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2016-12-07

Christiansen, Erik G., McNally, Michael B.

This presentation examines the continuum from closed to open for both open educational resources in general and open courses. The presentation evaluates what instructional choices are needed to increase openness. In this regard the presentation will identify not only how to move resources and...

2015

Anastasia Piltingsrud

This qualitative study was conducted to examine and analyse public library strategic plans in order to understand current themes and future priorities within the unique economic and political environment of Alberta, Canada. Content analysis was used as the primary research method, and strategic...

2008

Julien, Heidi, Genuis, Shelagh, McKechnie, Lynne, Tami Oliphant

Introduction. This study examined if and how the results of information behaviour research are being interpreted and reported for application to the work of library and information science practitioners. Method. A content analysis was conducted of 117 research reports published in the 1996 to...

2015-06-02

Anna Wilson

Comparing Indigenous Approaches to Autism with Western Approaches to Autism Anna Wilson, University of Alberta On United Nations World Autism Day 2015, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon encouraged policymakers, professionals, employers, service providers, and caregivers to create an inclusive...

2014-12-01

Corina Surcel

This paper discusses the impact copyright law has on Canadian libraries. This account focuses on two aspects of copyright law, namely the doctrine of fair dealing and technological protection measures (or digital rights management). A thorough literature review on these subjects is included in...

2016-02-08

Adrian Castillo

The article examines how information policies are expressed through governmental legislation such as the Copyright Modernization Act, also known as Bill - C11. Furthermore, the article evaluates the impact of Bill - C11 on Canadian academic libraries, under the scope of the Information Cycle,...

2020-06-02

Reyes Ayala, Brenda

Creating an archived website that is as close as possible to the original, live website remains one of the most difficult challenges in the field of web archiving. Failing to adequately capture a website might mean an incomplete historical record or, worse, no evidence that the site ever even...

2008

Samek, Toni

The article presents an article by Kathleen de la Peña McCook entitled \"Workplace Speech in Libraries and Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.\" Her article adopts a policy which says everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This human right includes...

2016-02-15

Rathi, Dinesh, Maloney, Elaine, Farnel, Sharon, Campbell, Sandy, Stobbs, Robyn, Shiri, Ali, Cockney, Cathy

Digital Library North (DLN) is an ongoing project with the overarching goal of creating a digital library infrastructure for the north. In Canada’s North access to information has been limited by the geographic dispersion of the population, lack of high-speed communications infrastructure, and...

2017-02-13

Nguyen, Tanya

This eBook was an assignment created for the Library and Information Studies (LIS) 541 Publishing course. For the thirteen weeks together, we came to class prepared to discuss a publishing news article or source we found related to the publishing topic of the week, which included scholarly...