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2017-03-16
McMahon, Rob, McNally, Michael B.
This slide deck contains the slides for three sessions at Digital Futures 2017 (Cochrane). Included are the slides for Broadband 101, Broadband 102, and a Review of the CRTC's Basic Service Objective Decision.
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How does our advocacy garden grow? Analyzing advocacy initiatives by Canadian library associations
How does our advocacy garden grow? Analyzing advocacy initiatives by Canadian library associations
Download2023-06-02
Carr-Wiggin, Merran, Gareau-Brennan, Céline, Carrier, Hélène, McNally, Michael B.
Advocacy initiatives by library associations seek to enact change by influencing governments and other stakeholder organizations for the benefit of libraries, their clients, and the profession of librarianship. This session will describe an exploratory study to see what seeds of advocacy and...
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Increasingly Unambitious: A Thematic Analysis of Canadian Broadband Policy and Programs
2015-06-04
Evaniew, Jennifer, McNally, Michael B., Rathi, Dinesh, Stobbs, Robyn
This paper provides a thematic analysis of federal and provincial broadband programs and policies in Canada from 1995 to 2015. The analysis reveals that programs are becoming increasingly unambitious with regard to increasing broadband availability and the speeds at which broadband service must...
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Industry Canada's Spectrum Management Consultations: Democratic Participation or Regulatory Capture
Download2013-08-19
Pintos, Lilian, Mowatt, Brandy, McNally, Michael B.
This paper examines Industry Canada consultations on spectrum management from 2008-2012. Using post-revisionist regulatory theory, the paper aims to examine the degree of regulatory capture at Industry Canada. It provides a brief statistical analysis of the consultations and examines two case...
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Intellectual Property, Makerspaces and 3D Printing
2015-01-29
Austin, Mallory, Trosow, Samuel E., McNally, Michael B.
The session examines the issues raised by makerspaces in the context of Canadian intellectual property law. Questions addressed include: what responsibilities to librarians have under trademark law and the Patent Act; what are the copyright implications of makerspace technologies; what role does...
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Know your audience(s): Collaborating for Copyright Education
2019-10-30
Guy, Julia, Joseph, Kris, Wakaruk, Amanda, Sheppard, Adrian, McNally, Michael B.
This presentation examines a multi-unit collaborative open education project to develop instructional copyright modules as open educational resources (OER). These modules aim to serve two primary audiences:course-based graduate students, and the broader community of staff, students and faculty at...
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Learning about Copyright Made (Mostly) Easy
2020-06-08
Guy, Julia, McNally, Michael B.
Understanding copyright is an important 21st century skill; however, learning about copyright tends not to be enjoyable or easy. The Opening Up Copyright instructional module series aims to address this problem through a series of interactive, openly licensed video modules on copyright. This...
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Libraries and Broadband Policy: From Internet Providers to Policy Leaders
2014-03-07
McNally, Michael B., Trosow, Samuel E
For two decades libraries served as critical community linkages by being not just providers, but leaders in enabling internet access. Early initiatives such as the Community Access Program (CAP) and Alberta Supernet made libraries key access points. However, recent broadband policy developments...
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Open Educational Resources in Higher Education and the Role of the Academic Library
2014-05-28
A presentation to University of Alberta Libraries on the role of academic libraries in relation to open educational resources (OER).
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Open Enough? Eight Factors to Consider when Transitioning from Closed to Open Resources and Courses: A Conceptual Framework
Download2018-04-24
Christiansen, Erik G., McNally, Michael B.
There is both a feeling of excitement and hesitation when mentioning open educational resources (OERs) to university educators. The idea of being an “open educator” and using only openly licensed teaching materials sounds noble. Such an approach has the potential to benefit students on multiple...