Schedule CAPAL25
conference schedule
DAY 1: Monday, June 2
9:00am-10:30am EDT (Room SJA-128)
Conference Opening & Keynote
10:30am-11:00am EDT (Room SJA-128)
Morning Break
11:00am-12:15pm EDT
Concurrent Session A
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Supporting an OER finding service and utilizing past experiences (Sarah Adams)
A peek behind the scholarly publishing curtain: Thoughts on supporting publishing literacies from a (soon-to-be) second career professional (Melissa Moreau)
Hands off my course materials! Faculty experiences of course material selection and their implications for academic libraries (Madelaine Vanderwerff, Sara Sharun)
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Is repatriation a library responsibility? (Madison Johnstone)
12:15pm-1:45pm EDT
Lunch and CAPAL AGM
12:15pm-1:45pm Lunch [served in Room SJA-809]
12:30pm-1:30pm CAPAL AGM [Room SJA-128]
1:45-3:00pm EDT
Concurrent Session B
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Can librarians with disabilities be library leaders? (Joanne Oud)
Bring your special interest to work day (every day): neurodiverging research and library outreach (Ben Mitchell)
Neoliberalism in environmental sustainability planning: Moving beyond a checked box (Marina Mikhail, Krystal Esau)
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Academic librarianship in Canada: Post-Covid perspectives in a neoliberal era (Esther Atkinson, Jennifer Dekker, James Forrester, Harriet Sonne de Torrens, Meaghan Valant)
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Climate Action in the Library: Shared goals and diverse campuses (Michael Lines, Tara Mawhinney, Aeron MacHattie)
3:00pm-3:30pm EDT
Afternoon Break
3:30pm-5:00pm EDT
Lightning Talks
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Art interventions in LIS classrooms & curriculum (Michelle Pettis, Maria Paula Vidal Valespino)
Where is the research-creation? Collecting MFA students' creative work at the University of Lethbridge (Sandra Cowan)
Listening between the lines: A poetic inquiry of library survey responses (Vanja Stojanovic)
Molding imperfection: Embracing failure in academic librarianship (Shelby Thaysen)
Leveraging your experience and those your colleagues for professional success (Christena McKillop)
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Examining concepts of power in academic libraries and imagining feminist possibilities (Monica Rettig)
Beyond boundaries: Advancing shared print across Canada with North/Nord (Katya Pereyaslavska)
From the Six to Stoon: An intersectional reflection on my journey to academic librarianship (Jessica Ye)
Approaching challenges of sessional librarians from a user experience perspective: A case of the East Asian Studies Librarian at the University of Alberta (Cheng Yin Zhu)
Thinking in systems: Bringing a systems design engineering perspective to academic librarianship (Alexandra (Allie) Landy)
Weaving a librarian's lived experience into teaching: Knowledge transfer through the lens of an immigrant information professional (Inaam Charaf)
Day 2: Tuesday, June 3
9:00am-10:15am EDT
Concurrent Session C
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Abstract, immaterial, emotional, undervalued: Interrogating trans and gender diverse labour in libraries (Magnus Berg)
EDID initiatives in the collection management practices of Canadian university libraries (Sodiq Onaolapo)
All animals are equal? Cutting across the bias -- librarians and union service work (Tim Ribaric, Carla Graebner)
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A conversation between friends: Unpacking mid-life and mid-career together (Ania Dymarz, Kate MacDonald, Monica Rettig) [Room SJA-713]
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Weaving together our own stories: Conversation space for neurodivergent academic librarians (Alison Pitcher)
10:15am-10:45am EDT
Morning Break
10:45am-12:00pm EDT
Concurrent Session D
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Stitching the gaps: Understanding changing reference service needs through student feedback (Rebekah Glendinning)
Researching in place: Designing a LibGuide for hyperlocal, interdisciplinary community problem solving (Jenna Stidwell)
Weaving worlds with words: How creative writing can strengthen academic librarianship (Helen Power)
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Voices from Fort Book: Exploring the history of austerity and technological change in Robarts Library (Jesse Carliner, Tys Klumpenhouwer)
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Neutrality in question: Weaving diverse experiences into new library values (Emily Jaeger-McEnroe)
12:00pm-1:30pm EDT
Lunch
1:30pm-2:45pm EDT
Concurrent Session E
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What’s up with textbooks? Academic publishing, ‘equitable access,’ and Alberta academic libraries (Sandra Stift, Sarah Adams, Sonya Betz, Madelaine Vanderwerff, Sara Sharun)
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Spill the tea: Gossiping and visiting as sites of resistance in academic libraries (Kisun Kim, Estelle Frank, Christian Isbister)