was published in 1981 and is the story of a French orphan who chooses to...