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A review of the effects of physical therapy on self-esteem in postpartum women with lumbopelvic dysfunction
(Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC PEER REVIEWED, 2018-11)This study sought to determine the impact of physical therapy for lumbopelvic dysfunction on self-esteem in postpartum women. Systematic searches were carried out in CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, Medline (OVID), Cochrane, and ... -
Practical User Experience: Collecting, Interpreting, and Using Data From Library Users
(2019-05-02)User experience (UX) and usability testing are increasingly popular ways for libraries to collect locally relevant data to better serve our communities. However, the prospect of doing a UX study can be daunting and knowing ... -
Artist-Run Archives: Developing a digital community archive with PAVED Arts artist-run centre
(2017-03-31)This case study details my partnership with PAVED Arts, an ARC in Saskatoon, Canada dedicated to supporting photography, audio, video, electronic, and digital arts. In this presentation I discuss how we designed a usable ... -
Literature Review of Online Learning in Academic Libraries
(Chandos Publishing, 2016-10)The field of distributed learning is constantly evolving. Online technology provides instructors with the flexibility to offer meaningful instruction to students who are at a distance or in some cases right on campus, but ... -
Canadian academic librarians and the need for a systematic and comprehensive research-support model
(Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2019-06-19)Expectations for Canadian academic librarians’ research have evolved, but not all librarians have access to the support systems needed that aid and enable them to conduct and publish research. A survey was sent to librarians ... -
Changing the Canadian academic librarianship landscape through diversity among librarians
(2019-03)Background: Kumaran’s recent sabbatical project was to explore diversity and leadership in Canadian academic libraries. For this presentation at IIT, she explores and presents results from part of her qualitative survey ... -
Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous People, by Gregory Younging - Book Review
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Developing a Digital Initiatives Centre at a University Research Library
(2018-10-11)This presentation describes our experience in developing a digital initiatives centre at a large Canadian university research library. Transitioning from a largely behind the scenes and a loose collection of digital resources ... -
Research and Indigenous Librarianship in Canada
(Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2019-05-31)This thought piece provides helpful information about ethical research practices related to research involving Indigenous peoples so that academic librarians (both Indigenous and non-Indigenous) are better informed about ... -
Leadership in libraires: A focus on ethnic-minority librarians
(Woodhead Publishing, 2012-02)The efforts of ethnic-minority librarians to become leaders in Western libraries are an important topic for any librarian working towards becoming a leader, with issues such as cross-cultural leadership relevant for all ... -
Communicating Collections Cancellations to Campus: Qualitative Evidence to Inform Practice
(2019-06)Aim In recent years, academic libraries across Canada have experienced severe budgetary challenges due to de-funding, currency instability, and the unsustainable rising costs of e-resources subscriptions. All of this is ... -
Institutional and Community Collaboration to Support New Approaches to Digital Archiving: A Case Study of the University of Saskatchewan Library and PAVED Arts Artist-run Centre
(2019-06-03)Collaborations between traditional knowledge institutions and communities can have a significant impact on both partners when we look to the strengths each bring to a project rather than asking community partners to fit ... -
Unaffiliated users and access to academic library collections
(2019-06)Aim: To investigate how unaffiliated (walk-in, community) users access electronic resource collections at academic libraries. As library collections have changed from mostly physical collections to hybrid collections with ... -
Research that goes bump in the night
(2019-05-02)Have you ever started a research project only to discover it is less intriguing than you thought, or it has become unwieldy and the scope you set was inappropriate? How do you readjust a project once it is already underway? ... -
Sounds of Home: A Survey of Local Music Collection Management Practices in Canadian Libraries
(CAML Review / Revue de L’ACBM, 2019-04-20)This paper describes the findings of a national survey of local music collection managers in Canadian libraries in 2018. The survey aims to capture a snapshot of local music collection management practices by identifying ... -
Qualitative research interviewing as a method to explore local music collecting and collections in Canada
(2019-05-02)Sounds of Home brings together research on local music collecting and collections in Canada. Local music collections document music scenes, practices, or histories, which are also bounded to a delimited geographic area. ... -
Local Music in Cultural Heritage Institutions: Research from the Sounds of Home Projec
(2019-02-23)Local music collections inform national histories, represent the musical diversity of our communities, and provide evidence of musical and social developments. This presentation discusses efforts to connect local music ... -
A position of strength: The value of evidence and change management in master plan development
(Library Leadership & Management, 2018-11-29)Libraries are experiencing significant change in how space is being used as well as increasing pressure from their funding and governance bodies to demonstrate the continued need for library physical space. There is a ...