7:45am CDT
8:30am CDT
PLSB Pre-Conference Session
Moderators
Municipal Library Consultant, Government of Manitoba
DW
Regional Library Consultant, Public Library Services
Speakers
Administrator, Flin Flon Public Library
After leaving her small home town in Southern Manitoba, Courtney went on to pursue Bachelor Degrees in music and education as well as a diploma in photojournalism. She completed her MLIS at Western University in 2016. Her past experience as a music teacher and photographer is used...
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Professional Lifestyle Coach, Jessica Dumas Coaching & Training
Public Services Librarian, National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS)
Sabina Iseli-Otto is the Public Service Librarian with the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS). She works with librarians to help match books in accessible formats to the people with print disabilities who want to read them. If you call the NNELS help line, chances...
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Regional Sales Manager, EBSCO Publishing
Sports, Travel, Restaurants, Family
Section Head, Special Services Department, Millennium Library, Winnipeg Public Library
Facilities Consultant, Community Places Program, Province of Manitoba
With thirty years of experience dealing with all manner of buildings, Community Places Program provides whole building consultations including Accessibility Reviews designed to aid in making the physical building more accessible in a manner designed to ease the financial implications...
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Head Librarian, Bibliothèque Allard Regional Library
I became the Head Librarian in 2013 after serving as the Assistant Librarian for 5 years. I love to learn and seek out new ways to make our library impactful in our community. Webinars have been a huge help for me to look outside the box on how to do this. Check out our Annual...
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Outreach Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Head Librarian, Victoria Municipal LIbrary
MW
Winnipeg Public Library
Monique Woroniak writes and is a frequent presenter in the areas of community development and anti-racist approaches to service delivery—specifically, the ways organizations can responsibly support and learn from Indigenous voices. She has played a central role in advancing Indigenous–focused...
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9:00am CDT
Library Policy: Making the Lynx
Speakers
CEO/Librarian, Rainy River Public Library
Michael Dawber has worked in the library field since 1997. A graduate of Ontario's EXCEL and Advanced EXCEL library management programs, Michael has experience at five public library systems around Ontario. He has also supervised a special library in the public health sector. In 2011...
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Wednesday May 30, 2018 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
St. Vital
9:00am CDT
Working With Copyright(s) Workshop
Speakers
Scholarly Communications & Copyright Librarian, University of Winnipeg
Brianne Selman is the Scholarly Communications and Copyright Librarian at University of Winnipeg. Brianne provides key research supports including Open Access advising, copyright advising, and publication support. Her research interests include research about research, music and copyright...
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Wednesday May 30, 2018 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Tuxedo
9:00am CDT
Accessibility in Libraries: Moving Beyond Compliance
Moderators AB
Manitoba Director, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
Alan Bridgeman is a final year Computer Science student at the University of Manitoba. He is very active in the accessibility movement including holding positions with the Manitoba League of Persons with Disabilities (MLPD), National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS...
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Library Director, Library Services
Kerry Macdonald is the Director of Library Services at Red River College where she is fortunate to work with a fantastic team. She graduated in 2004 with a Master of Library & Information Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario. She has worked in a number of academic...
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Speakers
Executive Director, Centre for Equitable Library Access
Michael Ciccone has over 20 years of public library leadership experience, managing collections, technical services, historical collections, web presence, and data gathering and analysis. In addition to his role as Executive Director of CELA , he is a member of the eBound Canada board...
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Executive Director, Disabilities Issues Office
Yutta Fricke is the Executive Director of the provincial Disabilities Issues Office (DIO). The DIO's current priority is the development and implementation of standards under
The Accessibility for Manitobans Act. Yutta started working in the area of disability in 1989, when she became the Development Program Director of Disabled People’s International (DPI). She left DPI in 1999 to raise two daughters while working as an independent consultant. Yutta started working for the Manitoba Go...
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Public Services Librarian, National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS)
Sabina Iseli-Otto is the Public Service Librarian with the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS). She works with librarians to help match books in accessible formats to the people with print disabilities who want to read them. If you call the NNELS help line, chances...
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Senior Digital Accessibility Consultant and Trainer, Access Changes Everything Inc.
Lisa Snider is the Senior Consultant and Trainer in her company, Access Changes Everything.Since 1999, Lisa’s passion in life has been to make the digital world more accessible for people with disabilities in different North American settings and contexts. She shares this knowledge...
