Thank you to Augustana Workshop staff

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The Augustana Information Literacy Workshops have, over the last 15 years, been exceptional opportunities for academic librarians from Alberta and beyond to learn from some of the most influential information literacy researchers and practitioners. But, more than that, the workshops have also provided a venue for academic librarians from Alberta to build a local community of practice. Each year, we have had an opportunity to connect (or reconnect) with our colleagues around the province, spend a day learning from each other, and to have conversations around our teaching.

To Nancy and Mel, and the rest of the staff at Augustana library, thank you for your commitment to information literacy, and for organizing topics, resources, and presenters to help us grow and connect in our profession. Your commitment and passion inspires librarians across the province!

– Posted on behalf of Red Deer College librarians and the many AAAL members who attended these workshops over the years…

7 Questions with Anne Carr-Wiggin

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Thank you for our patience waiting for January’s 7 Questions With… AAAL Members. It was slightly delayed due to the holiday break but we are back, and January’s installment features Anne Carr-Wiggin, NEOS Manager and Coordinator of Indigenous Initiatives at University of Alberta Libraries.

Photo Credit Hanne Pearce
Photo Credit Hanne Pearce
1. What is something interesting you learned in the last month? I learned more than I ever knew about acquisitions as we start the NEOS Shared Acquisitions pilot project! MacEwan is the lead library and I think it will make a difference to how we do things, and hopefully save time and money for NEOS libraries!

2. What songs are included on the soundtrack to your life? A mix of Patti Smith, Marianne Faithfull, Lou Reed and Christian Hansen!

3. If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be? Indigenizing and decolonizing the library along with some great students and colleagues from the university and the First Nations Information Connection libraries. Libraries have a lot to offer in the journey to Reconciliation.

4. What is your best piece of career advice? Always seek to collaborate and bring more people in to what you are doing. Leadership should always be shared.

5. What is your favourite thing to binge watch? Binge watching is the ONLY way I watch anything so it’s hard to pick a favourite! Christmas break this year involved the last season of Downton Abbey and Orphan Black. On my list: more of Broadchurch, Wire in the Blood, Last Tango in Halifax and River.

6. What is your proudest non-work related accomplishment? My husband died when my daughter was six months old, and I’m proud that I guided her into the amazing young woman she is today! I can’t claim all the credit, as a lot of who she is is due to her, but I’m pleased with how she turned out!

7. What is your favourite quote? Ah but in such an ugly time the true protest is beauty. – Phil Ochs

7 Questions with Mary Weasel Fat

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December’s installment of 7 Questions With… AAAL Members features Mary Weasel Fat, Library Coordinator, Red Crow Community College Resource Centre

Mary_WF1. When was the last time you were nervous?  I was kind of nervous at the TAL meeting in November when I did the RCCC fire update but once I got going I felt like I couldn’t stop talking.

2. Have you ever had something happen to you that you thought was bad, but it turned out to be for the best?  The RCCC fire of August 2015 which destroyed the campus including the library-it was a blessing in disguise as we have a new campus located at the Old Saipoyi (Standoff) Elementary School and we will be building a new college campus to be completed in two years. We hope to build our dream library/archives in this facility-New Beginnings-Looking Forward.

3. If you had to work on only one project for the next year, what would it be? Setting up the RCCC Archives.

4. What is your favourite thing to binge watch? Reign TV show

5. What is your proudest work-related accomplishment? Receiving the LAA President’s Award for helping to set up the Kainai Public Library on my Reserve-Kainai First Nation. The award burnt in the RCCC fire in August along with some other awards I received.

6. What is your proudest non-work related accomplishment? My daughter Maya and my grandson Ryder Maxwell.

7. What is your favourite colour? Turquoise

Registration full for AAAL meeting

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We’ve reached capacity for the AAAL Fall 2015 Meeting in record time and have had to close our registration form. Please contact the AAAL Co-Chairs, Robyn Hall (hallr27@macewan.ca) and Sonya Betz (sonya.betz@ualberta.ca) if you are still interested in attending.

The complete meeting package and agenda are available on the AAAL website at: https://aaal.ca/events/. To save paper, we won’t be printing copies, so please bring what you need to the meeting.

We look forward to seeing you at MacEwan University on November 19!

Robyn Hall and Sonya Betz, AAAL Co-Chairs