FLA Events Line

The Foothills Library Association provides the Events Line as a service to the library community, primarily in Calgary, Alberta, and the surrounding area, but also includes events of interest to library workers in the rest of the Prairie Provinces, British Columbia and the North. It is a free service to you can use to advertise your local library’s or library associations’ events.

Although the Events Line service is free and run by volunteers (like the Jobline), your membership fees help to support it. If you are not a member, we encourage you to obtain a $25 yearly membership. More information may be found on the Membership page.

The Events Line lists library related events at the professional, technical, and community levels. It is updated daily as submissions are found or received. To list an event, e-mail the relevant information as text in the body of the message and not as an attachment to events@fla.org. Please note that because of the very high risk of receiving a virus through email attachments, they will not be accepted.

The Foothills Library Association reserves the right to choose whether or not to post events on its Events Line. Please try to include all the necessary information in your events posting as will not be able to contact groups for clarification. For questions about the Events Line, send an e-mail to events@fla.org.

Recent Postings

Research Colloquium - “Biotech in the Popular Press: Examining the Spin"

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

“Biotech in the Popular Press: Examining the Spin"

Timothy Caulfield, Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy; Senior Health Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research; Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health; Research Director, Health Law Institute

Biotechnology gets an incredible amount of media coverage. It is also a common theme in popular culture, including movies, TV, books and video games. What is the nature of this coverage? Is it accurate? Does it shape or reflect public opinions? Does it impact policy development? This presentation will explore these complex questions in order to describe the important role, and associated policy challenges, associated with popular representations of biotechnology.

When: Friday, March 27, 2009
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm1:00pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

SLIS Research Colloquium: “Raising the Phoenix: One Woman's Story of Reviving a Scholarly Journal"

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

Heidi Julien, Associate Professor School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alberta and Editor, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (CJILS)

CJILS contributes to the advancement of information and library science in Canada by publishing research papers, scholarly opinion papers, reviews of research, brief communications, and reviews of books and other media. This talk will focus on the joys and challenges of reviving this Canadian gem after a two-year publication lag, and outline plans for the future.

When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:15pm1:15pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

SLIS Research Colloquium

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

Heidi Julien, Associate Professor School of Library & Information Studies, University of Alberta and Editor, Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science (CJILS)

“Raising the Phoenix: One Woman's Story of Reviving a Scholarly Journal"

CJILS contributes to the advancement of information and library science in Canada by publishing research papers, scholarly opinion papers, reviews of research, brief communications, and reviews of books and other media. This talk will focus on the joys and challenges of reviving this Canadian gem after a two-year publication lag, and outline plans for the future.

When: Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:15pm1:15pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

Research Colloquia: “The Relationship Between Libraries and Museums: Past and Present"

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

Lianne McTavish, Professor, Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta

“The Relationship Between Libraries and Museums: Past and Present"

This presentation examines the historical conjunction of museums and libraries, tracing how they became distinct organizations, and speculating about their current reunion in digital formats. It will ask colloquium participants to consider the political, structural and practical links between libraries and museums both in the past and today.

When: Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm1:00pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

Research Colloquium - Thinking about Thinking: Human Cognition and its Pervasiveness in LIS

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

John M. Budd, Professor and Associate Director, School of Information Science & Learning Technologies, University of Missouri-Columbia

“Thinking about Thinking: Human Cognition and its Pervasiveness in LIS"

This event will explore the possibilities for inquiry that includes cognitive processes as they affect, enhance, or impinge upon information seeking, retrieval, and use, the intricacies of information literacy and instruction, and the nature of reading. Work that originates in a variety of fields will be investigated.

When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm1:00pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

Research Colloquium: “A Regulation Theory Perspective on Cataloging and Catalogs"

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquium:

Dr. Gloria Leckie, LIS Programs Coordinator, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario.

“A Regulation Theory Perspective on Cataloging and Catalogs"

The talk provides an overview of regulation theory and examines how this theory can be used to enhance our understanding of certain long-standing issues in cataloging and difficulties with the use of OPACs by the public.

When: Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Where: 3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
Time: 12:00pm1:00pm

Labels: colloquia, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

Adoption and Use of Community Municipal Web Portals

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquia:

Dr. Brian Detlor, Associate Professor of Information Systems & Director, Ph.D. Program, DeGroote School of Business, McMaster University

"Adoption and Use of Community Municipal Web Portals"
This talk examines the organizational and end-user factors that affect community municipal web portal adoption and use in various cities and regions. Community municipal portals are public websites designed to delivery of information, services, and resources pertaining to locally-based government jurisdictions.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
12:00pm - 1:00pm
3-01 Rutherford South
University of Alberta

Labels: colloquia, slis, university of alberta

"What Does the Eye See? Information Seeking Experiences of the Post-Secondary Learning Disabled Distance Student"

The School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta invites you to attend the following Research Colloquia:

Nancy Black, PhD student at the School of Library and Archival Studies, University of British Columbia and Manager, Access and Information Services at UBC's Library

"What Does the Eye See? Information Seeking Experiences of the Post-Secondary Learning Disabled Distance Student"
Distance learning offers tremendous educational and access to information advantages, yet very little is known about the information seeking experiences of distance students; even less is known about learning disabled distance students. This presentation will highlight a proposed doctoral study that will investigate the information seeking experiences of the learning disabled distance student.

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
12:15pm - 1:15pm
3-01 Rutherford South
University of Alberta

Labels: colloquia, slis, university of alberta