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Contributor(s): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2012
Description: Presentation for Centennial Symposium on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2018
Description: A Review of: Chang, Y-W. (2017). Comparative study of characteristics of authors between open access and non-open access journals in library and information science. Library & Information Science Research, 39(1), 8-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2017.01.002 Objective – To examine the occupational characteristics and publication habits of library and information science (LIS) authors regarding traditional journals and open access journals. Design – Content analysis. Setting – English language research articles published in open access (OA) journals and non-open access (non-OA) journals from 2008 to 2013 that are indexed in LIS databases. Subjects – The authorship characteristics for...
Type: article
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): 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): 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: 1999
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): Brian Jackson
Date issued: 2015
Description: University rankings play an increasingly large role in shaping the goals of academicinstitutions and departments, while removing universities themselves from the evaluation process. This study compares the library-related results of two university ranking publications with scores on the LibQUAL+™ survey to identify if library service quality—as measured within the LibQUAL+™ dimensions affect of service, information control, and library as place—is related to the standings. The results suggest that some indicators used to rank universities favor libraries with more highly rated physical facilities, while largely ignoring the impact that other services have on library quality
Type: article
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): 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): Margy MacMillan
Date issued: 2008
Description: Mount Royal College has a longstanding commitment to information literacy as part of its mandate to promote student success and satisfaction. The library has provided course-integrated instruction in a variety of formats for over twenty years. Moving beyond course integration to program integration was a natural progression. Librarians and teaching faculty saw a need to plan sequenced sessions that would introduce students to incrementally complex information skills and resources throughout their academic careers. The librarians anticipated that integrating the instruction through the program would reduce unnecessary repetition, enhance student awareness of the myriad resources beyond the...
Type: book chapter
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Jessie Loyer
Date issued: 2018
Type: book chapter
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Cari Merkley
Date issued: 2012
Description: Objective – To evaluate the efficacy of an e-health literacy educational intervention aimed at older adults. Design – Pre and post intervention questionnaires administered in an experimental study. Setting – Two public library branches in Maryland. Subjects – 218 adults between 60 and 89 years of age. Methods – A convenience sample of older adults was recruited to participate in a four week training program structured around the National Institutes of Health toolkit Helping Older Adults Search for Health Information Online. During the program, classes met at the participating libraries twice a week. Sessions were two hours in length, and employed hands on exercises led by Master of...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Cari Merkley
Date issued: 2020; 2020
Description: Review of the book The Culture of Digital Scholarship in Academic Libraries.
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Richard Hayman
Date issued: 2015
Description: A Review of: Scarletto, E. A., Burhanna, K. J., & Richardson, E. (2013). Wide awake at 4 AM: A study of late night user behavior, perceptions and performance at an academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(5), 371-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2013.02.006 Abstract Objective – To assess late night library usage, including a demographic profile of students benefitting from late night hours, with an analysis of the services and resources they used, and whether the use of late hours is connected to student success. Design – A mixed-methods approach including quantitative demographic information alongside qualitative user feedback collected using a web-based survey....
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): Francine May; Fiona Black
Date issued: 2010
Description: Objectives – To describe aspects of the 21st century role of the public library as a physical space by observing the actual use of a selection of public libraries. This study seeks to reveal how patrons are using and experiencing these institutions as spaces and how patrons and staff characterize the role of public libraries in communities. Methods – A multiple case study design was used to examine three urban and three small town public libraries within Nova Scotia, Canada. A triangulated set of methods including patron interviews and questionnaires, staff interviews, and seating sweeps was used to develop answers to the research questions. Results – These public libraries are...
Type: article
Appears in collection(s): University Library

Contributor(s): Krysta McNutt; Erik G. Christiansen
Date issued: 2016
Description: This presentation provides an overview of two online toolkits created for the Alberta Open Educational Resources Initiative. The Champion's Toolkit provides strategies for promoting OER at educational institutions. The Starter Kit outlines considerations when adopting or creating OER such as intended audience, copyright, and accessibility and usability. The presentation was given at the OER In and Across Disciplines Conference at Mount Royal University, on Nov 9, 2016.
Type: presentations (communicative events)
Appears in collection(s): University Library

MROAR: Mount Royal Open Access Repository

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Casting a Wider Net - searching for SoTL in all the right places, and organizing what you find.

LIS Practitioner-focused Research Trends Toward Open Access Journals, Academic-focused Research Toward Traditional Journals [Evidence Summary]

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

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

Human Rights Software: Information Support Solutions For Social Justice

Finding the right pieces for your Info Puzzle

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

University Rankings: How Well Do They Measure Library Service Quality?

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

#aboerjc: The Alberta OER Journal Club

A Tale of Two Syllabi: Program-integrated information literacy instruction in chemistry and journalism

Indigenous Information Literacy: nêhiyaw Kinship Enabling Self-Care in Research

Evidence summary : public library training program for older adults addresses their computer and health literacy needs

Book Review - The Culture of Digital Scholarship

Students and Libraries May Benefit from Late Night Hours [Evidence Summary]

Evidence Summary: Music Information Seeking Behaviour Poses Unique Challenges for the Design of Information Retrieval Systems

The life of the space : evidence from Nova Scotia public libraries

Alberta OER Toolkits

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