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

Aboriginal Librarianship Course / Workshop

The School of Library & Information Studies is offering this course/workshop again in Summer term July 3, 4, 5: Friday 6-9pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-12pm in room 3-01 Rutherford South. Please see http://www.slis.ualberta.ca/workshops.cfm for the workshop registration form and syllabus. Register quickly as space is limited.

Aboriginal Librarianship, Resources and Services

Workshop Outline:

DATES OFFERED: July 3, 4, 5, 2009 (13 hours) Friday 6-9pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 9am-12pm

INSTRUCTORS: Reegan Breu, Manager, Information Services, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources and Marquita Bevans, Systems Librarian, Parkland Regional Library

Course Goal: To provide students with an introduction to the special resources and services that best meet the needs of Canada’s aboriginal population.

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1) Discuss the information needs of aboriginal people and how to serve those needs in public and academic libraries

2) Discuss the resources, services, and programming most relevant to the needs of aboriginal children and young adults

3) Describe examples of collection management and library building adaptations that provide a more welcoming environment to aboriginal clientele

4) Discuss the role and importance of community outreach within the aboriginal community and ways to achieve that outreach

Labels: courses, Edmonton, slis, university of alberta, Workshops

KM 2.0: Social KNowledge Management in Libraries

KM 2.0: Social Knowledge Management in Libraries

“Libraries excel in managing information and knowledge captured in books and documents, but they fail in locating and managing the knowledge potential in the heads of their own people.”

Every library wants to provide the best possible service to its users. But to do so, the organization must make the best use of the knowledge hidden inside the minds of its workers. Sometimes there are issues with the exchange of knowledge between library staff and customers, or between library staff members themselves. The public library in Vlissingen met this challenge head-on by combining the emerging discipline of KM (knowledge management) and social software. Please join Digital Library/Knowledge Manager Karolien Selhorst as she describes this fascinating journey in a live virtual presentation from the Netherlands.

About the presenter: Karolien Selhorst holds two masters degrees and currently works as Digital Library Manager/Knowledge Manager in the public library of Vlissingen (Holland). As an independent consultant, Karolien advises organisations and provides training on knowledge management, change management and Web 2.0 tools. She is chief editor of her own magazine ‘Digitale Bibliotheek’ and a freelance journalist for ‘Intellectueel Kapitaal’, a knowledge management magazine.

When: Thurs. May 21, 2009 from 10:30 AM – 12 noon Mountain time, 12:30 – 2 PM Eastern time, 6:30 – 8 PM Netherlands/CEST.

How to attend: You can attend this virtual program in two different ways:
1. At our bricks and mortar location in downtown Edmonton (Classroom 958, Faculty of Extension, Enterprise Square, 10230 Jasper Ave.) Light refreshments will be served, and no computer setup will be required on the part of participants. The presentation will be viewed in real time on a large classroom projector screen, and attendees will have the opportunity to pose questions. Cost is $15 for CASLIS members, $20 for all others. Doors open on Thurs. May 21 at 10 AM, presentation starts at 10:30.

2. From the convenience of your computer workstation anywhere in the world. You will need a functioning computer sound system to participate. Joining information will be emailed out 24 hours before the presentation. We are using the Elluminate Live system. You can test your computer’s compatibility by doing the “eClass Elluminate Access Check Audio Setup (no password needed)” at the following url:
https://elluminate.srv.ualberta.ca/

Virtual attendees are urged to test their systems well in advance (preferably before registration) to ensure compatibility. Firewalls and computer lock-down schemes may preclude participation. CASLIS will not issue refunds for technical failures of any kind reported less than 24 hours before the event.

Cost is $10 for CASLIS members, $15 for non-members. Registrants from outside Canada should contact Ingrid Dandanell (ingriddandanell@shaw.ca) for special registration and pricing options. Virtual meeting opens on Thurs. May 21 at 10 AM Mountain Time (12 noon Eastern, 18:00 Netherlands/CEST time), presentation starts 30 minutes later.

Labels: CASLIS, Edmonton, university of alberta, web conference

Literary Cocktails with the University of Alberta Press

Literary Cocktails with the University of Alberta Press
~ Creative Non-Fiction ~

Please join the staff of the University of Alberta Press for readings, a glass
of wine and finger foods. It's time to celebrate spring and the end of
semester!
Literary Cocktails, Faculty Club
Wednesday, April 8, 4 to 6 pm
All are welcome.

