The BC Research Libraries Group (BCRLG)
The BCRLG is a ‘partnership with SFU, UVic, UBC and UNBC to program a Speaker Series that supports scholarship, fosters learning and brings awareness to our respective communities on emerging issues in the information landscape‘. The next BC Research Libraries Group Lecture Series’ event will be happening on Wednesday, June 27th in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at the University of British Columbia. The BCRLG is proud to present the following two speakers:
Caroline Haythornthwaite, Director, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies at the University of British Columbia
AND
Louise Spiteri, Director of the School of Information Management, Dalhousie University
“Libraries and library roles are undergoing rapid transformation in the 21stcentury. In the face of such enormous change, some libraries are choosing non-library trained professionals to fill key new roles. Others are looking to non-library professional programs to help train library professionals in new roles. While others are demanding library education change immediately to meet the demands for new skill sets required for new library positions. Two innovative esteemed Canadian Library School Directors will speak to the many challenges facing library and information professional programs in preparing library and information professionals for 21st century roles.”
To register for this free event and learn more about the speakers, be sure to visit the BCRLG website at: http://blogs.ubc.ca/bcrlglectures/2012/06/11/breathing-new-life-into-the-profession-lis-education-in-the-21st-century/.
Did you know?
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS) has a cIRcle community at: https://circle.ubc.ca/handle/2429/588 with these three collections: SLAIS Faculty, SLAIS Research Days, and SLAIS Students. The top item in the SLAIS cIRcle community is entitled, “What is user engagement? A conceptual framework for defining user engagement with technology”. It has been viewed from countries such as Australia, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, and others. Take a moment to view it in cIRcle at: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/24466 today.
Above image and partial excerpt in italics are courtesy of the BCRLG blog site at: http://blogs.ubc.ca/bcrlglectures/.