Most people have names. Many have at least two, a given name and a family name. Many people change their names throughout their life, for special events as taking a partner’s name on getting married or to reflect their current gender identity, or just for fun. Some of these people are authors, and that can … Read more
I am immunocompromised. Even if I wasn’t, the research on the long-term effects of COVID and the first hand experiences of those with long COVID would be enough to convince me to continue masking indoors and taking other precautions. Yet libraries and other public spaces have abandoned their masking requirements and their plans to improve … Read more
Research studies involving humans now have many layers of ethics. Researchers are required to take courses, continuing education, and certifications in ethics before being allowed to conduct their research. Research projects involving human participants are required to receive the blessing of a Review of Ethics Board, who evaluate everything from the recruitment materials to the … Read more
Researchers are human, and humans have an inherent set of experiences, perceptions, and biases that they bring to any work they undertake including research. While the scientific endeavour is generally considered to be and aims to be an objective exploration of the conditions of the real world, research conducted by humans can never be truly … Read more
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in an international communication exercise known as Amateur Radio Field Day. It was a ton of fun and I learned a lot about radios and how the different emergency response agencies here operate and coordinate during emergencies. For Canada Day, I decided to take my radio and … Read more
You may have heard the term “succession planning” in regards to royalty, the peaceful transition of power in a democracy, or if you’re transitioning out of a role and are being asked to train your replacement. The goal in each case is the same: a continuity of knowledge, access, and responsibility between people filling the … Read more
So you did some research. Now what? (Please think about this before you do some research) Knowledge mobilization is the process of getting your research outputs into the hands of people who need it. Usually when we’re talking about research, the assumed output is a journal article, and the mobilization is to have that article … Read more
Libraries exist within communities. For public libraries, the community they serve is the general public of the surrounding geographical area. Academic libraries serve students, faculty, researchers etc at their university. School libraries serve their student bodies. Health libraries, law libraries, and corporate libraries all have specific patronage that they serve. Each library has its own … Read more
This weekend, I attended my first academic conference: From Marginalization to Visibility: 2SLGBTQ+ Archives and Public Memory put on by The Arquives. The goal of the conference was to explore various topics in archiving through a queer lens, examining existing biases in GLAM institutions and academic fields, sharing experiences in queering the archives, and sharing … Read more
A resource I created as part of a group assignment in my research data management course. File and Folder Naming Benefits: What to include: Tips: What might you want to use to identify a file without having to open it? If you need to be able to easily find the file for participant 26, then … Read more
