<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 02:34:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>events</category><category>collections</category><category>graduate students</category><category>students</category><category>services</category><category>awards</category><category>exhibits</category><category>faculty</category><category>open access</category><category>#ualberta</category><category>Images of Research</category><category>coutts</category><category>scholarly communication</category><category>cameron</category><category>Indigenous initiatives</category><category>announcements</category><category>displays</category><category>staff</category><category>Rutherford</category><category>unwind your mind</category><category>rcrf</category><category>scott library</category><category>teaching support</category><category>augustana</category><category>data</category><category>era</category><category>slac</category><category>University of Alberta</category><category>facilities</category><category>textbooks</category><category>ualberta</category><category>partnerships</category><category>BPSC</category><category>Contest</category><category>OER</category><category>alumni</category><category>books</category><category>collection</category><category>community</category><category>digital preservation</category><category>ejournals</category><category>graduate research</category><category>open access week</category><category>pet therapy</category><category>research impact</category><category>special collections</category><category>#ualbertaIOR</category><category>#yeg</category><category>BSJ</category><category>Teaching Library</category><category>assessment</category><category>copyright</category><category>librarian research</category><category>peel</category><category>research</category><category>service</category><category>study spaces</category><category>#UAlberta. 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Make your voice heard in the Libraries and make a difference on campus! U of A Libraries is recruiting new members for this year&#39;s Student Library Advisory Committee (SLAC).

The committee meets once a month throughout the school year. All undergraduate, graduate, and international students at U of A are eligible to apply.

SLAC members work with librarians to find new ways to improve library </atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2018/09/join-student-library-advisory-committee.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oCX5nE90M1M/W5maXpvgitI/AAAAAAAACtk/O6W1zjKcAb8dacUzi_2AV5tTDSxyYURsACLcBGAs/s72-c/SLAC-Instagram.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-4513311227321756581</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-09-05T14:00:25.914-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><title>Join the 2017/2018 Student Library Advisory Committee</title><atom:summary type="text">You can make a difference on campus and share your voice with the UAlberta Libraries! We&#39;re looking for new members for&amp;nbsp;SLAC, our Student Library Advisory Committee.

If selected, you will work collaboratively with your peers and library staff to enhance and improve library services to better meet the evolving needs of undergraduate and graduate students, now and in the future.




Previous </atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2017/09/join-20172018-student-library-advisory.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Eva Romanick)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9jV_mMODcBzNDv2RiQ9uzRmGzxm66cF9FAH4-8Xu5q5zoIiQLYy15M72lzJnjNTnjBN5tVOG9s-uyATNkLj1dPNoSrBaGN4laiqTvt8ih37ng9CQUtCRqxolZevrEgyCOAGde5AMve9M/s72-c/SLAC2016-Instagram.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-4970560447411149707</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-01-06T12:09:26.068-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><title>SLAC Tackles Big Questions for Libraries</title><atom:summary type="text">



Our Student Library Advisory Committee is back for the 2016/2017 year. The committee was created to enhance library services to better meet the evolving needs of students’ experience at the library.

The student members act as our think tank by providing us with feedback and suggestions on a wide variety of topics and upcoming projects within the library.

Over the past two meetings, SLAC has</atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2016/12/slac-tackles-big-questions-for-libraries.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mmVMQi3mepQ/WFrB8zGwPWI/AAAAAAAAAMU/JZMs-cqGXU0oqy4pZNJ5STAvzKhhI0VEwCLcB/s72-c/SLAC300x300.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-4086124145040773841</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-09-02T09:15:26.640-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><title>Seeking members for 2016/2017 Student Library Advisory Committee</title><atom:summary type="text">


Do you want to make a difference on campus? Interested in having a voice in the Libraries at the University of Alberta? &amp;nbsp;Apply to become a member of the University of Alberta&#39;s Student Library Advisory Committee (SLAC).

If selected, you will work collaboratively with your peers and library staff to enhance and improve library services to better meet the evolving needs of undergraduate </atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2016/08/seeking-members-for-20162017-student.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JBqf3arY2Uw/VfHMPkVUXpI/AAAAAAAAARs/9fZ_zmdeHWU/s72-c/SLAC2015Promo_Instagram%2B%25282%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-5117719067594630024</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 18:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-09-10T15:26:30.956-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><title>Seeking members for Students&#39; Library Advisory Committee</title><atom:summary type="text">

Do you want to make a difference on campus? Are you eager to develop your skill set outside of the classroom? Apply to become a member of the University of Alberta&#39;s Students&#39; Library Advisory Committee.

If selected, you will work collaboratively with your peers and library staff to enhance and improve library services to better meet the evolving needs of undergraduate and graduate students, </atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2015/09/seeking-members-for-students-library.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JBqf3arY2Uw/VfHMPkVUXpI/AAAAAAAAARs/9fZ_zmdeHWU/s72-c/SLAC2015Promo_Instagram%2B%25282%2529.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-3753300713604463403</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 19:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-09-01T16:11:52.059-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">textbooks</category><title>Course textbooks are expensive!  Borrow one from the Libraries.</title><atom:summary type="text">


The Libraries&#39; Course Textbook Initiative&#39;s aim is to increase student access to textbooks and offset student costs on them.  Just over $100,000 has been allocated to the purchase of select course textbooks, funded by UAL and the Students&#39; Union.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;

After consultation with its Students&#39; Library Advisory Committee&amp;nbsp;last year, the Libraries decided to prioritize the purchase of one</atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2015/09/course-textbooks-are-expensive-borrow.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-X9bgk3ScSO0/VecQZ0I6E_I/AAAAAAAAARA/X9LWr2VpjrQ/s72-c/textbook%2Binit.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3508063709780668436.post-7457525644489412600</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-01-26T09:32:31.596-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">slac</category><title>UAL Engages Students to Enhance Library Services</title><atom:summary type="text">
University of Alberta Libraries [UAL] convened the first meeting of its new Student Library Advisory Council [SLAC] last month. &amp;nbsp;The aim of this new group - described in more detail in its terms of reference - is to provide UAL with feedback designed to enhance library services to better meet the needs of students and improve their experience of the libraries overall. &amp;nbsp;
UAL received 36</atom:summary><link>http://ualbertalibrarynews.blogspot.com/2015/01/ual-engages-students-to-enhance-library.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PqnL59ZM9v0/VI88XPX6jwI/AAAAAAAAADM/8Ue5po8q2vc/s72-c/slac-2014.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>