CPS Annual Meeting Programs and Reports
CEAL Committee on Public Services (CPS)

2012 Joint Program of Committee on Public Services & Committee on Technical Processing
Wednesday, March 14, 2012

(Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Dominion Ballroom South)

Discovery, Delivery, and Dissemination of Information in a Multilingual and Multicultural Environment


1:20 p.m. – 1:25 p.m. (5 min.)

Introduction of the joint program by Jidong Yang and Shi Deng

1:25 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (50 min.)

SESSION ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE SEMANTIC WEB AND LIBRARY LINKED DATA

  • 1:25 p.m. – 2:05 p.m. (40 min.)
    Introduction to the Semantic Web and Library Linked Data
    Guest speakers: Marlene van Ballegooie, Metadata Librarian and Alastair Boyd, Head of Cataloguing at the University of Toronto Libraries
  • 2:05 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. (10 min.)
    Q&A
  • 2:15 p.m. – 2:25 pm. (10 min.) Break

2:25 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (55 min.)

SESSION TWO: DISCOVERY, DELIVERY, AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN A MULTILINGUAL AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT: THE PUBLIC SERVICES' PERSPECTIVE

  • 2:25 p.m. – 2:40 p.m. (15 min.)
    "Building Relevance within the Classroom"
    By Shirin Eshghi, Japanese Language Librarian, University of British Columbia
  • 2:40 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. (15 min.)
    "Integrating Digital Collections into the Liberal Arts Curriculum: A case study of Shansi Digital Collection at Oberlin College Library"
    By Xi Chen, East Asian and Web Development Librarian, Oberlin College Library
  • 2:55 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. (15 min.)
    "Turn Library Instruction on its Head: Capturing Information Literacy in a Blended Learning Model"
    By Asako Yoshida, Reference Librarian, Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba