Library services report for october 2014
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The document summarizes the activities of a library in October, which was designated as "Libraries Inspire" month. It discusses several presentations hosted by the library on topics like Cree place names and Statistics Canada surveys. It also describes classes held at the library on subjects like script writing and filmmaking. The library promoted open access to information and supported various literacy programs in the community.
Library services report for october 2014
- 1. Library is your learning partner for life. 1 Library services October 2014 Oct ober is celebrat ed as ‘Libraries I nspire’ mont h. We hosted a series of presentat ions under the scope of our campaign – Library is your Learning Part ner for Life. Story of Cree Place Names on October 8 Mr. Bruce Cutknife conducted a presentat ion about the story of Cree Place names. His presentat ion included t ravelling across the world of indigenous communit ies climbing mountains and enjoying the breeze at rivers. 45 student s from UCEP, ABE, and literacy program at tended this presentat ion. Statistics Canada presentation on October 10 Ms. Connie LeGrande presented the Aboriginal People's Survey and navigat ing Statistics Canada on October 10, 2014 to the Computer Studies 203 and Sociology 2560 classes. D.Yun’s st udent s list ened t o t he guest lecture. Scheduled the first quiz on October 17th and sent a note to his st udent s, “The content presented by this week's guest may feature in a quiz (5%).” Computer studies inst ructor Tom Crier designed Excel and PowerPoint assignment s requiring student s to use the educat ion and age data presented by guest lecturer. Use of online databases - statistics Jan 2874 Feb 2658 Mar 3485 April 2508 May 92 June 162 July 458 August 94 Total 12331 Source: Ernie Howe, Electronic Access Coordinator, University of Alberta
- 2. Library is your learning partner for life. 2 Learning Partner for Life campaign We launched a learning partner campaign. Veronica learned at the library about FASD and neurological development and 6 to 13 years is a crucial period for relat ionship development between FASD. Lorne Green conducted research and wrote his annotated bibliography using the computers at the library on October 21. Please bring t ime along with you when you come to the library just like Lorne did. He is more confident in his research and digital literacy skills. Instructor Library multimedia content creation partnership on a novel Class: Cree studies 1102. Novel: Keeper’n Me by Richard Wagamese Oct 8: Groups formed Oct 15: Script writing in class Oct 22: Script recording using webcam on laptop as part of midterm and written script submitted. This was a trial. Oct 29: Meet & Greet filmmakers, film making workshop, scriptwriting, and screening. Presentation about storytelling and a discussion with the students about the script work and filming they have already been doing as an introduction. We built with this framework and worked through the filmmaking process. The class ended with the screening of films in the computer lab and a history of Maskwacis Cree by Bruce Cutknife. Journalist Amelia from Ponoka News did a 30 minute presentation about script writing. Bruce Cutknife guided us in this
- 3. Library is your learning partner for life. 3 process with technical expertise and indigenous context. 10 am Tuesdays Technology @ MCC October 28, 10 am Kalin Jensen from the NAIT Library in Edmonton showed us how their library is using Google Analytics to better understand how users are using their library website. She demonstrated how Analytics has informed some changes on their website and how the subsequent changes have impacted its usability. Wilda Listener and Inez Lightning attended a training session. We also learned about editing Wikispaces and Dropbox to collaborate. Open Access Week, October 20-26 http://www.openaccessweek.org A global event now entering its eighth year, is an opportunity for the academic and research community to continue to learn about the potential benefits of Open Access, to share w hat they’ve learned with colleagues, and to help inspire wider participation in helping to make Open Access a new norm in scholarship and research. “Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need – has the power to transform the way research and scientific inquiry are conducted. I t has direct and widespread implications for academia, medicine, science, industry, and for society as a whole. MCC library created awareness about Open Educational Resources (OER), planning to publish a research journal in 2015, learned about open access repositories, and is planning to deliver
- 4. Library is your learning partner for life. 4 ‘Are you ready for online learning using open access resources?’ Library also emailed open access research documents to faculty. Supporting literacy programs and service providers in the community Grace and Jason brought their students to the library on October 27. We started a read aloud sharing circle by reading the small book UN’s Charter of Indigenous Rights. We used the viewing station to learn about words such as rapporteur. Proposing one on one eLearning Symposium for March 13, 2015 Digital Learning Day We know that our collect ion of digital tools and lesson plans are only a t iny fract ion of the free classroom and program resources available to educators. The below websites will help you search thousands of free tools and ideas by grade-level, teacher rat ings, and more! ht tp://www.digitallearningday.org Please mark the following dates in your calendar: November 5: Research and Citation workshop with Student Services November 7: Dr. Yun’s Movie for his class at the library November 21: Numeracy Development presentation by Dr. Chankaya November 28: Dr. Yun’s Sharing Circle and Student Showcase Introducing Bookshare Bookshare’s® goal is t o make t he world of print accessible to people with disabilit ies. Our t rial password is as follows. User name: Canada@bookshare.org Password: Ask your librarian Web: www.bookshare.org Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/bookshare Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bookshare Blog: http://blog.bookshare.org/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Booksh areTeam
- 5. Disability Qualified/Not Qualified Examples of Competent Authorities Library is your learning partner for life. 5 Visual Impairment (VI) Blindness / Low vision Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority A family doctor, ophthalmologist , optomet rist , Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Special Educat ion teacher Cert ificat ion from the Nat ional Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the U.S. or similar nat ional body in other count ries Physical Disability (PD) Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority that the disability significant ly affect s the use of printed materials A family doctor or other medical professional, physical therapist , resource specialist , Special Educat ion teacher Learning Disability (LD) Reading Disability Qualified, if confirmed by a listed Competent Authority, that the disability has a physical basis and significant ly affect s the use of print A neurologist , psychiat rist , learning disability specialist , Special Educat ion teacher, school psychologist , or clinical psychologist with a background in learning disabilit ies Aut ism Emot ional disabilit ies ADHD ESL and ELL Intellectual Disabilit ies Not qualified under this diagnosis, unless accompanied by a qualifying visual, physical, learning or reading disability as cert ified by a Competent Authority as above Examples listed above