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Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2009
Description: Human rights centres and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have crucial information support needs, many of which can be met by the existing and ongoing development of information technology software applications. For communication and Internet use, the psiphon program allows for secure and anonymous information exchange and distribution, including firewall circumvention. For data collection, organization, encryption, and storage, Martus software can be deployed to help protect sensitive information and identities. Based on documented projects and websites, the following research examines these emancipatory tools to determine: the technologies in use, emergent, and under development;...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2010
Description: Handout from Centennial Symposium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Stephanie Rosenblatt
Date issued: 2015
Description: Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 1999
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2013
Description: Presentation for International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Peter Felten; Margy MacMillan; Joan Ruelle
Date issued: 2019
Description: This essay is the product of a collaboration between three authors who bring diverse understandings of SoTL, librarianship, and professional development. Writing this has been a form of professional development, encouraging the authors to think more deeply about discipline-based practices and how they connect to student learning, increasing understanding of each other’s disciplines, and transforming that joint reflection into work that may impact teaching.
Type: book chapter
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2015
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Michael B. McNally; Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2016
Description: This presentation examines the continuum from closed to open for both open educational resources in general and open courses. The presentation evaluates what instructional choices are needed to increase openness. In this regard the presentation will identify not only how to move resources and courses from closed to open, but also any potential negative impacts those decisions raise.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Kalen Gibb; Richard Hayman; Francine May; Madelaine Vanderwerff
Date issued: 2014
Description: A spirited discussion of what’s happening behind the scenes as journals respond to developments in scholarly communication. How are traditional journals responding to open access, how are they maintaining prestige in a changing environment and how can you really tell where articles will have the widest reach.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2009
Description: Presentation for EBLIP V (Evidence –based Library and Information Practice)
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2017
Description: This lightning talk was given during an afternoon event hosted by the MRU Library Scholarship Sub-Committee on December 12, 2017. It discusses the progress of two research projects on open educational resources (OER) - one of OER policy in Western Canada and the other on the challenges introduced by openness in higher education.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Siobhán Dunne
Date issued: 2016
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2014
Description: Presentation at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan; Allison MacKenzie
Date issued: 2012
Description: Paper presented at the 33rd Annual IATUL [International Association of Scientific and Technological University Libraries] Conference.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson
Date issued: 2017
Description: The ways in which university quality assessments are developed reveal a great deal about value constructs surrounding higher education. Measures developed and consumed by external stakeholders, in particular, indicate which elements of academia are broadly perceived to be most reflective of quality. This paper examines the historical context of library quality assessment and reviews the literature related to how library value is framed in three forms of external evaluation: accreditation, university rankings, and student surveys. The review finds that the library’s contribution to university quality, when it is considered at all, continues to be measured in terms of collections, spaces,...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2016
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Pearl Herscovitch; Margy MacMillan; Sara Sharun
Date issued: 2015
Description: Librarians at an undergraduate university have embarked on a year-long project to map what is actually being taught in each of the over six hundred course-integrated information literacy (IL) classes taught each year. Data from the project is informing planning for IL programming as we develop a more strategic program-integrated curriculum that makes better use of librarians’ expertise. We are gaining insights on areas of duplication and opportunities to develop higher-level IL sessions to address more advanced use of information.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2019
Description: The Alberta OER Journal Club was started in Autumn of 2018 as a way of continuing the OER discussion in Alberta, following the end of the provincial government's one-time funding. The journal club hosts monthly Twitter chats where guest facilitators guide a discussion on a piece of OER literature. This presentation will review the background and development of this project, provide an overview of the format and best practices, and highlight the project's significance and surprises.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2017
Description: This presentation provides an overview of the open education movement and open education resources (OER) policy directions in Western Canada. In addition, it discusses way libraries can support the open education movement and provides examples of provincial OER initiatives. This presentation was given at the 2017 Alberta Library Conference in Jasper, Alberta.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Brian Jackson; Margy MacMillan; Michelle Sinotte
Date issued: 2014
Description: In the fall of 2012, our library surveyed teaching faculty to gauge their expectations around students’ use of information. We asked instructors what they thought was important for students to know in each year of study, how proficient they felt students were in performing tasks associated with research, how they expected students to acquire that proficiency, and how they assessed students’ skills. The survey also polled faculty on the types of resources they felt were important for each year of study. The results of the study are informing the development of the library’s strategic plan and the inclusion of information literacy outcomes in program reviews and assessments. The good news...
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

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Human Rights Software: Information Support Solutions For Social Justice

Unconventional classrooms, unconventional methods: Conducting scholarship of teaching and learning research in places you don't expect

They've found it. Can they read it? Adding academic reading strategies to your IL toolkit.

Finding the right pieces for your Info Puzzle

Reading Through Connections: A phenomenographic study of student connections to scholarly text.

SoTL difference: The value of incorporating SoTL into librarian professional development

Research as transformational experience

Choices and Consequences in Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses

Dirty secrets revealed : Journal publishing and marketing, impact factors and access to scholarship

Connections, reflections, and redirections: bridging research and practice in information literacy instruction.

Openly Obsessed: Open Educational Resources Policy in Western Canada & Conceptualizing Openness in Higher Education

Information use in natural habitats

From Passive Consumers to Passionate Creators: Undergraduate students and the research process.

Strategies for integrating information literacy and academic literacy: Helping undergraduate students make the most of scholarly articles.

The Representation of Library Value in Extra-Institutional Evaluations of University Quality

Mapping landmarks in the Territory

Patterns in Information Literacy Instruction: What’s Really Going on in Our Classrooms?

#aboerjc: The Alberta OER Journal Club

Open, Get Ready! Public and Academic Libraries' Support for Open Education in Canada

Great Expectations: results from a faculty survey of students’ information literacy proficiency

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