In this webinar, we will discuss the importance of your annual report, and some tips on how to make sure yours is effective! A supplementary document of clickable links mentioned in the webinar is included.
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Library staff and journalists share a similar goal: build well-informed communities. Both fields are also undergoing similar challenges, particularly in smaller centers, which have seen a steady decline in local news reporting. In the United States, however, public library staff have been finding ways of participating in civic journalism activities to keep their communities informed. We recently examined public libraries across Canada to discover if any were involved in journalistic activities during the 2019 federal election campaign. During this session, we will share our results, present the principles of civic journalism, and provide ideas for how you could use your information skills to better inform your community.
While working at NorQuest College Libraries, Lorisia MacLeod (James Smith Cree Nation) worked with the Indigenous Student Centre to develop new citation templates to be used in APA and MLA for citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers. These citation formats are meant to promote the culturally respectful use of Indigenous knowledge and people in research and challenge the status quo of who we cite.
This was hosted by the Maskwacis Cultural College microlearning: https://continuingeducationi.blogspot.com
Marketing Toolkit to help British Columbia public libraries you promote the eResources funded by the Provincial Digital Initiatives grant: LinkedIn Learning, Tumblebooks and OverDrive. The Toolkit provides detailed resources on how to promote these products with your patrons. The Toolkit contains:
There is a link in the toolkit (on Page 8) to all of the logos, images for social media and printable posters and bookmarks.
A handout created by the Transgender Inclusion Working Group at the Burnaby Public Library to help staff understand why Trans People Welcome signs were added to the library's washrooms. Includes tips and sample scripts on how to direct people to the washrooms, which washrooms nonbinary people should use, and how to respond to patrons who complain that someone is in the wrong washroom. Some links in this file are internal and may only be accessible to Burnaby Public Library staff. This is intended as a guide to help others make a similar resource tailored to their workplace.
A handout the Transgender Inclusion Working Group at Burnaby Public Library made for all staff to learn about pronouns, how and why to share them, and what to do if you've made a mistake with someone's pronouns. Some links are only accessible to Burnaby Public Library staff. This is intended as a guide to help others make a similar resource tailored to their workplace.
This presentation will provide an introduction to the process of making videos. Examining the three stages of video creation (pre-production, production/recording, and post-production) the aim will be to provide an understanding of what is required to make videos with a focus on educational/instructional contexts. Specific emphasis is placed on how design decisions about various facets (e.g. audience, technology, purpose) affect other elements and possibly enable or constrain future choices. Join presenters Julia and Michael as they share insights from their collaboration on multiple video-based instruction projects over the past several years.
Letter sent to YRL library staff prior to returning to work after pandemic restrictions are lifted.
The use of journals transformed my work habits two years ago, so much so, that I developed a program to share my process with other professionals. Keeping a journal serves several goals for efficiency, stress reduction, reporting and organization.
- Rose Reid, Indigenous Outreach Specialist, Marigold Library System
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