Service Dogs Are Not A Pet Project | A Guide to Being a Good Human

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Jocelynn Johnson

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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.

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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

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Supporting the New Curriculum through GLAM Partnerships and Programming

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In support of BC’s new curriculum, Pacific Opera Victoria, Royal BC Museum and the Greater Victoria Public Library offered a day-long pro-d opportunity for high school, middle school and elementary school teachers. Experts from each institution provided practical tools and ideas to encourage children and teens to think critically about what they view, read, and hear. This panel will discuss how we collaborated to create the event, the benefits to GLAM partnership programming, and what we learned.

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Devon Tatton

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dtatton@gvpl.ca

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2018
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CELA services for public libraries

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CELA Member Services

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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.

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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.

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EasyReader app for accessible e-books

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CELA Member Services

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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.

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How to Play the Boomwhackers

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Southeast Regional Library has created five new Music Makerspace kits, which include Karaoke, basic percussion, multicultural instruments, and the Theremin. This video is part of a series on how to play some of the more lesser-known instruments in our kits. This video demonstrates how to play the Boomwhackers, which are part of our Percussion Kit. There are also program suggestions that go along with the entire Percussion Kit.

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Steal this Framework! Approaches to Digital Literacy Instruction at the Public Library

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Can I use Photoshop to make a business card? Should I be scared that Facebook is mining my data? What’s Minecraft? How do I make a website to sell my hats? Which apps are safe and educational for my preschooler? Can you help me email photos to my grandchildren? How do I spot fake news?

Demand for digital literacy learning opportunities at the public library is both increasing and diversifying. Many still need to learn the basics; privacy and security concerns are ever-present; and people of all ages want to explore advanced, cutting edge and creative technology.

Your library needs to not only decide what to offer, but how it will fit in with community needs, strategic goals, and staffing. Join an interactive discussion with panelists from four B.C. libraries who have recently created new, evidence-based digital literacy frameworks, programs and resources. Learn what we learned, what worked and what didn’t, and how you can adapt our work for your library.

Presented by: Diana Marshall, FVRL, Samantha Mills, VPL, Cindy Ho, RPL, Sarah Felkar WVML

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2018
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