Events - 2018

Friday, April 13, 2018 — 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT
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Learn best practices and practical strategies for organizing and decluttering your workspace from KW Professional Organizers

Wednesday, April 11, 2018 — 1:30 PM to 2:15 PM EDT

There is a new system for booking staff meeting rooms in the Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries, accessible through your personal Outlook calendar.  Each bookable room has its own calendar that can be viewed to determine when the room is available. 

This system will be replacing the current MBS Booking System for:

Monday, April 9, 2018 — 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM EDT

There is a new system for booking staff meeting rooms in the Dana Porter and Davis Centre libraries, accessible through your personal Outlook calendar.  Each bookable room has its own calendar that can be viewed to determine when the room is available. 

This system will be replacing the current MBS Booking System for:

Monday, April 9, 2018 (all day) to Friday, April 13, 2018 (all day)
Week calendar listing daily challenges

April is Earth Month, and your Green Office team is challenging you to make some simple changes in support of the planet. Check out the graphic below to see the daily challenges for the week. We’ll provide you with all the information you need to complete each challenge, and send a reminder the day before to make sure you’re prepared. 

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 — 10:00 AM to 10:30 AM EDT

This is an opportunity for you to understand more about the Guarding Minds at Work survey, how it will be administered, and how we will be using the survey results to inform action on identified issues.

About the survey

The Guarding Minds at Work survey is based on Canada’s national standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace and is designed to assist workplaces to identify and address the risk factors that impact employees’ psychological health and safety at work. 

Thursday, March 29, 2018 — 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT

All Library staff are invited to the next Library Update meeting. Refreshments will be available at 9 a.m.

If there is a topic you’d like to hear about or any questions that you would like answered, please email Graham Yeates by March 16.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Poster with event details

You must register for this session.

Change is a fact of life, but letting go of the familiar can be challenging. When individuals understand the need for change, and are resourced to manage it, they can transition with greater ease. Participants in this session will explore strategies, frameworks, self-care tools, and resources to navigate the change process successfully.

Thursday, March 22, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Wednesday, March 14, 2018 — 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT

UX and UI for the Library’s Digital Collections

Just how good (or how bad) are the Web-based interfaces encountered by library users these days? Having invested in the creation of significant digital collections, how can libraries enhance usage of those collections? How do scholars and students (especially those working remotely) expect to engage with this content online? What should the interfaces be designed to support?

Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, March 8, 2018 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST

Join speaker Heather Buchansky, Student Engagement Librarian for University of Toronto Libraries, who will be speaking about her work with colleague Eveline Houtman on helping students identify “fake news” and think more critically about media information and news stories. 

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 — 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EST

Current status and impact on scholarly communication

Libraries face many challenges when initiating library publishing operations. This relatively new aspect of librarianship is not yet part of library school curricula, and some are still struggling to determine the skills needed for this area.

Monday, March 5, 2018 — 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST

It's Open Education Week! 

We invite you to join members of the Open Access Working Group for a webinar on Open Educational Resources (OER) provided by the Ontario Council of University of Libraries (OCUL).

Thursday, March 1, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
red heart knit into black sweater

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, February 22, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
red heart knit into black sweater

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, February 22, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
red heart knit into black sweater

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, February 15, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
red heart knit into black sweater

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, February 8, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
red heart knit into black sweater

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, February 1, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, January 18, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

Thursday, January 11, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
blue ball of yarn unravelling

All crafters are welcome! Bring your knitting, craftwork or just join us for a chat and a cup of tea.

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