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Help Us Help You!
UBC Library is currently working on a Library homepage redesign and we need your help! Please consider participating in one of the sessions below (all participants will receive a $10 gift card for UBC Food Services):
1) CARD SORTING EXERCISES –
Card sorting is an activity where participants help us organize content more intuitively for the Library website. Three sessions will be held in IKBLC this week.
Friday, April 27th, 2012 at 11am – 12pm
To register: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3059
Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 2pm – 3pm
To register: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3061
Monday, April 30th, 2012 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm
To register: http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/dashboard/view/3062
2) USABILITY TESTING – Mon. April 23rd through Fri. May 4th
We are specifically seeking faculty, graduate students and distance learners to take part in one-on-one usability testing for the Library website next couple of weeks. Please contact Letitia Englund at letitia.englund@ubc.ca if you are interested in participating. We will work to schedule times individually during the day Monday-Friday, and each session will be 30-60 minutes long.
Stranger in a Strange Land 2012- A Children’s Literature Conference
Stranger in a Strange Land 2012 is a Children’s Literature Conference Organized by UBC Graduate Students
This one-day conference will showcase graduate research that explores and questions many facets of children’s literature.
Presenters are coming from across Canada,the UK, the US, and France.
Keynote speakers: Elizabeth Marshall and Sarah Park.
See the program schedule here.
There is still time to register! The registration fee is $18 for students and presenters, and $35 for faculty and professionals. The price includes morning and afternoon refreshments and a catered lunch. Register here.
The University of British Columbia
Saturday, April 28, 2012
8 A.M. to 6 P.M.
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (First Floor)
1961 East Mall
Education News Update: BC Teachers Vote
Read the latest on BC Teachers voting to withdraw extracurricular activities as a message to the provincial government:
Full article in The Vancouver Sun posted by Janet Steffenhagen, The Vancouver Sun April 20, 2012 8:02AM
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
Education News Update: The Education Budget
Read the latest news on the Vancouver Board of Education and the new Education budget from The Vancouver Sun here.
Vancouver Sun article by By Janet Steffenhagen, Vancouver Sun April 12, 2012
© Copyright (c) The Vancouver Sun
Registration Now Open for the TD National Reading Summit III May 2 – 4, 2012, Vancouver, B.C.
Join the discussion and help shape a National Reading Plan that will encourage, support and promote the joy of reading across Canada.
Have a look at the National Reading Plan DRAFT here.
Register now, SPACE IS LIMITED.
~text and links from the National Reading Campaign website.