{"id":3453,"date":"2026-04-24T21:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2026-04-24T21:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:26:15","slug":"coppul-collections-community-event-may-21-was-cancelling-a-big-deal-a-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/2026\/04\/24\/coppul-collections-community-event-may-21-was-cancelling-a-big-deal-a-big-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"COPPUL Collections Community event, May 21: &#8220;Was cancelling a Big Deal a big deal?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Sheldon\u00a0Armstrong 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\u2019s been going since the cancellations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 21, 2026, at 1:30 pm Mountain time. Open to all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Register here: <a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/pR_-TMrgT6eaNJnTRVeY6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/pR_-TMrgT6eaNJnTRVeY6g<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presenters:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Sheldon Armstrong:<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;From August 2016 to December 2025 Sheldon Armstrong was the University of British Columbia Library\u2019s AUL Collections, helping craft and implement balanced Collections Budgets. In January 2026 he moved into the role of UBC Library\u2019s Geospatial Services and Strategic Data Librarian, a liaison role that also includes a focus on building the Library\u2019s use of Collections related data to help better inform decision making.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Alison Henry: <\/em><\/strong><em>Alison Henry is the Head, Collection Strategies at the University of Alberta Library in Edmonton, Alberta. She is a firm believer in the importance of library collaboration, and her professional interests include information literacy, collection assessment, and bibliographic transparency. Away from the library, you can find her outdoors: skiing, paddling, hiking, or just reading in a backyard hammock.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheldon\u00a0Armstrong 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\u2019s been going since the cancellations. May 21, 2026, at 1:30 pm Mountain time. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","clearfix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3454,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions\/3454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.library.ualberta.ca\/collections-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}