/Connections The University of the Fraser Valley Library Newsletter Volume #1 ISSUE #17 Summer 2016
Sx-wōx-wiyám Stories of Long Ago
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University
Librarian’s message
What is the role of the academic library in the future?
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Conference in Seoul
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Stories of Long ago
UFV’s time-connecting librar-
Successful event builds on
ians
library display
Other Articles
Professional Development P6 New Student Orientation . P6 Orlando Strong . . . . . . p7 What’s Your Story? . . . . p8 Old Library’s Fate . . . . . P9
Events De-stressing in Chilliwack and Abbotsford Both Chilliwack and Abbotsford libraries held successful de-stressing events in March. The Chilliwack library’s event was themed “Stay Calm and Lepre-chan,” while Abbotsford library focused on games, including a giant Scrabble board. Both libraries had treats and visits from St. John Ambulance Dogs. Maybe every day should be dog day in the library.
What is the role of the academic library in the university of the future?
Message from Kim Isaac, University Librarian By Kim Isaac
academic libraries are experiencing. As a team, our
be wondering what to do now that everything’s on
visioning about what role the library could or
Overheard at a dinner party: “Librarians must
the internet for free and we don’t need libraries.”
Most of us who work in academic or public libraries have heard something like this before, whether
it’s at a social event or in the media. And while we know the underlying assumptions are mistaken,
there’s no doubt at all that the business of librar-
ies is changing, and that much of the impetus for this change has do to with the digital revolution.
So it’s not unreasonable to ask, “What is the role of the academic library in the university of the future?”
For the past year or so, UFV Library employees have been engaged in discussions on the future. We have reviewed trends in how our facilities, services, and collections are being used, and
looked at how these compare with what other
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librarians and library technicians have done some
should play in the UFV of the future. Our library does not exist in a vacuum, and our whole reason for being is to help our university succeed in its goals which include, most importantly, helping
our students succeed in reaching their goals. This visioning has been an interesting, challenging,
sometimes scary, sometimes inspiring exercise.
And we knew all along that this was just the start of a planning process, and that we needed to
move beyond just talking to ourselves to engage in
conversations with the people we are here to serve: UFV’s students and faculty.
It’s always challenging to get meaningful input from busy people, and that certainly includes
faculty and students. We brainstormed ideas for
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Presenting UFV Innovation in Seoul By Lisa Morry
it out.”
authored a paper that solved a time disconnect between two
lem, but we argued our case, Diane said. Hongfei said it’s a
UFV Librarians Hongfei Li and Diane Cruickshank
different methods of searching for library materials at UFV. The implications of that paper are now helping libraries all over the world solve their own problems.
The disconnect was a delay in UFV’s “Find It” service. UFV’s catalogue searches books and videos in real time. Library
patrons can see right on the screen if a book or video is in or out. Our “Find It” service, the EBSCO Discovery Box
or EDS, at the top of the library homepage with the words:
“Hello, looking for something?” in orange, also searches books
and videos, as well as articles and just about everything else the library owns. However, the data was not in real time. It was
up to three months old and database providers EBSCO and SIRSI couldn’t offer any real time solutions to the problem.
Systems and Circulation Librarian Hongfei had to figure out a way to get the two systems to update each other. “This is
the thing I find impressive,” said Diane, who presented the
paper at the ICADL 2015: International Conference on Asian Digital Libraries in Seoul, S. Korea last December when
Hongfei was unable to attend himself. “EBSCO couldn’t figure it out and Sirsi couldn’t figure it out, but Hongfei figured
Originally the paper was rejected because it was an old probproblem again: nobody knows how to do it and the subsequent numbers of downloads of Hongfei and Diane’s paper are proving that the information is useful.
Hongfei included the techie information in the paper, so tech-
nologically inclined readers can follow the steps for themselves. But he’s also being contacted by people from Asian, European and North American libraries and he’s helping them set their systems up.
As of June 16, 2016, Hongfei and Diane’s paper, titled Data
Transfer between Discovery Services and Library Catalogs: A Case Study at the University of the Fraser Valley, has received 255
downloads since it was published in December. “It’s fantastic,” said Diane.
