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2/24/2020 What's Trending in Libraries https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9ODA3Nzg2 2/3 Join the Canadian Technical Services Network Email List The Canadian Technical Services Network (CTSN) would like you to join their free email list to keep up to date on Canadian Technical Services issues and connect with colleagues. The list can be used to share information and start discussions relevant to the technical services community. Recent posts include job ads, reports from the Canadian Committee on Cataloguing and the Canadian Committee on Metadata Exchange, notices from Library and Archives Canada, conferences and training events. JOIN TODAY >> Access 2017 Registration Now Open Registration for Access 2017 is now open. Join us Sept. 27-29 in Saskatoon for 3 days of in-depth analyses, presentations, lightning talks, a hackfest, and plenty of time for networking and social events. Registration will be capped at 150; take advantage of the early-bird registration prices until July 1. This year, there are two all-inclusive diversity scholarships (includes hotel, registration & transportation, up to $2,000 CDN). The Access Conference is committed to fostering diversity in the field of library technology. To encourage diversity, the 2017 Access Conference is proud to have a distinguished diversity scholarship committee coordinating and adjudicating submissions for these awards. Application details available now and closes June 16. FIND OUT MORE >>   Save the Date! Bibliometric & Research Impact Community of Practice 2017 Interested in networking with colleagues providing support for bibliometric and research impact support? Join us for a full day focused on discussing bibliometrics and research impact with the view of building a community of practice. What: Bibliometric & Research Impact Community of Practice When: Wednesday May 31; detailed agenda to follow soon. Where: MacOdrum Library, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario Cost: Free This event will include panel and group discussions with the view of exchanging best practices, sharing lessons learned, and establishing a network of practitioners; themes for this inaugural meeting include: 1. Aggregating bibliometric data at different levels (author, subject, institution); 2. BRI information literacy for diverse campus stakeholders; 3. Ethics & raising awareness on issues such as the sensitivity & confidential nature of BRI data, librarian role, etc; 4. Unique metrics such as altmetric data, metrics for the arts & humanities, author identifiers, institutional repository metrics, and others; 5. Looking ahead and moving forward. If you are interested in speaking on a current BRI project, based on this year's themes, please email Eve Richard or Shannon Gordon for more information. REGISTER TODAY >>         mailto:emma.cross@carleton.ca http://accessconference.ca/register-for-access-2017/ http://accessconference.ca/2017-diversity-committee/ http://accessconference.ca/about-access-2017/diversity-scholarship-2017/ http://accessconference.ca/ mailto:Eve.Richard@bibl.ulaval.ca mailto:shannon.gordon@uwaterloo.ca https://goo.gl/lBp6OM