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Wednesday May 30, 2018 9:00am - 4:00pm CDT
Kildonan
12:00pm CDT
1:00pm CDT
4:00pm CDT
4:00pm CDT
7:30am CDT
7:45am CDT
9:00am CDT
Welcoming Remarks
Limited Capacity seats available
Speakers
Acting Head, Sciences Division, University of Manitoba Libraries
I work in the Sciences and Technology Library on the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba located in Winnipeg, Canada.
Youth Services Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
I started working in public libraries when I was 15 and was never quite able to stay away. Originally from Thompson, Manitoba, I received my B.A.H in English Literature from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and completed my Masters of Library and Information Management at...
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9:30am CDT
Opening Keynote: Save Saskatchewan’s Libraries
Speakers
Founder, Save Saskatchewan Libraries
Christine Freethy is the executive director of a regional food security non-profit. She was previously a domestic violence and crisis counsellor, and won a gold medal in child welfare research. Raised in a very impoverished Francophone family with only 6 books, including “la Bible...
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Glen is a former rural branch Librarian - and was the only male rural library clerk in Lakeland Library Region! Some of his past employment includes various jobs in the oil patch, welding and farm labour. He is a voracious lifelong reader and met his wife because he wrote a letter...
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10:00am CDT
10:30am CDT
10:30am CDT
10:45am CDT
Merging Libraries: A Manitoba Perspective
Speakers CC
Director of Library Services, South Central Regional Library
We are going through a review process and are asking ourselves 'Why should people care about the library?" and how do we get them to care.
DW
Regional Library Consultant, Public Library Services
Thursday May 31, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
Kildonan
10:45am CDT
Book Club Kits for Sharing
Speakers
Head Librarian, Jake Epp Library
Book Club Kits, anything Librarian related. British mystery books.
Thursday May 31, 2018 10:45am - 11:45am CDT
St. Vital
10:45am CDT
10:45am CDT
Sharing Stories – The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Storytelling Project
Speakers
Community Services Librarian, Wapiti Regional Library
Lindsay is the Community Services Library for Wapiti Regional Library in Saskatchewan. She represents Wapiti on the Library Services for Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples committee, which coordinates the annual Saskatchewan Aboriginal Peoples Storytelling month.
11:45am CDT
Lunch and TD Summer Reading Club Library Awards Presentation
Speakers LF
Program Manager ,TD Summer Reading Club, Library and Archives Canada
Since 2007, Lianne Fortin has been the Program Manager of the TD Summer Reading Club for Library and Archives Canada. She works in partnership with Toronto Public Library, and over 2000 participating libraries across Canada who offer the program and are encouraging kids to read all...
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Thursday May 31, 2018 11:45am - 12:45pm CDT
Assiniboine
12:45pm CDT
Deliver an Amazing TD Summer Reading Club Program at Your Library!
Speakers LF
Program Manager ,TD Summer Reading Club, Library and Archives Canada
Since 2007, Lianne Fortin has been the Program Manager of the TD Summer Reading Club for Library and Archives Canada. She works in partnership with Toronto Public Library, and over 2000 participating libraries across Canada who offer the program and are encouraging kids to read all...
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Manager, TD Summer Reading Club, Toronto Public Library
Jessica Roy is the Toronto Public Library Manager of the TD Summer Reading Club national program. She works in partnership with Library and Archives Canada, and the 2000 participating libraries, to keep kids across Canada reading all summer long.
12:45pm CDT
Social Media Outreach in Libraries
Moderators
Learning & Instruction Support Librarian, University of Manitoba
Sarah Clark is the Learning & Instruction Support Librarian and has been part of the University of Manitoba Libraries since 2012. Her current research focuses on students’ experiences in post-discipline education and librarians' roles in providing citation instruction.
Speakers
Assessment & Communications Librarian, University of Winnipeg
Proud Slytherin. I like data, design, and irreverent personalities.
Director of Library Services, Western Manitoba Regional Library
Director of Library Services
Architecture & Humanities Librarian, University of Manitoba
JW
Social Sciences Librarian, University of Manitoba
Establishing a program of OER support, libraries, knitting, veggie gardening.
Thursday May 31, 2018 12:45pm - 1:45pm CDT
Kildonan
12:45pm CDT
Library Archetypes; The Changing Role of Library Design in the Digital Era
Speakers
Architect & Associate, LM Architectural Group
I am an Architect and Associate with LM Architectural Group. I have an adoration with design and drawing and try daily to incorporate those activities into my professional and personal life which in many ways is very much the same. I am very passionate about public, cultural and...
