Power Point

Inspired by recent events at our own library in which some patrons have been challenging the additions of new technologies (especially those for children), this presentation aims to share practical ways in which libraries can defend their choice of tech to patrons, coworkers, management, investors, and the public in general, obliterating the simplified and outdated concept of libraries that prevails in the consciousness of many even today. Featuring engaging and humorous illustrations by the author to accompany each concept, this presentation will be impassioned, fun, and full of viable ideas for any library. Allocate! Advocate! Illuminate! Demonstrate! We must selectively allocate suitable tech in our libraries according to our physical space, our funds, and the various needs of the communities we serve. We must proactively advocate for our tech selection through policy, marketing, staff training, and mission statements. We must tactfully illuminate those who do not understand the valid addition of new technologies by educating them on the role libraries play in providing equal access to information and entertainment to all, and assuring them that technologies are not a threat to books- technologies are an addition to library offerings, not a subtraction. We must actively demonstrate the usefulness of technologies in our libraries to patrons and stakeholders in programming, 1 on 1, through written words and statistic keeping.

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee was the first committee formed by the CFLA-FCAB and was formed with nominees from CFLA-FCAB member associations and the larger library and archival community. The Truth and Reconciliation Committee had a mandate from September, 2016 to February 1, 2017, when a report was delivered to the incoming CFLA-FCAB Board at the AGM. The report contained recommendations on further actions that the CFLA-FCAB should consider to promote education on Indigenous issues, to support reconciliation, and to meet the needs of Indigenous communities. One of the recommendations was to form a Standing Committee on Indigenous Matters to implement these recommendations. This session will give an overview of the CFLA-FCAB Truth and Reconciliation Committee report and an update on the new Standing Committee on Indigenous Matters. For more Information please see http://cfla-fcab.ca

Surfacing collections across Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) allows us to tell stories and share otherwise obscure specimens, artifacts, or records. A BC Digital Library has transformative potential to show complexity of people and places, amplify local collections, and to make our past available to help shape social discourse. But it must be built, and maintained into the future. A growing group of GLAM institutions are finding ways to get it done through radical collaboration. Join panelists for tales of prototyping across sectors, looming questions of metadata, and results of a pulse check on how the GLAM sector can collaborate.

Surfacing collections across Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) allows us to tell stories and share otherwise obscure specimens, artifacts, or records. A BC Digital Library has transformative potential to show complexity of people and places, amplify local collections, and to make our past available to help shape social discourse. But it must be built, and maintained into the future. A growing group of GLAM institutions are finding ways to get it done through radical collaboration. Join panelists for tales of prototyping across sectors, looming questions of metadata, and results of a pulse check on how the GLAM sector can collaborate.

What is participatory culture and what does it mean for libraries in the 21st century? Join GVPL staff and patrons who have been working to embrace this cultural transformation in meaningful ways at different levels of service and programming. Hear about some of our successes (as well as some experiences we've learned from!) and then brainstorm ways to promote increased participation in your own library.

Join several government librarians for an opportunity to learn about government libraries in British Columbia. The panel members will examine the transformations in their libraries as they discuss the services they are offering, how they are engaging their clients, special projects they are undertaking and the challenges they are facing. The session will conclude with a Q&A session.

The Legislative Library of BC will share what the library is about, what it offers the public, and what it means to offer services in a special library. The presentations cover:
• a scan of reference and research services and how they have changed to meet the transforming needs of our unique clients.
The session will conclude with a Q&A.

Research-a-thons are organized events where individuals with a shared interest come together to collaboratively answer a research question or build a research resource.
This spring, over 50 UVic law students, librarians, and lawyers came together at the UVic Law Library to collaborate on a student-led research project in support of the Environmental Law Centre’s mining law reform project. The presenters will share their experience hosting research-a-thons and will discuss lessons learned and tips for hosting a research-a-thon of your own.