The research explored through Western Libraries Presentations examines the interests of both library stakeholders and librarians themselves while highlighting new programs and movements within academic libraries. Topics include open access, collaboration and management, statistics and evaluation, and library software.
Submissions from 2019
The Transformation of a Newspaper Negative Archive, Tom Belton
Licensing and ‘Big Deal’ Analysis at Western : Provost’s Task Force on Open Access & Scholarly Communications, Samuel Cassady and Shawn Hendrikx
Matching Made in Heaven: Collections and Metadata Collaboration for Print Preservation, Erin Johnson, Alie Visser, and Christina Zoricic
Demystifying Wikipedia, Alie Visser and Erin Johnson
Submissions from 2018
Stories of Active Teaching: Embedding Civic Engagement in our Practice, Tom Adam, Colleen A. Burgess, Kim McPhee, Leanne Olson, and Christy Sich
It’s all in the Relationships: A Liaison Role for Librarian-Publishers, Emily Carlisle and Kristin Hoffmann
Open By Default? Concept-Mapping Our Way to Open Access Consensus, Emily Carlisle, Lillian S. Rigling, Joanne Paterson, and Courtney L. Waugh
"This was actually fun!": Engaging users in conversations about digital literacy, Madisson Goldhawk, Erin Johnson, and Lillian S. Rigling
Evidence-based IL Program Proposals: Engaging in Curriculum Mapping to Re-envision Instructional Practice, Liz Mantz, Kim McPhee, and Christy Sich
Libraries as Printers - or - The Challenges of Acquiring PDF Scores and Parts from Self-Publishing Comopsers, Lisa Rae Philpott
Embedded Research Guides: Are they doing what students want?, James Seale and Alison Wetheral
Making Usage Stats Usable: Evaluating Usage Stat Tools and Maximizing Excel/Pivot Tables, Alie Visser, Melissa Seelye, Samuel Cassady, and Debbie Collard
Submissions from 2017
Our Difference is Our Strength: Collaboration and Creativity in Co-Creating System Wide Information Literacy Learning Outcomes, Tom Adam, Colleen A. Burgess, Kim McPhee, and Christy Sich
Using Map Tools to Improve Access and Community Awareness, Tom Belton
Reclaiming Your Digital Privacy: An Interactive Workshop, Erin Johnson and Melissa Seelye
Inspiring Innovation in Library Services, Erin Johnson and Alison Wetheral
Mind the Gap: Curating Digital Commons Metadata for SHARE, Lisa Palmer, Emily Stenberg, Wendy C. Robertson, and Joanne Paterson
Organizational Transformation through Data, Karen Pillon and Kristi Anne Thompson
Submissions from 2016
Data and Maps in Reference and Reflections on working in Public and Technical Services, Lindsay Bontje
The Library is Our Lab: The Case for Print Books in an Academic Library, Peggy Ellis and Fran Gray
Creating Databrarianship: Perils, pitfalls, and pratfalls of editing a research collection, Kristi Thompson
Submissions from 2015
The Library is Our Lab: The Case for Print Books in an Academic Library, Fran Gray and Peggy Ellis
Leveraging Resources Across Units and Universities to Address Academic Literacies and Research Skills in Ontario Graduate Students, Melanie Mills and Elan Paulson
ADR Presentation: Open Access, Joanne Paterson