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Shelly is an Associate and Professional Interior Designer with diverse project experience routed in the firm’s corporate, hospitality and education sectors, specifically playing a key role within LM’s Education Team. She is directly involved in the marketing and promotion of the...
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12:45pm CDT
1:45pm CDT
2:00pm CDT
Journal Club For Library Workers
Speakers
University of Manitoba, University of Manitoba
Grace Romund has been working as a librarian at the University of Manitoba for four years, first as a health sciences librarian and now as liaison librarian at the Sciences & Technology Library. Her research interests include university student information needs and information seeking...
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RDM Librarian, University of Manitoba
Thursday May 31, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Kildonan
2:00pm CDT
Renewal of the National Union Catalogue
Speakers
Director, Library and Archives of Canada
Diane Beattie has over 25 years of experience in the field of library and archival management. Diane is currently Director, Description Division at Library and Archives Canada. Her Division is responsible for the creation of metadata for library holdings, the National Union Catalogue...
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2:00pm CDT
Summer Reading Club
Speakers DD
Director, South Interlake Regional Library
Darlene has been the Director of South Interlake Regional Library for 15 years. With a background in accounting and business management she has gained a reputation for being an expert in accessing grants to carry out library and community projects.
Teulon Branch Librarian, South Interlake Regional Library
I am very creative and love making things, I also love watching children create and learn new things. The best part of being a librarian is the programming we do, I like to think of new ways to challenge young and old to try new things and succeed.
PP
Bookmobile Librarian, South Interlake Regional Library
JR
Stonewall Branch Librarian, South Interlake Regional Library
2:00pm CDT
Examining The Oral History Writing Process through the Lens of Redemption: Stories of Hope, Resilience and Life After Gangs
Moderators
Branch Head Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Alix-Rae Stefanko is a Branch Head Librarian for Winnipeg Public Library (St. Vital) where she is responsible for the oversight and management of the branch facility including its programs, services, and collections as well as leadership of staff. She is actively involved with the...
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Speakers
Author
Oral history writer, volunteer, prairie girl. Writing the resilient stories of the disempowered to give hope and encouragement to all. The Lucky Ones: African Refugees Stories of Extraordinary Courage (2013), Redemption: Stories of Hope, Resilience and Life After Gangs (2017). Her...
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Thursday May 31, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
St. Vital
3:00pm CDT
3:00pm CDT
CFLA-FCAB: Canada’s National Voice for Libraries
Speakers
CFLA-FCAB Chair & Deputy Library Director RPL, Regina Public Library
Julie is the Chair of the CFLA-FCAB Board of Directors and also serves as the Manitoba and Saskatchewan representative. Julie joined Regina Public Library as the Deputy Library Director in 2007. She oversees all public services, including those delivered through the Dunlop Art Gallery...
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Branch Head Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Alix-Rae Stefanko is a Branch Head Librarian for Winnipeg Public Library (St. Vital) where she is responsible for the oversight and management of the branch facility including its programs, services, and collections as well as leadership of staff. She is actively involved with the...
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3:00pm CDT
3:00pm CDT
3:00pm CDT
3:00pm CDT
Tinlids Top 10 Children’s and YA books for 2018
Speakers MM
Owner, Tinlids
I am the owner of Tinlids, a Canadian wholesaler of books for kids and teens. I love talking about books, especially picture books, graphic novels and fiction. We support all publishers, and also have a strong focus on Canadian and Indigenous books.
3:00pm CDT
Experience of Working from Your Library Technician Degree to your MLIS
Speakers
Acting Head, Sciences Division, University of Manitoba Libraries
I work in the Sciences and Technology Library on the Fort Garry campus of the University of Manitoba located in Winnipeg, Canada.
Library Technician, Seven Oaks School Division
I will be offering a slightly different perspective to this conversation as I have a Master of Library and Information Science but am currently employed as a Library Technician. I completed my MLIS in 2013 at the University of Western Ontario. As part of my MLIS education, I earned...
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Librarian, University of Manitoba
Library Director, Library Services
Kerry Macdonald is the Director of Library Services at Red River College where she is fortunate to work with a fantastic team. She graduated in 2004 with a Master of Library & Information Sciences degree from the University of Western Ontario. She has worked in a number of academic...
