SHOUT! For Libraries

In the second part of our DigitalNWT episode, we continue talking with Jacey Firth-Hagan and Kyle Napier to learn more about Digital NWT, a digital literacy education project. Then, we sit down with Jessie Curell to learn about Hands on Media Education and digital storytelling. Music Credits: Beanbag Fight by Scanglobe Algorithms by Chad Crouch

This episode we explore digital literacy through the Digital NWT project, a digital literacy education project designed for northern communities in Canada. We talk to Dr. Michael McNally, Jacey Firth-Hagan and Kyle Napier to learn more about this project. Music Credits: Beanbag Fight by Scanglobe Algorithms by Chad Crouch

This episode, we unwrap some of the highs and lows in the library world. First, we take a look at eBook policies, followed by a discussion of vocational awe and freedom of expression. Then, we move on to an exploration of late fees and the Lady bountiful archetype. Finally, we end with a reading of poems from the public domain.  Music Credits: Beanbag Fight - Scanglobe O Tannenbaum - Dee Yan-Key G...

This Fundrive episode was recorded virtual campfire style under the full moon on Halloween night. Join our hosts as they share some petrifying, blood curdling tales about cursed media. We start with a discussion on cursed book. Then, we sit down with Robert Desjardins and Francois Pageau to discuss the dark side of a medieval manuscript located in the Ualberta libraries. Finally, we end with a dis...

This episode we're taking you back to Season 2 for a virtual tour of some of UAlberta's and Edmonton's spookiest libraries. Join us as we unearth haunted tales from the Rutherford Library, the Cameron Library for Engineering, Science and Business and the Edmonton Public Schools Archives and Museum. Then, stay tuned because we're breaking down our top 10 literary costume ideas for this Halloween se...

It has been referred to as the Think Tank and likened to a spaceship, however, in this episode we look beyond its interesting architecture. We headed to the streets to find out what you think of the new and improved Stanley Milner Library. Then, stay tuned, because we had the opportunity to sit down with Holly Arnason, the Associate Manager of Makerspace with the Edmonton Public Library. Find out...

For this episode, we resurrected three of our favourite segments from the last year. Sam Popowich discusses his book Confronting the Democratic Discourse of Librarianship: A Marxist Perspective, featuring a historical materialist account of library ideology and its development. Next we revisit our first It Came from the Stacks piece, where we unearthed a set of ancient Sumerian tablets from the de...

What happens when librarians go wild? Well, you’ll know from this episode. We bring you spicy reviews of Madonna’s aptly titled book, Sex, and other controversial titles from the stacks in the Bruce Peel Special Collection. Anne Elefante, a member of the Future Librarians for Intellectual Freedom shared banned library books with us, and you’d be surprised by what is banned. Finally, we have SLIS’...

This episode covers Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) held on Feb. 7, 2020. FIP is a student-run conference hosted by the students in the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta. In this episode, several conference presenters talked about their works, with topics including climate change, refugee information needs, libraries values in the technology industry,...

It's the first episode of the year and the decade! The Shout team presents you fresh contents in various topics closely related to the future of librarianship. Belinda tackles library/librarian stereotypes, Timothy gives us a rundown of Canadian public domain and the works entering it in 2020, and Joel hones in on scholarly piracy and shadow libraries. ~~~~~~~ Music credits: Retro by B_Sean: https...

As we approach the end of a decade, the Shout team presents you our year-end tradition, Readers' Advisory (but in fact Top Tens of the Decade). What are some of the best dystopian fictions in the past decade? What about collections and reissues? Wait, we have more... We give you the top ten years of the past decade! We wrap up the year (and the decade) with a review on Arthur Russell’s album "Iowa...

In October 2019, the Toronto Public Library rented a meeting room to a group called “Radical Feminists Unite!” who invited a trans-exclusionary radical feminist, Meghan Murphy, to speak. This raises heated discussions around library policies and the border line of freedom of expression in Canada. In this episode, some Shouters had our own live panel discussion on this incident, intellectual freedo...

In this FunDrive episode, we discuss some of the “weird” research happening on and off campus, including interviews with Robyn Stobbs about D&D and with Dr. Heather Proctor about mites, and features on the Grateful Dead Internet Archive Collection, the Ig Nobel Prizes, and unique library finds! And welcome new Shout member Belinda Ongaro!

Three years ago in S01E04, we interviewed Sam Popowich, Discovery Systems Librarian at the UofA. This year, Sam is back discussing his new book about Marxist approach in librarianship. We also have Margaret Law who has rich experience in advocating for libraries talking about library advocacy. Also, we welcome new team members Timothy and Dan!

Following the theme of our last episode, here you’ll find contents about opioid overdose and libraries’ response, the challenge of promoting Palestinian literature, the Red Crow Community College Library dealing with the loss after a fire, and the public’s reaction to the Winnipeg Public Library’s security measures.

In this episode, we explored how libraries respond to social movement and political issues. Join us for a discussion on libraries and information crisis, how families reunite at a border library, how the Ferguson Municipal Library in Missouri responds to social crisis, and an autonomous intellectual library project in amiskwaciwâskahikan.

An overview of Social Justice and technology initiatives happening in Edmonton and at the University of Alberta.

Listen to the unique items our campus libraries hold. Hear about our map collections, rare books, and new technology such as robots you can take home and program! Listen to a review of Susan Orlean’s The Library Book and hear about librarians favourite items in our collections.

Since it’s the end of a busy semester AND holiday season, we gift you with a tasty box of mixed chocolates in the form of “reader advisory,” sharing thoughts on Netflix Christmas movies; we also review Lonnie Holleys’ album “MITH,” the “Citations Needed” podcast, and some shenanigans of the review of Canada’s Copyright Act.

Digital preservation and Archives: fire in Brazil, Metis archives at the University of Alberta and Documentaries on archives.

For our Halloween episode we speak to Konn Lavery about writing Edmonton-based horror, talk to Beth and Megan Dart about their experience writing local history into haunted house events, discuss Meg Braem’s new play, Blood…. and debut the hot new rap single, MLIYAS KWEENS. We even squeeze in a scathing review of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein!

In this episode, we embrace the Maker movement! Our newest host, Julia Guy, takes her first trip into the Edmonton Public Library's downtown Makerspace, and then we speak with Associate Manager Holly Arnason about the many ways in which accessibility is built into the design and evolution of the environment. We round out the episode as our new reporter, Hongyi, talks with Kim Martin about the Make...

This month we look at some current digital privacy issues facing Canadians. Topics include the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s recent report on privacy-enhancing technologies, to how libraries are informing users about data collection and tracking, a new initiative for consent-based use of technology, and an overview of a privacy self-assessment exercise.

In this episode of Shout for libraries we discuss homelessness and the library: a look at the important work being done by Edmonton’s libraries to meet their patrons needs no matter their income or area code.

In this episode, we discuss sexual harassment in the library. “…the truth is, every female and non-binary public librarian has dozens of stories just like this one; uncomfortable, but harmless interactions of harassment. We … tend to consider these offenses as an unfortunate, but inevitable part of the job.”