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University of Calgary Libraries Opened in 2011, the Taylor Family Digital Library, is the main library at the University of Calgary.

The TFDL offers a wide range of services, both traditional and electronic.

Calling all Anne of Green Gables Fans. Don’t miss the traveling book binding and book arts exhibition on Lucy Maud Montg...
06/02/2026

Calling all Anne of Green Gables Fans.

Don’t miss the traveling book binding and book arts exhibition on Lucy Maud Montgomery at the Central Calgary Public Library until Jun 30.

On Jun 8, Annie Murray (University of Calgary Libraries), Rebecca Sullivan (UCalgary Arts) and Cameron Treleaven (Aquila Books) will present an overview of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s work, including first editions of her books.

Canadian Bookbinders and Book Artists Guild

What does an archival conservator actually do?Use expertise, training and highly specialized tools to preserve documents...
05/28/2026

What does an archival conservator actually do?

Use expertise, training and highly specialized tools to preserve documents, books, records and images for future use.

In the case of this massive collection of historical photographs, our Conservation Advisor had to remove paper envelopes stuck to photographs and glass negative plates.

Not everyone gets to use a humidification chamber at work!

Today was the University of Calgary's second-ever Research Communications Day! This event brings together early career r...
05/26/2026

Today was the University of Calgary's second-ever Research Communications Day! This event brings together early career researchers for a full day of learning, sharing and community.

Hosted by the University of Calgary - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary Libraries and Knowledge to Impact, the event featured sessions on storytelling, data visualization, theatre techniques, inclusive practices and more.

Thank you to everyone who came to build new skills, share ideas and experiences, and join the growing UCalgary research communications community.

05/21/2026

Rex is looking for books. If you haven’t returned your overdue books yet, now's the perfect time!

05/21/2026

It helps when you see questions where others see obstacles.

What does it mean to survive, and what is the cost of surviving?Uche and Anna - both UCalgary Arts professors - invited ...
05/19/2026

What does it mean to survive, and what is the cost of surviving?

Uche and Anna - both UCalgary Arts professors - invited the audience to consider this as they read from their deeply moving work:

We Survived Until We Could Live - Uche Umezurike
Wound Archive - Anna Veprinska

Thank you to University of Calgary Press and Gordon Hill Press & The Porcupine's Quill for investing in the written word and supporting authors whose work resonates. Thank you Shelf Life Books for creating such an uplifting space where Calgarians can come together in a “fellowship of words”.

When David Jones was 20, he took a summer job that would change the course of his life: traveling across Canada selling ...
05/13/2026

When David Jones was 20, he took a summer job that would change the course of his life: traveling across Canada selling artifacts and archival materials from the Canadian Pacific Railway. The summer position turned into a 37-year career with a company that is fundamental to Canadian history. “It’s unprecedented,” he describes the company’s impact. “Nowhere else in the world was a private company so involved with the development of a nation.”

Even in retirement, Jones remains committed to the CPR. He’s written half a dozen books and anthologies about its history and is currently working on a new book, “From Cow Town to Now Town.” He hopes it will teach Calgarians all kinds of things about their city that they don’t know.

Jones regularly consults archives in the Glenbow Western Research Centre (2nd Floor, TFDL) to help bring history to life. The files of company records, engineering drawings, correspondence and newspaper articles offer glimpses of personalities, scandals, and unusual details that make his writing more colourful. He is highly methodical in his approach; sifting through folders with purposeful efficiency. His notebook contains details about the particular pieces of information he is looking for and notes on where they might be. But he is also open to surprise – to be captured by names and details and get carried away learning about them.

“You want to add something new to the historical record, otherwise there isn’t much point.”

To make an appointment to view the archives, email: 𝗮𝘀𝗰@𝘂𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆.𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀.𝗰𝗼𝗺.

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀:
Tales of the CPR
Famous Name Trains: Travelling in Style with the CPR
The Railway Beat: A Century of Canadian Pacific Police Service
See This World Before the Next: Cruising with CPR Steamships in the Twenties and Thirties
Railway Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific – the World’s Greatest Travel System
New World Dreams: Canadian Pacific Railway and the Golden Northwest

Congratulations to Sylvia Polachuk on her retirement! Sylvia has been connected to LCR since 1980 shortly after completi...
05/07/2026

Congratulations to Sylvia Polachuk on her retirement! Sylvia has been connected to LCR since 1980 shortly after completing her Bachelor of Music (Trombone) degree.

She started her career by cataloguing a huge collection of vinyl records purchased with the Heritage Fund. Eventually Sylvia moved over to the performing and fine arts library on the 9th floor of the ‘old’ library building where she loved getting to know the music students.

A career highlight was doing the research for
BeEH!thoven: The story of Canadian Theodore Frederic Molt meeting Ludwig van Beethoven in 1825 Vienna, Austria.

Sylvia co-presented it at the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) in Prague in July 2022.

(Link in comments to view the story!)

After the conference, she toured around Prague, Vienna and spent a week at the Salzburg Festival hearing amazing concerts. A dream come true for a life-long musician!

“What I will miss the most are the people. I have worked with amazing people over the years and my Public Service Team buddies are the best, kindest and most knowledgeable people ever!”

In retirement, Sylvia hopes to sleep in, knit, garden, read and keep playing trombone with the New West Symphony & Chorus. Their annual spring concert is May 9 in the Jack Singer Hall if you want to see Sylvia in action!

The Taylor Family Digital Library holds an important collection of artwork by Treaty 7 artists—and this summer you’re in...
05/06/2026

The Taylor Family Digital Library holds an important collection of artwork by Treaty 7 artists—and this summer you’re invited to experience it up close.

Join Kaia MacLeod, UCalgary’s Indigenous Cataloguing Librarian and member of the James Smith Cree Nation, for an intimate tour of the collection this summer.

📅 TOUR DETAILS:
June 8 @ 1pm
June 19 @ 11am
July 20th @ 11am

Details + registration: https://bit.ly/4dkPjTB

🖼️ #1-5 (in order):
1) Adrian Stimson, “Old Sun Residential School”, 2019.
2) David Garneau, “Shaman was not a Teah but a Gifted Survivor Who Could Guide (Louis Bird)”, 2021.
3) Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert, “Porcelain Jump, Edge of History”, 2000.
4) Jane Ash Poitras, “Visionary”, no date.
5) Adrian Stimson, “Lebret Residential School,” 2019.

🪧BUILDING CLOSUREThe Taylor Family Digital Library will be closed for Staff Development from 8pm on April 30 through May...
04/29/2026

🪧BUILDING CLOSURE

The Taylor Family Digital Library will be closed for Staff Development from 8pm on April 30 through May 1.

There will be no after-hours access during this time.

We look forward to seeing you back in the building on Saturday, May 2 at 10am.

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