Dear Fellow Professionals, The Library at IIT Gandhinagar cordially invites you to join us for the following talk on *Tuesday, 23rd August, 2022, at 4 PM* to enrich ourselves with the rich experience of Ms. Aditi Gupta, Engineering & Science Librarian from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, having worked in the LIS field for 18 years in Canada. This talk will focus mainly on the recent trends and best practices followed in Academic Research Libraries in Canada. *Title: What is New & Happening in Academic & Research Libraries in Canada* *Date (Day): 23.08.2022 (Tuesday)* *Time: 4.00 PM* *Register here: * *https://iitgn-ac-in.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nERqKCrbRmu5Hl7yTneFIA* <https://iitgn-ac-in.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nERqKCrbRmu5Hl7yTneFIA> *About Talk: * Academic libraries in Canada and elsewhere are constantly transforming based on the needs of the higher education system and advances in scholarly research and technology. In this session, Aditi Gupta will discuss the newer trends in scholarly communication, research services and information literacy in Canadian libraries. She will also discuss the nature of new services, address the evolving nature of the new librarian roles and skills required to provide new services at libraries. *About Resource Person:* Aditi Gupta is the Engineering & Science Librarian at the <https://www.uvic.ca/>University of Victoria <https://www.uvic.ca/> Libraries. She received her Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from the <https://www.ubc.ca/>University of British Columbia <https://www.ubc.ca/> in 2004 and has worked in libraries for over 18 years. Aditi’s research interests include diversity and inclusion in libraries, inclusive teaching practices, information literacy instruction, and information-seeking behaviors of visible minorities, international students, and multicultural populations. Aditi is the past recipient of the ALA Diversity Grant (2015-2016), the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute’s Collaborative Research Grant (2018-2020), NSERC Science Communication Skills Grant (2021-2022) and the Learning & Teaching Support Innovation’s Anti-Racism Grants (2021-2023). She is an active member of the <https://www.ala.org/>American Library Association (ALA) <https://www.ala.org/>, <https://www.ala.org/acrl/>Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) <https://www.ala.org/acrl/> and the <https://sites.asee.org/eld/>American Society of Engineering Education’s Engineering Library Division (ASEE-ELD) <https://sites.asee.org/eld/> and serves on many of their committees. So we believe this would be a wonderful opportunity to learn how the libraries are working across the globe and we look forward to seeing you in large numbers. Thanks & Regards Kumbar -- T. S. Kumbar, PhD Advisor (Library & Institute Archives) Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Palaj, Gandhinagar 382 055*|* Gujarat | INDIA Tel: +91 79 2395 2431 Mob: 09825921864 Email: tskumbar@iitgn.ac.in | librarian@iitgn.ac.in Website: http://www.iitgn.ac.in Follow Us : <https://www.facebook.com/Library-IITGN-105636257877813/> <https://www.instagram.com/iitgn_library/> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/library-iitgn/> <https://in.pinterest.com/librarysocialmedia0715/> <https://twitter.com/LibraryIITGN> ----*--------------------------------------------------------* *Celebrating the penmanship of IITGN Authors <https://library.iitgn.ac.in/iitgnauthors.php>.*