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Thursday May 31, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
St. Vital
3:00pm CDT
3:00pm CDT
4:15pm CDT
4:30pm CDT
4:30pm CDT
4:30pm CDT
5:30pm CDT
7:30am CDT
7:45am CDT
9:00am CDT
Making Mental Health A Priority
Speakers
Manager of Library Services, Winnipeg Public Library
I've worked at Winnipeg Public Library in a variety of roles for over 30 years, most recently as Manager of Library Services. I feel that public libraries serve the public good because they connect us to ideas, to resources for learning, creating and playing and they connect us to...
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Senior Labour Relations Offcer, City of Winnipeg
Over my career I have had the privilege and experience of working in the field of human rights related to employment and provision of services. I enjoy human rights as legislation and case law is every evolving.I love debating human rights and am always happy to discuss human rights...
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Branch Head Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
I am the Branch Head Librarian of the Sir William Stephenson Library. I love working with collections for better promotion and display. Finding new and unique ways for customers to find and interact with collections is something I live for.Ask me about Sir William's Tell Us What...
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Program Director, Mood Disorders Association
I have been involved with the Mood Disorders Association for seven years. I helped create, and deliver one of the most comprehensive Peer Support training programs in Manitoba.
9:00am CDT
Beyond the library desk: Outreach opportunities in academic integrity
Speakers CM
Education Quality Assurance Specialist, Assiniboine Community College
Caitlin is an Education Quality Assurance Specialist at Assiniboine Community College in Brandon, Manitoba. Caitlin is an adult educator and Ontario Certified Teacher who holds a BA (Honours)/B.Ed. Concurrent and Master of Education (thesis). Caitlin’s experience spans the elementary...
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Manager, Library Services, Assiniboine Community College
Friday June 1, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
St. Vital
9:00am CDT
9:00am CDT
Sensory Story Times: Inclusive Programming for Children
Speakers
Assistant Branch Head, Winnipeg Public Library
I’m a lifelong lover of literature and alliteration. I went my first public library when I was five, and I’ve never looked back since. Chief among my superpowers is the ability to create a never-ending reading list and to talk about books and literacy, anywhere, anytime, to anyone...
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10:00am CDT
10:00am CDT
10:00am CDT
10:30am CDT
10:30am CDT
Community Connections Through Creative Writing
Speakers
Administrator, Flin Flon Public Library
After leaving her small home town in Southern Manitoba, Courtney went on to pursue Bachelor Degrees in music and education as well as a diploma in photojournalism. She completed her MLIS at Western University in 2016. Her past experience as a music teacher and photographer is used...
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Writing and Publishing Program Consultant, Manitoba Arts Council
I run the Public Readings By Manitoba Writers Program at the Manitoba Arts Council. If you are interested in having professional Manitoba writers come to your library to do a reading or a series of readings, talk to me.
Director of Library Services, Western Manitoba Regional Library
Director of Library Services
Winnipeg Public Library
Danielle Pilon is the Section Head of Reader Services at the Winnipeg Public Library. She has organized creative writing programs for the public ranging from open mic sessions to all-day conferences and has administered the WPL Writer-in-Residence program for several years. She is...
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Poet, Winnipeg Public Library Writer in Residence
Creative writing: workshops, publishing, mentorship, community.
Friday June 1, 2018 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
St. Vital
10:30am CDT
LGBT2SQ+ Inclusive Library Services
Speakers
Collections Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Pharaoh Moans is one of Winnipeg’s most fearless and androgynous drag performers. Her drag is a mesh of several different influences from eighties punk, 90s club kids, and contemporary high fashion. She is most comfortable in the grey areas of gender and performance. Pharaoh Moans...
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Outreach Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
I'm passionate about my community, harm reduction and providing accessible and relevant information.
10:30am CDT
Save Saskatchewan Libraries - In the Social Media Trenches. How to Engage and Win
Speakers
Founder, Save Saskatchewan Libraries
Christine Freethy is the executive director of a regional food security non-profit. She was previously a domestic violence and crisis counsellor, and won a gold medal in child welfare research. Raised in a very impoverished Francophone family with only 6 books, including “la Bible...
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Glen is a former rural branch Librarian - and was the only male rural library clerk in Lakeland Library Region! Some of his past employment includes various jobs in the oil patch, welding and farm labour. He is a voracious lifelong reader and met his wife because he wrote a letter...
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Save Saskatchewan Libraries
Brennan developed a deep appreciation for libraries in his youth when he realized that in addition to books, the library had comics and movies. Requiring a steady stream of comics, he saw it as unnecessary to own each one. In the days of dial-up, he found the library to be one of...
