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1. Alberta’s Other Key Resource: Information. Exploring an Employment Pipeline between the U of A’s ... (27:06)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Trepanier, Cheryl
Summary:
Edmonton is home to both an ALA accredited MLIS program and a major employer, the Government of Alberta (GoA). Yet the GoA has had difficulty recruiting information professionals into information m...

2. Analysis of Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auctions: Licence Ownership and Deployment in the 700 MHz,... (31:40)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Joseph, Kris
Summary:
Despite the Canadian government’s assertion that high-speed broadband access is crucial for economic and social benefit, there is minimal competition or availability of these services in rural or r...

3. Best Practises in Multilingual Collections (23:22)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Fisher, Arija
Summary:
Language and culture are deeply intertwined concepts, and to engage in one is to engage in the other. Multilingual collections are one way to engage both concepts, particularly in integrated multil...

4. Blackfoot Digital Library (1:00:00)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Heavy Head, Danielle; Heavy Head Ryan
Summary:
Keynote from LIBRARIANS, MEET WORLD: Cultural Engagement and Inclusive Access in Libraries: Danielle Heavy Head is a member of Kainai, a Blackfoot tribe situated in between the Old Man River; the B...

5. Darth Vader, Spiderman and Sailor Moon Walk Into a Library: Adapting Cosplay for the Public Libra... (32:33)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Linville, Elizabeth; Marple, Jessica; Ridley, Pamela
Summary:
This presentation will provide an introduction to and brief theoretical exploration of the concept of cosplaying. Following this, we will discuss the ways in which cosplay can be meaningfully incor...

6. Developing Death Literacy in LIS (17:10)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Sanderson, Cori
Summary:
Having an open discussion about ‘death’ and ‘dying’ is often considered to be too morbid or taboo in our Canadian culture. This attitude can impact the ways that we think about mortality and grievi...

7. Eat your words: Food insecurity and the library (23:16)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Brodhead, Tessa
Summary:
According to Food Banks Canada, over 4 million Canadians are food insecure. But what does food insecurity actually mean, and how does it impact our community? Food insecurity is a complex web of so...

8. Embracing an Opportunity: LIS Students Across the Pond (30:15)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Frechette, Jessica; Ratcliffe, Caitlin; Schamuhn-Kirk, Deborah
Summary:
Last summer, we chose to complete an LIS study abroad program offered by the University of Southern Mississippi and based on-site in the United Kingdom. This cross-cultural experience broadened our...

9. Fortnum & Mason: A shopping and cultural memory icon (29:18)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Carr-Wiggan, Merran
Summary:
Many visitors to London are impressed by the beauty of the Fortnum & Mason shop and its iconic products rooted in the history and culture of Britain. As part of her international practicum in Londo...

10. Have Your Voice Heard! (Literally) (28:18)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Carr-Wiggin, Merran
Summary:
Whether delivering a speech to various media outlets, presenting to your peers, or performing a program for children, library work often requires some form of public speaking. When used efficiently...

11. How Project Management Theory Improves Program and Event Planning in the Library: Science Literac... (27:53)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Hiscott, Quincy
Summary:
To expand on the successful 2016 pilot, the University of Alberta Libraries combined giveaways with live demonstrations, experiments and tutorials to deliver over 50 events for Science Literacy Wee...

12. Multimedia Representations of Sherlock Holmes: Game Adaptations (31:36)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Lowry, Hugh; MacLeod, Lorisia
Summary:
This presentation utilizes multimedia to explore representations of Sir Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. We sample a brief history of Sir Doyle and the texts before turning to board game, video game,...

13. Patron Perpetrated Sexual Harassment at the Public Library (20:15)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Lieu, Angela
Summary:
Third-party sexual harassment, perpetrated against employees by individuals external to their employing organization, is a serious and all too common issue faced by employees in service-oriented oc...

14. Social Technology -- Using Theories of Psychosocial Development to Better Offer Technology Servic... (28:12)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Ecclestone, Atlas
Summary:
The exponential growth of technology, and our society’s subsequent reliance on this technology, has left many concerned about the negative repercussions on the social development of children raised...

15. The Librarian's Playbook: An Introduction to Indie Tabletop RPGs (29:47)

Date:
2018
Main contributors:
Kumpf, Emily
Summary:
When we think about innovation in LIS, we often think digital and electronic, but we also have the opportunity to explore older technologies and non-traditional media that are not often associated ...

16. Uncovering Dissident Voices: Radical Librarianship in Canada (20:38)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Huang, Carolin
Summary:
This presentation is about the process and challenges of putting together a collection of resources on radical librarianship in Canada. Literature on radical librarianship has largely focused on th...

17. Water Protectors: Radical Education for Reconciliation in the Library (25:21)

Date:
2019-02-08
Main contributors:
Borys, Christina; Cowley, Kendra; Plesuk, Tabatha
Summary:
This presentation speaks to the curation of “Dispatch from the Frontlines: Water Protection and Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence Along the Athabasca River,” a display created for LIS 598: Indig...

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