Scholar's Portal day

Friday, December 7, 2018 — 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM EST

Diversity, accessibility, and equity are more than buzzwords: as public institutions, they should be the cornerstones of all that we do. This year, the theme for Scholars Portal Day is Investing in Inclusiveness. Join the conversation about how we can sustainably design and build our services, collections, and spaces, both digital and in-person, with inclusion at the core.

The day will include updates about OCUL and Scholars Portal projects, featured panel “Welcoming the whole academic community into the library”, and lightning talks about projects and initiatives at different OCUL institutions.

Participants are encouraged to submit questions using the chat feature in Zoom and tweet using the hashtag #spday18. Graham Yeates in Library Office is happy to help if you wish to submit a question but are not familiar with the chat in Zoom.

Shared session notes will be posted to the Scholars Portal wiki throughout the day.

Staff are welcome to drop in and out throughout the day, depending on the sessions of interest. Recordings and slides from the sessions will also be posted after the event. Follow along with the livestream.

Agenda

Time	Session
9:30-9:45	Welcome Wayne Jones, OCUL Chair
9:45-11:00	Scholars Portal Update Scholars Portal staff Notes
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:30	Panel: "Welcoming the whole academic community into the library" Moderator: Karen Pillon, University of Windsor Panelists: Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto – discussing French language services and supporting the need for a diverse community Maha Kumaran, University of Saskatchewan (presenting remotely) – discussing visible minority librarians and leadership in academic libraries Jamie Lee Morin, University of Toronto – discussing authentic Indigenous voices in academic libraries Victorian Owen, University of Toronto – discussing the Marrakesh Treaty and supporting library users with print disabilities Notes
12:30-1:30	Lunch Selection of salads, sandwiches, and petit-fours
1:30-2:00	Lightning Talks Open + Affordable = Inclusivity at University of Guelph Ali Versluis & Heather Martin, University of Guelph What is RDM? Why should I care? Jane Fry, Carleton University The Robarts Library Family Study Space: creating equitable library access for students with children Kyla Everall & Jesse Carliner, University of Toron Notes
2:00-2:15	OCUL Award Presentation Wayne Jones, OCUL Chair
2:15-2:45	Lightning Talks Summer Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 reading camp Mark Weiler, Wilfrid Laurier University Inclusive leadership: ARL’s Year Long Career Development Program (LCDP) Sonny Banerjee, Ryerson University & Jack Leong, University of Toronto Assessing the accessible content provider landscape in North America: a brief on what we have learned Meredith Hatton, York University Notes
2:45-3:00	Break Selection of cookies
3:00-3:30	Lightning Talks Starting the conversation: an initiative to highlight a wealth of resources by Indigenous authors Kim Vallee, Lakehead University Picking a needle out of the haystack: where to start when you have 20,000 videos to caption Nancy Waite, McMaster University RDM in court: creating a repository for the Robinson Treaties Annuities Case Tomasz Mrozewski, Laurentian University Notes
3:30-4:00	Wrap-up Remarks Anne Pottier, Chair, OCUL Scholars Portal Committee