FIP 2018
Items in this Collection
- 2Ridley, Pamela
- 1Arbuthnot, Amanda
- 1Ecclestone, Atlas
- 1Gerlitz, Laura M
- 1Grant, Toby
- 1Hiscott, Quincy
- 1Broadband communications systems--Canada
- 1Children's libraries
- 1Cosplay
- 1Digital humanities
- 1Digital literacy
- 1Educational technology--study and teaching
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Analysis of Canadian Wireless Spectrum Auctions: Licence Ownership and Deployment in the 700 MHz, 2500 MHz and 3500 MHz Frequency Ranges
Download2018-02-02
Despite the Canadian government’s assertion that high-speed broadband access is crucial for economic and social benefit, there is minimal competition or availability of these services in rural or remote areas. Economic factors suggest that wireless technologies are best-suited to help rural...
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Darth Vader, Spiderman and Sailor Moon Walk Into a Library: Adapting Cosplay for the Public Library Setting
Download2018-02-02
Marple, Jessica, Linville, Elizabeth, Wells, Robin, Ridley, Pamela
This presentation will provide an introduction to and brief theoretical exploration of the concept of cosplaying. Following this, we will discuss the ways in which cosplay can be meaningfully incorporated into public library programming, including examples of libraries that have previously...
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2018-02-02
This poster will seek to describe and define what a “public library” was in ancient Rome during the high empire. As reported by Suetonius, the first “public” library in Rome was conceived of by Julius Caesar in 44 BCE, and several emperors after enacted the building of these libraries. This...
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2018-02-01
Image processing and analysis has been used in the sciences since before the advent of the personal computer, beginning as early as the 1920s (Gonzalez & Woods, 2002, p. 3-4). The need to improve image quality spurred the beginnings of scientific image processing, in which images are prepared...
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How Project Management Theory Improves Program and Event Planning in the Library: Science Literacy Week as a Case Study
Download2018-02-02
To expand on the successful 2016 pilot, the University of Alberta Libraries combined giveaways with live demonstrations, experiments and tutorials to deliver over 50 events for Science Literacy Week 2017. Many of these presentations incorporated a non-traditional outreach and partnership plan...
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2018-02-02
Third-party sexual harassment, perpetrated against employees by individuals external to their employing organization, is a serious and all too common issue faced by employees in service-oriented occupations. This includes sexual harassment of library employees by library patrons. Studies in...
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2018-02-02
A high percentage of adults in western and developed nations live with low levels of print literacy which can negatively impact their physical and mental health, relationships with family and their community, as well as their economic well-being. Despite programming, educational opportunities and...
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2018-02-02
Introduction: Transgender people are not being represented in public school sex education and are not able to rely on healthcare professionals being able to provide good and effective care. This study examined how transgender people are finding information relating to their sexual health and...
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Social Technology - Using Theories of Psychosocial Development to Better Offer Technology Services to Children
Download2018-02-02
The exponential growth of technology, and our society’s subsequent reliance on this technology, has left many concerned about the negative repercussions on the social development of children raised in a society so engrossed with technology. Yet computer literacy continues to be an important skill...
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2018-02-02
This case study builds off previous research into the serious leisure practices of home cooks to understand what information blog readers seek, and share, in the comment section of a popular food blog. Current literature suggests that home cooks consult online sources more often than physical...