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A surprise donation from Alumni Weekend

The Library’s Special Collections & Archives (SCA) curates not only rare books, archives and materials related to the University’s teaching and research programmes, but it also houses the University of Waterloo Archives, containing official correspondence, publications, photographs, memorabilia and more.

Love Data Week

Love Data Week 2022: Data is for everyone. Data: singular or plural?

Greetings Waterloo Warriors! My name is Jahanvi Desai (she/her), and I am one of the library ambassadors this winter 2022 term. Did you know that February 14 to 18 is International Love Data Week?

Introducing winter wellness cards!

These are positive messages that you can print, colour, and carry around with you to help bring a bit of extra joy and reflection into your life!

Click here to download the cards (PDF). 

These double sided cards include a fun design for you to colour while you de-stress and an important message for you to remember when the stress gets to you. You can carry your cards with you, paste them somewhere you can see them, or give them to a friend who could use the pick me up.

Unique library resources you may not know about

Hi everyone, my name is Natasha, and I’m one of your Library Ambassadors this term. A fun fact about me is that this term was the first time I set foot on campus despite being in my second year of Biomedical Sciences. Being a Library Ambassador has been such a great experience because I’ve had the chance to discover the Library in-person and learn about the many resources it has to offer.

Today, I am going to share some of the unique resources offered by the Library. Whether your classes are online or in-person, these resources are available to you!

Exploring Waterloo Reads

If you’re anything like me, you’re always looking for a book to read. Over the years I’ve read many books from multiple genres and am always looking for a new recommendation. However, during the pandemic, I began to feel isolated in more ways than one. Not only was I unable to leave my house, but I was unable to escape the real world and lose myself in a book.

Are you able to relate?

Indoor gardening for self-care this winter

Gardening is a great way to foster biophilia, which means love of life, a term popularized by the book Biophilia by naturalist E.O. Wilson.

Engage

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Hi Waterloo!

Did you know that it's Media Literacy Week? Follow along to learn more about digital and media literacy by delving into the five different themes of this year: use, understand, engage, access and verify.

Verify

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For Media Literacy Week we’re also going to be discussing, arguably, the most important aspect of digital media literacy: how to verify online information. Verification is a multi-step process that relies on a few skills to discern the quality and credibility of information. It brings together all the other themes discussed in media literacy week: to use, understand, engage and access online content.

Understanding

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Understanding technology helps to recognize how it is affecting our behaviours, feeling, beliefs, view and perceptions about events from all over the world.  Media Literacy Week gives the exposure to information and resources about media literacy and technology in Canada. This year’s four themes include use, understand, engage, access, with a special focus on verify.

Copyright and access

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Part of living in the digital era is understanding the diverse ways to access digital media and content. Copyright is relevant to digital media in that it deals with protecting owners of creative works. It is the rights the individual has over their original piece of work, ranging from literary works to artistic works, dramatic works and musical works. In Canada, the moment you have created an original work, you are automatically protected by copyright.