Design & layout with Canva

Description

If you have been wanting to design posters, brochures, and other documents, but haven't had the time to learn advanced software, this workshop might be your answer. Canva is a free, browser-based layout software loaded with pre-designed templates for creating items such as posters, tri-fold brochures, business cards, flyers, newsletters, slideshow presentations, etc. You can also start with a blank document and build from scratch. It’s linked to free image libraries such as Pexels and Pixabay, or you can upload your own images and logos, or images you’ve downloaded from places such as Unsplash. Your designs are auto-saved, and can be shared with others to collaborate on as a team. This workshop covers: Attendees can apply the skills learned in this workshop to the other layouts available on Canva.
Workshop Recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d0qAwCh_JJdsyTLcDkyinuF4jzci-rlj/view?usp=sharing

Author

Dani K Johnson; Rich McCue

Author E-Mail

danikjohnson@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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The community scholars program: Paywalled literature & academic library services for organizations that support health communities

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Through the Community Scholars Program, staff and volunteers in BC-based community organizations have unprecedented access to paywalled academic content from participating publishers, together with supporting services of librarians. In this session we reflect on how the Program supports non-profit organizations that promote inclusion and make measurable contributions to social and economic wellbeing, fostering healthy and resilient communities across Vancouver Island and BC. We explore how this occurs through providing access to paywalled academic content, and also through supporting communities of practice, and offering expert advice and services related to scholarly information.

Author

Kelsey Chaban; Heather de Forest; Kealin McCabe; Aleha McCauley; Dana McFarland

Author E-Mail

Dana.McFarland@viu.ca

Conference Year

2021
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3D printing, data visualization, podcasting & more: Student perceptions of digital fluency workshops & tools in academic library makerspace

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The University of Victoria Libraries Digital Scholarship Commons (DSC) is a digital lab and academic makerspace that provides access to digital tools, offers free introductory workshops on how to use those tools, and provides consultation services for students and staff who need direction or support using the tools. This session will briefly review the tools and services the DSC offers, and then explore research conducted at the DSC about student perceptions of digital fluency workshops and the democratic role the academic library plays in providing access to digital tools and instruction on a multi-disciplinary campus. https://uvic.ca/library/dsc

Author

Rich McCue

Author E-Mail

rmccue@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Cookies or kooky? Hoping to bake your day a little better

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Join Lisa Abram, Sue Bengtson and Lisa Petrachenko from UVic Libraries as they share their strategies, observations and assessment from collaborative efforts to host student wellness events. Sue Bengtson will discuss the ideas and execution behind providing students with a series of Pop Up Relaxation Stations during final exam week. Lisa Abram will share strategies and tips for effective social media contesting and promotion of your wellness activities. Lisa Petrachenko will talk about planning and hosting events at UVic Libraries as part of the cross-campus campaign, UVic Wellness Week. Presenters will discuss the benefits of collaborating with campus partners to create a successful event. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences during the session.

Author

Lisa Abram; Sue Bengtson; Lisa Petrachenko

Author E-Mail

suebeng@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Intersections with open knowledge: Wikidata at UVic Libraries

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Wikidata is a global collaboratively-edited knowledge base created by the Wikimedia Foundation. It was launched in 2012 to contain structured data (in the form of linked data) for use in other Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. This presentation will outline how Wikidata has been used in GLAM institutions around the world, how UVic Libraries has begun to integrate it into its archival and library metadata workflow, and discuss benefits and challenges related to Wikidata involvement.

Author

Elizabeth Bassett, Heather Dean, Dean Seeman

Author E-Mail

hdean@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Librarian as project consultant: Creative outreach with engineering students

Description

When asked to do a class visit for a 200 level Engineering Project Management class I proposed meetings with individual project groups instead. This was meant to mimic a project team meeting with an external expert or consultant.

