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Boudinot and Bebbington Reveal Library Resources at UVSS SEXPO
On Valentine’s Day 2023, Gender Studies librarian David Boudinot and History librarian Tina Bebbington were invited to table at the second annual UVSS SEXPO, a two-day, student-led event on sex positivity, sex education, and consent education. The library display...
Helping Young Students Create Their Own Books
A rocket book, a monster book, a flower book, a cat book; all these and many others have been created by kids over the past few years in Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian Michael Lines’ Bookbinding for Kids workshops. Working with local elementary and secondary...
Brendle-Moczuk Climbs to New Heights with Mountain Legacy Project
Geospatial Librarian Daniel Brendle-Moczuk participated in an expedition to assist UVic's Mountain Legacy Project led by Eric Higgs. The team summited four peaks in 12 days to take approximately 50 repeat photographs from various historical surveyors, such as the...
Decolonizing Information Literacy Workshops
Rich McCue and Digital Scholarship Commons staff have begun the process of decolonizing and Indigenizing DSC information fluency workshops. This ongoing process so far has included incorporating more Holistic, Experiential Learning, and Place-Based Learning...
UVic Libraries Hosted First Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada
UVic Librarian Dr. Zahra Premji hosted the first Evidence Synthesis Institute in Canada with librarian colleagues from Canada and the United States. Librarian involvement and support for evidence synthesis outside of the health sciences is growing rapidly. But many...