4 Nov 2024
The weather may be getting colder but we're happy to share some hot new titles that are now available to AB library patrons for free through the Read Alberta eBook Collection. Explore the full collection at ReadAlbertaeBooks.ca. #ReadAlberta #ABBooks #ABlibraries
ALT Graphic with the message: New Titles Now Available. Covers for the following titles are featured from left to right, top to bottom: Against the Odds; Colour in Her Hands; Hiroshima Bomb Money; On Beauty; Writing Ukraine; and Protest and Partnership. Below the cover images is the Read Alberta eBooks and Magazines logo with the following text: Explore the collection at ReadAlbertaeBooks.ca
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For those who live, work and play in our province, discover over 40 diverse and Alberta-made
magazines online, available with just your library card.
shorturl.at/jmK49
#ReadAlberta #AlbertaMagazines #LibraryLove #ABLibraries #Magazine #MagazineMedia
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28 Jun 2023
In her latest Beyond the Stacks article, Jessie Bach connects with the President of the Langdon Library Society to learn more about what it takes to get a new library up and running!
tinyurl.com/y3ttusse
#LangdonLibrary #BeyondTheStacks #ReadAlberta #ABLibraries #LibraryLove
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With just a click, you can read Alberta-made magazines wherever you go, thanks to your library card
From city-based magazines to poetry from around the world, discover arts, culture and much more.
shorturl.at/jmK49
#ReadAlberta #AlbertaMagazines #LibraryLove #ABLibraries
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For those who live, work and play in our province, discover 40 diverse and Alberta-made
magazines online, available with just your library card.
Check out your favourite Alberta magazine today! shorturl.at/jmK49
#ReadAlberta #AlbertaMagazines #LibraryLove #ABLibraries
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19 Apr 2022
After more than 45 yrs, @alcjpl was unaccountably cancelled. Now, @Lib_Assn_AB is seeking input regarding professional development needs for library workers in Alberta. Please share your feedback here:
bit.ly/3OnRlVn
#Libraries #Alberta #ABLibraries
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To celebrate @calgarylibrary's new CEO, Sarah Meilleur, we created a little #bookspinepoetry. In the words of #Queen @Beyonce, who runs #ABlibraries? Girls!
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26 Sep 2021
The sun may not have been shining...but that didnt stop us from enjoying some music and readings by Jasper artists! #ABculture #culturedays #ABmusic #ABfrancophone #ABlibraries
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11 May 2021
Join host Waubgeshig Rice for a virtual launch event celebrating the 25 titles selected for the 2021 edition of From Sea to Sea to Sea: Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books. Perfect for librarians and readers alike!
Register: eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-…
#ABLibraries #IndigenousReads
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21 Apr 2021
In her column #BeyondtheStacks, @LibrarianJessB tells us all the ways #ABlibraries have kept patrons entertained, informed, and well-read - not to mention, safe! - during the COVID-19 pandemic.
readalberta.ca/articles/albe…
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17 Apr 2021
Our library columnist @LibrarianJessB tells us six non-book things you can get at #ABlibraries - including stand mixers for folks still nurturing their sourdough starter.
readalberta.ca/articles/surp…
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1 Oct 2020
Did you know that @EPLdotCA lists every single book that has been challenged since 1998 on their website? Check out the list below. Have you read any of these books? bit.ly/2HD5vnR #BannedBooksWeek #ABLibraries
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7 May 2020
“One thing libraries have always been good about is shifting and pivoting where we need to” - Canadian Urban Institute Examines Role of Libraries in Light of COVID-19 bit.ly/3fgy0UD #ABlibraries
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10 Apr 2020
Our friends at @Alberta_Library are collecting stories about what libraries and library staff are currently doing to serve their communities during the pandemic. Send your stories to blin@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca #ABLibraries #LibrariesAreAwesome
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30 Mar 2020
Now the PRL staff are working from home we've had an increase of Human Resource complaint. It seems this furry coworker is sleeping on the job! #PetsofParkland
#COVID_19 #socialdistancing #stayhealthy #stayhome #selfisolation #librarystrong #library #ABLibraries
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28 Mar 2020
"Come and fight me!" says #COVID_19 "I already am" replied the reading knight!
#socialdistancing #stayhealthy #selfisolation #librarystrong #library #emagazines #econtent #ABLibraries #LibrariesRock #LibrariesTransform #LibrariesAreForEveryone #LibrariesBuildCommunities
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25 Feb 2020
Bellamy is our #LipstickPlant or #Aeschynanthus radicans. She likes small, consistent waterings, and is our most introverted plant. When given the proper care and enough alone time, she positively blooms
#PlantsofParkland #officeplant #libraryplant #ABLibraries #librarylife
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22 Feb 2020
Books are challenged for all kinds of reasons. Celebrate #FreedomtoRead Week from February 22-29th by checking out one of these titles, or anything else from your reading list!
Learn more about challenged books at freedomtoread.ca
#ABLibraries #FTRWeek
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10 Feb 2020
.@LethLib and @teenbrarian out here doing what needs to be done lethlib.bibliocommons.com/li… #AlbertaLibraries #AbLibraries
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25 Jan 2020
University library staff are vital for delivery of a multitude of essential resources; they uphold quality scholarship & research, information access and dissemination of knowledge at every level of academia. The govt cuts are eroding higher education.
#ableg #abpse #ABlibraries
24 Jan 2020
Just got notice that we are losing nineteen staff from the University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources as a result of budget cuts. This will have an effect on services and staff. It hurts the university, it hurts the families of those who were laid off. Thanks UCP
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