Below are the abstracts, presentation slides and papers from the CAPAL18 conference.
The conference was held at the University of Regina, Regina SK, May 29 – 31, 2018.
The CAPAL18 conference program is at: http://capalibrarians.org/archive/conferences/2018/Program_CAPAL-ACBAP18.pdf
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Presentations from CAPAL18
| Session | Presenters | Title | Abstract | Published item(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | St. Denis, Verna ; Sheelah McLean | Ally-ship in Libraries in an Era of Reconciliation | Abstract | |
| 01 | Schmidt, Jane | Innovate this! Bullshit in academic libraries and what we can do about it | Abstract | |
| 1A | Dekker, Jennifer | Third Party Intervention in Collective Bargaining Disputes | Abstract | Paper |
| 1A | Moist, Shannon ; Chloe Riley | Labour in Solidarity: Librarians in Unions in Colleges and Technical Institutes | Abstract | Slides |
| 1B | Blackwell, Jessica ; Chris Read | Indigenization and Reconciliation at University of Waterloo Libraries | Abstract | Slides |
| 1B | Langille, Donna | Decolonizing Academic Libraries: Critical Information Literacy and Truth and Reconciliation | Abstract | Slides |
| 1C | Eva, Nicole | Librarians as Mothers: Stepping Outside the Stereotype | Abstract | Slides |
| 1C | Klein, Sara ; Bartlomiej Lenart | In Search of Shifting and Emergent Librarian Identities | Abstract | Slides |
| 1C | Popowich, Sam | Theory as Material Force: Marxism and the Challenge of Academic Librarianship | Abstract | Paper |
| 2A | Nicol, Chris ; Tami Oliphant ; Toni Samek ; Carol Shepstone | The MLIS Degree -- Really, Why Bother? -- Part 1 | Abstract | |
| 2A | Samek, Toni | The MLIS Degree -- Really, Why Bother? -- Part 1 | Video | |
| 3B | Carlisle, Emily ; Roger Chabot | Just How Open is Open Access? Exposing Problematic Elements in bepress Digital Commons Discipline Taxonomy for Institutional Repositories | Abstract | Slides ; Paper |
| 4A | Kumaran, Maha ; Aditi Gupta | What is Diversity? A Conversation | Abstract | Slides |
| 4B | Harrington, Marni ; Ania Dymarz | Consultants in Academic Libraries: library literature meets the voices on the ground | Abstract | Slides |
| 4B | Ryan, Patti | Liturgies of Leadership: Examining the Conference Site as House of Worship | Abstract | |
| 5A | Dekker, Jennifer ; John Fink ; Sam Popowich | Labour, Solidarity, And Libraries | Abstract | |
| 6A | Campbell, Paul ; Heather Howard ; Wendy Girven | Narrowing the Scope: Transitioning from general librarianship to specialized subject librarians | Abstract | |
| 6A | Campbell, Paul | Narrowing the Scope: Transitioning from general librarianship to specialized subject librarians | Slides ; Paper | |
| 6A | Girven, Wendy | Narrowing the Scope: Transitioning from general librarianship to specialized subject librarians | Slides ; Paper | |
| 6A | Howard, Heather | Narrowing the Scope: Transitioning from general librarianship to specialized subject librarians | Slides ; Paper | |
| 6B | Allison-Cassin, Stacey ; Anna St. Onge | Surfacing Knowledge, Building Relationships: Indigenous Communities, ARL, and York University Libraries | Abstract | |
| 6B | Robson, Krista ; Michelle Edwards Thomson ; Victoria Cardinal-Widmark ; Lloyd Desjarlais | The Academic Librarian's Role in Supporting Indigenous Research | Abstract | Slides |
| 6C | Dowell, Meghan | Academic Freedom and the Liberal Arts Librarian | Abstract | Slides |
| 6C | Gorman, Sarah | Studying Library Studies | Abstract | |
| 6C | Ribaric, Tim | Codifying Academic Freedom: An Examination of Collective Agreements for Librarian Specific Language | Abstract | Slides |
| 7A | Carr-Wiggin, Anne ; Sheila Laroque ; Tanya Ball ; Kayla Lar-Son ; Sharon Farnel | Stepping Forward Together: Lessons from Reconciliation Projects at the University of Alberta | Abstract | Slides |
| 7B | Leibiger, Carol A. ; Alan W. Aldrich | "Michelle Obama is a man": Problematizing Authority in Today's Post-Truth, Post-Trust World | Abstract | Slides |
| 7B | Oliphant, Tami | We Are All Experts Now: The Academic Library and "Information Users" | Abstract | Slides |
| 8A | Allan, Jonathan A. ; Heather E. Tornblom | Obtaining the Unobtainable: Researcher and Librarian Collaborations for Enhancing Access to Unconventional Information Resources | Abstract | |
| 8A | Li, Yanli | Academic Status of Librarians and its Impact on Salaries | Abstract | Paper |
| 8A | Shrubsole, Jennifer | The Polytechnic Librarian: A Minority Voice in Academic Librarianship | Abstract | Slides |
| 8B | Bielka, Adam | Cold Emailing as a Research Tool | Abstract | Slides |
| 8B | Clar, Monique ; Assia Mourid ; Marie-Ève Ménard | Creating and Sustaining a Library Journal Club in a French-Language University | Abstract | Slides |
| 8B | Glisson, Lane | Teaching Humorous Accounts of Fake News - And Why They're Not So Funny | Abstract | |
| ZZ | Kumaran, Maha | The Banyan Tree and Diversity - An Analogy | Abstract |