Author Archives: Amelia Clarkson

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2021 Open Student Scholar Prize!

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Amelia Clarkson

In March and April of this year Open Langara and the Library jointly ran the Open Student Scholar Prize for the second time, with great success! The judges were pleasantly surprised to receive almost double the number of submissions from … Continue reading →

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Announcing the Open Student Scholar Prize Winners!

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Amelia Clarkson

Please join us in congratulating the winners of the first ever Open Student Scholar Prize! In February and March of this year Open Langara and the Library jointly ran the Open Student Scholar Prize with great success! The Judges were … Continue reading →

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Using Open Textbooks for Summer Classes

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Amelia Clarkson

As we look toward an online summer term our students face two significant barriers to textbook access: finances and physical distance. In order to help navigate these challenges, Open Langara and the Library are here to support instructors interested in … Continue reading →

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Introducing the Langara Open Student Scholar Prize

Posted on February 10, 2020 by Amelia Clarkson

In partnership with Open Langara and the Langara Institutional Repository (The LaIR), this term the Library is pleased to announce the first Open Student Scholar Prize. This prize celebrates the exemplary work being done by our students and offers them … Continue reading →

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Light Therapy Lamps at the Library

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Amelia Clarkson

                          This month we continue to highlight some of the great resources the Langara Library has to offer beyond books, featuring our light therapy lamps.

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Langara Library is here for you, no bones about it!

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Amelia Clarkson

  October is Canadian Library Month, dedicated to raising awareness of the important roles libraries play in their communities, especially through the unique services and resources they provide beyond traditionally-imagined book collections. Our own Library and Learning Commons is no … Continue reading →

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Media Resources for Indigenization

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Amelia Clarkson

Over the past year the Langara Library has been working to acquire more resources in the media collection to help support instructors who are working to Indigenize their course content across all subjects. We have tried in particular to emphasize … Continue reading →

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Changes to Kanopy streaming access

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Amelia Clarkson

Effective May 1 2019, Langara Library will transition to a limited access model, or mediated mode, for the Kanopy streaming film platform. We recognize that streaming videos have become an increasingly important resource for courses over the past several years, … Continue reading →

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VHS at Langara

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Amelia Clarkson

As you have hopefully heard, by September 2018 VHS will no longer be a supported format at the college and VHS players are already being phased out of classrooms. During this transition, AV/IT has increased the number of laptops available to faculty for use on … Continue reading →

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