H. Samson, J. Hartel, K. Latham, B. Tench, Hailey Siracky, R. Chabot
{"title":"Finding Sanctuary and Strength in the LIS Classroom","authors":"H. Samson, J. Hartel, K. Latham, B. Tench, Hailey Siracky, R. Chabot","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1205","url":null,"abstract":"In the spirit of contemplative pedagogy, this panel introduces The Tree of Contemplative Practices – a graphic representation that helps educators and students to understand the main principles and seven major types of contemplative practices. Using the Tree as a framework, enthusiasts can learn contemplative practices in a systematic, secular, and bespoke manner. Sequentially, the moderator and presenters will: 1) Encapsulate their commitment to contemplative pedagogy; 2) Recount an application of The Tree of Contemplative Practices in their teaching; and 3) Demonstrate several of the Tree’s major limbs (e.g. generative) and branches (e.g. loving-kindness meditation).","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"9 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114109737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Decolonization and Reconciliation Work in Public Libraries: An Analysis of Strategic Plans","authors":"Dinesh Rathi","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1204","url":null,"abstract":"The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada report provides valuable guidance and critical foundation on decolonization and reconciliation in Canada. Public institutions including universities and libraries have affirmed their commitment towards reconciliation and decolonization by undertaking initiatives and establishing both short- and long-term goals. This research examines strategic plans posted on the organizational websites of nine Canadian public library systems operating in cities with significant Indigenous population. The findings suggest that different library systems made varying levels of explicit and/or implicit commitment towards reconciliation and decolonization.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132965177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Songs from Overseas: Music Downloading as a Marker of Migration","authors":"Matthew Woolhous, Dan Tidhar","doi":"10.29173/cais1188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1188","url":null,"abstract":"Findings from the Digital Music Lab in Association with Nokia at McMaster University are reported. Diasporas and migration patterns are studied by comparing the popularity of genres in their “mother” country, i.e. place of origin, with their popularity in subsequent host countries. The human stories that underlie these comparisons, whether related to work, war, famine, or simply the desire to “seek a better life” are, where possible, linked to the research findings.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127743238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Forked Times: Documenting “Ordinary Time” in Everyday Life","authors":"Pamela J. McKenzie","doi":"10.29173/cais1116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1116","url":null,"abstract":"“Ordinary” time is commonly defined as time that is neither holidays nor emergencies, which suggests that “ordinary time” events are routine rather than singular. An analysis of how people document events in “ordinary” time, however, shows that the stream of “ordinary” time has multiple forks; that ordinary does not necessarily mean predictable, and that both vacations and emergencies could, in certain circumstances, take on the character of routine rather than singular events.\u0000Le temps «ordinaire» est généralement défini comme un temps qui n'est ni des vacances ni des urgences, ce qui suggère que les événements «ordinaires» sont routiniers plutôt que singuliers. Une analyse de la manière dont les gens documentent les événements en temps «ordinaire» montre cependant que le flux du temps «ordinaire» a plusieurs fourchettes; cet ordinaire ne signifie pas nécessairement prévisible et que les vacances et les urgences pourraient, dans certaines circonstances, prendre le caractère d'événements routiniers plutôt que singuliers.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122248593","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aging, Every-day Information and Technology Use","authors":"Isto Huvila","doi":"10.29173/cais1124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/cais1124","url":null,"abstract":"Information and information technology use shows age-related patterns. This presentation outlines a approach of age-related trajectories of how information and technology use surface as challenges during the life-course of individuals based on trajectories of relative exposure to different types of information technologies and information that unfold as real options in everyday-life.\u0000Les usages de l'information et des technologies de l'information affichent des tendances liées à l'age. Cet article présente comment différentes pratiques informationnelles émergent au cours de la vie des individus et sont liées à l'exposition à différents types d'information et de technologies et à des options réelles de la vie de tous les jours.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125172377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Canada’s Health Data Repositories: Challenges of Organization, Discoverability and Access","authors":"Ali Shiri, Gail M. Thornton","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1111","url":null,"abstract":"Evidence-based medicine relies on health data. Open health data initiatives need to be supported with data repositories that are optimized for searchability and discoverability. Five Canadian open health data repositories were evaluated for metadata-based searching, browsing, and navigational functionalities. In the different national, provincial and institutional open data repositories evaluated, the preliminary findings reveal the variability in these functionalities. This research will contribute to the development of guidelines and best practices for implementing metadata and searching and browsing functionalities for open health data repositories that will ultimately lead to a more interoperable open health data environment.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116518281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rerouting Google Maps: drawing- and performance-based methods in action","authors":"R. Noone","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1108","url":null,"abstract":"The following paper outlines an arts-based research project that uses drawing and performance to critically examine the perceptual conditions generated by locative media, specifically the dominant Google Maps platform. The research is based on a series of wayfinding encounters in four major urban centres—Toronto, ON, New York, NY, London, UK, and Amsterdam, NL—during which the artist-researcher asked passers-by for directions with the additional request the directions be drawn using the instruments provided. The paper considers the street-level behaviours and practices of location-awareness and orientation set against the constructions of trust, seamlessness, and claim to space Google Maps deploys.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122009080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“It Feels Like Engaging With a Friend”: Using Interpersonal Communication Strategies to Encourage Science Conversations With Lay Audiences on Social Media","authors":"Curtis Martin, B. MacDonald","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1094","url":null,"abstract":"Social media offer the potential to facilitate two-way conversations needed for effective science communication; however, research communicators often struggle to reach lay audiences on these media. In this study, the Twitter and Instagram activity of four individual scientists in North America and Europe, acting as recognized science communicators, was compared with the activity of three marine-focused non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly paying attention to the strategies that encourage audience engagement in two-way conversations. The results show that a combination of interpersonal communication strategies can have an important effect on the level of lay user engagement in two-way conversations over time.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129346635","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julia F. Guy, Michael B. McNally, Kris Joseph, A. Sheppard, A. Wakaruk
{"title":"Strengths and Limitations of Open Educational Resources to Advance Copyright Literacy","authors":"Julia F. Guy, Michael B. McNally, Kris Joseph, A. Sheppard, A. Wakaruk","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1110","url":null,"abstract":"The proposed paper explores challenges associated with the creation of open educational resources (OER) for Canadian copyright education. Tensions include modeling best practices for open content licensing in copyright-related material, balancing narrative engagement with precise information on a complex subject, creating content for multiple audiences, and the use of open tools for the creation of accessible, adaptable materials. This case study outlines tactics for addressing these tensions, such as balancing a commitment to openness with a focus on engagement, discovery of easy-to-use multimedia tools for adding interactivity, and embracing perspectives outside legal and academic experts during content creation.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130555105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information in Pursuit of the \"Good Death\": Libraries’ Role in the Death Positivity Movement","authors":"R. Chabot","doi":"10.29173/CAIS1112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29173/CAIS1112","url":null,"abstract":"The Death Positivity Movement (DPM) is a recent social and activist movement seeking to change the North American “culture of silence” surrounding death and dying. Seeking to engage with the conference theme of “conversations across boundaries,” this presentation presents arguments as to why libraries should be involved in the movement and also outlines more specifically actions that they can take to be involved. In this presentation, a short introduction to the DPM will be provided, followed by a brief discussion of the concept of the “good death”. Arguments will then be made explaining why libraries should be involved in the DPM and then the last section explores more specifically how libraries can be involved through collection development, community assistance and programming.","PeriodicalId":102465,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123747859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}