The University of Alberta Library is excited to announce that the Peel’s Prairie Provinces Collection has a new website! 

Peel’s Prairie Provinces is a collection of digitized materials related to western Canada and now includes over 30,000 postcards, 8,000 books and printed ephemera, 900 maps, and 66,000 historic newspapers. Although many materials are in English, the collection also includes numerous materials in French, Ukrainian, and other languages. 

Originally hosted online through the University of Alberta Library, the Peel collection is in the process of being migrated to the Internet Archive platform. The new Peel website will provide context about the collection and tools to help find materials during the migration, while the full-text items will be hosted on the Internet Archive. Advantages of migrating items to the Internet Archive include the ability to easily zoom in and other viewing features, a flipbook for an easier reading experience and you can now download high-resolution files yourself. 

The Peel’s Prairie Provinces Collection is another noteworthy addition of digitized materials to the Internet Archive University of Alberta Library Internet Archive collection, following the additions of the William C. Wonders Map Collection, the Wiedrick Collection Alberta Schools Historical Textbooks and the University of Alberta historic theses and dissertations.

If you have any questions or comments about the new Peel’s Prairie Provinces website, please don’t hesitate to contact us at digitization@ualberta.ca. 

This call for survey participation may be of interest to some AAAL members:

The Cataloguing and Metadata Standards Committee of CFLA-FCAB has created a survey designed to gather input across the Canadian library community related to the Cataloguing Code of Ethics. The goal, in a nutshell, is to gauge support for CFLA-FCAB’s formal endorsement of the code. Link to survey and info below:

You are invited to participate in a Canada-wide survey of library and information professionals regarding the Cataloguing Code of Ethics. The survey is open to all those in the library and information sector in Canada, regardless of level of education, job title, or affiliation. To participate in this survey, please click the link below.

Vous êtes invité-e à participer à un sondage pancanadien auprès des professionnels des bibliothèques et de l’information concernant le Code d’éthique du catalogage. Le sondage est ouvert à tous ceux et celles qui travaillent dans le secteur des bibliothèques et de l’information au Canada, peu importe le niveau d’études, le titre du poste ou l’affiliation. Pour participer à cette sondage, veuillez cliquer ici.

Core wants to hear from you! Share your interesting projects, research, perspectives, or experiences at Core Forum in New Orleans, October 19-21, 2023. Core is looking for presentations on hot topics and innovative content in the following areas:

• Access & Equity
• Assessment
• Buildings & Operations
• Leadership & Management
• Metadata & Collections
• Preservation
• Technology

Presentations should be thought-provoking and highly relevant to practitioners. Complete this form to submit your proposal for a 60-minute session, poster, or pre-conference workshop.

Questions about submitting a proposal? Join us for an “All About Core Forum” webinar session, at 3 pm Eastern Time on Thursday, February 23. Please register here.

Deadline to submit your proposal: Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Debbie Feisst
Core Forum 2023 Planning Committee

The Vanguard College Library recently completed a digital heritage project in collaboration with FACTSnet and Young Canada Works examining the Story of Indigenous Ministry in Alberta (SIMA). They are hopeful this project will prove useful to students and the greater evangelical community who want to learn more about or get involved in Indigenous ministry. 

The finished website (https://www.thesimaproject.ca/) hosts two main components:

• A networking database of contacts and resources for Indigenous ministry in Alberta.
  • A comprehensive list of contacts, directories of websites, resources, and books, as well as a research guide. This database enables users to connect with current Indigenous ministry in Alberta, and functions as a tool for higher-level learning.

• A written story of Indigenous ministry in Alberta.
  • The result of qualitative research interviews held with ministry and community leaders including both Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. The hope is this can serve as a primary resource for historical information on the history of Indigenous ministry and Indigenous-evangelical relations in Alberta.

For questions, please reach out to library@vanguardcollege.com