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Keeping it ReAL
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.
We acknowledge the Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumi ̱ xw (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəyə̓ m (Musqueam), səlílw� ətaʔɬ (TsleilWaututh), q̓ícə̓ y̓(Katzie), and kʷikʷəƛ̓ əm (Kwikwetlem) peoples, on whose traditional territories Simon Fraser University's three campuses stand. By recognizing the Unceded Traditional Coast Salish territories, we aspire to create space for reconciliation through dialogue and decolonizing practices.
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ReAL 2021: Building Capacity
November 8, 2021 – November 9, 2021Registration 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 PSTDay one will be hosted by Keeping it ReAL (Research in Academic Libraries) and will focus on building capacity for research in academic libraries.Check out the Keeping it ReAL conference program
Tuesday November 9, 2021, 10:00am-2:45pm PSTDay two will be hosted by BCALS and focus on learning and implementing decolonial practices amongst all library workers in academic library services.Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/building-capacity-keeping-it-real-nov-8-bcals-nov-9-tickets-190574131357If 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 -
ReAL2020: Knowledge Mobilization
November 13, 2020 – November 14, 2020The 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:
Check out the conference program.
Register for the event!
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ReAL2019: Share it Out
November 15, 2019 – November 15, 2019The 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, 2018ReAL 2018: Add it Up
Data Gathering, Collection, and Analysis
#REAL189:00am - 5:00pm
Digital Scholarship Commons
McPherson Library - Mearns Centre for Learning
University of Victoria
Victoria, BCKeeping 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
- Thank you to everyone who joined us for Keeping it ReAL 2018 in Victoria!
- Click here to read the Keeping it ReAL 2018 final report.
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
October 26, 2018 – October 26, 2018ReAL 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
- Thank you to everyone who joined us for Keeping it ReAL 2017 at UBC!
- Click here to read the Keeping it ReAL 2017 final report.
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.