{"id":3428,"date":"2026-06-11T22:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/?p=3428"},"modified":"2026-06-11T22:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T22:21:55","slug":"new-in-our-digitized-collections-discover-some-library-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/2026\/06\/11\/new-in-our-digitized-collections-discover-some-library-history\/","title":{"rendered":"New in our Digitized Collections: Discover some Library history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-809x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3434\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7900547683213075;width:322px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-809x1024.png 809w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-768x972.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-1213x1536.png 1213w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-700x886.png 700w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-520x658.png 520w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-360x456.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-250x317.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM-100x127.png 100w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-16-at-4.58.07-PM.png 1270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>Three <strong>scrapbooks<\/strong> filled with photos, programs, correspondence and newspaper clippings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/discoverarchives.library.ualberta.ca\/university-libraries-fonds\">University Archives, Library fonds.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/UAA-1981-097-001\">1951-1955<\/a> covers the building and opening of the Rutherford Library <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"tel:19561963\">1956-1963<\/a> the building and opening of Cameron Library <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"tel:19641970\">1964-1970<\/a> includes the founding of the School of Library and Information Studies, and the opening and expansion of Cameron Library <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3472\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8537780093798853;width:304px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM.png 432w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM-256x300.png 256w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM-360x422.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM-250x293.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-3.49.34-PM-100x117.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Report of the University Librarian\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=subject%3A%22Report+of+the+University+Librarian+to+the+President%22&amp;sort=date\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=subject%3A%22Report+of+the+University+Librarian+to+the+President%22&amp;sort=date\">42 volumes dating from 1925 to the late 1980s<\/a>. These volumes cover administrative, statistical, and historical data on the library\u2019s operations, such as visitor numbers, collection expenditures, and staffing changes.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>News from the Rare Book Room<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>An occasional publication of the Special Collections Unit (now Bruce Peel Special Collections), it highlights new acquisitions and notes on \u2018unique or unusual materials\u2019. Published irregularly, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/search?query=subject%3A%22News%20from%20the%20Rare%20Book%20Room%22\">18 volumes published between 1964 and 1980.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"860\" data-id=\"3475\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM.png 612w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM-520x731.png 520w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM-360x506.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM-250x351.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.09-PM-100x141.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"449\" height=\"649\" data-id=\"3474\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM.png 449w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM-360x520.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM-250x361.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.15.40-PM-100x145.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"486\" height=\"650\" data-id=\"3473\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM.png 486w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM-224x300.png 224w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM-360x481.png 360w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM-250x334.png 250w, https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-11-at-4.14.48-PM-100x134.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three scrapbooks filled with photos, programs, correspondence and newspaper clippings from the University Archives, Library fonds. Report of the University Librarian\u00a0 42 volumes dating from 1925 to the late 1980s. 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