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Save Saskatchewan Libraries
During Sarah's childhood and youth, the library was her safe space. Through access to information, the library provided her with a means to escape. She worked as a public service library assistant not only because of her love of books, music, and film, but also because it is an invaluable...
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Friday June 1, 2018 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Kildonan
11:00am CDT
Postcards: Pixels to the People
Speakers
Information and Virtual Services Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
Talk to me about: digitization projects, technology, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, existential risks, 3D printing, or low hanging library and/or local history visualization fruit.
Virtual Services Technician, Winnipeg Public Library
11:30am CDT
11:30am CDT
11:30am CDT
11:30am CDT
12:00pm CDT
1:00pm CDT
Do We Actually Have to Travel to Learn About This? How Libraries in Manitoba Have Been Offering Virtual Presentations to Library Clients & Staff
Moderators
Head of Outreach Services, University of Manitoba
Orvie is the Head of Outreach Services at the University of Manitoba’s Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, and provides and coordinates library services to regional health authorities in Manitoba. She has served as President of the Canadian Health Libraries Association and...
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Speakers
WRHA Liaison Librarian, University of Manitoba
Maureen Babb is a liaison librarian for the newly established WRHA Virtual Library at the Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library. Prior to this, she was the MHIKNET librarian for Manitoba Health. A recent graduate of the University of Alberta’s MLIS program, she completed her...
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Kivalliq Librarian, University of Manitoba
RDM Librarian, University of Manitoba
1:00pm CDT
Libraries and Podcasts: The Winnipeg Public Library Experience
Speakers
Branch Head Librarian, Winnipeg Public Library
AC
Librarian -- Branch Head, Winnipeg Public Library
IdeaMILL Assistant, Winnipeg Public Library
I'm the audio 'engineer' and producer for Winnipeg Public Library's Time To Read podcast - I am responsible for setting up the audio equipment, recording the show, producing the music, editing everything together, and handing over the mp3 file at the end so it can be published to...
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Winnipeg Public Library & Manitoba Library Association- Prison Libraries Committee
Talk to me about the Prison Libraries Committee!
Friday June 1, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Kildonan
1:00pm CDT
Life in a Northern Town: The Rewards and Challenges of Library Service Delivery North of the 53rd
Moderators
Past Chair, Manitoba Library Trustees Association
Speakers
Administrator, Flin Flon Public Library
After leaving her small home town in Southern Manitoba, Courtney went on to pursue Bachelor Degrees in music and education as well as a diploma in photojournalism. She completed her MLIS at Western University in 2016. Her past experience as a music teacher and photographer is used...
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Administrator, Thompson Public Library
Library Administrator, The Pas Regional Library
1:00pm CDT
SNAP: Meeting students needs with a large-scale multi-site finals week event.
Speakers
University of Manitoba, University of Manitoba
Grace Romund has been working as a librarian at the University of Manitoba for four years, first as a health sciences librarian and now as liaison librarian at the Sciences & Technology Library. Her research interests include university student information needs and information seeking...
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Social Sciences Librarian, University of Manitoba
Establishing a program of OER support, libraries, knitting, veggie gardening.
Friday June 1, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
St. Vital
2:00pm CDT
CELA and Bookshare: Partnering to Serve Manitobans with Print Disabilities
Speakers
Executive Director, Centre for Equitable Library Access
Michael Ciccone has over 20 years of public library leadership experience, managing collections, technical services, historical collections, web presence, and data gathering and analysis. In addition to his role as Executive Director of CELA , he is a member of the eBound Canada board...
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Friday June 1, 2018 2:00pm - 2:30pm CDT
Kildonan
2:00pm CDT
2:00pm CDT
2:00pm CDT
2:30pm CDT
2:45pm CDT
2:45pm CDT
2:45pm CDT
Making the Most of NNELS (National Network for Equitable Library Service)
Speakers
Public Services Librarian, National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS)
Sabina Iseli-Otto is the Public Service Librarian with the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS). She works with librarians to help match books in accessible formats to the people with print disabilities who want to read them. If you call the NNELS help line, chances...
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Friday June 1, 2018 2:45pm - 3:15pm CDT
St. Vital
2:45pm CDT
3:30pm CDT
Closing Keynote: Fake News, Real Consequences
Speakers
Media Editor, BuzzFeed News
Craig Silverman is an award-winning author and journalist and one of the world's leading experts on online misinformation, fake news, and content verification. He is the media editor of BuzzFeed News where he leads a global beat covering platforms, online misinformation, and fake...
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