Spring 2011 Conference

Innovation and Creativity

Friday, April 29, 2011

A special one-day event co-hosted by Western New York/Ontario chapter of the ACRL and the Ontario College and University Library Association.

Location:

Hotel conference rate = $150

Free Parking at the Inn on the Twenty

Maps & Directions

Registration deadline on April 15, 2011

Registration Fees (Canadian $ is at par for registrants)

• WNYO ACRL Members (joined/renewed in fall) – $100.00
• OLA/OCULA Members – $100.00
• Non-members who join now & save – $115.00*
• Non-members who are ALA-ACRL members who join now & save – $110.00*
• Non-members – $130.00
• Library Support Staff – $100.00
• Full-time library school students – $50.00
• Poster session presenter/Pecha Kucha speaker - $55.00

*Membership fee is included in the amount.

Theme: Innovation and Creativity

Posters

Mashup at Reference:  A New Conceptual Application of Knowledge Management

Candy Yip, University of Toronto Mississauga

Faced with the overwhelming of information, how can librarians and staff at the reference desk get the latest updates from a variety of in-house sources, such as library website, blogs, wiki etc, to facilitate their daily work and yet provide effective and efficient service for users? Most literature on Knowledge Management (KM) has been discussed and practiced in the realm of business; however, research on the management of tacit knowledge, particularly for library in-house communication, is still limited. To facilitate better communication among reference and instruction staff, a new conceptual model is proposed: tacit knowledge in libraries that is transformed to explicit knowledge in the form of websites, bookmarks, and social networking tools (blogs, Facebook, Flickr etc) is compiled using mashup as a potential tool. Instead of going to different sources to get information, reference staff can now have a one-stop platform for updates.

Collaboration and Integration: An update on the library’s role in McMaster’s iSci program

Andrew Colgoni, Sarah L. Symons, Chad T. Harvey and Carolyn H. Eyles, McMaster University

iSci, a brand-new four-year undergraduate integrated science program at McMaster University, is doing things differently. Recognizing the need to produce scientists that are both information and science literate, the program includes an embedded librarian and unprecedented library collaboration. Throughout the development of the program, the library has had involvement on matters of policy, direction and curriculum. The creation of a weekly ‘Science Literacy’ course introduces issues of scientific reading, writing, presenting, publishing and information use; skills many students lack until later years. An innovative space-sharing program combines iSci faculty offices, the science fluencies librarian, student study space, and a state-of-the-art classroom together in the library where collaboration happens readily. With iSci still nascent, we seek feedback, comments and suggestions from the teaching and learning community to continue to push this unique collaboration forward.

SPARK information literacy professional development program for faculty

Jennifer Peters, Seneca College

SPARK stands for Short Practical Academic Research Knowledge sessions.

Since 2008 Seneca Libraries have been offering this unique professional development program to faculty. These sessions provide faculty and staff the opportunity to learn about scholarly research and library resources. SPARK sessions are offered in a variety of delivery modes:

Face-to-face workshops – offered throughout the academic year during Teaching and Learning with Technology Days, the Faculty Forum as well as through workshops scheduled by the Centre for Faculty and Staff Development.

e-learning modules – provided for those who cannot attend face-to-face workshops, and also for those who wish to keep up-to-date with changes in this developing field.

One-on-one sessions with a librarian – faculty can meet with a librarian to learn about all the information covered in the face-to-face and online sessions.

SPARKnews – a monthly column on what’s new in scholarly research, library resources and the world of information.

This program has proven very popular with faculty which is evidenced by word-of-mouth advertising among the schools and high usage statistics.

Active learning models and library instruction

Silvia Vong & Keely Robinson, Brock University

According to active learning models, instruction that engages and encourages participation is important in achieving learning outcomes. Often, literature in active learning models discuss and consider learning styles of students and patrons. However, library literature rarely explore the teaching styles of librarians. The instructional style of librarians can vary and can vary depending on the comfort levels of a librarian in a classroom or online environment. As a result, applying one model of instruction for active learning can be difficult to execute effectively for librarians who have preferred teaching styles that range from the facilitator (active) to the authoritarian (passive). This poster explores varying teaching styles and provides creative strategies in meeting the learning styles of students in the classroom and in an online environment.

Showcasing the Journal of Library Innovation, a publication of the Western New York Library Resources Council

Ann Tenglund, St. Bonaventure University

We will showcase the Journal of Library Innovation, a publication of the Western New York Library Resources Council. Many of the conference presenters and attendees will be interested in the content of this journal, and may even have articles to submit for publication. We will inform attendees about the journal, the types of articles published so far, how the journal is published (using open access software), and opportunities for publication and other service.

Directions to the Conference Hotel

Inn on the Twenty and On the Twenty Restaurant are located in the Niagara Escarpment village of Jordan. Jordan is easily reached by way of the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW). We are one and a quarter hours from Toronto and one hour from Buffalo, New York.

From Toronto, follow the QEW west toward Niagara. Take Vineland Exit #57, turn right onto the South Service Road and then left at the stop lights onto Victoria Avenue. Follow Victoria Avenue away from the lake (south) to the second stoplight, at Regional Road 81 (King Street). Turn left and proceed east through the Jordan Valley. At the crest of the hill, turn left on to Main Street. Inn on the Twenty is right across the street from the Cave Spring Cellars store and On the Twenty Restaurant.

From Buffalo or Niagara Falls follow QEW Toronto-bound to Jordan Road, Exit #55. Turn left onto the Service Road and left again onto Jordan Road: follow to the first stop sign. Turn right and follow 4th Avenue to “T” intersection; turn left and look for the 1st right moments after. Wismer turns into Main Street and the restaurant is located on the right and the Inn on the left.

GPS Co-ordinates:

43.11 Degrees North

79.38 Degrees West

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If you have any questions please contact the Spring Conference Planning Committee:

OCULA – Jennifer Peters-Lise, Seneca College, jennifer.peters-lise@senecac.on.ca

ACRL – Kevin Manuel, Brock University, kmanuel@brocku.ca