Accepted sessions
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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... |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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. |
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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... |
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Pre-Conference: RDA on the Ground Heather Pretty, Trina Grover, Stacey Penney In this full-day workshop we will:
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Pre-Conference: RDA on the Ground (part I) Trina Grover, Stacey Penney, Heather Pretty In this full-day workshop we will : |
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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 : |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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The State of Scholarly Communications in CAUL-CBUA Institutions Lisa Goddard, Lise Brin, Geoff Brown |
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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... |
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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.... |
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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... |
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Usability Testing 101 Krista Godfrey |
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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... |
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