Accepted sessions

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“One and One are Sometimes Eleven”: Local Source Partners and Technologies in the Killam Learning Commons
Marc Comeau, Michelle Paon

Eleven stakeholders currently share space in Dalhousie University’s Killam Library Learning Commons, with services ranging from research assistance and the IT help desk to tutoring, GIS...

Academic
Usability Testing 101
Krista Godfrey

Slides available here 
 

Technology
Update on the Nova Scotia Virtual Health Library
Patrick Ellis, Penny Logan, Darlene Chapman

Library Directors for the IWK, Capital Health, and Dalhousie University's Kellogg Health Sciences Library, and the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness's Director of Policy and...

Research
Through the Years: APLA Style!
Jennifer Richard, Tanja Harrison, Elaine MacLean

Locally sourced, organic, you betcha, it's the story of YOUR own association!  Let three long time APLA devotees and amateur historians take you on a journey through your association....

Community
Therapy Dogs, Exam-time Cookies, and Banning Books: Community Engagement in Academic Libraries
Lorna Rourke, Nancy Collins, Susan Shepley

Canadian academic libraries offer a myriad of services to their communities. The breadth, creativity, and impact of these initiatives is inspiring and worth knowing about.  The panelists will...

Academic
The State of Scholarly Communications in CAUL-CBUA Institutions
Lisa Goddard, Lise Brin, Geoff Brown

Slides available here.

Academic
Supporting Qualtrics: Expanding Services in a Diet Culture
Karen Keiller

Changes in technology and shifting priorities of the community you serve are bound to sprout new opportunities. When is it appropriate to take it on? How do you create a culture that means that...

Research
Staffing 21st Century Libraries: Atlantic Canadian Perspectives
Alison Black

This session will present research results from the pilot phase of a research project funded by the APLA Memorial Trust. Atlantic Canadian public libraries are essential contributors to civic life...

Community
Public
Social Media Research
Madeline Driscoll, Samantha Fritz

This session will highlight some of the various research initiatives currently underway at the Social Media Lab at the Dalhousie’s School of Information Management. The sample projects to be...

Technology
Shifting Ground: CAUL-CBUA Services and Tools
Gillian Byrne

Come see how we’ve tended the CAUL-CBUA garden this year!  We’re improving our foundation with new goals and revised policy, encouraging growth with new member-centred committees...

Academic
Recipe for a Locally Grown Library Data Service: International Ingredients served with Homemade Goodness!!
Laura Syms, Margaret Dechmen

World Bank Open Data, United Nations Development Programme, Gapminder, and like initiatives offer free downloadable data and online visualization tools that not only enhance instructional capacity...

Technology
Pre-Conference: RDA on the Ground (part II) (ends 4:00 pm)
Trina Grover, Stacey Penney, Heather Pretty

In this full-day workshop we will :

Pre-Conference: RDA on the Ground (part I)
Trina Grover, Stacey Penney, Heather Pretty

In this full-day workshop we will :

Pre-Conference: RDA on the Ground
Heather Pretty, Trina Grover, Stacey Penney

In this full-day workshop we will:

  • review FRBR and introduce the RDA framework;
  • outline the major differences from AACR, and review RDA elements as they are encoded in...
Pre-Conference: Playing in the Technology Garden
Mark Leggott, Donald Moses, Krista Godfrey

This pre-conference ½ day session will highlight the role of makerspaces in the evolving educational landscape and how libraries can incorporate makerspaces within their buildings. The...

Pre-Conference: Media Training for Locally Sourced Libraries: Proactive & Reactive
Marlo MacKay

This ½ day pre-conference workshop will explore both sides of media relations: proactive and reactive.

Pre-Conference: Growing Your Digital Greenhouse
Mark Leggott, Don Walsh

This ½ day pre-conference will provide an overview of the digital library landscape, with a focus on approaches and best practices for any kind of library, regardless of size or budget....

Pre-Conference: DIY Mapping for Libraries
Peter Rukavina

This half-day hands-on workshop will take attendees through the process of creating and publishing an indoor map using free mapping tools, jumping off from work Peter Rukavina has been doing as...

Playing in the Technology Garden
Mark Leggott, Donald Moses, Krista Godfrey

This pre-conference ½ day session will highlight the role of makerspaces in the evolving educational landscape and how libraries can incorporate makerspaces within their buildings. The...

Made in Nova Scotia: a new model for consortial eBook collections
Jennifer Richard, Bill Slauenwhite, Denise Parrott

In an effort to overcome some of obstacles related to restrictions of ebooks in consortial catalogues, in the spring of 2012, the Novanet Libraries pooled resources and approached the vendors YPB...

Technology
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