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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; 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)
- 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; Siobhán Dunne
- Date issued
- 2016
- 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)
- 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
- 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
- Contributor(s)
- Francine May; Alice Swabey
- Date issued
- 2014
- Description
- This study examines how students are using academic library spaces and the role these spaces are playing in the campus community. Data was collected on five campuses (two community colleges, two undergraduate universities and one technical institute) via observational seating sweeps and questionnaires. The study found remarkably similar usage patterns across all library types. Academic pursuits remain the most common activities, despite perceptions of the modern library as a social space. The library as a place to study is shown to be a complex topic, with noise, need and personal preference influencing experience. The research provides libraries with evidence to demonstrate their support...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cari Merkley
- Date issued
- 2010
- Description
- Objective – To better understand music information seeking behaviour in a real life situation and to create a taxonomy relating to this behaviour to facilitate better comparison of music information retrieval studies in the future. Design – Content analysis of natural language queries. Setting – Google Answers, a fee based online service. Subjects – 1,705 queries and their related answers and comments posted in the music category of the Google Answers website before April 27, 2005. Methods – A total of 2,208 queries were retrieved from the music category on the Google Answers service. Google Answers was a fee based service in which users posted questions and indicated what they were...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cari Merkley
- Date issued
- 2010
- Description
- A Review of: Sisselman, P. (2009). Exploiting the social style of patrons to improve their satisfaction with the reference interview. Library Review, 58, 123-133. Objective – To determine if a patron’s social style affects how satisfied the patron and the librarian working with him/her are with the reference interview, and if a librarian’s knowledge of social styles leads to greater satisfaction with the reference interview for all involved. Design – Direct observation, two survey instruments, and a checklist used to identify patrons’ social styles. Setting – A public library system in the Northeastern US. Subjects – A total of 24 library patrons who sought assistance at the reference...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2006
- Description
- Presentation for McGraw Hill Conference.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cari Merkley
- Date issued
- 2011
- Description
- Objective – To determine the extent to which knowledge is currently addressed by the Library of Congress (LCC), Dewey Decimal (DDC), and Universal Decimal (UDC) classification systems. Design – Comparative analysis of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems using Zin’s 10 Pillars of Knowledge. Setting – The Faculty of Philosophy and Science at a Brazilian university. Subjects – Forty one subject-related classes and 386 subclasses from the first two levels of the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems. Methods – To evaluate the LCC, DDC, and UDC systems, the researchers employed the 10 Pillars of Knowledge, a “hierarchical knowledge tree” developed by the lead author of this study (p. 878). According to the...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cari Merkley
- Date issued
- 2009
- Description
- A Review of: Kwon, Nahyun. “A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Relationship between Critical Thinking and Library Anxiety among Undergraduate Students in their Information Search Process.” College & Research Libraries 69.2 (2008): 117-31. Objective – To investigate the nature of the association between a student’s critical thinking disposition and the extent to which they suffer from library anxiety. Design – Standardized quantitative survey instruments and a qualitative content analysis of student essays. Setting – A state (publically funded) research university located in the southeast United States. Subjects – 137 undergraduate students enrolled in the Library and Research Skills...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Cari Merkley
- Date issued
- 2008
- Description
- A Review of: Shenton, Andrew K. “The Information-Seeking Problems of English High Schoolers Responding to Academic Information Need.” Library Review 57.4 (2008): 276-88. Objective – To investigate the information-seeking behaviour of high school students looking to meet school-related information needs. Design – Online questionnaire. Setting – A comprehensive, publically-funded high school in north-east England. Subjects – Seventy-seven high school students between the ages of 13 and 18 who responded to an online questionnaire that was distributed to the 900-1000 students enrolled at the institution. Methods – An invitation to participate in an online questionnaire was sent to all...
- Type
- article
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Erik G. Christiansen
- Date issued
- 2016
- Description
- This presentation is from a workshop on open educational resources (OER). This workshop was part of the Code4Lib Alberta Conference, on November 24, 2016. It provides an overview of OER in the context of the open education movement while emphasizing practical considerations when using/creating OER. The audience participated in an OER search activity and added their findings to the live slide deck.
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library
- Contributor(s)
- Margy MacMillan
- Date issued
- 2016
- Type
- presentations (communicative events)
- Appears in collection(s)
- University Library