The Alberta Library

10/01/2026

📚✨ Happy Library Month!✨📚

Libraries are more than shelves filled with books they’re spaces where curiosity grows, ideas come to life, and everyone has a safe space to explore what learning looks like for them!

This Library Month, let’s celebrate the power of knowledge, lifelong learning, and the welcoming communities that libraries create. Every book opened is a new possibility, and every question asked is a step toward discovery.

Here’s to libraries! empowering minds, inspiring curiosity, and opening doors to a world of knowledge. 💙📖

09/29/2026

Libraries know firsthand how nonprofits strengthen communities.

This October, Imagine Canada is launching “You’re Already Part of It,” a national campaign highlighting the role charities and nonprofits play in everyday life across Canada. You can find a campaign guide, toolkit, and info session here: https://imaginecanada.ca/en/2026-national-awareness-campaign

Libraries and library organizations are part of that story—connecting people with information, resources, services, learning opportunities, and each other.

09/24/2026

📱 You’re not “bad at technology.” You just need confidence.

For many adults, learning new technology can feel overwhelming, frustrating, or even intimidating. And that’s where libraries can make a difference.

When helping someone with technology, try to:

🌱 Start small —> Celebrate quick wins.
🐢 Slow down —> One step at a time.
🤝 Work alongside them —> Don’t take over their device.
💬 Use supportive language —> “You try it, I’ll guide you.”
🤔 Ask questions —> Find out what they’re really struggling with.
⭐ Build independence —> Help people feel confident solving the next problem on their own.

Technology instruction isn’t just about teaching buttons and apps.
It’s about helping people believe, “I can do this.” 💪🔥

🔗 Read the full article for practical advice from the field:
https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/teaching-tech-adults.html?j=5721677&e

09/23/2026

📣New for 📣

The Stronger Together library Conference is pleased to announce that we will host a three-hour pre-conference workshop on October 19, 2026.

👩‍🏫 Facilitator: Carol Brown
📆 Date: October 19, 2026
🕐 Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

This pre-conference workshop offers attendees access to the full version of Carol Brown's "Shelf-Help" workshop. A condensed edition — Evidence-Based Answers: A Workshop for Library Staff on Identifying Science and Health Misinformation — was presented in 2025 to an exceptionally well-attended audience. Based on that success and Carol's continued development of the material, this expanded three-hour session provides a deeper and more comprehensive learning experience.

09/22/2026

❤️ Charities and nonprofits matter to Canadians. Now let’s show it.

Charities and nonprofits play an essential role in the well being of our communities. Yet many people may not realize how often they, or someone they know, benefit from nonprofit services.

So here’s the call to action:

📣 Tell your story.
🤝 Show your impact.
❤️ Connect your work to your community.
📢 Help people see why nonprofits matter.

The nonprofit sector touches all of our lives. It’s time to make that impact visible.

🔗 Read the research. Share it. Start the conversation:
https://imaginecanada.ca/en/360/what-do-canadians-think-charities-and-nonprofits

09/18/2026

🧠 What happens when our culture disappears?

In a digital world, our collective memory is increasingly at risk. When digital books, films, websites, research, and other cultural materials disappear or become inaccessible, future generations may lose access to our history.

The Our Future Memory movement is calling for four essential digital rights for libraries, archives, museums, and other memory institutions:

📚 Collect
🛡️ Preserve
🔓 Provide access
🤝 Collaborate

Protecting our digital heritage isn't just about technology or copyright. It's about who gets to remember, learn, and understand our time.

🔗 Read more and join the conversation:
https://journals.library.wustl.edu/pollib/article/id/9287/

09/17/2026

Why is it important for journalists, librarians and community members to collaborate on local information and storytelling initiatives? What becomes possible when librarians and community members practice journalism together rather than simply consume it? How might librarians build relationships with local reporters, and vice versa? Tackle these questions in a new webinar series:

Find these webinars and more on TAL's PD calendar here: https://thealbertalibrary.ca/pd-calendar/

Why is it important for journalists, librarians and community members to collaborate on local information and storytelling initiatives? What becomes possible when librarians and community members practice journalism together rather than simply consume it? How might librarians build relationships wit...

09/14/2026

🤖 Canada wants your voice on the future of AI.

AI is changing how we work, create and communicate. Now, the Government of Canada is asking: How can we make AI more transparent and trustworthy?

Have your say on issues like:
✨ AI-generated content
🔎 Transparency & disclosure
🤝 AI accountability
⚠️ AI-related incidents

📣 The consultation closes September 23, 2026.

👉 Share your perspective and help shape Canada’s approach to AI transparency.

🔗 Have your say and learn more:
thttps://www.canada.ca/en/innovation-science-economic-development/news/2026/07/government-of-canada-launches-public-consultation-on-ai-transparency.html

https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/ised/en/have-your-say-advancing-ai-transparency-canada


Government feedback wanted for AI transparency laws

08/26/2026

70% Sold Out! 📚

Don't miss out on one of the biggest events of the year.

Join 450+ library professionals from across for three days of learning, connecting, and inspiration. What’s new this year?

✅Pre-Conference session (Monday, October 19)
✅More sessions
✅More time to network
✅Incredible keynotes: R. David Lankes (Tuesday) and Ira Wells (Wednesday)

🥞 Hot breakfast and lunch are included on both days🧇

Great venue, great food, and exhibitors tailored to libraries

Don’t miss Alberta’s biggest library event of the year!

| Edmonton Public Library | Calgary Public Library | St. Albert Public Library | Sylvan Lake Municipal Library | Parkland Regional Library System | Red Deer Public Library | Raymond Public Library and Archives | Airdrie Public Library | Wetaskiwin Public Library | Camrose Public Library | New Sarepta Public Library | Three Cities Public Library | Banff Public Library |

07/31/2026

Today, we’re excited to share the next chapter of our own story: a brand-new logo. 📚💫

This new look reflects who we are, bold, welcoming, rooted in community, and shaped by the many voices we serve. It carries forward our mission while making space for growth, connection, and the future.

Same heart. Same purpose. Just a new way of showing it to the world. ❤️