Featuring UAP Authors:

Daniel Coleman, Writer and Scholar

Roger Epp, Writer and Scholar

Gloria Mehlmann, Educator and Writer

With MC, Carol Holmes, Executive Director of the Writers Guild of Alberta

See You There!
University of Alberta Press Staff

Labels: author event, Edmonton, university of alberta

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

On Lawful Lawlessness: Clemency in Death Penalty Cases

On Lawful Lawlessness: Clemency in Death Penalty Cases

Professor Austin Sarat
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science
Amherst College

Professor Sarat is a pioneering figure in the development of legal study in the liberal arts, of the humanistic study of law, and of the cultural study of law. He is also an internationally renowned scholar of capital punishment, specializing in efforts to understand its social, political, and cultural significance in the United States.

Friday, March 20
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Room 237
Law Centre
University of Alberta
Free and open to the public
Light refreshments will be provided

This event is sponsored by the Centre for Constitutional Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta

www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs

Labels: Edmonton, university of alberta

NAHLA Leading Edge workshop - Evidence-Based Practice in Libraries

NAHLA (Northern Alberta Health Libraries Association)
is pleased to present the second LEADING EDGE workshop of 2009:

Evidence-Based Practice in Libraries

Speaker: Denise Koufogiannakis, Collections and Acquisitions Coordinator, University of Alberta Libraries

Join us as we explore ways to incorporate the evidence into our daily library practice.

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location: Alumni Lounge, Corbett Hall, University of Alberta
Cost: Free for students and NAHLA members, $5 for non members
RSVP: by March 18 to Jessica Knoch (knochj@macewan.ca)

Directions and parking information: http://www.campusmap.ualberta.ca/index.cfm?campus=1&sector=8&feature=102

Labels: Edmonton, NAHLA, university of alberta, Workshops

SLIS Brownbag with Stephen Neilly, CRM

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

Stephen Neilly, CRM (Certified Records Manager), President, Information Innovation Inc.

“Exploring Records and Information Management - A Career Perspective"

Steve will share his experiences and views of what the Records and Information Management (RIM) industry offers in terms of government, private sector and consulting careers. Steve will share personal anecdotes that will provide real world insight into the opportunities and pitfalls that a Records Management career can offer.

Wednesday, March 18, 2009
3-01 Rutherford South, University of Alberta
12:00pm1:00pm

Labels: 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

Brown Bag Lunch with Nduka Otiono

Please join the Canadian Literature Centre for another Brown Bag Lunch Reading featuring poet
Nduka Otiono, who will dazzle us with a special musical performance...

Cookies, coffee and tea will be served. The event is free of charge and includes a door prize. For more information, please contact the Canadian Literature Centre at cdnlit@ualberta.ca or 780.492.9505.

Date: Wednesday January 28, 2009
Time: 12 noon
Place: Student Lounge, Arts Building (Old Arts, Convocation Hall
Building), University of Alberta

This event is brought to you in part by the Canada Council for the Arts.)

Nduka Otiono's first book is a short-story collection, The Night Hides with a Knife, which jointly won the ANA/Spectrum Prize. His second book is a poetry collection, Voices in the Rainbow, and was nominated for the ANA/Cadbury Poetry Prize. Love in a Time of Nightmares is the title of his latest book of poems.

Labels: Edmonton, 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

From the Front Lines : Teaching at Beijing Normal University

School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta presents:

From the Front Lines : Teaching at Beijing Normal University
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
3-01 Rutherford South
University of Alberta
12-1 pm

Speakers
Heidi Julien, SLIS Associate Professor
and
Margaret Law, SLIS Sessional Instructor and
Associate Director, Learning Services,
University of Alberta Libraries

Heidi and Margaret will share their recent experiences teaching in China.

All are welcome!

Labels: Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

SLIS - 23rd Annual Professional Development Day

The Professional Development Day Committee at the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Alberta is pleased to invite you to our 23rd Annual Professional Development Day. This year’s event will be held on Friday, February 6, 2009, starting at 9:30 a.m., and will take place in the Edmonton Room at the Stanley A. Milner Library, 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square. There is no charge for attendance.

The theme of this year’s conference is “Beyond These Four Walls: The Library Has Left the Building.” We are delighted to announce that this year’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Sam Trosow, Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS).

Our event will also include various speakers from the greater Edmonton library community, and current SLIS students. We will be hosting a luncheon at the event which will give you the opportunity to network with colleagues and students.

We hope you will be able to attend this annual event. Please RSVP with your name and if you plan to attend the luncheon by January 30, 2009 by registering online here or by sending an email to: pddayslis@gmail.com.

The Edmonton Room is located in the basement of Stanley A. Milner Library and will be open at 9:00 a.m. for registration and coffee, but you are welcome to attend any part of the day that suits your schedule. Further information regarding the day’s itinerary is available on our website. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to e-mail the committee at pddayslis@gmail.com.

Sincerely,
2008-09 Professional Development Day Committee

Labels: Edmonton, slis, university of alberta

Canada's 40th Parliament in Crisis: What Happened, What's Next?