Author

Ally Flynn

Author E-Mail

FlynnA@camosun.bc.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Open knowledge at UVic Libraries: Three digital projects

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In this session, three Librarians from the University of Victoria Libraries and two colleagues from the ETCL will share their insights and perceptions of the hands-on-training in open knowledge creation they experienced as Open Knowledge Practicum (OKP) Fellows. The OKP is a 12-week practicum offered every semester through the Electronic Textual Cultures Lab (ETCL) at UVic, located within the Digital Scholarship Commons. The practicum invites all members of the Greater Victoria Region to bring any public-facing project or project of community importance to the ETCL. During the practicum, community members or university staff, students, or faculty work with ETCL staff to bring their projects to completion and publish them in an open access format. The OKP also allows fellows to contribute to Wikipedia or similar open resources and share their knowledge in an online space.
In addition to a brief overview of the OKP and the practical and experiential learning opportunities it provides, presenters from ETCL and the UVic Libraries will share their projects, discuss key elements and briefly demonstrate the digital presence they created during their practicums. Ying Liu, Linguistics, Pacific and Asian Studies and Religious Studies Librarian, will speak about her digital exhibition of two Chinese Canadian community newspapers: the World Journal and New Republic newspapers, and the original Wikipedia article she created. Pia Russell, Education, Children's Literature, and Indigenous Studies Librarian, will discuss the BC Historical Textbooks project. Aditi Gupta, Engineering & Science Librarian, will discuss her work on information literacy resources for librarians in South Asia. Caroline Winter, Open Scholarship Facilitator in the ETCL along with Randa El Khatib, Assistant Director (Open Knowledge Initiatives) of the ETCL will provide an overview of the ETCL, the OKP and other initiatives such as DHSI.
This panel discussion will be of interest to those wanting to know more about how to effectively engage in cross-disciplinary, collaborative research projects in multimedia settings.

Author

Randa El Khatib; Aditi Gupta; Ying Liu; Pia Russell; Caroline Winter

Author E-Mail

aditig@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Digital badges pilot project

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Thirty-seven students in a 4th year Sales Management course had the opportunity to earn two digital badges in a pilot project tied to information literacy mastery. One badge was for Critical Thinking, the other for Content Analysis. The pilot was to assess student interest and engagement in digital badging at the college level. Students completed several activities (e.g. online videos and tutorials) and assignments (e.g. annotated bibliography) before submitting a final research report. As it is critical that digital badges have an assessment component, students had to achieve 80% or higher in three individual assessments to be awarded the badges.

Author

Margie Clarke; Marina Jaffey

Author E-Mail

ClarkeM@camosun.bc.ca

Conference Year

2021
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Back to the source: A conceptual approach to business research

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Looking for background on a company you want to work for, invest in, or approach as a client? Starting your own venture and wanting to check out the local market and competitive landscape? There are many reasons for seeking business information and many people can be daunted at the prospect. Thinking about who is most likely to gather and publish the information you are seeking can help make your search more efficient and manageable.
Join Emily Nickerson and Sue Bengtson as they share their approach to business information research and some of their favourite types of key information resources and how best to use them. Emily is the Law & Business Librarian and UVic and Sue is the former business librarian at UVic, both have also previously worked in the private sector. Combined, they have 20+ years of business research experience to share. We also invite you to bring your favourite business information sources to share with us.

Author

Sue Bengtson; Emily Nickerson

Author E-Mail

suebeng@uvic.ca

Conference Year

2021
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My year of digital minimalism: Resisting the attention economy

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Join Sybil Harrison in a facilitated discussion around her personal experience of seeking ways of limiting the intrusion of email and social media into her life. Inspired by writers Cal Newport (Digital Minimalism and Deep Work), and Jenny Odell (How to Do Nothing) she stepped back from social media in 2019, and started using a paper journal rather than Outlook for everything. And then the pandemic hit.
The session will provide space and time for participants to share their own stories about how to seek balance in a world where email and social media intrudes into all aspects of our lives.
Link to guide: https://camosun.libguides.com/VILSC21

Author

Sybil Harrison

Author E-Mail

harrisons@camosun.bc.ca

Conference Year

2021
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