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ReAL 2021: Building Capacity



November 8, 2021 – November 9, 2021

Registration Open


November 8, 2021

 

The Keeping it ReAL 2021 organizing committee and BC Academic Libraries Section (BCALS) are happy to announce that registration for ‘Building Capacity’ is now open! Our complementary virtual events will take place on November 8 and 9, 2021.
Registration is free and open to everyone. You can register for just one of the days or join us for both days. Both events are entirely virtual.

Monday November 8, 2021, 9:30am-3:00pm PST
Day one will be hosted by Keeping it ReAL (Research in Academic Libraries) and will focus on building capacity for research in academic libraries.

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Tuesday November 9, 2021, 10:00am-2:45pm PST
Day two will be hosted by BCALS and focus on learning and implementing decolonial practices amongst all library workers in academic library services.

If you have any questions, please contact the Keeping it ReAL committee chair Matt Huculak at huculak@uvic.ca or BCALS at: bcals@bcla.bc.ca

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ReAL2020: Knowledge Mobilization



November 13, 2020 – November 14, 2020

The theme for this year’s event is Knowledge Mobilization (KMb). The Social Sciences and Humanities Research council describes knowledge mobilization as related “to the production and use of research results, including knowledge synthesis, dissemination, transfer, exchange, and co-creation or co-production by researchers and knowledge users.”  As a researcher or team of researchers, how are you moving your knowledge to action?

Announcements:

 

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ReAL2019: Share it Out

Harbour Centre, SFU Vancouver (Rooms 1400 - 1430)
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Campus
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC, V6B 5K3

November 15, 2019 – November 15, 2019

The program for Keeping it ReAL 2019: Share it Out! was devoted to surfacing and celebrating the many ways in which academic librarians communicate their research. Join us for an informative and engaging day of networking and professional development.

Announcements

  • Thank you to everyone who joined us for Keeping it ReAL 2019 at SFU!
  • Check out the conference program.

Keeping it ReAL is a free workshop for academic librarian researchers in BC. Our aim is to foster a research culture among participants, and create an open and supportive network for learning, sharing and supporting academic research. Interested in learning more about Keeping it ReAL? Check out our background page.

 

 

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ReAL2018: Add it Up



October 26, 2018 – October 26, 2018

ReAL 2018: Add it Up
Data Gathering, Collection, and Analysis
#REAL18

9:00am - 5:00pm
Digital Scholarship Commons
McPherson Library - Mearns Centre for Learning
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC

Keeping it ReAL 2018 is a free workshop for academic librarian researchers in BC. Our aim is to foster a research culture among participants, and create an open and supportive network for learning, sharing and supporting academic research. Interested in learning more about Keeping it ReAL? Check out our background page.

Announcements

The University of Victoria Libraries is located on the unceded territories of the Lkwungen-speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands, and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples, whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

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ReAL2017: From Ideas to Action

Lillooet Room - Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

UBC Library, Vancouver Campus
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z1


October 26, 2018 – October 26, 2018

ReAL 2017: From Ideas to Action

Keeping it ReAL 2018 is a free workshop for academic librarian researchers in BC. Our aim is to foster a research culture among participants, and create an open and supportive network for learning, sharing and supporting academic research. Interested in learning more about Keeping it ReAL? Check out our background page.

Announcements

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We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Nations and peoples on whose ancestral and unceded lands the three SFU Library branches are located. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation through dialogue and decolonizing practices.