Join faculty from the University of Alberta in a panel discussion addressing the recent political and constitutional turmoil in the House of Commons, as we look toward the next session of Parliament beginning January 26, 2009.

Panelists:
Steve Patten, Department of Political Science
Eric Adams, Faculty of Law
Frédéric Boily, Campus Saint-Jean
James Muir, Department of History and Classics & Faculty of Law
Ken Munro, Department of History and Classics
Thursday, January 22, 2009
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Business Room 4-06
University of Alberta

Free and open to the public.
A light lunch will be served.

This panel is presented by the Centre for Constitutional Studies and the Department of History and Classics.
www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs

Labels: Edmonton, university of alberta

Canada's Proposed National Securities Regulator

Professor Cynthia Williams
Osler Chair in Business Law
Osgoode Hall Law School

Thursday, January 15, 2009
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
237 Law Centre
University of Alberta

This lecture is free and open to all.
A light lunch will be served.

Sponsored by the Centre for Constitutional Studies
www.law.ualberta.ca/centres/ccs

Labels: Edmonton, 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

Lecture: Dany Laferriere or, Conquering America through Text and Film

You are cordially invited to attend a lecture titled, Dany Laferriere or, Conquering America through Text and Film, by visiting scholar, Dr. Ursula Moser, Innsbruck University. Refreshments will be provided.

Unconventional, controversial, prolific and immensely talented, Dany Laferrière was born in Haiti, adopted Québec as his new home, and is self-avowedly North American. Laferrière achieved critical fame with his first novel, How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired and sparked controversy in the United States with the film version of this book. Overall, his work examines Haitian, Quebec and North American society and inter-racial relationships, all of which Laferrière depicts with humour and clarity.

Date: Monday, October 20th
Time: 4pm
Place: Humanities Centre, room L-4 (main floor)

The CLC is also pleased to announce that Dany Laferriere will be in Edmonton this winter to give the 2009 Kreisel Lecture. (Exact date, time and place TBA.) Past Kreisel Lecturers have included Joseph Boyden and Wayne Johnston.

For more information, please contact Dr. Marie Carriere, marie.carriere@ualberta.ca, 780.248.1245.

Labels: Edmonton, lecture, university of alberta

SLIS Celebration Brunch

Gather with SLIS graduates, current students, professors, and library colleagues on Saturday September 20th for this year's Celebration Brunch. With food, friends and fun, this annual event is sure to be a blast! This enjoyable occasion offers the opportunity to reconnect with former classmates, hear the latest news for the School, and meet new people. Distinguished Alumni awards will be presented to Anna Altmann, Jeannine Green, and Pat Jobb. This year's Honourary Alumni award recipient is Merrill Distad. The event will take place from 11 am to 1 pm in the Carrell Room on the 2nd Floor of the School of Library and Information Studies.

Please RSVP to Sophia Sherman in the SLIS office by Friday September 5. She can be reached by e-mail at slis@ualberta.ca or by phone at 780-492-4578.

Labels: alumni, slis, university of alberta

State of the World: Information Infrastructure Construction and Dissemination for Humanities and Social Science Research

State of the World: Information Infrastructure Construction and
Dissemination for Humanities and Social Science Research Conference

University of Alberta, October 3rd to 5th, 2008

Conference admission is free, banquet is $25.

More information and registration at: http://stateoftheworld.ca/index.php

Labels: conference, 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

LISAA Anual General Meeting

LISAA Annual General Meeting!

WHEN: Thursday, May 15, 2008

WHERE: University of Alberta Faculty Club Patio (or Lounge, if it's raining)

TIME: 5 pm

Join your fellow alumni to vote for the Lifetime Membership option, elect the new members of the Executive Committee, hear a summary of the activities and plans (including all the exciting news surrounding SLIS's 40th anniversary year), and have a nice visit with your colleagues!

For more information, contact the Angie Mandeville at afm1@augustana.ca

Labels: LISAA, university of alberta

Reception to honour and celebrate Anna Altmann’s career as Professor

Please join us at Alumni House, University of Alberta on Friday, June 13, 2008 between 5pm and 7pm for a reception to honour and celebrate Anna Altmann’s career as Professor (1982-2008) and Director (2003-2008) of the School of Library and Information Studies.

Cards, letters, notes, pictures and anecdotes should be sent to the School before June 6, 2008. Your contributions will be compiled and presented to Anna as a memory book.

We look forward to seeing all of Anna’s friends and colleagues together in one place as we say a very big ‘thank you and enjoy your retirement, Anna!’

Hors d’oeuvres will be served. Cash bar.

Please rsvp to slis@ualberta.ca by June 6, 2008.

Labels: slis, university of alberta