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“Why are we saving All these artist publications + Other Galleries stuffs?” The Emergence of Artist-Run Culture in Halifax
(2016-01-22)
Item contains the text for five wall panels prepared as part of the exhibition "“Why are we saving All these artist publications + Other Galleries stuffs?” The Emergence of Artist-Run Culture in Halifax," curated by Creighton ...
The thing about failing: Exploring a research assignment for re-admitted students
(2016-01)
Two librarians at Dalhousie have partnered with an existing learning skills summer program for re-admitted students. We aimed to help students develop better research practices, and my role was to design an IL session and ...
“Watch Your Language!”: Word Choice in Library Website Usability
(Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Practice and Research, 2017)
Many academic libraries conduct extensive user studies when redesigning their websites, considering characteristics such as design features, information architecture, and link and information placement. One of the less ...
Securing Library IT - A View From The Ground
(2016-06-21)
The Dalhousie Libraries Information Technologies Services team has a lot in common with other IT departments when it comes to security, but we do face some challenges that are unique to libraries. We have large numbers ...
Creating a “new normal”: Transforming instruction for MLIS students
(2015-06)
Over the past few years, the Dalhousie Libraries and the School of Information Management (SIM) have made concerted efforts to forge a stronger connection with one another. This presentation will outline the process of ...
Making the familiar strange: Exploring Wikipedia in edit mode
(2017-05)
This session will outline a Wikipedia editing exercise that adds depth to a one-shot IL session. Participants will gain ideas for creating a workable Wikipedia editing assignment that targets students’ searching, evaluation, ...
Academic Librarians as Successful Researchers: Discussion with Kristin Hoffmann
(Atlantic Provinces Library Association, 2015-10-25)
Good things come in small packages: Re-imagining IL in the first-year seminar
(2014-05)
This presentation will explore the literature on librarian roles and embeddedness in first year seminars. Two of Dalhousie's first year humanities seminars will be used as case studies to demonstrate the innovative integration ...
Using the Dalhousie University Archives
(2015-09-24)
Item is a presentation on using the Dalhousie University Archives given to Dr. Jerry Bannister's ASSC 1200 / HIST 1900 students on September 24, 2015. The presentation introduces the Dalhousie Libraries and the University ...
Handout for Week Four: The Monetary Appraisal System in Canada
(2015-10-05)
Item is a handout for week four of INFO 6850: Special Topics in Information Management: Archives II (Fall 2015). The topic of the session is the monetary appraisal system in Canada.