The Annual Report from GPRC Library highlights our accomplishments and activities in numbers, charts, and photos. It focusses on how we serve the academic needs of our learners as we begin to plan for the upcoming year. GPRC is on the path of becoming a degree granting institute. In preparation for this, we also conducted a self-study which will become part of GPRC’s documentation to be submitted to CAQC. The Library is a bridge between academics and student services. We see the library as the heart of GPRC and the hub for student learning.
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7 Questions with Red Crow Community College
This month, we’re excited to start our new 7 Questions with AAAL Institutions blog off with Red Crow Community College.
1. What is the most interesting/unique item or collection in your library?
Blackfoot Special Collection.
2. What is the most interesting/unique program offered at your institution?
Field trips to sacred sites in southern Alberta and the Blood Reserve.
3. What event are you most proud of hosting at your institution or library?
Mikaisto Radio – its programming is to share language, cultural activities, and to highlight our student and college activities.
4. What is one surprising fact about your institution or library?
Our campus burnt in 2015-the former St. Mary’s Residential School on the Blood Reserve.
5. What is the busiest time of year for your institution or library?
September to June
6. What has been a recent change for your institution or library?
New building initiative; very exciting to be part of the planning committee.
7. What is a challenge that your library or institution has overcome?
Funding – we do not receive core funding from federal or provincial governments.
Access Conference: Call for Reviewers
The University of Alberta is hosting Access 2019 in September, and the program committee is seeking peer reviewers to help select presentations for the conference! Peer reviewers will be responsible for reading Access Conference proposals, reviewing them and making a recommendation. If you’ve never been a peer reviewer for Access, this is a wonderful way to contribute to the shape and direction of the conference!
Peer reviewers will be selected by the Program Committee and will ideally include a variety of individuals across disciplines including Access old-timers and newbies alike. You do not need to be attending the conference to volunteer as a peer reviewer.
The peer review process is anonymous for both authors and reviewers. Those who have submitted Access Conference session proposals are welcome and encouraged to become peer reviewers as well. You won’t receive your own proposal to review. Please note that the peer reviewing activity will take place mid-May to mid-June. Proposals are a maximum of 250 words so we expect each review to take no more than 30 minutes. Each reviewer could be assigned up to 2-3 proposals to review depending on the number of submissions.
To submit your interest in reviewing, please fill out this form with your contact information, a sentence or two on why you’d like to review for Access 2019 and some keywords on topics you’d be comfortable reviewing. If you submitted a proposal and indicated on the registration screen you’d like to review, you’re already signed up!
See more details here: https://accessproceedings.ca/index.php/access/review
Still time to register for the AAAL Spring Meeting!
Hello AAAL members,
This is a reminder that Friday at 4 p.m. is the deadline to register for the Alberta Association of Academic Libraries’ Spring 2019 Meeting. We have twelve spots remaining!
Library staff from all member institutions are invited to join us at Olds College on Friday, May 10th. We are very excited to be offering a workshop on using design thinking to enhance user experience with University of Alberta librarian, Céline Gareau-Brennan. Following the workshop and a delicious BBQ lunch, the afternoon is filled with interesting lightning talks on a wide variety of topics. The full meeting package with agenda and session descriptions can be found on the AAAL website.
We hope to see you there!
The AAAL Executive + Committee Members
Access Conference 2019 – Call for Proposals
The 2019 Access Conference Program Committee invites proposals for participation in the upcoming Access Conference, which will be held September 30 to October 2, 2019 in Edmonton, Alberta at the Matrix Hotel, hosted by University of Alberta.
Access is Canada’s premier annual library technology conference bringing librarians, technicians, developers, programmers, and managers from all library sectors together to discuss unique and interesting library processes and technologies. There will be plenty of opportunities to share ideas and learn from each other!
This single stream conference features exciting keynotes, presentations, lightning talks, a hackathon, and lots of time for networking and social events.
We are seeking proposals for:
- 20 min presentations (15 min + 5 min for questions)
- could be demos, theory or practice, case studies, original research, etc.
- will be peer-reviewed
- 60 min multi-speaker sessions (45 min + 15 min for questions)
- should be self-organized and we encourage presentations demonstrating perspectives from multiple organizations
- will be peer-reviewed
- 5 min lightning talks
- any subject that is conference related.
- will not be peer-reviewed
Ready to submit?
Visit our conference proposal site to create an account and submit your proposal: https://accessproceedings.ca
Submission deadline is 11:59PM EST on May 10, 2019
Need some ideas? Check out the 2018 conference program and past conference websites! Please note that we will also be offering a Diversity Scholarship Program (details coming soon).
Speakers will be notified of their acceptance decision in mid-June.
Questions? Contact us at accesslibcon@gmail.com
Access 2019 is making every effort to be as inclusive and as safe an environment as possible – please review our Code of Conduct.
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