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2019-02-08

Ballantyne, Erin M.

The intersection between Indigenous allyship, intellectual freedom, and social responsibility lies on unsteady ground and is understudied in LIS literature. This presentation employs critical analysis to explore where the tension lies between these concepts and forwards a new interdisciplinary...

2016-02-05

Richard Bee

The slide deck and notes for a presentation given by School of Library and Information Studies student Richard Bee at the Forum for Information Professionals 2016 conference.

2015-02-06

Beesoon, Gooneshwaree

An increase in the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) motivated this investigation into the information seeking behaviours of parents of children with ASD in Edmonton, Alberta. A qualitative approach based on a non-random, purposive sampling method was used. Semi-structured interviews...

2017-02-02

Gerlitz, Laura M

The use of computational analysis to visualize and aid in the interpretation of literature and book history is a way of supplementing traditional literary criticism. The application of statistical algorithms on a large scale allows a researcher to derive textual patterns and relationships that...

2017-02-03

Hamilton, Sam

​This presentation outlines the recent Canadian Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications and what it might mean for academic library staff who will need to become versed on open access (OA) options for researchers. The distinction between “Gold” OA policies and “Green” OA policies is...

2019-02-08

Sanderson, Cori

Having an open discussion about ‘death’ and ‘dying’ is often considered to be too morbid or taboo in our Canadian culture. This attitude can impact the ways that we think about mortality and grieving. Unfortunately, it also means that those conversations are often avoided completely. In my...

2015-02-06

Anna Wilson MEd.

This poster challenges the dominant narrative in Western society’s medical model that views autism as a ‘disease’ by defending the empowering Navajo view of autism as a ‘difference’ in Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRM). This envisions people with autism as a source of social capital instead...

2015-02-06

Luther, Bethany

Freelance professionals find jobs for themselves through self-promotion but little study has been done on how they find these jobs or learn how to self-promote. An interview was conducted with a freelance illustrator who is new to the job market and who has limited professional experience....

2014-02-04

Christiansen, Erik G.

Paper presented at the Forum for Information Professionals

2017-02-03

Whistance-Smith, Greg

How can the architecture of the public library serve and reflect the ethos of the institution? What does the built library communicate to its users, and how does that communication work? And how can its spaces adjust to—and thrive in—a digitally augmented 21st century? Reframing Library...