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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

The Library welcomes new associate director, Indigenous initiatives

Kevin George

The Library recently welcomed Kevin George (BA '22) as our new associate director, Indigenous initiatives. Kevin is Fish Clan Potawatomie/Cree. He is a member of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation with relations at Fort McMurray 468 First Nation. 

Monday, March 11, 2024

Have your say! Fill out the Library’s User Survey

user survey

Are you part of the University of Waterloo community? If so, we want to hear your opinions! How satisfied are you with the services, resources and expertise provided by the Library and which ones are most important to you in reaching your goals?  

Friday, March 8, 2024

2024-25 Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant Recipients

The Library is pleased to announce four dynamic projects have been selected to receive a 2024-25 Staebler Insurance OER Fellow grant this year: 

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

How the Library supports the creation of open access learning materials

As part of the Library’s mission to make high quality learning materials freely accessible and available to the Waterloo campus community, the Instructional Design (ID) team has a unique role, both within the Library and within the Waterloo campus community. 

Monday, March 4, 2024

Updates on the 2023-24 Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant Projects

As part of the Library’s mission to make learning materials freely accessible and available, the Staebler Insurance OER Fellows Grant supports the creation of open education resources (OER) at Waterloo. The Library, with the generous support of Staebler Insurance, provides Waterloo instructors with competitive grants of up to $5,000 each to help create or adapt OER for use in a Waterloo course.  

As we prepare to announce a new round of grant recipients during Open Education Week, we’re reflecting on the progress the 2023-24 fellows have made on their projects. 

Thursday, February 29, 2024

Oral History Project: An important next step

laptop with sound wave

The Library is delighted to announce the second phase of the Special Collections & Archives’ Oral History Project is now available in our online archive. This next step in the project was an important partnership with the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-Racism. 

Friday, February 23, 2024

5 Questions: Marian Davies

Marian Davies

Once a month the Student Engagement and Communications Assistant co-op student interviews Library staff to provide patrons with a peek behind the bookstacks at all the work that happens to provide a variety of services and resources that support the learning, research and innovation that happens at Waterloo. 

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Library Recent Acquisitions: Black News & Amiri Baraka Papers

Black News Newspaper

The History Department and the University of Waterloo Library recently collaborated to bring important resources related to Black Studies to campus, which will benefit students and faculty studying Black history.

Monday, February 12, 2024

Celebrating Love Data Week

Love Data Week

Not sure what Love Data Week is and what it has to do with the Library? We’re turning to Digital Scholarship Librarian Antonio Muñoz Gómez and Research Data Management Librarian Anneliese Eber to tell us more about it and how it can help you with your research.   

Q1: What is Love Data Week?  

Friday, January 19, 2024

5 Questions: Farzaneh Keramati

Once a month the Student Engagement and Communications Assistant co-op student interviews Library staff to provide patrons with a peek behind the bookstacks at all the work that happens to provide a variety of services and resources that support the learning, research and innovation that happens at Waterloo.   

This month, co-op student Emily Fitzgerald interviewed Farzaneh Keramati, Liaison Librarian for Religious Studies.   

Q1: How does your position benefit the Library community? 

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