Call for AAAL Financial Statement Auditors

AAAL Committees

AAAL is seeking two auditors to review our 2025-2026 Financial Statement. The yearly review of our Financial Statement is a key piece for renewing our status as a Society.

What does auditing entail? Essentially, you would look at our financial transactions for the year, as presented on the Financial Statement, and make sure that there are no irregular transactions.

In reality, you do not need to cross-check every single transaction, but if you would like to verify a transaction, you will have the supporting documentation (e.g., bank statements, receipts) to do so.

Once you are satisfied that the financial information is correct, you would sign the Financial Statement, and return that document to the AAAL Treasurer.  

If we do not submit our yearly paperwork to the Alberta Government, the ultimate consequence is that AAAL would lose its status as a Society and have to give away all of our money.

If you are interested in serving AAAL in this capacity, or if you would like more information, please contact Yvonne Phillips, AAAL Treasurer, at yvonne.phillips@rdpolytech.ca by June 26, 2026.

Join the AAAL Mentorship Program

Mentorship Program

Looking to make connections, share professional advice, meet new colleagues and gain new perspectives on library challenges?  Join the AAAL Mentorship Program!

The AAAL Mentorship Committee is recruiting mentors and mentees from its member libraries for the upcoming academic year:

  • Mentors: Offer guidance, support, and encouragement as needed to a fellow AAAL library member who might be early on in their career or progressing to new roles. 
  • Mentees: Engage with an experienced library member, develop professional relationships with colleagues in different AAAL library environments, and grow your knowledge of library and information work.

If you are interested in becoming a mentor or a mentee, please check out the detailed information available at the AAAL Mentorship webpage. The program is open to all practicing library professionals (i.e., with completed degree/diploma) employed by AAAL member institutions. 

The application forms for both roles are accessible through the AAAL site. Please note that the program does not facilitate job placements or internships.

Deadline to Apply: August 31st, 2026 (with matches communicated in early September).

If you have any questions, please contact the committee: aaal.mentorship@gmail.ca

Call for AAAL’s Mentorship Micro-Residences Working Group

AAAL Committees

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is seeking 1 co-chair and 3-4 volunteers for AAAL’s Mentorship Micro-Residences Working Group. You would work with the working group’s chair, Caitlin Ratcliffe, to create and implement a Micro-residencies program which would allow AAAL library staff to spend a day at another AAAL library, shadowing the work of one or many staff at the host location.

This Working group’s work would begin in June 2026, for a two year term (from Spring 2026- Spring 2028) with the possibility of renewal.

All staff (library assistants, library staff, pages, library technicians, librarians, managers  etc) from AAAL member institutions are eligible. We ask that interested candidates include a brief statement of interest (2-3 sentences) in your email.

Please forward your interest to Caitlin Ratcliffe at caitlin.ratcliffe@norquest.ca before June 12th 2026.

Call for AAAL Resource Sharing Community of Practice Participants

Announcements

The Alberta Association of Academic Libraries (AAAL) is launching a new AAAL Resource Sharing Community of Practice (CoP). The AAAL Resource Sharing CoP will launch in August 2026 and have regular online meetings, which will be initially facilitated by Anne Carr-Wiggin. 

With NEOS ending, AAAL seeks to support its members in discussing how to efficiently share resources. Although the AAAL Resource Sharing CoP would not replace the NEOS infrastructure, it would allow for a networking environment in which AAAL members could share challenges and successes as it relates to resource sharing.

All staff (library assistants, library staff, pages, library technicians, librarians, managers  etc) from AAAL member institutions are eligible to participate in this CoP.

If you are interested in joining the AAAL Resource Sharing CoP, please contact Anne Carr-Wiggin at anne.carr-wiggin@ualberta.ca

Thank you and we look forward to hearing from you!

2026 CAPAL / ACBES Virtual Conference – June 22 & 23 2026

Member News

The conference may be of interest to AAAL Members.

The theme for CAPAL26 is The Irreplaceable Librarian: Reasserting Human Value in Librarianship. Librarianship is deeply embedded in the lived experiences of the communities we serve. Our work is shaped by human relationships, social justice concerns, and the broader societal and information systems within which knowledge is created, accessed, and governed. This theme speaks to the importance of centering humanness in an era of rapidly advancing technology and the widespread proliferation of generative AI.

As librarians, our roles often require us to continue to prove our value within this shifting landscape. Our profession revolves around providing information, as well as its ethical uses, critical evaluation, and various tools.

Join us at the 2026 CAPAL/ACBES Conference, a virtual event being held on June 22 & 23, 2026.  Find out more on the conference website. Registration is FREE via Zoom!