“People don’t really know how much Hongfei does. He’s an unsung hero because he does some incredible things behind the scenes that we don’t know about,” Diane said.
As for UFV users, Diane said it’s one of those things we probably haven’t noticed. If UFV users use the EDS and then go
to the shelves and the item is not there, it was possibly because of this delay. Now the system is updated daily and the information in the EDS is more accurate.
As for Hongfei and Diane’s paper, it is published as part of a conference proceedings indexed through
SpringerLink, but UFV does not have a subscription to that article. However, the article is available
through interlibrary loan and a preprint version will soon be made available via HarvestIR.
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The stories of long ago come from a distant past, when the w By Lisa Morry
“Sx- wōx- wiyám are the stories of long ago, a distant past, when the world was in total chaos, and things were not quite right. It was a time when animals could transform into humans and humans could transform into
animals,” said UFV Elder in residence, Eddie Gardner, at the Sx- wōx- wiyám, Stories of Long Ago event, Wednesday, February 3, 2016, in UFV’s large, airy atrium outside the Chilliwack campus library.
These stories tell how Stó:lō people maintain the values they embrace to
live a good life. When we listen to the stories, it’s important to know that the lessons are still as relevant today as those first stories were when they
ran all afternoon to 4 p.m. and included storytellers David Gutierrez, Mary Sandoval, Joseph Dandurand, and Glen Malloway. Heather Davis-Fisch’s Theatre 204 students, Joanna Sheppard’s KPE 360 students, Raina von
Waldenburg’s Theatre 111 students, Sheryl Newton’s English 091 students, Julia Dodge’s English 071 students, and Mission school district teacher
Tianay de Andrade’s Alternate Ed students made the event part of their
classes for the day. Community members and other UFV faculty, staff and students made up the hundreds of people who witnessed this storytelling event.
“I think it’s especially fitting that the library as a place of learning and as a
began, they embody the environmental values in today’s economy, and can
as a keeper of knowledge, books and digital materials, in hosting and orga-
Gardner said.
the new forms, the poetry and the playwriting of Joseph Dandurand, telling
transform what we’re facing, which is chaos in today’s environment, Eddie The atrium was completely filled throughout a day that started at 11 a.m.,
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nizing this event, is honouring the oral traditions to be kept alive, but also
those stories in new ways,” said MC Peter Geller, Vice Provost/ Associate
world was in total chaos, and things were not quite right Vice President, Academic, who along with Kim Isaac, University Librarian,
were reclaimed and put back in the display case. New elements were added,
Going back to summer 2015, Chilliwack library staff were brainstorming
rowed from the UFV theatre department, the cave in which the bear sits,
hosted the hugely successful event.
what display to put in the large cabinet outside the library and decided on
a theme of storytelling from an Indigenous perspective, with a book display to go along with it. That started a conversation with Shirley Hardman, the senior advisor on Indigenous affairs and a search for visual representation
of the characters involved in traditional Stó:lō stories. It was decided to use
elements of a display which had been in the display cabinet previously. The
backdrop, a painting of local transformation site Mount Slesse, comes from the welcome display that was in the cabinet when the new library opened three years ago. The imitation stream, built from plans drawn up by the
Royal BC Museum to fit in our space, was also part of that first display.
including the bear head, which is actually a mask from a real bear head, borthe painting of the salmon in the stream, the mannequin, dressed up to look like a storyteller with clothes borrowed from UFV staffers Josephine Charlie
and Elaine Malloway, the owl, borrowed from the Chilliwack Players Guild,
the raven, borrowed from Shirley Hardman, and the UFV president’s talking stick, borrowed from the president’s office.
For speaker bios, a slideshow of pictures from the event day and a video of the storytelling event, visit the Sx- wōx- wiyám, Stories of Long Ago digital
display here: http://www.ufv.ca/library/exhibits--events/sxwxwiyam-storiesof-long-ago/.
The rocks, which had been liberated to the landscaping around the campus,
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Common Themes Emerge from Student Surveys continued from page 1
the topics in our conversations. Faculty are enthusiastic about the incredible
nents, and we asked for ideas from our Library Advisory committee. In the
packages, and they love being able to access these resources anytime and
them — face to face.
book. And they are concerned that students often struggle from information
each faculty department meeting, to engage in a focused conversation with
ible, scholarly, and suitable for academic research.
far have visited 11 departments from the College of Arts, the Faculty of
should do and be, a small team of library employees set up an information
scheduled meeting, we send the department a short background document
Abbotsford. Our staff invited/encouraged students to contribute “ideas for
about a number of questions to help them arrive at some thoughts for our
“kittens and puppies” to several for “more group study rooms.” While there
How do you expect to engage with the UFV Library in ten years?
definite emphasis on comfortable and convenient library spaces.
effective ways of bringing in the voice of the faculty and student compo-
expansion of our library collection made possible by e-books and e-journal
end, we decided that the best way to hear from people is to actually talk to
anywhere. But they are wary about giving up print, especially the physical
To get faculty input, we are asking for 20 to 30 minutes on the agenda for
overload, and lack the skills and knowledge needed to discern what is cred-
the department members. We began our visits in the winter term, and so
To start getting the student vision of what the UFV Library of the future
Professional Studies and the Faculty of Science. About a week before the
booth on different days in both CEP and the Student Union Building in
that provides information about the library, and then we ask faculty to think
the future library,” and students responded with suggestions ranging from
main question, which is:
are some comments that address library collections and services, there is a
In our visits so far, we have had some really interesting and helpful conversations with our faculty colleagues. Whether we are library employees or
library users, we have been and will continue to be affected in profound ways by the digitization of information and knowledge, and this informs many of
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We are taking a break from these consultations over the summer, and will
resume our department visits with faculty and look for new ways to gather student input in the fall. After that, we will combine the input of faculty
and students with that of library staff, and come out with a new vision for the UFV Library in the digital age.
Committed to Connecting, Learning, and Growing By Martin Warkentin
On the 3rd (?) annual UFV Professional Development Day, the UFV Library was well-represented amongst
the facilitator contingent with three librarians presenting in three separate sessions that all aligned befit-
tingly with the event theme of Connect, Learn, Grow. Both library locations were also closed to allow all
Chilliwack and Abbotsford staff to attend this event. In the first session, “Considerations in Getting
Yourself Published in Scholarly Journals,” Diane
Cruickshank paired with Dean of Science, Lucy Lee,
to discuss the effort and decisions involved in the article publishing process. They addressed issues such as
how to work with editorial feedback and how to assess journal quality – including identifying and avoiding
predatory and substandard journal publishers. Here is the resource created for the session: http://libguides. ufv.ca/ScholarlyPublishing.
In another joint presentation, “Let’s talk about Text(books): Implementing the Use Of Open
Education Resources In Your Course,” Martin
Professional/ scholarly Activity In the week following Victoria Day, Copyright Librarian Martin Warkentin travelled to Halifax to attend the 2016 ABC Copyright Conference where he delivered a presentation entitled The Intersection of Open Education Resources Advocacy (OER) and Academic Copyright Management. In his talk, Martin described his experience with the OER awareness activities and practices undertaken at UFV and emphasized the potential for fellow copyright officers in other institutions to participate directly in the adoption and creation of OERs in their own institutions by developing, analysing, and/or refining existing strategies and copyright management practices.
New Student Orientation on the Chilliwack Campus
Warkentin from the library, and David Harper of
the Kinesiology department, continued the emerg-
ing institutional conversation about the financial and
pedagogical benefits of open textbooks and other free educational resources. The session focussed on a case example of finding, developing, and adapting “open”
content, and applying these elements in both face-toface and online courses.
Finally, Colleen Bell facilitated a discussion oriented
around connecting students to disciplinary discourses. In a session titled “Framing the Conversation:
Connecting Students to Ongoing Dialogues within
the Discipline or Field,” she introduced several pos-
sibilities (rooted in information competency, writing conventions, analogies, and reflective practice) and encouraged participants to consider strategies for
engaging students in the processes of scholarly dialogue.
By all accounts, each session was well-attended and well-received by its respective audience, and the
involvement of these three librarians demonstrates
how the library and its staff value professional devel-
Education Librarian Heather Compeau and Chilliwack Technician in Charge Leslie Olsen brought some special library materials to New Student Orientation in Chilliwack.
opment and are committed to contributing to the present and future needs of the UFV community.
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Orlando Strong: Remembering Pulse Nigh at the American Library Association Conf
By Lisa Morry
All the buses in Orlando flash the words “Orlando Strong”
in addition to route information. It sums up the attitude in this town where the memorial to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting takes up the public plaza in front of
the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in down-
town Orlando. Across the street, inside Orlando City Hall, wreaths for each of the 49 victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting encircle a book of condolences.
I travelled to Orlando for the American Library Association
Conference just a week and a half after the shooting — after President Obama had visited and gone and after the initial public vigils were over. I found a city very much engaged
with the tragedy and the remembrance of those who died, but also determined to fight back.
The American Library Association, having planned its
annual conference far in advance, reacted quickly to acknowledge events. They increased conference security, organized
a memorial service, handed out rainbow ribbon pins, orga-
nized a “Read Out” cosponsored by the ALA Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Round Table and the Office for
Intellectual Freedom, and held a blood drive in the exhibits
area of the Orange County Convention Center — the largest convention centre in the United States.
I attended the early morning memorial on June 25, at which
Top: memorial wreaths inside Orlando City Hall. Above: Empty chairs, flowers, wreaths and other me outside the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando.
Congressman John Lewis spoke. “There’s too much violence,
too many killings and we can’t afford to be silent any longer,” said Lewis, who has been vocal about changing gun laws in the country.
When she got up to talk, then ALA president-elect Julie Todero was overcome with
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emotion and almost couldn’t speak for crying.
Earlier, at the conference opening session, Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetow
University professor, political commentator, and the author of 17 books incl
htclub Shooting Victims ference in Orlando
What’s Your Story? Display and Event Coming Up Have you ever wondered if you were a book what your title would be?
We’re looking for “books” for our UFV
Chilliwack human library display and event. You
can nominate yourself or nominate someone else.
Our mission is to present unique experiences that challenge peoples’ understanding of stereotypes and educate people on diversity. Our criteria is
that the people in our human library live or work within UFV’s catchment area and that the topics presented or the people involved have some con-
nection to UFV and its objectives. Due to capacity limitations, we’ll only be collecting one or a few books on each topic, and as a result, some
nominations may be swept up and placed in storage for future collection.
We’re creating a display for the Chilliwack
library, in our large display cabinet, on a poster that will hang in the Chilliwack library and on
our website. We’ll also host an event in the winter semester in which members of our human library will be invited to speak and to participate in
round-table discussions about their experiences. If this is for you, please fill out this form and return
Flags on the lawn in front of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando.
it to the Chilliwack campus library.
What’s your story? We can’t wait to hear it.
American Book Award-winning Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina, the Color of
Disaster, and, most recently, The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America, also spoke about the Orlando shootings.
“Here we are in Orlando, where we couldn’t even admit that one of the most powerful forms of hate in the modern world has to do with somebody’s sexual orientation. We would rather it be ISIS than us,” Dyson said.
Before I travelled to the conference we had created a long-planned LGBTQ display at
emorial items the back of the Chilliwack library. After the shootings, we quickly added a picture of a
wn
vigil from Orlando and the words: “Je suis Orlando.”
As part of our display, the Chilliwack library has LGBTQ resources gathered together from both UFV libraries that are available to check out.
luding the
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Goodbye to the old Chilliwack Library
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April. Long intended to be replaced by a neverbuilt library building on the Chilliwack North
campus, the library moved to Canada Education Park in 2012. That summer, library staff, led by
Tech-in-charge Leslie Olsen, organized materials in the old library and worked with a moving
company to get everything back on the shelves in time for September classes.
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