Presentation from BCLA 2019 Conference, "Future by Design". Presented Thursday, May 9. Session T01. Presenters: Paola Ardiles, Stephen O'Shea, Jennifer Wile, Tamarack Hockin (contact links provided last slide of presentation).
After a focus group revealed that the citizens of Yellowknife were short on affordable family friendly (and adult non-pub) activities the Harry Potter Escape Room was born. This session will describe in detail how to plan, promote, and execute a successful literary themed escape room. To date, the Harry Potter escape room has brought over 200 people into the library and the current waiting list includes over 25 more teams eager to be part of future sessions.
Shannyn was a municipal councillor, library board trustee and local board member from 2013- 2017 when she became a privacy breach victim. With a unique work-related knowledge of access and privacy legislation, Shannyn embarked on a challenging journey to understand Alberta’s access and privacy legislation as it relates to public bodies and individuals' rights. Her experience as a trustee and breach victim can help public bodies such as libraries understand that serious consideration should be given to preparing privacy breach response plans, including communication strategies that are as open as possible. A good communication plan with the affected individuals is a cornerstone of an organization’s response to a privacy breach, but only if that plan is in place and tested before the breach occurs.
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Sometimes libraries have to ‘Find a Way’ to build – or rebuild - a relationship with their local governments. That relationship can be a positive, mutually reinforcing one; however, it can also be something less desirable. Municipal council members are elected by the people of their communities to deliver a wide range of programs and services, and there is always more work to do than there are resources available to do it. This is complicated with the notion with some that libraries have outlived their useful life, and some councillors will wonder why they waste money on a service that nobody uses. If trustees understand how local governments work, how they identify their priorities, and where they get their information, the library board stands a better chance of creating a positive relationship with local governments. Together trustees and staff can find a way to make it happen.
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Let’s try it out – Robertson Library actively promotes the Library not only as a research and study environment, but also as a welcoming space for students to relax, engage, learn, and have fun! We offer various outreach events throughout the academic semesters – escape rooms; a stargazing evening; a PJ party; pop-up surprises and a stress free zone with games, crafts, and a photo-booth during the exam period; book, movie, and research talks in collaboration with various campus faculties and departments; Spooktacular tales; an Open Mic evening– to name a few. Discover which events were the most successful!
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How do you find a way to engage historians and genealogists with your collection? Give them what they are looking for… primary resources! We all have books in our collections with inscriptions, letters, bookplates and flattened objects inside. But what do we do with them? The Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island, has identified a number of in-house books with interesting ownership stories. Researching the connection between the book, as artifact, and its previous owner(s), the UPEI Library has created a VRE (Virtual Research Environment), www.BookLives.ca, for genealogists and historians. Learn about this new primary source (held within your own library stacks) and hear some of the stories of book lovers from the past.
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This presentation summarizes how and why to incorporate open educational resources (OERs) in the health sciences.
An overview of how CELA member libraries can offer access to CELA's collection of over 500,000 titles in accessible formats to patrons with print disabilities.
Libraries will find all the tools they need to offer CELA services to their patrons with print disabilities: training information, ordering a deposit collection of DAISY CDs, borrowing through CELA's interlibrary loan system, promoting CELA in the community, support for library programs, direct to player service for libraries, TD Summer Reading Club support and how to sign up for CELA's newsletter, Open Book for Libraries.
EasyReader by Dolphin Inc. is an easy-to-use, free, accessible reading app for people with print disabilities including dyslexia, low vision and blindness. This guide provides a quick overview to help you start using EasyReader with your CELA account.
An overview of braille and how libraries can access braille titles from CELA for their patrons who are blind or low vision. This webinar was delivered by CELA Member Services with Braille Literacy Canada in October 2017.
This webinar introduces libraries to what is braille, the braille collections offered by CELA, the importance of having braille reading skills, technology and braille, and supporting braille readers, learners and educators in public libraries.