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A presentation to the IT and Advanced Networks Symposium, May 8-9, 2006, Simon Fraser University
Author: Copeland, Lynn
Date created: 2006-05-08
Presented at the World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society"
20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea
"Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society"
20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea
Author: Copeland, Lynn
Date created: 2006-09-26
Presentation to the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries, March 15, 2007, Vancouver
Author: Copeland, Lynn
Date created: 2007-03-19
On November 2, 2009, the Geoffrey R. Weller Library at UNBC embarked on a Strategic Planning Process through which to dream its
new vision as ?Research Library? to support UNBC as a research intensive university.
To facilitate the Library?s evolution, a Strategic Planning Kick Start Event, was held.
The day?s events included morning presentations by University Librarians from the University of British Columbia, University of
Victoria, Simon Fraser University and University of Guelph - each of whom provided a unique insight into their Library?s
successful academic evolution and what it actually means to be a ?Research Library?.
Mike Ridley (U Guelph CIO and University Librarian) talked about what it means to be a research library. Marnie Swanson (UVIC University Librarian) talked about the link between teaching-learning and research (the Learning Commons). Lynn Copeland's presentation was about e-learning, e-research and scholarly communication and Ingrid Parent (UBC University Librarian) spoke about the role of the library in the global community.
new vision as ?Research Library? to support UNBC as a research intensive university.
To facilitate the Library?s evolution, a Strategic Planning Kick Start Event, was held.
The day?s events included morning presentations by University Librarians from the University of British Columbia, University of
Victoria, Simon Fraser University and University of Guelph - each of whom provided a unique insight into their Library?s
successful academic evolution and what it actually means to be a ?Research Library?.
Mike Ridley (U Guelph CIO and University Librarian) talked about what it means to be a research library. Marnie Swanson (UVIC University Librarian) talked about the link between teaching-learning and research (the Learning Commons). Lynn Copeland's presentation was about e-learning, e-research and scholarly communication and Ingrid Parent (UBC University Librarian) spoke about the role of the library in the global community.
Author: Copeland, Lynn
Date created: 2009-11-24
Paper and powerpoint presentation
Author: Eberle-Sinatra, Michael, Author: Copeland, Lynn, Author: Devakos, Rea
Date created: 2008-06-27
A visual artist who grew up in Vancouver’s Chinatown, Gwen Boyle’s work explores movement, history, and place. The granddaughter of a Pender Street jeweller, Gwen draws inspiration from the sights and sounds of her childhood — the clinking of beads on an abacus, the hammering of jade, the melting of gold. Gwen is in conversation with host Am Johal about experiences from her Chinatown upbringing. She shares what led her to pursue a lifelong career in art, and her fascination with the Arctic. She also speaks to some of her particular works, including the public art installation, “Abacus (Suan Phan),” an interactive sculpture symbolic of “merchants and old social fabric of Shanghai Alley and Chinatown.”
Author: Gwen Boyle, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-10-29
Am Johal is joined by Derek Woods, an assistant professor of Media Studies at the University of British Columbia. They discuss Derek’s intersecting expertise in media studies and ecotechnology, examining what he deems the three defining characteristics of ecotechnology: artificial ecosystems, media archaeology, and the cultural imaginary through science fiction. They also problematize the term ‘Anthropocene,’ which proposes a new geological epoch marked by the significant impact humans have had on Earth’s geology and ecosystems, including climate change. Derek takes issue with the idea as it universalizes the human species, ignoring how colonialism and capitalism drove the transformation of the earth system.
Author: Derek Woods, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Fiorella Pinillos, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alex Abahmed
Date created: 2020-11-04