This webinar will discuss what a collection diversity audit is, why they are important, and how to create a more diverse collection
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This is a brief webinar on starting a book delivery service in your community.
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Collection diversity is important to representation and accessibility to library patrons. In this webinar, we are going to discuss what collection diversity is, collection diversity audits, and the importance of intellectual freedom.
An inclusive collection that is representative of your community is an important part of library accessibility. While circulation statistics, high holds and popular reading lists are often indicators for the health and success of a collection and purchasing, this may also mean that your collection is not representative of your community. This can be remedied by performing a collection diversity audit. During this webinar, we are going to discuss what a collection diversity audit is, why it is important, and how to go about planning a collection diversity audit.
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This webinar will look at the benefits of offering a book delivery service in your community, how to go about implementing one, and what steps should be considered. A book delivery service is a valuable program to offer your community, during the current pandemic and beyond.
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A 20-minute webinar on benefits and implementation of a library book delivery service.
Sensory Storytime is a program specifically designed for children with autism and other PDD. Our community has asked for this kind of programming for quite a long time, but until now, we have not had the ability to offer it. In this session, we will go through the process that led us to being able to offer a Sensory Storytime program at our library. We will share the kinds of partners and professionals who guided us with their expertise and knowledge of autism and PDD. We will also take participants through a Sensory Storytime to show what this program could look like in your library. We offer tips of what worked and what didn’t and encourage participants to let us help them learn how to offer this program in their libraries.
This podcast discusses an initiative in rural Nova Scotia which sees the implementation of self-service library access as a viable option to extend access beyond staffed hours.
Presentation for the 3rd Children and Teen Services Conference (CATS) in Kelowna, B.C. in October. Discussed all the Disability projects that I have done to help children and teens with diversabilities (disabilities). Have sent the booklists across Canada for libraries and organizations to use and create their own. Interior Health, MCYSN, eight school districts and Work B.C. are using them for staff and clients as well as doctors in the province have them on their websites FETCH and PATHWAYS. Projects were done in my role as Community Liaison for the provincial LDABC, South Central Okanagan Community Council member and Self-Advocate Advisor for the Okanagan Self-Advocate Group. Lists and resources are very highly used and appreciated by the staff, families and professionals across the province and Canada.
Bring your rainbow flags and glitter, and come on out for Pride Month celebrations at the library. Learn how and why your library can participate, what others in the province are already doing, and about some of the resources available to support staff and community members alike. This session will begin with a very brief primer on terminology and etiquette for working with the LGBTQ+ community, context about Pride celebrations, and recent highlights from Alberta communities. Library-specific content will cover ideas for Pride month programs and community participation, and ways to ensure your library is welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community year-round through staff training, policies, facilities and programs.
In this session, accessibility experts working in post-secondary education support organizations will describe simple ways you can be more intentional in designing a library and collections that all of your users can access and use.
Service dogs are increasingly visible in society, but do you know how to behave around one?
Jocelynn Johnson shares personal stories and provides tips for interacting with service animals and their humans.
Jocelynn Johnson, is a Geospatial Analyst for the Government of Manitoba.
While part of an average Winnipeg family, at age seven Jocelynn went from having perfect hearing to being completely deaf overnight from meningitis. She became the first child in Manitoba to receive a cochlear Implant. In her twenties, she had to have it removed after a medical incident, effectively losing her hearing for a second time. As a result, she has gone between existing in the hearing world, the deaf world, and the grey area in-between.
Since receiving her Hearing Ear Service Dog nearly nine years ago, she has recognized a gap in education about service animals, and has strived to narrow this gap by educating formally or informally whenever possible. Jocelynn is the co-chair and founder of the Civil Servants with Abilities Network and a founder of the Deaf Professionals Network. She is also President of the Manitoba GIS Users Group.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx