BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Canadian Association of Research Libraries - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Canadian Association of Research Libraries X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Canadian Association of Research Libraries REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230823T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230823T133000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T161839Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T045529Z UID:36921-1692792000-1692797400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Sixth Panel Featuring Library Colleagues with Intersectional Identities DESCRIPTION:Date: August 23\, 2023\nTime: 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\n \nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the sixth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues with intersectional identities discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions\, comments and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Paige Maylott \nPaige Maylott (she/her) is an assistant in Library Accessibility Services at McMaster where she previously graduated with honours from the English and Cultural Studies department. Her thesis work centered intersections of queer autobiography and critical illness. Paige has worked in the accessibility field for nearly nine years\, and five in her current position. She chairs the UNIFOR 5555 Pride Committee\, sits on a number of other equity-deserving committees\, is the contest manager for gritLIT Literary Festival\, and is an accomplished author herself. Paige’s debut memoir\, My Body is Distant releases this September (2023) through ECW Press. \nRachel Chong (she/her) married into a Chinese family. Rachel is mixed-European and Métis and a current member of Métis Nation BC. Rachel has over 15 years’ experience in various library roles and is currently working as the Indigenous Engagement and Subject Liaison Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU). At KPU Rachel leads Indigenous projects\, such as the χʷəχʷéy̓əm Indigenous Collection and the Indigenous Information Literacy Pressbook. \nCleire Lauron (she/her) is an early career Filipina-Canadian living and working on the unceded traditional and ancestral lands of the Kwantlen\, Musqueam\, Katzie\, Semiahmoo\, Tsawwassen\, Qayqayt and Kwikwetlem peoples. She is the Metadata & Discovery Librarian at Kwantlen Polytechnic University\, where she is responsible for the creation\, maintenance\, and enrichment of metadata representing the library’s physical and digital collections. Her areas of interest include RDA (Resource Description and Access)\, subject analysis\, classification\, and EDI (Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion) in metadata. Her most recent project is the implementation of an Indigenous classification (modified Brian Deer classification) to KPU Library’s χʷəχʷéy̓əm Indigenous Collection. \nAshley Manhas (she/her) is the Community Engagement Librarian and Social Sciences Liaison at Capilano University. Ashley’s research interests include the onboarding and retention of racialized academic library workers and building equitable learning opportunities for historically underrepresented students. She is a first-generation university graduate and holds an MLIS from the University of Alberta and a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. \nCarly McLeod (she/they) is the Teaching & Learning Librarian for Engineering at McMaster University where she empowers students to become more efficient researchers. Although her path to librarianship\, not linear\, she has over 15 years of experience working in higher education and research.  She is an early–career\, neurodivergent librarian who is interested in critical information skills in STEM\, research communication skills\, and accessibility. You can find Carly hiking around Hamilton or sewing up a storm! URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-sixth-panel-featuring-library-colleagues-with-intersectional-identities/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230629T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230629T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T065553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T065553Z UID:36824-1688043600-1688047200@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice June Call – Community Conversations: Shared Infrastructure for Repositories DESCRIPTION:Date: June 29\, 2023\n \nTime: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET  \nRegistration \nInvited speaker: Geoff Harder\, Associate University Librarian (University of Alberta) and CARL Project Director for National Shared Repository Infrastructure  \nInstitutional repositories have become increasingly vital to the digital scholarship landscape at Canadian post-secondary institutions. Over the last twenty years\, we’ve gained a lot of experience and knowledge\, but also face challenges working in isolation at our institutions. Geoff Harder\, Associate University Librarian at the University of Alberta\, was appointed as the Project Director to begin initial planning and development of a National Shared Repository Infrastructure in September 2022. Join us for the inaugural Canadian Repositories Community of Practice event\, where Geoff will discuss his work with us. We’ll hear from Geoff and then the rest of the steering committee will lead further discussion with topics for the community and opportunities to share experiences and ask questions.  \nAbout the Steering Committee:  \nThe CARL Canadian Repositories Community of Practice Steering Committee\, established in April 2023\, seeks to bring librarians supporting institutional repositories together so we can support each other\, share resources\, and build community.  \nMembers Include:  \n\nPascal Calarco\, University of Windsor (co-chair) \nEmily Hopkins\, University of Saskatchewan (co-chair) \nPriscilla Carmini\, York University \nRobyn Hall\, MacEwan University \nTim Ribaric\, Brock University \nNailisa Tanner\, Memorial University of Newfoundland  URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-canadian-repositories-community-of-practice-june-call-community-conversations-shared-infrastructure-for-repositories-2/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Repositories ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230615T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230615T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T071148Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T071148Z UID:36830-1686834000-1686837600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice June Call – Using VOSviewer to Visualise Patterns in Research Topics & Research Collaboration DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, June 15\, 2023 \nTime: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nHow can we tell the story of our research beyond the usual counts and rankings? This session will demonstrate one tool that can be used to visualise patterns in research collaboration and research topics. For this example\, we will look at existing collaborative relationships both within a faculty and with outside faculties\, institutions or companies. We will also look at topic trends in the publication record with the use of co-occurrence maps of author-assigned keywords associated with our publications. \nInvited Speaker: Alison Henry (MLIS) is the Collections Strategies Librarian at the University of Alberta. \nCommunity Calls are organized by the CARL Canadian BRI Community of Practice Steering Committee: \n\nPhilippe Boisvert\, Université Laval\nLaura Bredahl\, University of Waterloo\nChristine Brodeur\, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada\nThane Chambers\, University of Alberta\nRachel Couban\, McMaster University\nMonique Grenier\, University of Victoria\nMindy Thuna\, University of Toronto URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/bibliometrics-and-research-impact-canadian-community-of-practice-june-call-using-vosviewer-to-visualise-patterns-in-research-topics-research-collaboration/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Bibliometrics & Research Impact ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230612T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230615T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T074345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T145843Z UID:36845-1686528000-1686873599@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2023 Librarians' Research Institute DESCRIPTION:Date: June 12 – 15\, 2023 \nThe four-day Institute is jointly hosted by Carleton University and the University of Ottawa (June 12-15\, 2023)\, and will be geared toward taking current research skills to the next level\, building upon current research interests\, and making connections with other researching academic librarians\, from across Canada. The Institute will include activities such as plenary sessions\, panel discussions with peer mentors\, small group discussions\, individual reflection and assessment\, consultations with peer mentors\, individual writing time\, and peer workshops. \nThe 2023 LRI will be led by the following peer mentor team: \n\nCory Laverty\, Chair (Art\, Drama\, and Music Librarian\, Queen’s University)\nCarolyn Doi (Associate Librarian\, University of Saskatchewan)\nCatherine Boden (Assistant Dean\, Research Support Services\, University of Saskatchewan)\nCody Fullerton (Data & Social Science Librarian\, University of Manitoba)\nMichelle Brown (Head\, Learning & Student Success\, University of Ottawa)\nPatrick Gamsby (Scholarly Communications Librarian\, Memorial University)\n\nApplicants who have been accepted into the program can register below. Note that the call for applications is now closed. \nRegistration: \nParticipants who would prefer to pay via credit card or PayPal can do so using the link below. \n\n \n\n\n\nOptions\n\n\nCARL Member Library / Bibliotheque membres de l’ABRC $650.00 CADNon-CARL Member Library / Bibliotheque non-membres de l’ABRC $850.00 CAD\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\nParticipants who would prefer to pay by e-transfer can direct their funds to finance@carl-abrc.ca. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2023-librarians-research-institute/ LOCATION:Ottawa\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:LRI,Workshops & Institutes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230529T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230601T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251010T145522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251024T174152Z UID:38117-1685318400-1685663999@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2023 Spring Member Meeting DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n 2023 Spring Member Meeting\n\n May 29\, 2023\n –\n June 1\, 2023\n \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2023 Spring Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas\, strategic planning\, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada. \n\n Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n110 9th Avenue SE\n \n Calgary\,\n Alberta\n T2G 5A6\n Canada\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n Accommodation\n \n \n Program Schedule\n \n \n Guest Speakers\n \n \n Previous Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nCalgary Marriott Downtown Hotel \n110 9th Avenue SE\, Calgary\, AB T2G 5A6Tel: 1-800-228-9290 \nGroup code: CARLAGM May 2023 \nRate: $239 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) Please note additional costs for triple and quad occupancy may apply. \n** RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN APRIL 28\, 2023. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. Guestrooms are reserved from Sunday\, May 28 to Friday\, June 2\, 2023\, but the group rate is available 2 days in advance and after. \n \n \n Booking Link\n \nMonday\, May 29\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting – Vivian Lewis (K. McColgan)(Sunalta A – 2nd floor) \n6:00 PM –8:00 PMPresident’s Opening Reception(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n\nTuesday\, May 30\n7:00 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n8:30 AM – 9:45 AMPolicy Committee Meeting – Susan Parker\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n9:45 AM – 10:00 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n10:00 AM – 11:15 AMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting – Catherine Steeves(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n11:15 AM – 11:30 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n11:30 AM – 12:45 AMTeaching and Learning Committee Meeting – Amber Lannon\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n12:45 AM – 2:00 PMLunch (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n2:00 PM – 3:15 PMImpact Committee Meeting – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n3:15 PM – 3:30 PMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n3:30 PM – 4:45 PMStrengthening Capacity Committee Meeting – Melissa Just\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n5:15 PMBus departure \n5:30 PM – 7:40 PMUniversity of Calgary library visit and reception at the Gallery Hall – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, host \n7:40 PMBus return \n\nWednesday\, May 31\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBreakfast (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 1 – Digital Shift and Implications of AI for Research Libraries (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n9:00 AM – 9:15 AMWelcome – Vivian Lewis \n9:15 AM – 10:15 AMKeynote presentation – Masud Khokhar \n10:15 AM – 10:45 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n10:45 AM – 11:45 AMMachine Learning and Research Libraries: Implications and Actions – Presentation and Discussion.Dr. Michael Ridley\, Susan Parker / Katherine McColgan\, Facilitators \n11:45 AM – 1:00 PMLunch (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n12:30 PM – 1:00 PMNorthern Study Tour update and preparation (participants only) (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 2 – Collaborations & Impact (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n1:00 PM – 2:00 PMJoint Open Scholarship Action Plan – Overview and CARL Priorities Overview and CARL Priorities – Vivian Lewis /Susan Haigh \n2:00 PM – 2:15 PM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n2:15 PM – 3:30 PMRegional consortia – Overview – Presentations by Chairs/Executive Directors of the 4 regional consortia \n3:30 PM – 4:15 PMDigital Research Alliance of Canada and RDM– Vivian Lewis / Susan Haigh \n\nLunaris – Mark Goodwin\nControlled Access Management for Research Data (new title for the Sensitive Data Repository Project) – Victoria Smith\nDMP Assistant – Shiloh Williams\nNational PIDs Strategy Development – John Aspler\n\n4:15 PM – 4:30 PM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n4:30 PM – 5:00 PMCLIR and Program Funding for Canada – Charles Henry\, President \n6:00 PM – 9:00 PMReception\, Dinner and CARL Award Ceremony (Skybridge – Studio Bell – National Music Centre) \n\nThursday\, June 1\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Kensington CD – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 3 -Members only (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n8:30 AM – 9:30 AMSpring General Meeting – Vivian Lewis \n9:30 AM – 9:45 AM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n9:45 AM – 11:00 AMPlenary strategic discussions – Brett Waytuck \n\nRelations with national organizations\nShared infrastructure strategy with respect to consortia\nResourcing Digital Preservation\n \n\n11:00 AM – 12:15 PMEmployment relations Part 2 (follow up to April 14 virtual session) – Su Cleyle / Julie Morin \n12:15 PM – 1:15 PMLunch (Kensington CD – 2nd floor) \n12:15 PM – 2:15 PMBoard Working lunch (Mackenzie / Inglewood – Lobby level) \n2:30 PM –5:00 PMCARL Team Meeting (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n4:00 PM – 5:00 PMCARL & CLIR meeting (by invitation only) (Mackenzie – Lobby level) \n6:00 – 9:00 PMCARL & CLIR dinner (by invitation only) (The Ranchmen’s Club) \nDr. Michael Ridley\nLibrarian Emeritus\, University of Guelph \nDr. Michael Ridley is Librarian Emeritus at the University of Guelph where for many years he was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian. Before this he held positions at the University of Waterloo and McMaster University. \nRidley has degrees from Guelph (BA)\, New Brunswick (MA)\, Toronto (MLS\, MEd)\, and Western (PhD). His recently completed doctoral research explored the challenges of human centered explainable artificial intelligence (HCXAI) under the direction of Dr. Jacquie Burkell\, Faculty of Information and MediaStudies. \nRidley’s ongoing research interests include machine information behaviour\, explainable AI\, algorithmic literacy\, and historical perspectives on library information technology. \nRidley has held executive positions on a number of professional associations and organizations including the Canadian Association of Research Libraries\, Ontario Council of University Libraries\, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network\, and the Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers. \nHe currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association for Information Science. He believes strongly in the power of association and collaboration. \n  \n\nMasud Khokhar\n\nUniversity Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection\, Director of Learning Spaces\, University of Leeds \nMasud is the University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. A computer scientist by education\, and with libraries in his DNA\, Masud is passionate about digital leadership and innovation in the changing library and archive environments. His core interests include digital transformation\, open research\, and inclusive leadership. As the Director of Learning Spaces\, Masud also leads on University of Leeds learning spaces strategy\, design\, and implementation. Externally\, Masud is the Chair of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and a firm supporter of inclusivity and diversity embedded in our thinking and practice within libraries and collections. \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nCalgary Marriott Downtown Hotel \n110 9th Avenue SE\, Calgary\, AB T2G 5A6Tel: 1-800-228-9290 \nGroup code: CARLAGM May 2023 \nRate: $239 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) Please note additional costs for triple and quad occupancy may apply. \n** RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN APRIL 28\, 2023. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. Guestrooms are reserved from Sunday\, May 28 to Friday\, June 2\, 2023\, but the group rate is available 2 days in advance and after. \n \n \n Booking Link\n \nMonday\, May 29\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting – Vivian Lewis (K. McColgan)(Sunalta A – 2nd floor) \n6:00 PM –8:00 PMPresident’s Opening Reception(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n\nTuesday\, May 30\n7:00 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n8:30 AM – 9:45 AMPolicy Committee Meeting – Susan Parker\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n9:45 AM – 10:00 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n10:00 AM – 11:15 AMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting – Catherine Steeves(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n11:15 AM – 11:30 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n11:30 AM – 12:45 AMTeaching and Learning Committee Meeting – Amber Lannon\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n12:45 AM – 2:00 PMLunch (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n2:00 PM – 3:15 PMImpact Committee Meeting – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n3:15 PM – 3:30 PMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n3:30 PM – 4:45 PMStrengthening Capacity Committee Meeting – Melissa Just\, Chair(Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n5:15 PMBus departure \n5:30 PM – 7:40 PMUniversity of Calgary library visit and reception at the Gallery Hall – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, host \n7:40 PMBus return \n\nWednesday\, May 31\n7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBreakfast (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 1 – Digital Shift and Implications of AI for Research Libraries (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n9:00 AM – 9:15 AMWelcome – Vivian Lewis \n9:15 AM – 10:15 AMKeynote presentation – Masud Khokhar \n10:15 AM – 10:45 AMBreak (Acadia AB Foyer) \n10:45 AM – 11:45 AMMachine Learning and Research Libraries: Implications and Actions – Presentation and Discussion.Dr. Michael Ridley\, Susan Parker / Katherine McColgan\, Facilitators \n11:45 AM – 1:00 PMLunch (Sunalta AB – 2nd floor) \n12:30 PM – 1:00 PMNorthern Study Tour update and preparation (participants only) (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 2 – Collaborations & Impact (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n1:00 PM – 2:00 PMJoint Open Scholarship Action Plan – Overview and CARL Priorities Overview and CARL Priorities – Vivian Lewis /Susan Haigh \n2:00 PM – 2:15 PM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n2:15 PM – 3:30 PMRegional consortia – Overview – Presentations by Chairs/Executive Directors of the 4 regional consortia \n3:30 PM – 4:15 PMDigital Research Alliance of Canada and RDM– Vivian Lewis / Susan Haigh \n\nLunaris – Mark Goodwin\nControlled Access Management for Research Data (new title for the Sensitive Data Repository Project) – Victoria Smith\nDMP Assistant – Shiloh Williams\nNational PIDs Strategy Development – John Aspler\n\n4:15 PM – 4:30 PM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n4:30 PM – 5:00 PMCLIR and Program Funding for Canada – Charles Henry\, President \n6:00 PM – 9:00 PMReception\, Dinner and CARL Award Ceremony (Skybridge – Studio Bell – National Music Centre) \n\nThursday\, June 1\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Kensington CD – 2nd floor) \nProgram Session 3 -Members only (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n8:30 AM – 9:30 AMSpring General Meeting – Vivian Lewis \n9:30 AM – 9:45 AM  Break (Acadia AB Foyer) \n9:45 AM – 11:00 AMPlenary strategic discussions – Brett Waytuck \n\nRelations with national organizations\nShared infrastructure strategy with respect to consortia\nResourcing Digital Preservation\n \n\n11:00 AM – 12:15 PMEmployment relations Part 2 (follow up to April 14 virtual session) – Su Cleyle / Julie Morin \n12:15 PM – 1:15 PMLunch (Kensington CD – 2nd floor) \n12:15 PM – 2:15 PMBoard Working lunch (Mackenzie / Inglewood – Lobby level) \n2:30 PM –5:00 PMCARL Team Meeting (Acadia AB – 2nd floor) \n4:00 PM – 5:00 PMCARL & CLIR meeting (by invitation only) (Mackenzie – Lobby level) \n6:00 – 9:00 PMCARL & CLIR dinner (by invitation only) (The Ranchmen’s Club) \nDr. Michael Ridley\nLibrarian Emeritus\, University of Guelph \nDr. Michael Ridley is Librarian Emeritus at the University of Guelph where for many years he was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Chief Librarian. Before this he held positions at the University of Waterloo and McMaster University. \nRidley has degrees from Guelph (BA)\, New Brunswick (MA)\, Toronto (MLS\, MEd)\, and Western (PhD). His recently completed doctoral research explored the challenges of human centered explainable artificial intelligence (HCXAI) under the direction of Dr. Jacquie Burkell\, Faculty of Information and MediaStudies. \nRidley’s ongoing research interests include machine information behaviour\, explainable AI\, algorithmic literacy\, and historical perspectives on library information technology. \nRidley has held executive positions on a number of professional associations and organizations including the Canadian Association of Research Libraries\, Ontario Council of University Libraries\, the Canadian Research Knowledge Network\, and the Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers. \nHe currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Canadian Association for Information Science. He believes strongly in the power of association and collaboration. \n  \n\nMasud Khokhar\n\nUniversity Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection\, Director of Learning Spaces\, University of Leeds \nMasud is the University Librarian and Keeper of the Brotherton Collection at the University of Leeds. A computer scientist by education\, and with libraries in his DNA\, Masud is passionate about digital leadership and innovation in the changing library and archive environments. His core interests include digital transformation\, open research\, and inclusive leadership. As the Director of Learning Spaces\, Masud also leads on University of Leeds learning spaces strategy\, design\, and implementation. Externally\, Masud is the Chair of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) and a firm supporter of inclusivity and diversity embedded in our thinking and practice within libraries and collections. \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2023-spring-member-meeting/ LOCATION:Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\, 110 9th Avenue SE\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T2G 5A6\, Canada CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230417T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230420T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T081051Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T180056Z UID:36859-1681689600-1682035199@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada 2023 DESCRIPTION:Date: April 17 – 20\, 2023 \nEvidence Synthesis Institute Canada\, which piloted in 2022\, will be offered again in Spring 2023. ESI Canada is based on the original Evidence Synthesis Institute (which is a US Institute of Museum and Library Services-supported program geared towards providing training on evidence synthesis). The Institute is aimed at library staff primarily supporting evidence syntheses in topics outside of the health sciences and will cover: \n\noverview of systematic reviews and similar methodologies\,\nguidelines and standards\,\nsearch strategy development\,\nsoftware/tools\,\nscreening\, and\nsystematic review services\n\nThe 2023 version of Evidence Synthesis Institute Canada is brought to you by a partnership between the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) and University of Victoria Libraries.  \nThe Institute is planned to run virtually from April 17-20\, 2023. The Institute will run from 12-5pm ET / 9am-2pm PT each day.  \nIf you have any questions about the Institute\, please reach out to Zahra Premji (zahrapremji@uvic.ca). \nMore information URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/evidence-synthesis-institute-canada-2023/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:ESI,Workshops & Institutes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230411T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230411T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T071318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T071318Z UID:36831-1681218000-1681221600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice April Community Call – Linking Canadian Research: The state of PIDs in Canada DESCRIPTION:Date: April 11\, 2023 \nTime: 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nIn our next Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice session\, John Aspler\, Manager of the Canadian Persistent Identifier (PID) Community at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network\, will: \n\nDescribe research PIDs such as ORCiD and DOIs and discuss the problems they solve.\nReview the current national landscape of PIDs for Canadian research and the work being done to build a national strategy.\nAnd discuss the important role of PIDs in the assessment of research.\n\nFollowing John’s talk\, there will be a facilitated discussion on the barriers and facilitators around supporting PIDS in our research impact work. While this month’s discussion will be primarily in English\, John is bilingual and can take and respond to questions in French and English. \nCommunity Calls are organized by the CARL Canadian BRI Community of Practice Steering Committee: \n\nPhilippe Boisvert\, Université Laval\nLaura Bredahl\, University of Waterloo\nChristine Brodeur\, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada\nThane Chambers\, University of Alberta\nRachel Couban\, McMaster University\nMonique Grenier\, University of Victoria\nMindy Thuna\, University of Toronto\n\nSpeaker bio \nDedicated to public service and knowledge access\, John has experience working in research and public library contexts. He graduated from McGill University with a PhD in Neuroscience in 2021\, where he worked on several projects about media discourse and neurodevelopmental disabilities. He is currently the Manager of the Canadian Persistent Identifier (PID) Community at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network\, supporting the use of PIDs like ORCID iDs and DOIs across the country. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/bibliometrics-and-research-impact-canadian-community-of-practice-april-community-call-linking-canadian-research-the-state-of-pids-in-canada/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Bibliometrics & Research Impact ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250415T185217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T165229Z UID:36702-1679497200-1679500800@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Join us for the March Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, March 22nd\, 2023\nTime: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. ET \nRegistration (everyone is welcome) \nThe CARL Open Education Working Group invites you to our next call in this series of informal gatherings for individuals involved in open education (OE) in Canada (faculty\, instructors\, librarians\, students\, instructional designers\, etc.). \nThis month\, we are bringing the Canadian open education community together for a French presentation on the national strategy and framework for OER advocacy being developed by a group of Canadian open education specialists and that will be the focus of an upcoming Francophone OER Summit at the University of Ottawa on April 27th. We are welcoming two organizers of this event who will present the objectives of this strategy and the work accomplished so far\, followed by a discussion. \nCatherine Lachaîne\, Student Success Librarian\, University of Ottawa \nMélanie Brunet\, Open Education Librarian (Interim)\, University of Ottawa \nWhile this month’s discussion will be primarily in French\, bilingual moderators will be on hand to help ensure participants are able to contribute in the official language of their choice. \nWhether you’re an OECCCC regular or new to the group\, please join us\, settle in with your beverage of choice and prepare for some coast-to-coast sharing and networking. \nIf you can’t attend this meeting but would like to know about future OECCCC events (and receive other Canadian OE news)\, please send your name\, institutional email address\, position\, and post-secondary institution or organization to open@bccampus.ca\,  and ask to be added to the CanadaOER listserv. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/join-us-for-the-march-open-education-cross-canada-coffee-chat-oecccc-2/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230322T143000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T071510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T071510Z UID:36832-1679490000-1679495400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Bibliometrics and Research Impact Canadian Community of Practice March Community Call DESCRIPTION:Date: March 22\, 2023 \nTime: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET \nRegistration \nWe invite those across Canada interested in bibliometrics and research impact indicators\, including those who are just curious or who work outside of libraries\, to join this month’s call of the Canadian Bibliometrics and Research Impact (BRI) Community of Practice. Although our simple agenda of getting folks talking\, connecting\, and building collaborations hasn’t changed\, this call will be the first to host two informal presentations from our community members. The goal is to get us inspired and stimulated discussion through interactive presentations on topics that interest this community. \nWhile this month’s discussion will be primarily in English\, bilingual moderators will be on hand to help ensure participants are able to contribute in the official language of their choice. \nPresentation 1 – Research ID and Impact: An Introduction\nHeather Ganshorn\, Librarian\, Libraries and Cultural Resources\, University of Calgary\, and Christie Hurrell\, Associate Librarian\, Libraries and Cultural Resources\, University of Calgary \nAre you new to the bibliometrics and research impact area\, or just beginning to expand your instruction and consultation services into this area? Get oriented to some of the basic topics\, tools\, and concepts in this field. You’ll build skills to help you take charge of your own online identity and track your research impact\, as well as teach these skills to others. \nPresentation 2 – Who is Responsible for Responsible Use of Metrics?\nHeather Cunningham\, Assistant Director\, Research & Innovation Services\, Gerstein Science Information Centre\, University of Toronto \nResponsible use of metrics is a theme blended into Research Metrics and Impact workshops I have delivered\, mostly to graduate students and other early career researchers. Upon reflection\, a more apt description may be “responsible perception” of metrics\, as the individual graduate students and faculty members\, are not the prime “users” of these metrics. There are many discussions in academia about responsible use of metrics\, but how effective are these discussions and workshops when the rewards systems\, “users” and individual researchers are disconnected? Come join a discussion about the challenges of teaching research metrics and qualitative impact indicators. \nModerator: Farah Frisen\, Research & Strategy Associate\, University Health Network \nCommunity Calls are organized by the CARL Canadian BRI Community of Practice Steering Committee: \n\nPhilippe Boisvert\, Université Laval\nLaura Bredahl\, University of Waterloo\nChristine Brodeur\, National Research Council Canada / Conseil national de recherches Canada\nThane Chambers\, University of Alberta\nRachel Couban\, McMaster University\nMonique Grenier\, University of Victoria\nMindy Thuna\, University of Toronto URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/bibliometrics-and-research-impact-canadian-community-of-practice-march-community-call/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Bibliometrics & Research Impact ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230124T133000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T161618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T161618Z UID:36920-1674561600-1674567000@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Fifth Panel Featuring Colleagues from the 2SLGBTIAQ+ Community DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: January 24\, 2023\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded and posted to the CARL YouTube account afterwards. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the fifth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues from the 2SLGBTIAQ+ Community discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions\, comments and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Ebony Novakowski  \nEbony Novakowski (she/her) is the Copyright Officer of Red River College Polytech and Chair of the Gender and Sexual Diversity committee at RRC polytech. Ebony began her journey in library services volunteering with Winnipeg’s Rainbow Resource Centre Library and continues to lend herself to efforts to create equitable library services and spaces for members of the 2SLGBTIAQ+ through involvement with events and education at the RRC Library and in the Manitoba community at large. \nDonna Langille (she/they) is the Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO). Donna has contributed to numerous queer initiatives at UBCO including planning the annual Pride Picnic as a member of the Postive Space Committee and co-chairing the library’s EDI Committee. Their interest in community engagement and queer histories led them to produce Okanagan QueerStory\, a storytelling podcast about the queer history of the Okanagan in British Columbia. Donna is also a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBCO researching queer histories\, cultural memory\, and feminist technologies. \nBilly J. Choi-Gekas (they/them) is a Nonbinary\, Queer\, mixed-race Settler from Tkaronto. They are the Circulation Supervisor for the John W. Graham Library at Trinity College\, University of Toronto\, and the Chair of the “Inclusivity\, Diversity\, Equity\, Antiracism” (IDEAR) Committee of the University of Toronto Libraries. Billy’s current graduate research at the University of Toronto focuses on Ecological Theology and Indigenous Methodology. They serve on the Board of Directors for Toronto Urban Native Ministry\, and has a private practice as a wholistic practitioner and anti-oppression consultant\, working with individuals and communities\, as well as numerous social justice\, Queer\, and interreligious organizations across Canada. \nMichael David Miller (il & he) is an Associate Librarian at McGill University. He has contributed to numerous Queer iniatives at McGill\, notably organzing the first Canadian Lavender Graduation Ceremony at McGill (the Launch of the Rainbow) in 2018 and co-curating a exhibit on the 50th anniversary of the decriminialization of homosexuality in Canada. He has contributed to the EDI Committee (la commission Légothèque) of the Association des bibliothécaires de France\, co-founded in 2020 the EDI Committee of the Fédération des milieux documentaire and contributes to adressing the Queer Québécois content gap in the francophone Wikipedia. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-fifth-panel-featuring-colleagues-from-the-2slgbtiaq-community/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20221115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20221117T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251106T233556Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T233953Z UID:38388-1668470400-1668729599@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2022 Fall Member Meeting DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n 2022 Fall Member Meeting\n\n November 15\, 2022\n –\n November 17\, 2022\n \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2022 Fall Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas\, strategic planning\, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada. \n\n Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Ottawa Downtown\n\n361 Queen Street\n \n Ottawa\,\n Ontario\n K1R 0C7\n Canada\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n Accommodation\n \n \n Program Schedule\n \n \n Recent Meetings\n \nHotel Details\n\nHilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Ottawa Downtown \n361 Queen Street\, Ottawa Ontario\, K1R 0C7 \nTel: 1-800-445-8667 or 613-234-6363 \nGroup code: CARLFG. \nBooking link for the group: \nwww.my-event.hilton.com/yowcdgi-carlfg-0702917f-18fa-432e-8876-1059ebeaedf5/ \nRate: $179.00 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) Additional $15.00 per person per room per night \n** RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 13\, 2022. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. GUESTROOMS are reserved from Saturday November 12 to Friday November 18. \n\n\nMonday\, November 14\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting – Vivian Lewis (K. McColgan)(Ballade Room/ Ballade Patio) \n3:00 PM –6:00 PMTentative: Visit to LAC – Leslie Weir \n6:00 PM –8:00 PMPresident’s Opening Reception(Monsella CD) \n\nTuesday\, November 15\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Tulip Bar) \n8:30 AM – 10:00 AMPolicy Committee Meeting – Susan Parker\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n10:00 AM – 10:15 AMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n10:15 AM – 11:45 AMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting – Talia Chung\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n11:45 AM – 1:30 PMLunch (Tulip Bar)12:30 – guided river/Lebreton Flats walk\, including Ādisōke site (optional\, weather permitting) – Mario Gasperetti\, LAC \n1:30 PM – 2:00 PMTeaching and Learning Committee Information Session (all members encouraged to attend) – Vivian Lewis\, Facilitator(Monsella AB) \n2:00 PM – 2:15 PMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n2:15 PM – 3:15 PMAssessment Committee Meeting – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n3:15 PM – 3:30 PMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n3:30 PM – 4:30 PMStrengthening Capacity Committee Meeting – Brett Waytuck(Monsella AB) \n5:00 PMBus departure \n5:30 PM – 7:00 PMCarleton University library visit and reception \n7:00 PMBus return \n\nWednesday\, November 16\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Tulip Bar) \n8:20 AM – 9:20 AMFall General Meeting (Members only) – Vivian Lewis(Monsella) \nProgram Session 1 (Monsella) – Host: Vivian Lewis \n9:30 AM – 10:15 AMDigital Research Alliance of Canada – presentation and discussion – George Ross & Lee Wilson \n10:15 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n10:30 AM – 11:15 PMDigital PreservationNext Steps for CARL – Dale Askey & Steve Marks\, Karen Nicholson\, Facilitator \n11:15 AM – 12:30 PMOpen Science Strategy – Talia Chung\, FacilitatorCARL-CRKN Joint work to date – Susan Haigh & Clare ApavooShared National Repository Infrastructure – Geoff Harder \n12:30 PM – 1:30 PMLunch (Tulip Bar) \n  \nProgram Session 2 (Monsella) \n1:30 PM – 3:00 PMExpanding the Library’s Role in Supporting Teaching and Learning: Opportunities and New Directions (Lightning Talks) – Host: Vivian Lewis \n\n\n\nAnatomy of a Teaching & Learning Review: Moving from Silos to Sustainable Networks (Virginia Pow and Kim Frail\, University of Alberta)\nCharting a Path for Enhanced Student Learning (Jo Ann. Murphy\, University of Saskatchewan)\nBuilding Student Success (Dominique Lapierre\, Université Laval)\nMeeting Scholars Where They’re At: The Library as a Strategic Partner in Fostering Computational Literacy in the Academy (May Chan\, University of Toronto)\nThe Research-Teaching Nexus at the THINC Lab (Susan Brown and Kim Martin\, University of Guelph)\nDecolonial Information Literacy and Pedagogy (Ashley Edwards\, Simon Fraser University)\nLibrary Instruction as Knowledge Justice: Sharing Western Libraries’ Decolonized Curriculum (Heather Campbell\, Western University)\n\n\n\n  \n\n3:00 PM – 3:15 PM(Monsella Foyer) Break\n3:15 PM – 4:30 PMMental wellness in the workplace – Host: Vivian Lewis\, Speaker: Benoît-Antoine Bacon\, President\, Carleton University 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMReception and CARL Award Ceremony\, and Dinner (Starling Restaurant\, ByWard Market\, 54 York St)\n  \n\nThursday\, November 17\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Monsella Foyer) \n8:00 AM – 8:45 AMHill Day Advocay 101 – Don Moors\, Josh Matthewman\, Ujwal Ganguly (TSA)(Monsella) \n9:00 AM – 1:00 PMMeetings on The Hill \n12:00 AM – 1:30 PMLunch (Monsella)Alternatively\, teams may choose to eat elsewhere at their own expense between Hill meetings. \n1:00 PM – 1:30 PMDebrief and Fall Meeting Adjournment(Monsella) \n2:00 PM – 3:30 PMBoard Meeting(Ballade Room/ Ballade Patio) \n3:00 PM –6:00 PMTentative: Visit to LAC – Leslie Weir \n\n\n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings\n \nHotel Details\n\nHilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Ottawa Downtown \n361 Queen Street\, Ottawa Ontario\, K1R 0C7 \nTel: 1-800-445-8667 or 613-234-6363 \nGroup code: CARLFG. \nBooking link for the group: \nwww.my-event.hilton.com/yowcdgi-carlfg-0702917f-18fa-432e-8876-1059ebeaedf5/ \nRate: $179.00 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) Additional $15.00 per person per room per night \n** RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 13\, 2022. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. GUESTROOMS are reserved from Saturday November 12 to Friday November 18. \n\n\nMonday\, November 14\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting – Vivian Lewis (K. McColgan)(Ballade Room/ Ballade Patio) \n3:00 PM –6:00 PMTentative: Visit to LAC – Leslie Weir \n6:00 PM –8:00 PMPresident’s Opening Reception(Monsella CD) \n\nTuesday\, November 15\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Tulip Bar) \n8:30 AM – 10:00 AMPolicy Committee Meeting – Susan Parker\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n10:00 AM – 10:15 AMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n10:15 AM – 11:45 AMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting – Talia Chung\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n11:45 AM – 1:30 PMLunch (Tulip Bar)12:30 – guided river/Lebreton Flats walk\, including Ādisōke site (optional\, weather permitting) – Mario Gasperetti\, LAC \n1:30 PM – 2:00 PMTeaching and Learning Committee Information Session (all members encouraged to attend) – Vivian Lewis\, Facilitator(Monsella AB) \n2:00 PM – 2:15 PMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n2:15 PM – 3:15 PMAssessment Committee Meeting – Mary-Jo Romaniuk\, Chair(Monsella AB) \n3:15 PM – 3:30 PMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n3:30 PM – 4:30 PMStrengthening Capacity Committee Meeting – Brett Waytuck(Monsella AB) \n5:00 PMBus departure \n5:30 PM – 7:00 PMCarleton University library visit and reception \n7:00 PMBus return \n\nWednesday\, November 16\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Tulip Bar) \n8:20 AM – 9:20 AMFall General Meeting (Members only) – Vivian Lewis(Monsella) \nProgram Session 1 (Monsella) – Host: Vivian Lewis \n9:30 AM – 10:15 AMDigital Research Alliance of Canada – presentation and discussion – George Ross & Lee Wilson \n10:15 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Monsella Foyer) \n10:30 AM – 11:15 PMDigital PreservationNext Steps for CARL – Dale Askey & Steve Marks\, Karen Nicholson\, Facilitator \n11:15 AM – 12:30 PMOpen Science Strategy – Talia Chung\, FacilitatorCARL-CRKN Joint work to date – Susan Haigh & Clare ApavooShared National Repository Infrastructure – Geoff Harder \n12:30 PM – 1:30 PMLunch (Tulip Bar) \n  \nProgram Session 2 (Monsella) \n1:30 PM – 3:00 PMExpanding the Library’s Role in Supporting Teaching and Learning: Opportunities and New Directions (Lightning Talks) – Host: Vivian Lewis \n\n\n\nAnatomy of a Teaching & Learning Review: Moving from Silos to Sustainable Networks (Virginia Pow and Kim Frail\, University of Alberta)\nCharting a Path for Enhanced Student Learning (Jo Ann. Murphy\, University of Saskatchewan)\nBuilding Student Success (Dominique Lapierre\, Université Laval)\nMeeting Scholars Where They’re At: The Library as a Strategic Partner in Fostering Computational Literacy in the Academy (May Chan\, University of Toronto)\nThe Research-Teaching Nexus at the THINC Lab (Susan Brown and Kim Martin\, University of Guelph)\nDecolonial Information Literacy and Pedagogy (Ashley Edwards\, Simon Fraser University)\nLibrary Instruction as Knowledge Justice: Sharing Western Libraries’ Decolonized Curriculum (Heather Campbell\, Western University)\n\n\n\n  \n\n3:00 PM – 3:15 PM(Monsella Foyer) Break\n3:15 PM – 4:30 PMMental wellness in the workplace – Host: Vivian Lewis\, Speaker: Benoît-Antoine Bacon\, President\, Carleton University 6:00 PM – 9:00 PMReception and CARL Award Ceremony\, and Dinner (Starling Restaurant\, ByWard Market\, 54 York St)\n  \n\nThursday\, November 17\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Monsella Foyer) \n8:00 AM – 8:45 AMHill Day Advocay 101 – Don Moors\, Josh Matthewman\, Ujwal Ganguly (TSA)(Monsella) \n9:00 AM – 1:00 PMMeetings on The Hill \n12:00 AM – 1:30 PMLunch (Monsella)Alternatively\, teams may choose to eat elsewhere at their own expense between Hill meetings. \n1:00 PM – 1:30 PMDebrief and Fall Meeting Adjournment(Monsella) \n2:00 PM – 3:30 PMBoard Meeting(Ballade Room/ Ballade Patio) \n3:00 PM –6:00 PMTentative: Visit to LAC – Leslie Weir \n\n\n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2022-fall-member-meeting/ LOCATION:Hilton Garden Inn & Homewood Suites Ottawa Downtown\, 361 Queen Street\, Ottawa\, Ontario\, K1R 0C7\, Canada CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220608T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220608T133000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T161359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T161359Z UID:36918-1654689600-1654695000@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Fourth Panel Featuring Library Colleagues with Disabilities DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: June 8\, 2022\, 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed \nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions). \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the fourth in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of library colleagues with disabilities discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Senior Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Katya Pereyaslavska \nKatya is a User Experience Librarian at Western Libraries and a member of the CARL EDI Working Group. \nBrooke Hiemstra \nBrooke graduated from the University of Guelph with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Adult Development in 2015. She also completed the Applied Learning Disability Graduate Certificate at Cambrian College in 2019. Since 2018\, Brooke has worked at the University of Guelph as the Library Accessibility Services Assistant\, running the Alternate Format Textbook Service for students registered with Student Accessibility Services (SAS). Brooke has previous experience working as a tutor as well as an Exam and Educational Assistant for students with disabilities at various institutions. After being diagnosed with ADHD last year\, Brooke has been making sense of past challenges and is learning to navigate the world as a neurodiverse person. \nIrene Tencinger \nIrene is a liaison librarian at Wilfrid Laurier’s Brantford campus. Some of the programs she supports include the Social and Environmental Justice undergrad program and the MA for Social Justice and Community Engagement\, as well as the undergrad program in Human Rights and Human Diversity. \nStephen Spong \nStephen is the Director of the John and Dotsa Bitove Law Library and Copyright Officer at Western University\, where he started in 2019. Previously\, he has worked in both Canada and the United States in a variety of roles related to both copyright and law librarianship. He holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School and a Masters in Information from the University of Toronto. You can find him on Twitter @stephenspong. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-fourth-panel-featuring-library-colleagues-with-disabilities/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220606T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220612T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T080444Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T175342Z UID:36857-1654473600-1655078399@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2022 Academic Librarians' Leadership Institute (ALLI) DESCRIPTION:Date: June 6 – 12\, 2022 \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is pleased to announce that it is accepting nominations for participants in CARL’s inaugural Academic Librarians’ Leadership Institute (ALLI). These participants will attend a seven-day cohort style training program at Memorial University (June 6-12\, 2022) developed by the Gardiner Centre\, the engagement arm of the Faculty of Business Administration\, Memorial University\, with input from CARL directors and Associate-level academic Librarians. \nThe face-to-face program has been tailored specifically for Associate-level academic librarians\, to assist their growth so that they are well positioned to lead Canada’s university libraries into the future. This rich and engaging program will enhance critical leadership capabilities\, teach valuable new skills and help build strong networks across the country for Associate-level library leaders – all in an enjoyable and unique setting on the eastern edge of Canada. The program will help participants to enhance their leadership strengths\, develop and nurture their teams\, effectively implement strategic plans\, and navigate their libraries through change. To maximize learning and resource time effectively\, online pre-readings of course material will be provided. This allows for the majority of in-class time to be used for practice and application of the concepts presented. This will be accomplished through application exercises (“wicked problems”)\, case study analysis\, reflection\, group break outs and collaborative discussion. \nProgram components include: \n\nLeadership development sessions which include: Leading with Emotional Intelligence\, Hiring a Diverse and Inclusive Workforce\, Fundamentals of Project Management\, Understanding the Change Management Process\, Managing Difficult Conversations\, Engaging & Motivating Employees\, Conflict Management and Resolution & Foundations of Project Management for Library Leaders\nOpening Welcome Event at a local St. John’s venue\nBreakout sessions (Problem Solving and the Academic Library)\nDowntown St. John’s dinner and Irish Music evening\nAmple opportunity to enjoy scenic Signal Hill during session breaks\nOpportunities to engage/discuss issues with fellow attendees outside of daily programs\n\nRegistration is anticipated to be capped at 30 participants. Applications from all Canadian libraries are welcome. Priority will be given to applications from CARL member libraries\, but a minimum of 5 spaces will be allocated to non-CARL libraries. \nApplicants must submit a nomination package which should include the following: \n\na current CV;\na short letter of intent outlining why the participant wishes to attend\, and;\na letter of endorsement from the Library Dean/Director.\n\nNomination packages should be sent to the attention of Susan Cleyle (scleyle@mun.ca)\, on or before March 14\, 2022. \nFees: $5\,000 plus HST. Fees include all programming\, breakfasts\, lunches and breaks and a welcome cocktail reception. Participants will be responsible for travel and accommodation costs\, some evening meals\, and any non-structured social activities. \nNote that the program will be delivered in English but that supporting materials will be available in both English and French in advance of the institute. Additional ALLI program details and a schedule for the ALLI program are now available. \nFor more information: \nSusan Cleyle\nCARL Visiting Program Officer – Leadership Development Initiatives\nscleyle@mun.ca URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2022-academic-librarians-leadership-institute-alli/ LOCATION:Memorial University of Newfoundland\, 230 Elizabeth Avenue\, St. John's\, Newfoundland\, A1C 5S7 CATEGORIES:ALLI,Workshops & Institutes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220425T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220428T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251106T234818Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T235649Z UID:38393-1650844800-1651190399@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2022 Spring Member Meeting DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n 2022 Spring Member Meeting\n\n April 25\, 2022\n –\n April 28\, 2022\n \nJoint ARL/CARL Meeting – April 25–28 (invitation only) \nThe Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) Boards of Directors are pleased to invite you to attend the joint ARL/CARL Association Meeting to be held Monday–Thursday\, April 25–28\, 2022\, in Toronto\, Ontario. We are looking forward to the opportunity to bring our two associations together in person for the first time in six years. The meeting will be held at the InterContinental Toronto Centre\, located at 225 Front Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5V 2X3. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Jaymey Butler\, ARL associate director\, Events\, jbutler@arl.org\, or Kasia Kozyra-Kocikowska\, CARL administrative officer and event coordinator\, kasia.kozyra-kocikowska@carl-abrc.ca. \n\n InterContinental Toronto Centre\n\n225 Front Street West\n \n Toronto\,\n Ontario\n M5V 2X3\n Canada\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n \n Accommodation\n \n \n Program Schedule\n \n \n COVID-19 Safety Measures\n \n \n Recent Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nHotel: InterContinental Toronto Centre225 Front St WToronto ON M5V 2X3 \nA block of rooms has been reserved for attendees of the 2022 joint Association Meeting at a special rate. We encourage all attendees to stay at the meeting hotel to ensure ARL and CARL fulfill our contract obligations. \nThose who book within the block will be automatically entered into a drawing for two awards of a weekend stay for two\, at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre\, at a future date. \n\nRoom Rate: Can$239.00\, plus taxes (single or double occupancy)\nOnline Reservations: For the best booking experience\, we encourage you to book your hotel room online: https://book.passkey.com/go/ARL2022\nIf calling the hotel\, please reference Group: “ARL/CARL 2022 Spring Membership Conference” (to receive the negotiated room rate).\n\nThe guest-room block is reserved from Saturday\, April 23\, to Friday\, April 29\, 2022. PLEASE BOOK BEFORE WEDNESDAY\, MARCH 30\, 2022. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. \nReception venues: \n\nHotel: CARL meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend the President’s Reception & Awards Ceremony onsite at the hotel on Monday\, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. EDT\nThomas Fisher Rare Book Library: All meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend a reception at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library on Tuesday\, April 26  at 6:30 p.m. EDT.\nCN Tower: All meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend a reception on Wednesday\, April 27 at the CN Tower at 6:00 p.m. EDT.\n\nRSVP is required through the meeting registration form. \nThe 2022 Spring Member Meeting program schedule can be accessed via the ARL Website. \n\nCOVID-19 Safety Measures\n\nARL and CARL are taking the necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of our member representatives\, staff\, and guests\, and to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in compliance with regulations and other requirements that have been issued by the Province of Ontario\, the City of Toronto\, and public health officials. \nTo this end\, we are taking the following measures: \n\nMandatory Vaccination: Although the Province of Ontario has removed the requirement to provide proof of vaccination\, this is a private event\, and as such\, all attendees (including association employees\, member representatives\, and guests) will be required to provide proof of full vaccination (currently two doses\, or a booster\, the last of which was received at least 14 days prior to their attendance) and a photo ID in order to participate in person and to enter meeting and reception spaces. This information will be collected via a third-party service.\nAll attendees will be required to self-screen before entering the meeting premises.\nAll persons entering or remaining in the premises or in enclosed common areas are encouraged to wear a mask.\nAll individuals will be encouraged to perform hand hygiene when entering and leaving the premises.\nThe hotel (and meeting-service providers) will ensure the proper cleaning and disinfection of all audiovisual equipment and meeting spaces.\n\nThese health measures are subject to change as the pandemic continues to evolve. \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nHotel: InterContinental Toronto Centre225 Front St WToronto ON M5V 2X3 \nA block of rooms has been reserved for attendees of the 2022 joint Association Meeting at a special rate. We encourage all attendees to stay at the meeting hotel to ensure ARL and CARL fulfill our contract obligations. \nThose who book within the block will be automatically entered into a drawing for two awards of a weekend stay for two\, at the Intercontinental Toronto Centre\, at a future date. \n\nRoom Rate: Can$239.00\, plus taxes (single or double occupancy)\nOnline Reservations: For the best booking experience\, we encourage you to book your hotel room online: https://book.passkey.com/go/ARL2022\nIf calling the hotel\, please reference Group: “ARL/CARL 2022 Spring Membership Conference” (to receive the negotiated room rate).\n\nThe guest-room block is reserved from Saturday\, April 23\, to Friday\, April 29\, 2022. PLEASE BOOK BEFORE WEDNESDAY\, MARCH 30\, 2022. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. \nReception venues: \n\nHotel: CARL meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend the President’s Reception & Awards Ceremony onsite at the hotel on Monday\, April 25 at 6:00 p.m. EDT\nThomas Fisher Rare Book Library: All meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend a reception at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library on Tuesday\, April 26  at 6:30 p.m. EDT.\nCN Tower: All meeting attendees and their guests are invited to attend a reception on Wednesday\, April 27 at the CN Tower at 6:00 p.m. EDT.\n\nRSVP is required through the meeting registration form. \nThe 2022 Spring Member Meeting program schedule can be accessed via the ARL Website. \n\nCOVID-19 Safety Measures\n\nARL and CARL are taking the necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of our member representatives\, staff\, and guests\, and to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in compliance with regulations and other requirements that have been issued by the Province of Ontario\, the City of Toronto\, and public health officials. \nTo this end\, we are taking the following measures: \n\nMandatory Vaccination: Although the Province of Ontario has removed the requirement to provide proof of vaccination\, this is a private event\, and as such\, all attendees (including association employees\, member representatives\, and guests) will be required to provide proof of full vaccination (currently two doses\, or a booster\, the last of which was received at least 14 days prior to their attendance) and a photo ID in order to participate in person and to enter meeting and reception spaces. This information will be collected via a third-party service.\nAll attendees will be required to self-screen before entering the meeting premises.\nAll persons entering or remaining in the premises or in enclosed common areas are encouraged to wear a mask.\nAll individuals will be encouraged to perform hand hygiene when entering and leaving the premises.\nThe hotel (and meeting-service providers) will ensure the proper cleaning and disinfection of all audiovisual equipment and meeting spaces.\n\nThese health measures are subject to change as the pandemic continues to evolve. \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2022-spring-member-meeting/ LOCATION:InterContinental Toronto Centre\, 225 Front Street West\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5V 2X3\, Canada CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20220309T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20220309T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250415T184601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T181709Z UID:36701-1646838000-1646841600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Open Education Cross-Canada Coffee Chat (#OECCCC) in French on Recognizing OER in Tenure and Promotion DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday March 9\, 2022 \nTime: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. (EST) \nRegistration \nThe CARL Open Education Working Group invites you to the eleventh call in this series of informal gatherings for individuals involved in open education (OE) in Canada (faculty\, instructors\, librarians\, students\, instructional designers\, etc.).  \nThis month\, we are bringing the Canadian open education community together for a French discussion on the recognition of OER in tenure and promotion. We are welcoming two panelists who will share their experience and thoughts on the subject\, followed by a discussion:  \nDominique Scheffel-Dunand\, Associate Professor\, Department of French Studies at Glendon College\, York University \nMarie D. Martel\, Assistant Professor\, École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information at the Université de Montréal \nCalls in this series typically take place on the third Wednesday of most months. While this month’s discussion will be primarily in French\, bilingual moderators will be on hand to help ensure participants are able to contribute in the official language of their choice.  \nWhether you’re an OECCCC regular or new to the group\, please join us\, settle in with your beverage of choice and prepare for some coast-to-coast sharing and networking. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-education-cross-canada-coffee-chat-oecccc-in-french-on-recognizing-oer-in-tenure-and-promotion/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211124T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211124T143000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T160948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160948Z UID:36915-1637758800-1637764200@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Third Panel Featuring Indigenous Library Colleagues DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: November 24\, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. ET\nRegistration closed\nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions) and will be recorded and posted to the CARL YouTube account afterwards. \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the third in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of Indigenous library colleagues discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nThe moderator for this event will be Camille Callison \nCamille brings expert knowledge and lived experience to our conversation about Indigenous Knowledges and relationship building in library\, archival and cultural memory praxis. Camille is a Tāłtān Nation member\, the University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)\, and a passionate cultural activist pursuing a PhD in Anthropology at the University of Manitoba dedicated to critically examining the relationship between cultural memory institutions and the continued survival and activation of Indigenous knowledges\, languages and cultures. \nSheila Laroque \nSheila is Métis from Saskatoon\, Saskatchewan. Her Métis heritage is on her father’s side\, who grew up just outside Duck Lake\, Saskatchewan. Her mom is originally from southwestern Ontario with Irish and Scottish roots. After a 5 and a half year journey that took her to Toronto for her Masters and Edmonton for work\, Sheila came home to Saskatoon in March 2020. She now works at the University of Saskatchewan as an Indigenous Studies Librarian. \nJessie Loyer \nJessie is Cree-Métis and a member of Michel First Nation. She is a librarian at Mount Royal University in Calgary\, a guest on Blackfoot and Treaty 7 territory. Her research looks at Indigenous perspectives on information literacy\, supporting language revitalization\, and developing ongoing\, reciprocal research relationships using nêhiyaw and Michif conceptions of kinship. She’s a director in the Prairie Indigenous Relationality Network\, also called Paskwaw Wahkohtowin\, a SSHRC-funded research group that brings together prairie scholars working on relationality. \nKajola Morewood \nKajola’s birth mother is Inuit\, from Kuujjuarapik in Nunavik. Her adoptive parents are originally from Quebec City (dad) and Winnipeg (mom) and have British and Irish/Icelandic backgrounds. Kajola spent her childhood on Treaty 7 territory in Medicine Hat\, Alberta and lək̓ʷəŋən territory in Victoria\, BC. After completing her Masters at UBC\, Kajola is now an Indigenous Initiatives and Services Librarian at Okanagan College on the unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people. \nMikayla Redden \nMikayla is Anishinaabekwe\, born and raised in Peterborough\, Ontario. Her grandmother is from Curve Lake First Nation\, but was enfranchised during childhood\, eventually settling with a Métis community in Burleigh Falls\, Ontario. Mikayla spent her summers between Hiawatha First Nation (on the north shore of Rice Lake)\, and Stony Lake (near Lakefield\, ON) with settler relatives. After living and working in both Thunder Bay and Halifax\, Mikayla is now an Information Services and Instruction Librarian at University of Toronto. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-third-panel-featuring-indigenous-library-colleagues/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20211115T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20211117T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251107T000509Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T000726Z UID:38398-1636934400-1637193599@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2021 Fall Member Meeting (Online) DESCRIPTION:November 15\, 2021 – November 17\, 2021 \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2021 Fall Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas\, strategic planning\, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada. \nProgram Schedule URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2021-fall-member-meeting-online/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210629T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210629T133000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T160420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160527Z UID:36914-1624968000-1624973400@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: Second Panel Featuring Racialized Library Colleagues DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: June 29\, 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET\nSlides \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the second in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of racialized library colleagues discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis 1.5 hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on equity\, diversity\, and inclusion initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, simultaneous translation and captions will be available throughout the session and supporting material will be circulated in advance in French and English. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nThe moderator for this event will be Maha Kumaran\, CARL Visiting Program Officer for Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion\, and Associate Librarian\, Education & Music Library\, University of Saskatchewan. \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nLei Jin has been working for Ryerson University since 2003\, primarily as the Electronic Resources Librarian. She is also the Liaison Team Lead for the Faculty of Science\, Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science. She is the co-founder and current president of the Canada Chapter of the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)\, and recently elected as a member of CALA Board of Directors. Lei earned her MLIS from Rutgers University. She is an avid runner\, and sometimes\, reluctant cook. \nAfra Bolefski holds a Master of Library and Information Science from Western University and has worked in libraries since 2003. She is an Associate Librarian at the University of Manitoba Libraries and currently leads a team of librarians in her role as Head\, Social Sciences Division. In her previous role as Acting Section Head\, she oversaw the completion of a major library renovation and the creation of an active learning classroom which was subsequently featured at conferences and in news and trade articles. Prior to taking on these leadership roles\, Afra held the appointment of Business Librarian at U of M for over five years\, supporting the research\, teaching and collection needs of an AACSB-accredited business school. She fulfilled similar roles at Wilfrid Laurier University and York University. In the work of advancing EDI\, as a member of the U of M’s Black History Month (“BHM”) Committee\, Afra has participated in planning and organizing the first ever Visionary Conversations Community Event celebrating BHM at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in 2018. She also served as facilitator for a Manitoba Employment Equity Practitioners Association EDI forum event. In her service to the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) EDI Committee\, she worked towards establishing a Diversity and Equity bursary to assist marginalized LIS and Archives students attend the CAPAL 2020 conference. \nAfra currently serves as Chair for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ ULS Technology in University Libraries Committee and just completed her three-year term as CAPAL Board member. \nAfra is also a published author in various academic journals and books\, including a chapter in Designing Effective Library Learning Spaces in Higher Education. \nAllan Cho is the Research Commons Librarian at UBC Library.  He holds an MLIS\, MA in History\, and MET in Educational Technology.  He is a subject liaison for Archival\, Library and Information Studies and Asian  Studies. His research interests are in critical race theory in  librarianship and racialized librarians in academia.   Allan currently serves as Co-Chair for the Visible Minority Librarians Network of Canada (ViMLoC) and volunteers for a number of community organizations\, including festival director of LiterASIAN Writers Festival and Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW) supporting writers in developing their manuscripts and publishing practices.   He has published in journals and has co-authored monographs\, including Inside the World’s Major East Asian Collections and Conversations with Leading Academic Research Library Directors International Perspectives on Library Management. \nCecilia Tellis is the Head of Design and Outreach at the University of Ottawa Library where she leads efforts to ensure that services and spaces are grounded in user-centred design principles; coordinates efforts to communicate the impacts of the library on student\, academic\, and scholarly success; and identifies opportunities and develops solutions to ensure the library is inclusive and accessible. She is a proud contributing member of ViMLoC: Visible Minority Librarians of Canada\, the co-chair of the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians’ (CAPAL) Diversity and Equity Committee\, and is currently a fellow in the ARL Leadership and Career Development Program which prepares mid-career librarians from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups to take on leadership roles in their careers and in the profession at large. Cecilia holds a Master’s in Library and Information Studies from McGill University and a BA in French language and literature from the University of Toronto. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-second-panel-featuring-racialized-library-colleagues/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210517T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210519T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251107T001145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T002405Z UID:38401-1621209600-1621468799@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2021 Spring Member Meeting (Online) DESCRIPTION:The CARL 2021 Spring Meeting for members will be held virtually from May 17 – 19\, 2021. \nPlease consult the program for more information. \nGuest Speakers\nLaura Bredahl is the Bibliometrics and Research Impact Librarian at the University of Waterloo. In this role she coordinates and provides institutional level leadership and support for research impact metrics. She is currently serving as a member of the ORCID-CA Governing Committee and as a deputy editor for the Bibliomagician Blog. She received the 2020 MLA Louise Darling Medal for Distinguished Achievement in Collection Development in the Health Sciences\, along with her project team\, for her leadership in the development of the Association of Vision Science Librarians Vetted List of Journals. She received her MIS from the University of Toronto in 2008. \n\nDr. Martin Paul Eve is Professor of Literature\, Technology and Publishing and the Strategic Lead for Digital Education at Birkbeck\, University of London. He is well known for his work on open access\, in particular founding and running the Open Library of Humanities. Martin is also now a member of the COPIM project\, working to make open-access monographs a reality. \n\n\nMegan Hall is director of Athabasca University Press\, Canada’s first open access scholarly publishing house\, and has just begun a two-year term as president of the Association of Canadian University Presses. \n\n\nDouglas Hildebrand has been Director and Publisher at University of Alberta Press since 2017. Before that\, he held a variety of roles at University of Toronto Press\, including Sales and Marketing Manager and Acquisitions Editor. \n\n\nGabriel Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Prior to joining the Federation\, he served in a series of senior roles with the Canadian Cancer Society\, culminating as Vice-President of Public Issues\, Policy and Cancer Information. Previously\, Miller was the Government and Media Relations Director of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities\, which represents big city mayors and municipal governments across the country. \n\n\nDr. Philippe Mongeon is a professor at the School of Information Management at Dalhousie University\, where he leads a research lab on the quantitative study of science. He is also a member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST) and President of the Canadian Association of Information Science (CAIS-ACSI). His research activities focus on the production\, dissemination and use of scholarly publications. \n\n\nRy Moran\, a member of the Red River Métis and founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba\, is the inaugural Associate University Librarian – Reconciliation at the University of Victoria. Moran leads the efforts of UVic Libraries to decolonize approaches to the university’s archives and collections\, and integrate Indigenous ways of knowing and being into their work. Prior to leading the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation\, Moran served on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) as Director of Statement Gathering. With a passion for education and teaching\, Moran has taught at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity\, was a major contributor to the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada and directly assisted in the development of a national reconciliation research strategy through work with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. \n\n\nCarey Newman\, whose traditional name is Hayalthkin’geme\, is a multi-disciplinary Indigenous artist\, master carver\, filmmaker\, author and public speaker. Through his father he is Kwakwak’awakw from the Kukwekum\, Giiksam\, and WaWalaby’ie clans of northern Vancouver Island\, and Coast Salish from Cheam of the Sto:lo Nation along the upper Fraser Valley. Through his mother he is a Settler of English\, Irish\, and Scottish heritage. Perhaps his most influential work\, The Witness Blanket\, made of items collected from residential schools\, government buildings and churches across Canada\, deals with the subject of Truth and Reconciliation. It is now part of the collection at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Carey is the current Audain Professor of Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest at the University of Victoria. \n\n\nDr. Jean-Sébastien Sauvé has been a professor at the University of Montréal’s School of Library Science since 2019. His research and mentoring activities focus on data management in museum settings\, library and archival design and architecture\, and issues facing research libraries. \n\n\nDr. Tim Wilson is the Associate Vice-President of Research Programs at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada\, where he is responsible for overseeing the Agency’s grants and scholarships programs. Prior to coming to SSHRC\, Tim held a number of executive positions at the Government of Canada’s Treasury Board Secretariat and the Public Service Commission. In addition to his career in the Public Service\, Tim teaches English Literature at the University of Ottawa\, specializing in Renaissance Literature and Literary Theory. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2021-spring-member-meeting/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210428T160000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250506T155833Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250506T160020Z UID:36912-1619622000-1619625600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:CARL Inclusion Perspectives Webinar Series: First Panel Featuring Black Librarians DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: April 28\, 3-4 pm ET\nPlease note that this event is open to all (not just CARL institutions). \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries’ (CARL) Equity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion Working Group is pleased to announce the first in a series of planned webinars on inclusion perspectives\, which will feature a panel of Black librarians discussing their perspectives on the state of Canadian librarianship and how we can affect change. \nThis one hour moderated panel discussion will focus on progress on EDI initiatives to date and goals to strive for in the future. This will be a collaborative future-forward conversation\, so please bring your own questions and/or proposed solutions. \nIn addition to being subject to the CARL Code of Conduct\, CARL asks all participants\, panelists and organizers to be respectful of what is being shared and in how they ask questions. \nIn the interest of accessibility\, captions will be available throughout the session and supporting material will be circulated in advance in French and English. Additional accommodation requests can also be emailed to Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \nAlthough speakers will be presenting in English co-moderators will be on hand to ensure participants are able to contribute to the conversation in English or French. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Julie Morin\, Program Officer at CARL (julie.morin@carl-abrc.ca). \n \n\n \n > Speaker Biographies \n \n \n \nDominic Silvio \nThe moderator for this event will be Dominic Silvio\, Librarian\, Killam Memorial Library\, Dalhousie University Libraries \nMandissa Arlain \nMandissa Arlain has worked in libraries since 1996. She started as a Page and a Library Assistant at the Toronto Public Library\, and worked as a Library Technician at Seneca College\, Centennial College\, The Toronto District School Board and as of 2003\, at Ryerson University. While working as a Library Technician\, she completed an undergraduate degree from Athabasca University in Professional Arts majoring in Communication Studies and a graduate degree from the University of Toronto in Information Science. During her time at the Ryerson Library she has also served in various technician\, supervisory and librarian roles\, some of which included AV/ILL\, eReserves and Copyright\, Reference and Web Support Technician roles\, Leadhand and Circulation Supervisory roles\, and interim Systems\, Part-Time Staff Coordinator\, and Communications and Liaison librarian roles. She currently serves as a Library Technician in the cataloguing department at the Ryerson Library. \nMandissa is also involved in EDI related activities. She served as a stewart in her local union\, and as an active member of OPSEU’s Workers of Colour Caucus. She’s also served on Ryerson’s Anti-Racism Task Force\, was an active member of Ryerson’s Black Faculty and Staff Community Network\, served as a member and Chair of the Ontario Library Association’s (OLA) EDI Committee\, and currently sits on both OLA’s and CARL’s EDI Committees. She was awarded Ryerson’s Viola Desmond Staff Award in 2016\, and was also a Black Canadian Role Model Inductee in 2016. She currently provides technical support for the annual 100 ABC (Accomplished Black Women) book and gala project which features the accomplishments of notable Black Canadian women\, and has also partnered with Dr. Anne-Marie Singh on the Criminal Justice First project website\, which documents Indigenous and racialized individuals who were among the first to enter policing\, corrections\, legal practice and the judiciary in Canada. \nNorda Bell \nNorda Bell is an Associate Librarian at York University Libraries. She has worked at York for over 16 years in a number of roles. She currently holds the position of Teaching and Learning Librarian\, but Norda has also held positions as Scholarly Publishing Librarian\, Department Chair\, and Research and Instruction Librarian. \nShe is a Founding Member of the Visible Minority Librarians of Canada Network (ViMLoC)\, where she served as co-Moderator and developed the first mentorship program for visible minority librarians across Canada. She is also the founding Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Information\, Diversity\, and Inclusion (IJIDI). In this role\, she aims to have a more diverse representation of book reviewers\, from various backgrounds and geographic locations. Her research interest centers around  equity\, diversity\, and inclusion (EDI) in various aspects of libraries and librarianship. Her latest publication was a chapter in the 2020 Humanizing LIS Education and Practice (edited by Keren Dali and Nadia Caidi) about the different models of EDI professional development events for librarians. Her current research study explores the experiences of American and Canadian academic librarians at EDI professional development events and their effects on participants’ attitudes\, perceptions\, and work-related practices. \nNorda is also a part-time professor in the Library and Information Technician program at Seneca College where she has taught the Searching I\, Searching II and Searching III courses. \nYemisi Dina \nYemisi Dina is the Chief Law Librarian at the Osgoode Hall Law School Library\, York University. Prior to this position\, she joined Osgoode in 2006 as Associate Librarian and Head of Public Services. She has worked in academic law libraries since 1995 in Nigeria\, The Bahamas and Canada. \nAs a law librarian\, Yemisi has participated in numerous professional development initiatives and programs. She is an active member many professional associations and has recently been elected to the position of Vice-President Two on the Executive Board of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries/ Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit. \nShe is the current Chair of the African Interest Group of the Foreign\, Comparative and International Special Interest Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. \nYemisi is involved in many EDI initiatives serving on Committees\, Boards and Working Groups to reflect institutional guidelines and policies. \nYemisi is widely published and is the author of the book Law Librarianship in Academic Libraries. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/carl-inclusion-perspectives-webinar-series-first-panel-featuring-black-librarians/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Equity Diversity Inclusion ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20210422T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20210422T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250424T203244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T203244Z UID:36812-1619096400-1619100000@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Webinar: How Can We Successfully Collaborate to Advance National Capacity for OER in Canada? DESCRIPTION:Date: Thursday\, April 22\, 2021 \nTime: 1:00 p.m. ET \nRegister here (all are welcome): \nFunding by provincial governments to encourage the development or use of open education resources (OER) in post-secondary education has been far from consistent across Canada\, ranging from long-standing programs of annual funding for OER production and promotion to limited short-term project funding or in a few cases\, no contributions at all. Yet it is clear that the investments made to date – not only by provincial governments but also by individual institutions or consortia – have produced important results\, demonstrated by increased adoption of OER textbooks and reduction in student expenses. (For more background\, see CARL Open Education Working Group’s 2020 Environmental Scan of Open Education Service and Support in Canada.) \nSo how can we strengthen OER adoption further\, better ensuring that all post-secondary students have opportunities to benefit from regionally relevant OER\, and that faculty and instructors who wish to incorporate open education in their teaching have the supports and incentives to allow them to do so? \nPanelists will discuss strategies and opportunities for advancing Canada’s national OER capacity\, whether through funding\, training\, infrastructure\, or advocacy. SPARC’s experience with obtaining funding commitments at the federal level and with a variety of state-level policy strategies in the US will also be presented to help inform the discussion. \nThis webinar will be recorded\, and will be offered with simultaneous interpretation in order to accommodate francophone and anglophone presenters and attendees. \nCARL wishes to acknowledge the support of SPARC in planning and delivering this webinar. \nModerator:\nBibi Wasiimah Joomun\, Executive Director\, New Brunswick Student Alliance \nPanelists:\nHailey Babb\, Open Education Project Manager\, SPARC\nCynthia Holt\, Executive Director\, Council of Atlantic University Libraries\nGabrielle Lamontagne\, Coordinator\, Collaborative Projects and Indigenization\, BC Campus\nKalin McCluskey\, Executive Director\, Canadian Alliance of Student Associations\nMichael McNally\, Associate Professor\, School of Library and Information Studies\, University of Alberta\nLucie Vincent-LeBlanc\, Executive Director\, Consortium national en développement de ressources pédagogiques en français au collégial URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/webinar-how-can-we-successfully-collaborate-to-advance-national-capacity-for-oer-in-canada/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20201117T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20201118T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251107T001916Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T002601Z UID:38405-1605571200-1605743999@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2020 Fall Member Meeting (Online) DESCRIPTION:On November 17th & 18th\, 2020\, CARL directors will meet virtually in place of their usual in-person general meeting. \nClick here for the program. \n\nGuest Speakers\n\n\nMatt Greenhall\, Deputy Executive Director\, RLUK \nMatt is the Deputy Executive Director of Research Libraries UK. He is the Executive lead for the Digital Shift\, Digital Scholarship\, and Copyright and Licensing strands of RLUK’s strategy\, Reshaping Scholarship 2018-2021. In this role he works closely with members of RLUK’s networks and working groups\, and has authored a number of research reports including Digital scholarship and the role of the research library (July 2019) and Covid-19 and the digital shift in action (July 2020). He leads on several of RLUK’s strategic relationships and is a passionate advocate for cross-sector collaboration across the GLAM sector\, research community\, and between wider communities of practice. \nBefore coming to RLUK\, he worked for six years at The National Archives (UK) in a number of leadership roles\, concluding as Head of Academic Engagement\, a role responsible for leading the organisation’s relationships with its academic and scholarly audiences. Prior to this\, Matt worked within Durham University’s Archives and Special Collections where he led elements of the university’s widening participation and youth engagement programmes. It was at the University of Durham where he completed a BA Hons and an M.Res in history\, and a PhD in early-modern British economic history. \n  \nMasud Khokhar\, Director of Libraries and Archives\, University of York and RLUK board member \nMasud is the Director of Library and Archives at the University of York\, where he oversees all developments for the Library and Archives\, and contributes to the overall governance of the Corporate and Information Services Directorate. A computer scientist by education\, and with libraries in his DNA\, Masud is passionate about digital leadership and innovation in the changing library and archive environments. His core interests cut across the topics of strategy development\, digital technologies\, innovation\, open research\, leadership\, staff empowerment and talent realisation. \nMasud has had a varied career with roles in the private sector and higher education\, including Bodleian Libraries\, Lancaster University and the University of York. Masud is a member of the Board of Directors of Research Libraries UK (RLUK) where he leads the Digital Scholarship and Digital Shift themes\, and is keen on introducing new models of leadership\, thinking and diversity in academic libraries. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2020-fall-member-meeting/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200610T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200610T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250415T190146Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250423T202543Z UID:36705-1591794000-1591797600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Community Call: French-language Open Educational Resources DESCRIPTION:Date: Wednesday\, June 10\, 2020\nTime: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ET \nCARL’s Open Education Working Group invites the community of practitioners involved in creating and promoting French-language educational resources in Canada to get to know each other better (virtually\, of course!). The purpose of this call is to bring this community together and start a discussion on issues related to OER. You are all invited to come and share regional or institutional initiatives and to discover possibilities for collaboration. Please note that this community call will be held in French. \nIn addition to a large number of individuals presenting perspectives at the establishment level (hopefully)\, the following groups and activities will be represented during this call: La Fabrique REL\, eCampus Ontario and e Réseau de leaders en matière de ressources éducatives libres (REL) within Quebec’s higher education sector. \nThe call will be facilitated by Mélanie Brunet (University of Ottawa Library) and Jean-François Durnin (Bibliothèques de l’Université de Montréal). URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/community-call-french-language-open-educational-resources/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200525T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200527T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251107T003039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T003209Z UID:38408-1590364800-1590623999@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2020 Spring Member Meeting (Online) DESCRIPTION:The Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2020 Spring Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas\, strategic planning\, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada. \nProgram Schedule URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2020-spring-member-meeting-online/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200525 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200528 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20200508T182257Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250914T035530Z UID:14838-1590364800-1590623999@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2020 CARL Spring General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Click here for a PDF of the full program. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2020-carl-spring-general-meeting/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200521T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200521T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250416T003522Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T181521Z UID:36706-1590066000-1590069600@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Free Webinar: Discoverability and Sharing Open Educational Resources DESCRIPTION:[Update: The recording from this session is now available here. Slides are available here.] \nDate: Thursday\, May 21\, 2020 \nTime: 1:00 p.m. ET \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)’s Open Education Working Group (OEWG) invites you to this webinar\, which follows up on our earlier Community Call on OER Findability Issues by offering practical tips on how to ensure maximum visibility for open educational resources. \nUnlike traditional publishing models\, where marketing and promotion are completed for authors\, engaging in open education activities requires some effort from practitioners in getting the word out there about their resources. This session will introduce you to workflows for making your resource discoverable\, collecting impact data\, and marketing and promotion processes to showcase the reach of your resources. \nThis session will cover: \n\nIdentifying how resource formats and accessibility impact openness\nDeveloping a plan for sharing open educational resources\nDeveloping a plan for gathering data to show impact of your open educational resource\nIdentify marketing and promotion processes for releasing your open educational resource\n\nPresenter: \nErin Fields is a librarian focusing on open education supports at the University of British Columbia. Erin is currently the Open Education Visiting Program Officer for the Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). She is the recipient of the 2018 Award of Excellence in Open Education and the Open Education Research & Advocacy Fellowship with BCcampus. Erin was also one of the 2019 UBC Open Educational Resource Champion recipients\, a recognition from the UBC Vancouver Alma Mater Society\, the VP Academic and Provost\, and UBC Library. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/free-webinar-discoverability-and-sharing-open-educational-resources/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200429T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200429T140000 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250416T005426Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T181436Z UID:36709-1588165200-1588168800@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Community Call on OER Findability Issues DESCRIPTION:[Update: A recording from this session is available here. Slides are available here.] \nDate: Wednesday\, April 29\, 2020 \nTime: 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL)’s Open Education Working Group (OEWG) invites the Canadian open education community to join us in discussing findability issues when searching for and locating OER. In conversations among OEWG members\, and during the January 2020 Open Education Leadership Essentials workshop\, this question (as well as concerns about underlying metadata and aggregation thereof by larger databases) was a topic that came up frequently. \nWhether you are a librarian\, educator\, or teaching and learning specialist\, we hope you will join us and describe your experiences and thoughts regarding the OER searching experience. \nIn addition\, if you produce or support the creation or deposit of OER into repositories\, we hope you will share your thoughts with us regarding the use of metadata standards when describing OER\, as well as the aggregation or harvesting of this metadata by search tools and databases. \nThis discussion will be led by Ali Versluis (Open Educational Resources Librarian\, University of Guelph) and Lise Brin (Program Officer\, Canadian Association of Research Libraries). URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/community-call-on-oer-findability-issues/ LOCATION:Online Event CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20200127T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20200128T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250509T144827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250509T144827Z UID:36941-1580083200-1580255999@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) DESCRIPTION:Open Education Leadership Essentials (OeLE) Event\nJanuary 27-28\, Toronto\, ON\nRyerson University \nCARL\, along with sponsor BCcampus\, presents the Open Education Leadership Essentials Event (OeLE)\, a two-day event designed by the CARL Open Education Working Group to provide Canadian library practitioners with the information\, skills and resources to lead open education initiatives. The event will engage participants with presentations\, community building sessions\, and hands-on activities that will provide participants with the building blocks to implement OE programs on their own campuses. This event is open to participants from any Canadian post-secondary educational institution. \nAlthough presentations will be in English\, all documentation related to the event will be available in both English and French. \nMore information and details about the schedule: see OeLE Event Programme Details (EN) (FR) \nTo prepare attendees for the OeLE\, the CARL Open Education Working Group is offering a series of webinars\, which are open to all\, regardless of whether you are attending the OeLE event. \n\n\nHow to Create Inclusive and Accessible OER (presented by Josie Gray\, Coordinator of Collection Quality on the Open Education team at BCcampus)\n\nView recording\nView slides\n\n\nSupporting Open Educational Practices from the Library (presented by Rajiv Jhangian\, Associate Vice Provost\, Open Education at Kwantlen Polytechnic University)\n\nView recording\nView slides\n\n\nIntroduction to Canadian Copyright and Open Licensing for OER (presented by Amanda Wakaruk\, Copyright Librarian\, University of Alberta)\n\nView recording\nView slides\n\n\nOpen Education Support Models: The Canadian Post-Secondary Landscape (presented by Laurie Morrison\, Head\, Liaison Services\, Brock University Library and Mélanie Brunet\, Copyright Services Librarian\, University of Ottawa)\n\nView recording\nView slides\n\n\n\n\nIf you have any questions\, please contact Erin Fields\, CARL Visiting Program Officer for Open Education (erin.fields@ubc.ca) or Lise Brin\, Program Officer at CARL (lise.brin@carl-abrc.ca). \nMore information about the CARL OEWG can be found on the CARL Open Education webpage. \n     URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/open-education-leadership-essentials-oele-2/ LOCATION:Ryerson University CATEGORIES:Open Education ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191105T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191107T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20251107T011204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251107T011553Z UID:38425-1572912000-1573171199@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2019 Fall Member Meeting DESCRIPTION:« All Events\n \n\n 2019 Fall Member Meeting\n\n November 5\, 2019\n –\n November 7\, 2019\n \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries is pleased to invite member directors to the 2019 Fall Member Meeting. This annual gathering serves as a vital platform for the exchange of ideas\, strategic planning\, and collaborative discussions that shape the future of research libraries across Canada. \n \n \n 2019 Fall Member Meeting Program (PDF)\n \n\n Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n392 Notre-Dame\n \n Montebello\,\n Québec\n J0V 1L0\n Canada\n\n\n + Google Map \n\n \n (819) 423-6341 \n \n\n\n\n \n Accommodation\n \n \n Program Schedule\n \n \n Transportation\n \n \n Recent Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nFairmont Le Château Montebello \n392 Notre DameMontebelloQuebec\, J0V 1L0Tel: + 1 819 423 6341 ext. 7688Fax: + 819 423 1133https://www.fairmont.com/montebello/ \nGroup: Canadian Association of Research Libraries \nRate: $179.00 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) \nGUESTROOMS are reserved from Tuesday November 5 to Thursday November 7. PLEASE BOOK BEFORE OCTOBER 4\, 2019. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. \n \n \n Booking Link\n \nTuesday\, November 5\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting (CARL Boardroom: 203-309 Cooper St Ottawa ON K2P 0G5) \n5:00 PM – 6:15 PMShuttle from Ottawa airport at 5:00 p.m. and from CARL office at 5:30 p.m. to Fairmont Le Château Montebello \n7:30 PM – 10:00 PMPresident’s Reception – Curling & Refreshments (Château Montebello: Curling Pavilion) \n\nWednesday\, November 6\n7:00 AM – 8:00 AMBreakfast (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n8:00 AM – 10:00 AMPolicy Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:00 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:30 AM – 12:30 PMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n12:30 PM – 1:30 PMLunch (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n1:30 PM – 3:30 PMAssessment Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Papineau Room)Strengthening Capacity Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n3:30 PM – 4:00 PMBreak (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n4:00 PM – 5:30 PMProgram Session on Organizational Structures – Members only (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n6:30 PM – 10:00 PMCARL Reception and Dinner – CARL Award (Château Montebello: Outaouais Foyer) \n\nThursday\, November 7\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n8:30 AM – 10:00 AMFall General Meeting – Members only (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:00 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Château Montebello: Montebello Room) \n10:30 AM – 11:30 PMProgram – CARL Delegation and Indigenous Services (Château Montebello: Canada Room)  \n11:30 AM – 1:00 PMProgram – Canadian Open Scholarship Strategy (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n1:00 PM – 2:00 PMLunch [Board meets separately in PEI Room] (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles)  \n2:00 PM to 2:30 PMProgram – CARL Library Impact Framework (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n2:30 PM to 3:30 PMProgram – (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n\nA New Take on Competencies\nHow Will We Determine What EDI Means for CARL as an Association?\n\n4:00 PM – 6:00 PMShuttle from Fairmont Le Château Montebello to Downtown Ottawa\, approx. 6:00 PM\, then Ottawa International Airport\, approx. 6:30 PM. \nShuttle to Château Montebello (November 5)\n\nShuttle will leave Ottawa airport (YOW) at 5:00 p.m.\nShuttle will stop at CARL’s office (309 Cooper St) at 5:30 p.m.\n\nWe are hoping to arrive around 6:30 -7:00 p.m. early enough for President’s reception aka CARL Curling Bonspiel. \nShuttle to Ottawa (November 7)\n\nShuttle will leave Chateau Montebello at 4:00 p.m.\nShuttle will stop in downtown Ottawa (5 p.m.) and the Ottawa airport (5:30 p.m.)\n\nDriving Instructions\nMap & Directions \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings\n \nHotel Details\nFairmont Le Château Montebello \n392 Notre DameMontebelloQuebec\, J0V 1L0Tel: + 1 819 423 6341 ext. 7688Fax: + 819 423 1133https://www.fairmont.com/montebello/ \nGroup: Canadian Association of Research Libraries \nRate: $179.00 plus taxes (single or double occupancy) \nGUESTROOMS are reserved from Tuesday November 5 to Thursday November 7. PLEASE BOOK BEFORE OCTOBER 4\, 2019. Any reservations made after this date will be based on availability. \n \n \n Booking Link\n \nTuesday\, November 5\n9:00 AM – 5:00 PMBoard Meeting (CARL Boardroom: 203-309 Cooper St Ottawa ON K2P 0G5) \n5:00 PM – 6:15 PMShuttle from Ottawa airport at 5:00 p.m. and from CARL office at 5:30 p.m. to Fairmont Le Château Montebello \n7:30 PM – 10:00 PMPresident’s Reception – Curling & Refreshments (Château Montebello: Curling Pavilion) \n\nWednesday\, November 6\n7:00 AM – 8:00 AMBreakfast (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n8:00 AM – 10:00 AMPolicy Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:00 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:30 AM – 12:30 PMAdvancing Research Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n12:30 PM – 1:30 PMLunch (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n1:30 PM – 3:30 PMAssessment Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Papineau Room)Strengthening Capacity Committee Meeting (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n3:30 PM – 4:00 PMBreak (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n4:00 PM – 5:30 PMProgram Session on Organizational Structures – Members only (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n6:30 PM – 10:00 PMCARL Reception and Dinner – CARL Award (Château Montebello: Outaouais Foyer) \n\nThursday\, November 7\n7:30 AM – 8:30 AMBreakfast (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles) \n8:30 AM – 10:00 AMFall General Meeting – Members only (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n10:00 AM – 10:30 AMBreak (Château Montebello: Montebello Room) \n10:30 AM – 11:30 PMProgram – CARL Delegation and Indigenous Services (Château Montebello: Canada Room)  \n11:30 AM – 1:00 PMProgram – Canadian Open Scholarship Strategy (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n1:00 PM – 2:00 PMLunch [Board meets separately in PEI Room] (Château Montebello: Aux Chantignoles)  \n2:00 PM to 2:30 PMProgram – CARL Library Impact Framework (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n2:30 PM to 3:30 PMProgram – (Château Montebello: Canada Room) \n\nA New Take on Competencies\nHow Will We Determine What EDI Means for CARL as an Association?\n\n4:00 PM – 6:00 PMShuttle from Fairmont Le Château Montebello to Downtown Ottawa\, approx. 6:00 PM\, then Ottawa International Airport\, approx. 6:30 PM. \nShuttle to Château Montebello (November 5)\n\nShuttle will leave Ottawa airport (YOW) at 5:00 p.m.\nShuttle will stop at CARL’s office (309 Cooper St) at 5:30 p.m.\n\nWe are hoping to arrive around 6:30 -7:00 p.m. early enough for President’s reception aka CARL Curling Bonspiel. \nShuttle to Ottawa (November 7)\n\nShuttle will leave Chateau Montebello at 4:00 p.m.\nShuttle will stop in downtown Ottawa (5 p.m.) and the Ottawa airport (5:30 p.m.)\n\nDriving Instructions\nMap & Directions \n\n\n2025 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 26 @ 09:00 – May 29 @ 16:00 EDT at Inn at the Forks\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\n\n2024 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 18\, 2024 – November 20\, 2024 at Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre\n\n2024 Spring Member Meeting\nApril 22\, 2024 – April 25\, 2024 at Montreal\, Quebec\n\n2023 Fall Member Meeting\nNovember 27\, 2023 – November 30\, 2023 at Fairmont Le Château Montebello\n\n2023 Spring Member Meeting\nMay 29\, 2023 – June 1\, 2023 at Calgary Marriott Downown Hotel\n\n\n \n See All Member Meetings URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2019-fall-member-meeting/ LOCATION:Fairmont Le Château Montebello\, 392 Notre-Dame\, Montebello\, Québec\, J0V 1L0\, Canada CATEGORIES:Member Meetings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20191022T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20191024T235959 DTSTAMP:20260426T165250 CREATED:20250425T072450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T143901Z UID:36836-1571702400-1571961599@www.carl-abrc.ca SUMMARY:2019 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop DESCRIPTION:Date: October 22 – 24\, 2019 \nLocation: Windsor\, Ontario \nThe Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) is committed to supporting and developing outcomes-based measures to assist libraries in moving beyond inputs and outputs in order to better demonstrate library impact on research\, teaching and learning. Through the delivery of assessment-related programming\, information sharing\, and support for relevant research\, CARL supports members as they use outcomes-based evidence to establish the research library’s return on investment or other measures of its value. \nIt is with this strategic initiative in mind that CARL and the University of Windsor invite you to participate in the Canadian Library Assessment Workshop (CLAW) which will take place in Windsor on October 22 – 24\, 2019. This event will be of interest to all academic and research libraries engaged in assessment. The program will be comprised of workshop style sessions with topics such as: \n\nCritical Conversations on Positionality and Power in Library Assessment\nUsing APIS and Data Science to Support Collections Work\nChoosing Your Assessment Method\nData for Impact and Improvement \nEcocycle Planning \nEthnography for Librarians\n\nParticipants will leave the workshop with tangible and practical ideas to take back to their libraries. Registration is limited. \n \n\n \n > CLAW Program Committee \n \n \n \n\nSharon Murphy (Co-Chair)\, Associate University Librarian\, University of Alberta\nRuby Warren (Co-Chair)\, User Experience Librarian\, University of Manitoba\nKathryn Ball\, Director\, Assessment & Accountability\, McMaster University\nSelinda Berg\, Associate University Librarian\, University of Windsor\nLucia Costanzo\, Data Analyst\, University of Guelph\nEbony Magnus\, Head of Belzberg Library\, Simon Fraser University\nKlara Maidenberg\, Assessment Librarian\, University of Toronto\nAlison Moore\, Digital Scholarship Librarian\, Simon Fraser University\nSarah Wilkinson\, Project Officer\, CARL/Portage\n\n \n\n \n\n \n > Full Programme \n \n \n \n\n\n\nTuesday\, October 22\n\n\n9:00am – 12:00pm\nHow to Use APIs and Data Science to Support Your Collections Work \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n12:00pm – 1:00pm\nLunch              \n\n\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\nWhat Counts and What Can be Counted: Fundamentals of Electronic Resources Assessment \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\nWednesday\, October 23   \n\n\n8:00am–9:00am\nRegistration\n\n\n9:00am–9:30am\nWelcoming Remarks \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n9:30am–11:00am\n\nKeynote Address: Through Tensions: Critical Conversations on Positionality and Power in Library Assessment \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n11:00am–11:20am\nBreak\n\n\n11:40am–12:00pm \nTo Be In Sync or Out of Sync: Considerations for Switching from LibQual to the Insync Survey \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n12:00pm–1:00pm\nLunch\n\n\n1:00pm–2:00pm\nChoosing Your Assessment Method \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n2:00pm–2:20pm\nShould I Stay or Should I Go? Updating Journal Value Analytics to Go Beyond Cost Per Use \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n 2:20pm–2:40pm\nBreak\n\n\n 2:40pm–3:00pm\nCan UX and Assessment Work Together? \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n 3:00pm–4:00pm\nProject Outcome for Academic Libraries: Data for Impact and Improvement \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n4:00pm–4:30pm\nWrap Up \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n4:30pm–6:00pm\nTour & BBQ \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThursday\, October 24\n\n\n8:00am – 9:00am\nRegistration \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n9:00am – 10:00am\n Obtuse\, Acute\, and Right: A Workshop on the Unexpected Benefits of Teaching Triangles         \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n10:00am – 10:20am\nLightning Talks/Posters \n\nAssessing the Evening/Weekend Library UX\nMaking Space for All: Evaluation in the UTSC Library Makerspace\nNew Assessment Design with a Pedagogical Change: Information Literacy Instruction for Second-Year Chemistry Course\nPreservation Needs Assessment for Media-Bound Digital Content\nQuestioning Ask: Assessing a Collaborative Virtual Reference Service\nTaking Snapshots: The Role of Photographic Observations in Library Space Assessments\nUsing GreenGlass to Support a Book Weeding Project\n\nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n10:20am–10:40am\nPosters/Break\n\n\n10:40am–11:00am\nOnce Upon a Research Consultation: Using Consultation Statistics to tell Stories about Relationship Building\, Workload\, and Organizational Change \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n11:00am–12:00pm\n\nIt’s the Circle of Life: Introducing Ecocycle Planning \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n12:00pm–1:00pm\nLunch\n\n\n1:00pm–1:20pm \nWho’s Afraid of the W Word: Tackling a Weeding Project \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n1:20pm–1:40pm\nI Meant to Get it Back on Time!  Countering Bias\, Promoting Equity\, and Improving Customer Service through Qualitative Fine Data Analysis \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n1:40pm–2:00pm\nCounter Release 5 Reports: A Provider Perspective \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n2:00pm–2:20pm\nBreak\n\n\n 2:20pm–3:20pm\nEvaluating and Managing the Implementation of Your Strategic Plan \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n 2:40pm–3:00pm\nCan UX and Assessment Work Together? \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n 3:00pm–4:00pm\nProject Outcome for Academic Libraries: Data for Impact and Improvement \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n3:20pm–3:40pm\nWrap Up and Closing Remarks \nLeddy Library Collaboratory \n\n\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n > Travel Bursary Recipients’ Post-Conference Reports \n \n \n \nn support of CARL’s commitment to workforce development and advancing equity\, diversity\, and inclusion\, the CLAW 2019 planning committee offered 2 travel awards to support the attendance of new librarians and library workers or those new to assessment work. Preference was given to individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations. Their reports can be viewed at the links below: \nJuliene McLaughlin \nTomoko Shida \n \n\n \n\n \n > Workshop Descriptions \n \n \n \nPreconference Workshops\nHow to Use Apis and Data Science to Support Your Collections Work – Roger Reka (University of Windsor)\nLibrarians use data in order to support the decisions that they need to make to develop their collections. Knowing where researchers publish\, who they cite\, and other similar metrics help us identify which materials to purchase and which ones not to\, and can give us a sense of what topics our researchers are studying. These data are readily available in databases that many of us subscribe to—such as the Scopus and Web of Science citation indexes—but we aren’t making good use of these resources to collect en mass these data\, and make use of them efficiently. Large global information companies\, such as Elsevier\, recognize the value of this type of information in the application of library collections development and institutional research analytics. Elsevier recently purchased Montreal-based 1Science\, which provides research analytics services for universities and libraries\, and has been further developing and promoting their SciVal analytics platform. The analytics provided in these reports rely on the same data that is sourced from the citation indexes that we subscribe to\, yet libraries often don’t have the skillset to produce these metrics on their own. Many of the databases and tools that libraries subscribe to offer APIs in order to access the data with machines\, as opposed to the graphical user interface. APIs are accessed via scripts written in programming languages\, in order to automate the work that we would traditionally do with the database interface. Learning how to access the APIs with accessible programming techniques will build the data science skills of librarians\, which can be transferred into other areas of work. \nThis workshop will start with a brief overview of a bibliometrics approach\, building off of the information presented by Vincent Larivière at previous CLAW workshops. Participants will discuss what data we should use to support our collections decisions and why\, and what it can be used for. We will discuss what data sources are available to us\, and their benefits and limitations. In a hands-on workshop led by the facilitator using Jupyter Notebooks\, participants in this workshop will be introduced to APIs and will use Python to query data through the Scopus/Web of Science API. Using the downloaded data\, participants will learn how to run descriptive statistics using the pandas module in Python\, and to generate data visualizations that can be used in library reports and collections assessments. Participants will see how they can use Python programs to integrate with library systems\, such as a link resolver\, to automate their work. The workshop will end with references to micro-courses where participants can continue to learn the fundamentals of data science and programming. Learning outcomes: \n\nRecognize different types of data sources for\, and bibliometric approaches to collections assessment\nExplain what APIs are and when to use them over graphical user interfaces\nUse Python with Jupyter Notebooks to prepare descriptive statistics of the data\nDescribe how to integrate Python with existing library systems\, such as a link resolver Q13.\n\nDue to the hands-on nature of this workshop\,  participants must bring a laptop with the Mac\, Linux\, or Windows operating system (not a tablet\, Chromebook\, etc.) that they have administrative privileges on. Participants must also pre-install the free Anaconda distribution (https://www.anaconda.com/distribution/) before the workshop. Please let Roger Reka (roger.reka@uwindsor.ca) know if you have any questions or concerns about these requirements\, or if you are unable to bring a laptop. \nWhat counts and what can be counted – Fundamentals of electronic resources assessment – Klara Maidenberg (University of Toronto) & Eva Jurczyk (University of Toronto)\nThis workshop will expose participants to best practices for making acquisition\, renewal\, and cancellation decisions involving electronic resources. \nAs electronic resources claim a growing proportion of academic libraries’ collections budgets\, librarians outside the electronic resources team are increasingly being asked to evaluate and make decisions about these resources.  The skills and approaches that are required for evaluating electronic content are different than those used with print collections\, and there is a scarcity of professional development opportunities in this area. Where expertise in assessing collections exists\, it is often limited to a small number of expert staff. The goal of this workshop is to enhance the capacity and confidence of librarians by providing practical tools and approaches that they can adopt as they engage in decision-making around electronic collections. Attendees of this workshop will develop their capacity to collect and analyze data related to their electronic resources. Participants will learn about qualitative and quantitative methods of electronic resource assessment and learn to understand the concepts and metrics that are frequently utilized to select\, manage\, and evaluate electronic resources\, including sources of evidence\, the structure of content packages and how that structure may affect collections decisions. \nParticipants will be presented with case studies and real data to assess electronic resources and will have an opportunity to apply their learning to hands-on assessment exercises. Participants will take away practical skills and tools that they can put to use in their own work environments. This workshop will be of interest to librarians engaged in collection development or assessment work. \nKeynote Address\nThrough Tensions: Critical Conversations on Positionality and Power in Library Assessment – Ebony Magnus (Simon Fraser University)\, Maggie Faber (University of Washington)\, & Jackie Belanger (University of Washington)\nIn her keynote address at the 2017 Canadian Library Assessment Workshop\, Karen Nicholson posed the question\, “how might we engage critically with quality assurance and assessment to better align them with our professional values and the academic mission of the university?” (p3). With this session\, we hope to open for consideration this question\, among others\, for attendees at CLAW 2019. In this session\, we will invite attendees to engage reflectively and critically in nuanced discussions about the nature of power\, bias\, and positionality in library assessment work. Over the last two years\, we have conducted research on critical methodologies employed in social sciences\, data studies\, and educational research\, culminating in the publication of the article “Towards a Critical Assessment Practice” in In the Library with the Lead Pipe . In this work\, we shared professional and personal experiences that led us to explore structures of power inherent in our assessment work and we posed a number of questions to readers with which we have grappled\, including: – How do our own identities\, institutional positions\, and perspectives shape our work? – What is the purpose of the assessment\, who decides what to assess\, and who benefits from the work? – Are there elements of our institutional contexts (e.g.\, an emphasis on a culture of accountability) that create tension with the values we try to bring to our work? How might a more critical approach transform these approaches to assessment? – What are the histories and contexts of the methods we choose\, and how do these shape our work? How can we take account of the histories and inequities of qualitative methods such as ethnography\, even while these methods are often posited as an antidote to an overemphasis on quantitative assessment? – What is considered “evidence” and who decides? – Are we working in ways that enable power sharing and engagement with user communities at all stages of the process\, from question formulation and data analysis\, to decision-making? These are topics and questions with which we continue to grapple and which we think warrant a deeper engagement from the library assessment community itself. \nThis session aims to expand the current discussion of assessment in order to recognize and more effectively address issues of power\, inclusion\, and equity and inequality in various aspects of our practices. We imagine that many assessment practitioners may have experienced a conflict between institutional priority\, administration expectations\, student experiences\, and methodological integrity. The presenters hope that this session will spark discussions about how assessment practitioners engage meaningfully with the potential tensions in this work. With this in mind\, we would like to propose a modified session format (60-90 min) in which we draw on the tensions we have uncovered in our own work to facilitate a dialogue with conference attendees. We will describe the sites of greatest tension in our daily work – the practices in which systemic influence has become most apparent\, yet can’t be entirely undone. We do not seek to offer packaged solutions\, but will explore ways in which librarians might begin to interrogate bias and power in our assessment activities. We recently presented a similar session at CAPAL 2019 in which we framed similar questions to an audience largely made up of librarians engaged in critical librarianship\, though we have not yet had the opportunity to engage our assessment peers in a similarly open discussion. It is our aim\, with this facilitated dialogue\, to \n\nEnable assessment practitioners to reflect on their own positionality and institutional context and the ways in which that shapes our work throughout the assessment cycle\nExamine underlying assumptions and power structures in current assessment practices\nExplore other disciplines and alternative methodologies in order to critically consider ways of engaging user communities in assessment work\n\nTo accomplish this\, we will structure the session to include sections of presented content\, drawing from our research\, coupled with guided discussion activities. Activities will include small-and large-group discussions\, and we may utilize a range of tools to facilitate sharing out – including post-it notes\, poster paper\, and shared Google documents. We found this approach led to productive and collaborative dialogue during our session at CAPAL19\, while allowing for some documentation of the topics discussed. \n1 Hour Workshops\nBeyond Metrics: Ethnography Lite for Librarians – David Michels (Dalhousie University)\nLibraries measure things – collections\, transactions\, visits\, downloads\, and likes. New tools allow us to mine and visualize that data to demonstrate the impacts of our activities. We know that good metrics are important for planning\, budgeting\, and programming. But numbers need contexts\, and data are most meaningful when connected to the stories of our clients\, the people we serve. Since we regularly interact with our clients\, we can mistakenly assume we know their stories. We just might be surprised by the stories they might tell if we actually asked. The goal of this session is to challenge and equip library staff to actively seek out those untold stories. In this interactive and hands-on session\, we will explore ethnographic field methods that librarians can use to uncover the stories behind the numbers. Following a brief introduction to ethnography as a research methodology\, we will do three things in this session: \n\nWe will explore together our ethnographic toolkit – participant observations\, focus groups\, interviews\, and writing projects\,\nWe will try out our tools with demonstrations and practice activities\,\nWe will discuss how we can empower our clients to share their library\, research\, and information stories.\n\nAs we proceed through each step there will be opportunities to learn about important books and resources that would be helpful for research planning. We will consider several examples of several good ethnographic research projects particular to libraries and information seeking. We will reflect on real life research stories from my own research\, and the successes\, failures\, and lessons I have learned along the way. Participants will be given the opportunity to talk about their own context and opportunities within a small discussion group. At the end of this session\, participants should be able to identify a potential research opportunity\, understand the toolkit available to explore that opportunity\, and feel inspired to pursue that research. \nChoosing Your Assessment Method: Emily Christofides (University of Waterloo)\nIn assessing and improving library space and services\, it can sometimes be difficult to know where to begin. While there are always many questions that could be asked\, it is difficult to know how to go about gathering data to answer them. Specifically\, how do you choose what methods to use to gather the information you need in order to move forward with decision making? This session will help you get started in planning your next assessment by describing some of the similarities and differences between common methods\, explaining how to formulate your question to fit the appropriate method (or better yet\, how to choose your method based on your question)\, and will provide an opportunity to try doing so in a supported environment. Do you: \n\nHave a tried and true method (for example\, surveys) that you are comfortable using but are not sure whether it can be applied to your current problem?\nKnow what you want to assess but are not certain how to go about it?\nHave a regular assessment that you run without really knowing what you intend to do with the information.\n\nIf any of these situations apply to you\, then you could benefit from understanding more about how to choose the best method for the question you want to answer. In this session\, the facilitator will walk you through some of the key assessment methods used in library UX work with examples of how these methods have been used in a library setting. Methods covered include surveys\, focus groups\, interviews\, usability testing\, and observational methods. You will learn what each method involves (at a high level)\, the kind of data that you can gather\, the types of questions it is suitable for answering\, and hear about the advantages and disadvantages of each. We will also explore how the questions you ask impact the kinds of decisions you can make. In a hands-on activity\, we will experiment with the match between research questions and methods to help you make better decisions when choosing an assessment method. Participants will be asked to come prepared to discuss one of their library assessment-related questions. This is a question that they are interested in answering about their users (not a research question). In small groups\, users will work through their questions including aspects such as: Who are their users in this case? What do they want to know about them? What do they hope to do with that information? How will the information gathered impact decision-making? Participants will then be matched with a specific method to explore how the method chosen either limits or enhances the kind of information that can be gathered. As a group we will then discuss ways of better matching the methods with the questions that workshop participants want to answer. The session will have both informal lecture components and a hands-on activity components\, with activity topics selected from participants’ own experience. Learning objectives include a basic understanding of the different assessment methods that are available to them\, knowledge of how the question they seek to answer is impacted by the method of choice\, and practical experience matching methods and questions in order to gather actionable insights. \nEvaluating and Managing the Implementation of Your Strategic Plan – Maurini Strub (University of Rochester) & Lauren Di Monte (University of Rochester)\nOrganizations invest a great deal of resources into developing a strategic plan for it to frequently land on a shelf\, file cabinet\, or be electronically archived. Using a case study analysis\, we will take a look at best practices for implementing and managing a strategic plan. At our institution we applied an outcomes-based assessment framework to create a required (but flexible) structure that has driven the projects that advance strategic goals. This framework is also present in project planning documents\, and used to increase buy-in by creating a shared understanding of scope and success criteria. Finally\, by establishing an assessment and communication plan for the implementation\, we keep the strategic plan at the forefront of everyone’s minds with regular reflection\, evaluation\, reflection\, and communication. In this session\, we will also address tools utilized\, challenges encountered\, and some of the ways organizational resistance presented itself during the process. Using a case study analysis\, attendees will learn how to: \n\nConstruct a structure or implementing a strategic plan\nDevelop a shared vocabulary for implementation\nManage perceptions of operational vs strategic work Identify and realign cultural mismatches\nRecognize and manage push-back\nCommunication strategies\nManage and mitigate perceptions of failure Build in accountability in an implementation plan.\n\nIt’s the Circle of Life: Introducing Ecocycle Planning – Chloe Riley (Simon Fraser University)\nThis session will introduce Ecocycle Planning as a qualitative method for collaboratively assessing a collection or portfolio of activities in order to understand the work as a whole\, and to pinpoint blockages and opportunities for renewal. Ecocycle Planning is one of a collection of facilitation techniques called Liberating Structures\, which are designed to be inclusive and to disrupt conventional or stale practices of working in groups. Liberating Structures can be employed in any situation that involves people working together\, and many of them can be used or adapted for everyday evaluation and assessment practices. In Ecocycle Planning\, a team or group works together to identify their work activities\, projects\, and initiatives\, and position them within the ecocycle (birth\, maturity\, creative destruction\, renewal). The exercise facilitates the team’s explorations of how to balance activities\, set priorities\, and identify opportunities for freeing up resources. The structure enables participation from every member of the team\, and lets group members see their own work in the context of the team as a whole. In this workshop\, participants will learn the essential design elements that make Liberating Structures successful. They will also understand how to facilitate Ecocycle Planning to assess a team’s activities and programs\, and to develop strategies for using it with their working groups\, teams\, units\, and collaborators. \nObtuse\, Acute\, and Right: A Workshop on the Unexpected Benefits of Teaching Triangles – Christopher Popovich (University of Guelph)\nProfessional development (PD) and assessment are two critical features of academic libraries which require careful consideration and often considerable resources. Combining these two elements of professional practice offers a range of benefits beyond the laudable goals of developing more effective educators and better understanding our professional practice. Teaching Triangles\, or Teaching Squares as they are more commonly described\, consists of observing the teaching of one’s peers through the lens of reflective practice. By combining PD and assessment in a self-reflective collaborative program\, librarians and library professionals have opportunities for growth through formative self-assessment in terms of greater self-awareness and thoughtfulness in both observing and teaching. There are also summative benefits for the Librarian through the Square Share where the observer formalizes and shares the process and self-assessment outcomes of the observation and self-reflection. The in-service implementation and uncritical format of the triads (or squares) offer shared experiences which promote team building and foster thoughtful engagement and pedagogical discussions throughout the semester. It is also relatively simple to implement\, inexpensive to run\, and offers economies of scale when expanding the program beyond the unit or Library. The goal of Teaching Triangle is not to assess or critically evaluate the teaching but rather to use the observation as a font of new ideas and approaches and to stimulate reflective self-assessment and growth within the observer. Teaching Triangles generally follow five steps: \n\nKick off where the participants get together in an orientation/Info session and agree about guidelines and roles;\nA scheduling session to organize the teaching and observation rota;\nA pre observation meeting to exchange course material\, outline learning outcomes\, discuss the relevant students\, faculty\, etc.\, and to reaffirm the self-reflective purpose of the observation;\nThe observation and written self-reflection\nDebrief (Square share) which explores: What did I take away as a teacher? What would I like to try? Would this approach/format work in my context? How will the experience inform my practice?\n\nThe benefits of teaching triangles are: \n\nLight and quick and inexpensive (resource wise)\nNot traditional quantitative assessment in that it is predicated on critical reflective practice and the exposure to alternate approaches and teaching styles\nIt is a trust-building exercise in an atmosphere of healthy skepticism for the neoliberal institution in which assessment can be complicit.\n\nThe unexpected benefits of teaching triangles are: \n\nCross-pollination of different fields with different student needs and different styles and levels of engagement\nLibrarians are exposed to new teaching techniques\, tips\, and tricks\nWorking out the parallels\, confluences\, and divergences in IL practice – Gaining a holistic view of teaching in the library and beyond Learning Objectives:\n\n\n\n\nBy the end of the workshop attendees will be able to identify and discuss the elements of a Teaching Triangles self-assessment program\nBy the end of the workshop attendees will be able to implement the Teaching Triangles self-assessment toolkit.\nBy the end of the workshop attendees will be able to adapt and design a Teaching Triangles self-assessment program for their institution.\n\n\n\nProject Outcome for Academic Libraries: Data for Impact and Improvement – Greg Davis (Iowa State University)\nAttendees will learn about the new Project Outcome for Academic Libraries surveys and resources. Project Outcome is a free toolkit that helps libraries measure four key learning outcomes – knowledge\, confidence\, application\, and awareness – across seven library program and service areas. The survey topics cover: Instruction\, Events/Programs\, Research\, Teaching Support\, Digital & Special Collections\, Space\, and Library Technology. The toolkit provides academic libraries of any size the means to easily measure outcomes and use that data as the basis for improvements and advocacy. This session will include opportunities for questions and discussion among participants. Optional: Prior to the workshop we recommend that participants register for Project Outcome\, review basic materials in the toolkit\, and consider a goal for outcome measurement at their library. Learning Outcomes Participants will: \n\nDiscover how Project Outcome can help academic libraries measure meaningful learning outcomes.\nLearn how to use the Project Outcome for Academic Libraries toolkit\, from administering surveys to visualizing results.\nUnderstand how other libraries have used outcome data for action.\nDiscuss how to put data to work in improving library services and advocacy.\n\nQuick Classes\nCan Ux and Assessment Work Together? – Juliene McLaughlin (University of Guelph)\nThis is the short story of how 2 UX Librarians sought help to make UX work resonate more with colleagues. We interviewed 16 UX Librarians from across North America for answers and stumbled across fascinating and wildly differing relationships between UX and Assessment. Of course\, several natural connections between UX and Assessment were highlighted\, but we also heard of many tensions that cloud the picture. First\, we will answer the question\, do UX and Assessment make sense together? Then we will share results from our interviews that describe the factors that contribute to the acceptance of Assessment and UX results\, the research methods that seem to be more trustworthy (and why is that?)\, and the interplay between UX\, Assessment and the organizational culture and structure. We will then explore practical strategies to incorporate UX methods into an assessment program. Attendees will leave the presentation with: \n\nAn understanding of how UX and Assessment fit together\nExamples of how various academic libraries have arranged UX and Assessment on the organizational chart\nPractical ways to integrate UX into an assessment program.\n\nCounter 5 Release Reports: A Provider Perspective – Sabina Pagotto (Scholars Portal)\nCollections and e-resource departments at many academic libraries rely on COUNTER usage reports to understand the value their electronic subscriptions provide to library users. Release 5 of the COUNTER Code of Practice\, which went into effect in early 2019\, represents a significant change in the standard. While the new release is an important step towards normalizing usage data between different content types\, it requires a major shift\, technologically and conceptually. Libraries and content providers alike face a steep learning curve as they adjust to new reports\, new metrics\, and new vocabulary. Scholars Portal\, the service arm of the Ontario Council of University Libraries\, provides COUNTER-certified usage reports for our locally hosted Journals platform and is working to create COUNTER reports for the recently upgraded Scholars Portal Books platform. The process of reviewing and modifying the way our usage logs are transformed into standard views has left Scholars Portal staff with a deep understanding of COUNTER title reporting. This session will explain the concepts behind the major changes in COUNTER 5\, describe the new COUNTER standard views for e-book and e-journal titles and how they differ from the previous release’s reports\, and finally demonstrate how usage log data is transformed to make these reports standardized. By the end of the session\, participants will: \n\nRecognize the concepts behind COUNTER Release 5.\nUnderstand the new metrics and report views\, and how they can be used to analyze usage data.\nGain a deeper awareness of how usage data is generated and what technical limitations are possible.\n\nEvolution of Big Deal Analysis – Jaclyn McLean (University of Saskatchewan) & Ken Ladd (University of Saskatchewan)\nWe first started our assessment of Big Deals in 2015. Since then we have updated and expanded our analysis of the data. From simple usage data and aggregate cost analysis in 2015 to detailed cost per title\, breakdown of packages by college or discipline\, and the addition of citation data from Web of Science\, our program has developed and expanded over the years. We’ve also worked on simplifying and presenting the data and the story about the data to our liaison librarians\, and this year have the “opportunity” to test our methodology with a large cancellation project\, using our collected data as the foundation. We will describe how we aggregate data from different sources\, provide tips and tricks for data management we’ve learned along the way\, share the template we use to summarize the data about each Big Deal\, and discuss the time investment required to complete these analyses. We will discuss some challenges we encountered through our analysis\, and opportunities for further assessment (e.g.\, incorporating information about APCs paid to the publisher). Our assessment project has been informed by and continues to develop based on the experiences shared by others—by sharing practical information about how we started our assessment of big deals\, we hope to help others get started\, or adopt portions of the analysis that may be useful in their own contexts. We will also discuss our assessment plan looking forward to 2020 and how we plan to change what we’re doing in light of COUNTER 5 implementation. \nI Meant to Get it Back On Time!  Countering Bias\, Promoting Equality\, and Improving Customer Service Through Qualitative Fine Data Analysis – Lisa Levesque (Ryerson University) & Kelly Kimberley (Ryerson University)\nThis workshop will describe a qualitative study undertaken at Ryerson University Library to understand why patrons incur fines. The better that we understand our patrons\, the better service we can provide\, and this workshop will describe how this study fits into the revision of the fine structure at Ryerson University Library to be more equitable and improve customer service interactions. Participants at this workshop will leave with a roadmap of how to explore fine data. They will learn about methods that reduce bias in their qualitative studies. They will learn about evidence that can be used to advocate for change to fine structures at their academic library\, and why change is necessary. This qualitative study will be completed this summer. We anticipate that the results will confirm what we already know about fines. Through experience\, we know that fines create negative customer service interactions. Enforcing them is unpleasant both for staff\, who have to bear the brunt of patrons’ negative emotion\, and patrons\, who now have an unpleasant memory associated with the library. In reviewing the literature\, we found that fines disproportionately affect those who are least able to pay them\, making them inequitable and a barrier to library use. Fines also run contrary to other library services that aim to increase access to materials. This qualitative study builds off of the Fall 2018 quantitative analysis of fine data that was conducted to determine what types of fines were being incurred and the costs associated with them. As a result of this analysis\, the decision was made to change the library fine structure in order to eliminate fines for overdue monographs free of holds or other restrictions. Running a complementary qualitative study will be instrumental in confirming this course of action. Due to the high emotions that they can cause\, fines are a controversial topic. Librarians and library staff often have misconceptions about the effectiveness of fines and the reasons that patrons incur fines. This study gives patrons a voice for why they incurred fines\, allowing library workers to overcome our assumptions. In order to reduce and keep in check our own biases\, including those derived from prior research\, we used grounded theory and critical assessment best practices when analyzing results. These included collaborative coding and the use of the constant comparative method\, both methods that mitigate bias. We also included student feedback during the analysis process in order to further privilege patron voices. These methods ensure that our study results are grounded in evidence. While bias can never be totally eliminated\, it can be controlled\, reduced\, and consciously accounted for. This study was undertaken using tools that will be available at most academic libraries. Borrowing and Lending services maintains an online Library Fines Appeals form\, and the use of this pre-existing data eliminated the need for time-consuming data collection. It was analyzed using Google Sheets and the creation of a shared Google document codebook. Analysis was undertaken using a licensed Tableau subscription\, software that is also available in a public\, free format. The use of pre-existing data and free\, commonly used tools allowed for less time spent on data collection or on learning software and more time to critically examine results. In person conversations formed an important part of the analysis process\, allowing for the development of a shared understanding of emergent results. By describing the approach taken by Ryerson University Library to explore qualitative fine data\, this workshop will cover methods to reduce bias in research and connect study results to service changes that improve customer service and reduce bias. \nOnce Upon a Research Consultation: Using Consultation Statistics to Tell Stories About relationship Building\, Workload\, and Organization Change – Amy McLay Paterson (Thompson Rivers University)\nAs the primary site of librarian-student interactions moves away from the central reference or service desk\, research consultations become a vital benchmark for showcasing relationship building and tracking organizational change. However\, many libraries track research consultations only as basic numbers and some only as a part of service desk statistics. In 2017\, Thompson Rivers University Library simplified our service desk statistics form but separated out and expanded on our research consultation tracking procedures\, adding metrics for liaison area\, referral method\, and amount of time spent (including prep time)\, among other metrics. Since that time\, the Library has used this information as a group to assess workload distribution and to track and respond to changes in our service model. As individual librarians\, we have used the information to fine tune our relationships and communications with liaison areas and to articulate our unique impact for tenure dossiers and annual reports. This simple change has led to a greater understanding about the current shape of our work but has also prompted us to contemplate bigger questions about how the nature of our work and our relationships with students is evolving. Participants in this session will: Identify and discuss factors that distinguish a research consultation from a reference interaction and explain the value of tracking consultations separately; Discuss how/if they are currently using their research consultation stats and contemplate how they would like to use them; Explore several metrics (in addition to numbers) that can be tracked in regard to research consultation and articulate the benefits of each; Recognize advantages and disadvantages of several access models for consultation numbers and identify factors that need to be considered when mediating access. \nShould I Stay or Should I Go? Updating Journal Value Analytics to Go Beyond Cost Per Use – Jason Friedman (CRKN) & Émilie Lavallée-Funston (CRKN)\nCompiled annually by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN)\, the Journal Value Analytics (JVA) tool combines pricing\, subject\, and usage data to provide an information resource to members evaluating their participation in CRKN-licensed journal packages. What is unique to the CRKN JVA design are three features we intend to highlight in this session: the inclusion and separate identification of open access and paid content data\, the inclusion of year of publication data\, and the calculation of estimated costs per title. This quick class will share CRKN’s evolving JVA design\, focusing on key\, unique features that provide valuable insight for members. The flexible design allows members to feedback on their specific institutional needs and enable a more refined analysis in each subsequent year. While the 2019 JVA uses COUNTER 4 data\, we will also describe how we intend to use COUNTER Release 5 data in the 2020 JVA. We hope participants will take away inspiration\, tricks\, and tools for performing analysis at their own institutions or across multiple institutions. Given the scope of completing this analysis for 75 institutions annually\, we will discuss tactics used to streamline the process\, ensure reliability of data\, and validate the accuracy of analyses. In addition\, we would like to engage with workshop participants on the design of the project; answering questions on design or analysis methods\, looking ahead to COUNTER5 data\, and other elements of this project. \nTo Be In Sync Oo Out of Sync: Considerations For Switching From LibQual to The Insync Survey – Linda Bedwell (Dalhousie University) & Laura Newton Miller (Carleton University)\nTrying to figure out the needs of our users is a never-ending quest for academic libraries. In 2018-19\, two Canadian university libraries made the decision to administer the Australian Insync survey rather than LibQual. The main purpose of the Insync survey is to give students\, staff\, and faculty the opportunity to state how well they believe the Library performs in relation to what they think is important. The survey focuses on performance and importance specifically related to communication\, service delivery\, facilities & equipment\, information resources\, and overall satisfaction. The strength of Insync’s more streamlined question structure outweighed the possible disadvantages of longitudinal and benchmarking data loss. Now that Carleton and Dalhousie are well into interpreting results reports and analyzing raw data\, they are fully realizing the challenges and benefits of conducting the Insync survey. The experience of these two institutions should help to guide other institutions who are either just starting to think about conducting a survey or who are considering “making the switch” from LibQual to Insync. Learning Outcomes: \n\nAttendees will acquire knowledge of the content and structure of the Insync Library Client Survey and will be able to apply a list of pros and cons of switching to Insync from LibQual for their own institution.\nBy learning from peer experience\, they will be able to anticipate the amount of work involved with interpreting reports and analyzing raw data as well as the sorts of findings and potential follow-up actions that arise from the results.\nThese outcomes will enable attendees to make a recommendation to switch or not to switch to the Insync survey or other alternatives at their own academic libraries.\n\nWho’s Afraid of the W Word: Tackling a Weeding Project – Sarah Simpkin (University of Ottawa) & Ingrid Moisil (University of Ottawa)\nTraditionally\, academic libraries were collecting materials without giving much thought to weeding. As collections grew bigger\, less used collections were moved to compact shelving\, then storage facilities\, often off-site or sometimes shared. In contrast\, weeding in public libraries was always integrated in the collection development process. In recent years academic libraries started weeding some of their collections and dozens of articles have been published on deselection of library materials. However\, weeding is not yet considered a common task and many librarians feel reluctant to perform it or uncomfortable about opening a conversation with faculty about weeding. Drawing on the experience of the University of Ottawa Library\, this workshop will cover the different stages of the deselection project: \n\nestablishing the need\ndefining the deselection criteria\nintegrating faculty feedback\ncreating the lists\ncommunicating the project to the larger community\nwithdrawing the materials\ndisposing of the discarded materials\nevaluating the project.\n\nParticipants will: \n\nunderstand the complexity of a weeding project\nidentify a deselection need in their own library\n develop their own weeding project.\n\nPosters\nAssessing The Evening/Weekend Library Ux – Emily Christofides (University of Waterloo)\nThe University of Waterloo Library has gathered feedback on signage\, space\, furniture\, and other aspects of the library environment. But\, much of this assessment work occurs during the day and library staff wondered how well it would apply to the experience of users in the evenings and on the weekends. We wanted to learn what types of support and information needs our users had\, how well our available services were meeting their needs\, and whether there were differences in how patrons use the library in the evenings and on weekends. We gathered information through desk observation\, a focus group with staff\, and a student survey. We learned that in our libraries\, the students using the library in the evenings and on weekends were similar to those during the day. From what we observed and heard\, we concluded that areas for improvement relate to students’ experiences using the library space (e.g. desire for more study space\, better wifi\, use of elevators\, eating\, and cleanliness). Similarly\, staff issues relate to supporting use of the space (e.g. reporting a leak for repair) rather than supporting patrons in library-specific issues (though these did also occur). The staff at this time employed a problem-solving approach and found ways of helping users to the best of their abilities\, only referring them on for further support in a minority of cases. Overall\, we concluded that the evening and weekend user experience was not substantially different from the daytime experience\, and that improvement efforts should focus on use and maintenance of the space. \nMaking Space for All: Evaluation in the UTSC Library Makerspace – Elizabeth O’Brien (University of Toronto)\nMakerspaces in postsecondary education are spaces on campuses for students to find belonging\, engagement and active learning opportunities. Many public and academic libraries are investing in spaces to help support maker cultures. The University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Library’s Makerspace opened in September 2016 in a renovated library space situated prominently near the library’s entrance. One goal of the space is to promote community building\, student engagement and to create a space that all students feel comfortable and welcomed to participate. However\, as much as it is the desire for the space to be used by all students we are observing patterns of male dominance in the space. This is a pattern found in makerspaces. Despite the democratizing potential of makerspaces\, there have also been criticisms that they are recreating some of the historic biases found in male-dominated workspaces. To counter the imbalance\, our Makerspace staff propose a series of workshops\, events and organizational development measures to encourage a greater number of women to embrace and use the library’s makerspace. This poster will display the work in progress of our team in developing programming opportunities to engage more females in the space. Emphasis will be on the various assessment methods we will employ to evaluate the impact of our programs and activities. Assessment activities within library makerspaces are still developing so our approach will focus on a program evaluation framework. \nNew Assessment Design With a Pedagogical Change: Information Literacy Instruction For Second-Year Chemistry Course – Shiyi Xie (Western University) & Jason Dyck (Western University)\nOur poster and lightning presentation will present the assessment design for a pedagogical change project for information literacy instruction in a second-year chemistry course. The project aims to investigate a more effective instructional structure\, including e-learning and active learning strategies\, to engage students’ learning. An online library module has been developed as an important component of a flipped classroom strategy and a platform for assessments. Here is a brief description of the course plan and the assessments. Prior to the face-to-face library session\, students will go through the library module and take a quiz that assesses their learning from the module. By analyzing the quiz results\, the librarian will identify which topics to be covered in the session. Students can also vote for the topics using the poll tool. The librarian has a list of class activities pre-designed for all the main topics\, but the session will only include those for the topics identified by the quiz and the poll results. After the library session\, students will be able to retake the quiz to assess their information literacy skills\, and the quiz is worth a small percentage of their course grade. Two sets of quizzes (A\, B) are developed at an identical difficulty level. Students who work on Quiz A prior to the library session will take Quiz B after the session\, and vice versa. A short survey will be available for students to give their feedback. The poster will include an overview of the project and the assessment pieces mentioned above. \nPreservation Needs Assessment for Media-Bound Digital Content – Jess Whyte (University of Toronto)\nMedia-bound digital content – that is\, digital holdings currently held only on media carriers such as floppy disks\, optical media\, flash drives\, USB keys\, ZIP disks\, hard disk drives (HDDs)\, and other digital media that is not easily accessible – presents multiple and unique risk factors for preservation. Before the University of Toronto Libraries could begin to mitigate those risks\, it first needed to asses \n\nThe extent of these materials within its collections\,\nTheir locations within the library system\,\nTheir local stewards\, and the\nNeeds of those stewards.\n\nThis poster describes the preservation needs assessment methodology\, its findings\, and recommendations for future iterations or application by others. \nQuestioning Ask: Assessing a Collaborative Virtual Reference Service – Sabina Pagotto (Scholars Portal) & Kathryn Barrett (University of Toronto Scarborough)\nAsk a Librarian is a collaborative chat reference service administered by the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) via their service arm Scholars Portal. In 2018\, a joint project between Scholars Portal and the University of Toronto Libraries\, the largest participating institution\, examined whether the service model\, staffing choices\, and policies of its chat reference service were associated with user dissatisfaction\, aiming to identify areas where the collaboration is successful and areas which could be improved. The research team examined transcripts\, metadata\, and exit survey results from 473 chat interactions originating from 13 universities between June and December 2016. Transcripts were coded for mismatches between the chat operator and user’s institutions\, and reveals of such a mismatch; user\, staff\, and question type; how busy the shift was; and proximity to the end of a shift or service closure. Chi-square tests and a binary logistic regression were performed to determine the relationship of variables with user dissatisfaction. The results largely reaffirm Ask a Librarian’s service model\, staffing practices\, and policies. Users are not dissatisfied with the service received from chat operators at partner institutions\, or by service provided by non-librarians\, and current policies for scheduling\, service closure\, and handling shift changes are appropriate. However\, the analysis did uncover areas of concern to investigate further: certain user types were more likely to be dissatisfied\, indicating that Ask could improve service to those user types; and users were more likely to be dissatisfied if they knew they were being served by an operator from a different institution\, indicating that Scholars Portal should review policies around disclosure. Overall\, this exercise demonstrates that institutions can trust the consortium with their local users’ needs\, and underscores the need for periodic service review to ensure continued effectiveness. \nTaking Snapshots: The Role of Photographic Observations in Library Space Assessments – Giovanna Badia (McGill University)\nHeading counting and ethnographic studies of spaces can be labour-intensive when the areas under observation are large in size. Taking photographs can speed up the data collection process\, and assist in analyzing the data by providing additional details that were not originally captured by the researcher. Reports of space assessments in the literature describe multiple data collection methods as well as present results using various charts and tables. This poster has three objectives: \n\nTo describe common best practices in the literature for using photography as a data collection method to answer questions about spaces;\nTo provide practical strategies for extracting and analyzing relevant information from the photographs taken; and\nTo summarize the types of data visualizations used in published studies that presented results captured by photography.\n\nThe findings of this poster provide direction for when and how to use photographic observations to evaluate library spaces and identify how to effectively communicate the results of this activity\, both of which will be useful to assessment practitioners. \nUsing GreenGlass to Support a Book Weeding Project – Ingrid Moisil (University of Ottawa) & Sarah Simpkin (University of Ottawa)\nThe Library of University of Ottawa embarked on a large -scale book weeding project early spring 2016. We used GreenGlass\, an online tool developed by Sustainable Collection Services and later acquired by OCLC\, that allowed librarians to analyse the book collection and prepare the deselection lists. This poster discusses how we set up GreenGlass\, the results and lessons learned. URL:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/event/2019-canadian-library-assessment-workshop/ LOCATION:Windsor\, Ontario\, Canada CATEGORIES:CLAW,Workshops & Institutes ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/NewsFeaturedImage-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR