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The article relates the experiences of the author, a staff member of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) McNally Library, from being involved in library projects in Argentina and Cuba. The author's role in the Virtual Library Project at the Instituto Argentino del Petroleo y del Gas was to provide cataloguing training and to serve as a consultant in the design of the INMAGIC database. She was also able to share ideas in solving software problems.

The article offers news briefs in the higher education sector worldwide as of September 2016. The University of Calgary in Alberta, the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) launched the academic search engine metaBUS. The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania introduced the Penn Wharton Budget Model. The online platform Merit updated its system.

The article looks at historical events that took place on certain days in April and May throughout history including the adoption of the Catholic Emancipation Act in Prince Edward Island in 1830, the founding of Guelph, Ontario in 1879, and the opening of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in 1963.

Mentions Albertans Adam McKay, Abraham David, and Jason Ewert. How they helped the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology School of Business win a first-place spot in the Green line Investment Challenge, a Canadian competition for finance students; Comment of instructor Pat Latham.

This section offers international news briefs on the engineering and construction projects as of December 2013. Developer Tony Fung plans to build the Aquis Great Barrier Reef Resort in Cairns. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) plans to build the NAIT Centre for Applied Technologies in Edmonton, Alberta. A Kai Village mixed-use development on Grand Cayman is planned for construction by the Cayman Islands Government Department of Planning.