In
April 2020, the CHLA/ABSC Board and the 2020 Conference
Planning Committee made
the difficult decision to cancel the CHLA/ABSC 2020 conference
due to Covid-19.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all those
who submitted
abstracts for the “20/20 Vision” conference. We are so
grateful that
JCHLA/JABSC is publishing these abstracts and to celebrate all
the hard work
that was put into advancing librarianship within Canada, and
across the world.
Proposals that were accepted for the 2020 conference have
automatically been
accepted to the 2021 CHLA/ABSC Conference in Winnipeg, pending
confirmation of
participation by these presenters. We hope that all 2020
presenters choose to
share their amazing work to attendees in 2021!
Ashley
Farrell & Stephanie Sanger
CHLA/ABSC
2020 Program Co-Chairs
IW = Interactive Workshop
IW1. Communicating Value Through Strategic Alignment
Melanie Browne
Workplace Safety & Insurance Board
(WSIB)
Establishing a strong link between our
customer/client value
requirements and the major value-producing activities of the
organization that
we work for is the foundation on which the delivery of
superior customer value
is based. Information
professionals
develop opportunities in their organizations' by creating
demand. They learn to
link their products and services with the solution to their
customer's most
pressing problems. This kind of added value makes the
information professional
indispensable. This workshop will capture how to create value
statements and
value propositions for key services and stakeholders of ones
organization. To
do this, we use the formula often used by salespeople: Value X
Recognition =
INFLUENCE. Attending participants will learn to differentiate
themselves from
the competition by fitting into the organizational culture and
creating the
climate for successful implementation of an innovation
strategy. Learning
outcomes - Attendees will learn how to construct value
propositions and become
more effective in realizing the potential of the proposition
in gaining
influence in one's institution. Attendees will learn how to
raise their profile
in their organization's and provide better services targeted
to their unique
audiences. Target
audience - Anyone who
has ever had to or is interested in marketing and strategy.
The key objectives
of this course will allow information professionals to enhance
their personal
brand in the organization. Workshop description - Interactive
with hands on
exercises. Interactivity includes case studies, exercises and
learning tools!
IW2.
Making an Impact: A Primer on Measuring
and Providing Service on Research Assessment
Thane Chambers & Janice Kung
University of Alberta
Measuring research impact is important to the
academic community.
Librarians are often asked to provide guidance and support in
this area, but
for librarians who haven't had the opportunity for formal
bibliometric
training, providing this service can be overwhelming and
scary. If you've ever
asked yourself any of the following questions: What is the h
index exactly? Why
are researchers obsessed with journal impact factors? Which
bibliometric
measures should I be using? Or should I even be using them?
And what exactly do
they measure anyway? Then this workshop is for you. Learning
Outcomes:
Understanding of the most common research indicators, what
they measure, and
how and when to use them appropriately. Best practices around
data
visualization for bibliometric measures and some tools that
can be used. How to
use research indicators to create an impact story. Guidelines
on the
appropriate use of research impact indicators. The active
learning components
in this session will involve: Each member will work through a
research impact
analysis for a researcher. They will need to retrieve and
analyze various data
to highlight the researcher's impact. At the end of the
workshop, participants
will present their analysis to the other participants. This
work will be
entirely hands on and will involve working with a partner for
parts of it.
Participants will work together to resolve problems. We will
solicit feedback
from students on this work as the workshop progresses. There
will be a variety
of small and large group discussions.
IW3.
Practical Approaches to Research Data Management
in a Health Sciences Context
Kevin Read
University of Saskatchewan
Description: This interactive workshop will
introduce
practical approaches to research data management through
participation in a
case study exercise using mock research data. Taking on the
role of a research
team member, participants will be asked to locate datasets
from a collection of
poorly managed study data, and subsequently improve the
management and
reproducibility of these datasets. Data management best
practices will be
introduced before and after each exercise. This workshop is
designed for
librarians interested in learning about the hands-on
challenges researchers
face when locating and managing research data, and applying
best practices to
improve the management and reproducibility of research data
within this
context. Level of Session: Introductory to intermediate.
Audience: Librarians
interested in gaining hands on experience managing research
data to inform how
to participate in, or implement data services at their own
institution.
Learning Outcomes: Articulate the complexities of data
management in a research
context, apply data management best practices to a research
study use case, develop
a data inventory for a research project, locate gold standard
examples of data
management and sharing practices for use in library trainings
or consultations.
Evaluation methods: Participants will be asked to locate
particular datasets as
part of the case study and submit a data inventory for the
case study's
research data that follows data management best practices.
Participants will
also be asked to list the characteristics of what constitutes
"gold
standard" data management to help them identify relevant
examples they can
use within their own institutional environment.
IW4:
#1Lib1Ref: Increase the Reliability of the
World's Largest Encyclopedia One Reference at a Time
Denise Smith¹ & Erin Johnson²
¹McMaster University & ²Western
University
Libraries
Description: Building on the global #1Lib1Ref
campaign, this
workshop will increase Wikipedia contributions from health
librarians or
library technicians attending CHLA2020. Participants will
learn about the
history of collaboration between libraries, health education,
and Wikipedia.
Each participant will leave the workshop having added at least
two good sources
to Wikipedia's health pages using their information searching
and appraisal
expertise, thus improving the verifiability of health-related
information in
Wikipedia. Level: Beginner (no editing experience) to advanced
(very
experienced). Target Audience: Health/medical librarians or
library
technicians; educators in health or medicine. Learning
outcomes: Participants
will leave this workshop with an understanding of: the history
of collaboration
between libraries and Wikimedia projects; the utility of
Wikipedia as an
educational tool in health education and libraries; the
verifiability rule in
Wikipedia (health-specific), and; how to add citations to
Wikipedia articles.
Methods of interactivity: Presenters will walk participants
through adding one
pre-selected citation to a relevant Wikipedia article. Following, in small
groups, participants will
select a health or medical article in Wikipedia that has at
least one
{{citation needed}} tag. They will search for and add one
high-quality,
reliable source to the article. The presenters will be
prepared with a list of
articles in need of reliable citations in advance of the
workshop. Evaluation
methods: Each citation will be tagged with #1Lib1Ref.
Cumulative contributions
will be tracked using a project dashboard. The workshop will
conclude with
conversation between participants about and their reflections
on the procedure
and practice of editing Wikipedia.