Three scrapbooks filled with photos, programs, correspondence and newspaper clippings from the University Archives, Library fonds. Report of the University Librarian 42 volumes dating from 1925 to the late 1980s. These volumes cover administrative, statistical, and historical data on the library’s operations, such as visitor numbers, collection expenditures, and staffing […]
Hello everyone, For two of our large subscription ebook packages, books are added throughout the year (and their accompanying records are added to the catalogue), but removals happen only twice each year. This is an update on removals that will occur in June and July 2026. Lists of removed ebooks […]
The Pembina News Advertiser (1956-1965) was a local newspaper based in Drayton Valley, Alberta, and founded by Art Playford in 1956. It served the region until approximately 1965, when it was succeeded by the Western Review. We’ve digitized a partial run of the paper covering the years 1965-1972, 1980-1989, and […]
Sheldon Armstrong from the University of British Columbia and Alison Henry from the University of Alberta will discuss their recent experience cancelling a big deal at each of their institutions, how the process was handled, and how it’s been going since the cancellations. May 21, 2026, at 1:30 pm Mountain time. […]
Last month, we posted about a problem with the CSA OnDemand Complete Collection database interface. It had been reconfigured to make it extremely easy to trigger a security message saying “you have been blocked” — even in response to perfectly normal interface interactions. The CSA has now fixed this problem. […]