Mike Ridley, Visiting Scholar gave a talk on AI at Ryerson Library, and I was lucky enough to be invited to attend. Continue reading “Notes from talk: The Real World of Artificial Intelligence by Mike Ridley”
Category: Academic
ALPS December Meeting: Lightning Talk Notes
This year’s meeting’s theme is “Technology and the academic librarian: emerging, merging, and changing the game”. I didn’t take notes on everything, but all the presentations will be recorded and available with slides (if applicable) later on. Continue reading “ALPS December Meeting: Lightning Talk Notes”
ALPS Presentation: Introduction to the Web Literacy Standard & Open Badges
This was a lightning talk presented at the ALPS December 2013 meeting. I didn’t actually have any slides for this talk, simply showing the two sites along with the backpack while talking. Continue reading “ALPS Presentation: Introduction to the Web Literacy Standard & Open Badges”
Presentation: Working with Users of Perceptual Disabilities At a Distance
I actually recently presented this as part of an interview, and thought it had enough new material (and not just repeating my web accessibility posts/presentations) to warrant posting it.
To give you a bit of context, the goal of the presentation was to train staff, who have no prior experience working with persons with disabilities, to provide assistance to users with “perceptual disabilities at a distance”, that is virtually or remotely. Much like the users they would serve, I also made the assumption that staff technical expertise may vary as well. Continue reading “Presentation: Working with Users of Perceptual Disabilities At a Distance”
TRY 2013: Measuring a Reference Services Point Pilot Project Notes
- Heather Buchansky, UofT
- Judith Logal, UofT Continue reading “TRY 2013: Measuring a Reference Services Point Pilot Project Notes”