BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) and previously known as the “Winter Event”, the Knowledge and Idea Exchange 2024 is a synchronous discussion forum for librarians, archivists, library workers, and students. Our goals are to promote the exchange of ideas in the academic library community and to build a network of professional expertise resulting in excellent service and the use of the latest methods, systems, and technologies in post-secondary libraries in British Columbia.
We are pleased to share that the BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) and the Keeping it ReAL 2024 Organizing Committee are partnering to host complementary virtual events on November 14 and 15, 2024. The Knowledge and Idea Exchange will take place on November 15.
Event Description
Unlike in previous years, this event is not themed. BCALS invites you to share any initiatives, successes, trials and tribulations, or even just burning questions you want to discuss with a group of peers. Our first session of the day will be an open roundtable on AI and library instruction which we hope will inform future professional development offerings.
We welcome all library workers, including emerging professionals, student assistants, and library technicians, to submit contributions.
Tentative Schedule
9:45 – 10:00 Welcome and check-in—what’s happening in your library?
10:00 – 11:30 Open roundtable on Gen AI library instruction
12:00 – 14:00 Sessions
Call for Contributions
As this is meant to be a less formal discussion forum, the prompts are broad:
- Share about a new initiative, or a progress update!
- Problem sharing: what challenges have you faced?
- Troubleshoot a problem with colleagues
- What trends, developments, upcoming projects are you excited about?
- Do you have burning questions that you want to ask a group of peers?
We welcome proposals for both casual and more formal formats:
- Lightning Talk: Share a quick talk about an experience, ideas, processes, etc. (7 minutes)
- Presentation: Share your collaboration experiences in the form of a formal presentation (20 minutes)
- Workshop: Teach a skill or demonstrate a collaborative practice to your peers (10-50 minutes)
- Lead an open discussion: Two or more people lead a structured (or unstructured) discussion with the group on a topic of interest (20-30 minutes)
Proposals can be up to 300 words and are due by 4pm PT on October 31, 2024. Submit to [email protected] with the subject line: BCALS Knowledge & Idea Exchange Submission.
In your proposal, please include the following:
- Proposal (up to 300 words)
- First and Last Name(s)
- Institution or Affiliation
- Pronouns (if comfortable)
- Brief Bio (up to 150 words).
Acceptance will be communicated on a rolling basis.
We look forward to seeing you there!