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September Session: Lightning Talks – “Current Library Projects”
Thursday, September 29, 2022 | 12:00pm-1:00pm
Cost: FREE for VALL members, non-members, and students!
Please join VALL for our September Session, “Lightning Talks”, with multiple guest speakers taking us through the highs and lows of various library projects they have completed in the last year.
This session will be hosted via Zoom. It will be partially recorded.
Please register using the Zoom link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82025499979?pwd=aUhJUFJOUW1mdjFaUllyRWIyTnpRZz09
About the Speakers:
Marnie Bailey has been with Fasken since 2010, first as the Reference Librarian and now as Manager, Knowledge Services. Over the last twelve years she has seen a number of changes to the library, the most recent change being a transition from DB/Textworks catalogue to Genie+ alongside the other Fasken offices. The biggest wrench – Toronto and Montreal were moving from Genie to Genie+, so two platforms, three offices, and two time zones all had to be taken into account! Her lightening talk will focus on the lead up to the transition as well as the things that were never thought about until after the launch of Genie+.
Ronit Landon is the Manager of InfoAction, the fee-for-service research department at the Vancouver Public Library. As part of her role, she also manages the Skilled Immigrant InfoCentre (SIIC), which is a government-funded resource centre that provides newcomers to Canada with information on getting a job, exploring careers, or starting a business. SIIC recently had some budget surplus that was approved towards physical upgrades for the Centre. Ronit will share some of the organizational challenges, impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and supply chain issues that arose throughout the project – which is still in progress, but whose funding deadline is September 30th!
Sean Sallis-Lyon is a graduate of McGill University’s information studies program, and works at Lawson Lundell as a reference librarian. He has a background in communication studies and information technology. His topic of discussion will be about his experience working on a project to create a searchable repository for the BC Gazette.
Alex McNeur is a librarian at Courthouse Libraries BC. With over 20 years of legal research and information systems experience, Alex will be discussing a project he has been working on which focuses on developing a legislation training program for the librarians at CLBC.
Tracy McLean started with the Courthouse Library in 2007 as a Librarian. She’s now the Manager of Information Services, responsible for coordinating staff and library services in Vancouver, New Westminster and Abbotsford that help lawyers and the public find and use legal information. She will be filling in for Alex McNeur to talk about the project Alex worked on to create a legislation training program for the librarians at CLBC.
