News

Christina Wilson Appointed as Secretary/Treasurer of The Alberta Library

Christina Wilson, CEO of Red Deer Public Library, was acclaimed as Secretary/Treasurer at the November 21 Board meeting. Christina stepped in to fill a mid-term vacancy; as a result her term will run through to April 2016.

Update on TAL's Strategic Design Process

Here is the latest update on TAL's strategic design process. A full update will be coming for TAL members at the upcoming Fall Board Meeting. 

Netspeed Presentations now Available

TAL is proud to announce that many of the fantastic presentations from Netspeed are now available on the Netspeed Conference website here: http://www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca/services/conferences/net

TAL Online Featured as one of OCLC's Member Stories

OCLC has a feature on The Alberta Library and TAL Online as one of their member stories which you can read here: https://www.oclc.org/en-AU/member-stories/alberta.html

Michael Silver Memorial Fund Established by SLIS Alumni Association

Friends, classmates and Colleagues of Michael Silver are fundraising to support the Michael Silver Fund at the University of Alberta.

TAL Staff Member Passes Away

TAL's IT Advisory Librarian, Michael Silver, passed away last Friday after complications from surgery. Michael was responsible for TAL's EZproxy and SFX services.

TAL Website Back To Normal

TAL is pleased to report that we have received confirmation that the server hosting our website is now stable and everything should be back to normal. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the site. 

TAL's Strategic Design Process Updated

Please see the attatched document for the current status of The Alberta Library's strategic design process. 
The Idea Lab is now working on preperation for their first workshop, scheduled for September 23, 2014.

TAL Website Experiencing Issues

On Thursday, September 3 The Alberta Library website began experiencing issues that prevented it from loading properly. This was due to the database on TAL's hosting server being corrupted.

TAL Online Presentation from 2014 CLA Conference now available

At the 2014 Annual CLA conference in Victoria, Jason Openo, TAL Programs and Planning Director and Kristin Dlewo, Hybrid Forge Managing partner presented "Getting The Most From the Revitalized TAL Online."

ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation has arrived at the TAL Offices

TAL CEO Clive Maishment recently went to Las Vegas to attend the ALA Annual conference where he was presented with the ALCTS Outstanding Collaboration Citation for the work The Alberta Library has done with TAL Online.

Welcome to the new TAL Website

The new TAL website is now live. We have worked hard to create an open, accessible website that strongly demonstrates TAL's values and provides easy to access relevant information to our members.

We would like to invite you to visit and discover some of the new features on the site.

Congratulations to Edmonton Public Library (EPL)

Congratulations to Edmonton Public Library for being named Library of the Year by the Library Journal!

TAL Online Recipient of new awards!

The Alberta Library is pleased to announce that TAL Online is the recipient of two awards: