Collaboration, Scholarship, Inspiration

OLRN Article in ACCESS, Summer 2002

2009-05-29T12:45:00.003-04:00

In her opening session, Joan Leishman discussed the beginnings of the OLRN Collaboration. She referred to an article that appeared in ACCESS in the Summer edition 2002, where Gladys Watson presents OLRN, it's purpose and objectives.

This is a great read to gain an understanding of where OLRN has come from and gather a historical perspective.

Read the Article

Caught on Camera

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Committee member Alex Eyklehoff snapped a few pics during our event. He has posted them on flickr if you'd like to take a peek.

Breakout Notes

2009-05-19T16:19:00.005-04:00

We had some great discussions during our breakout sessions. Included here are the notes that were supplied by our excellent scribes in case you missed anything or wanted to see what some of the other groups were talking about.

Collaboration

Access to Resources

Technology in Teaching

Speaker Slides

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All of our speakers have graciously provided us with their presentation slides.
Below you'll find the session title, description and a link to the speaker provided slides. *Note that some of the presentations are very large files and may take a little time to open.

What’s in a Name? Making the “Library” Relevant to 21st Century Nursing Education
Liz Bayley
Director of the Health Sciences Library, McMaster University

Liz Bayley has worked with the BScN program at McMaster for over 20 years to integrate “library” skills into the curriculum. Terminology has changed, with “information fluency” being the current buzz phrase. Resources have changed, with the explosion of electronic resources. Delivery has changed, with learning management systems and online tutorials. Communication has changed with email, chat and now twitter. But have the basic principles changed? Liz will describe her experience and the lessons she has learned.

See Liz's Slides

Collaboration - Challenges and Solutions
Jason Powell
Chair, Nursing Programs, Conestoga College

This presentation will provide an overview of the challenges to successful collaboration. During the presentation a model will be discussed which outlines the theoretical underpinnings to the collaboration construct. Jason will describe the variables within the model as well as the mitigating factors required for collaboration to successfully occur.

See Jason's Slides

Scholarship – When will Nurse Educators Catch up to Librarians
Rick Vanderlee
Dean for Applied and Professional Studies at Nipissing University in North Bay

In this presentation, Dr. Vanderlee will share three personal and social library stories as a means to answer the question – when will nurse educators catch-up to the librarians? These stories will be set within the shifting professional knowledge landscape that we are all experiencing with respect to changes in information access and web technologies; and it will end with several ‘lessons learned.’ These lessons learned will be explored to help us understand if both nurse educators and librarians can or should find ways to work together to improve the educational experience for nursing students.

See Rick's Slides

Inspiration - The Digital World, Nursing Education, and the Future Potential
Richard Booth
Registered Nurse and Doctoral Student at the University of Western Ontario

This presentation will examine the rise of social computing, eHealth, and Web 2.0 technology in the education of nursing students. The topics of collaboration and scholarship beyond the curriculum will be explored to help outline recommendations for nursing education. Implications and areas for collaboration between nursing educators and health science librarians will also be presented.

See Richard's Slides

Partnerships that Matter: Nurses and Librarians Collaborating to Shape the Future
Dr. Janet Landeen
Assistant Dean Undergraduate Nursing Education Programs, McMaster University

Dr. Landeen’s keynote will address some of the current and anticipated issues facing the nursing profession. She will review nursing educational developments and future directions, with an emphasis on librarian/nursing collaborations to advance nursing education.

See Janet's Slides

What's in a name?

2009-05-11T21:49:00.003-04:00

Liz Bayley, Director of the HSL at McMaster University asks just that in her presentation. In her 20 years working with the BScN program Liz has seen many changes both real and in title only. She has also been pivotal to the integration of 'library' skills into the McMaster curriculum. Who could be better to share the joys and challenges of this process.
Liz will present at 10:30 on Tuesday morning.

Getting There

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The event will take place in the Gerstein Reading Room in the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto.

To locate Gerstein on the parking map you will see a red telephone symbol on the right hand side of King’s College Circle. That is the Gerstein Science Information Centre. There is a sign on the lawn outside the building. You may also wish to refer to this map.
Once inside the Gerstein Centre, the Reading Room is up the stairs and to the right. There will be signage to direct you.

Driving
For driving directions, use this link to a Google Map of the event location, click Get Directions and enter your From here location.

Parking
Pay and display parking is available on King’s College Circle. This is your closest parking. It is $15 for the day. Hart House Circle also has pay and display parking (it is slightly north east on the parking map). View this parking map to see all other parking options near King’s College Circle.

Public Transit
Subway - Queen’s Park is the closest subway station to the Gerstein Centre. It is just 4 stops from Union Station. Subway Map
Bus - The Avenue Road Bus #5 has a stop at the Queen’s Park subway station

A Successful Partnership

2009-04-29T17:17:00.004-04:00

How is your collaboration working?

Jason Powell, Chair of Nursing Programs at Conestoga College, provides a unique perspective on the Collaborative Nursing Education Model that is sure to have us talking.
His presentation will provide an overview of the challenges to successful collaboration. During the presentation a model will be discussed which outlines the theoretical underpinnings to the collaboration construct. Jason will describe the variables within the model as well as the mitigating factors required for collaboration to successfully occur.

Looking Forward to our Panel

2009-04-29T17:00:00.006-04:00

Lead by convenor Amanda Ross-White, Health Sciences Librarian at Queen's University, two of our panelists will be helping us look towards the future.

Rick Vanderlee, Dean of the Faculty of Applied and Professional Studies, Nipissing University will share with us A New Discovery Paradigm for Electronic Resources

With University of Western Ontario Doctoral Student Richard Booth we will explore The Digital World, Nursing Education, and the Future Potential
This presentation will examine the rise of social computing, eHealth,
and Web 2.0 technology in the education of nursing students. The
topics of collaboration and scholarship beyond the curriculum will be
explored to help outline recommendations for nursing education.
Implications and areas for collaboration between nursing educators and
health science librarians will also be presented.

Starting the Day off Right

2009-04-29T16:54:00.004-04:00

Be sure to arrive early (9:30 a.m.) to visit the registration table and most importantly, to socialize with colleagues and enjoy a morning coffee and pastries.
Our first speaker will be Joan Leishman, Deputy Chief Librarian and Director of Science Libraries at the University of Toronto Libraries.

Joan will provide us with an Introduction to OLRN describing OLRN's beginnings nearly eight years ago. A key player in OLRN's early days, Joan will discuss the rationale behind OLRN's inception, and the methods used to build the consortium.

Keynote Presentation by Dr. Janet Landeen

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Partnerships that Matter: Nurses and Librarians Collaborating to Shape the Future
We look forward to what is sure to be an inspiring presentation from Dr. Janet Landeen, Assistant Dean Undergraduate Nursing Education Programs, McMaster University.

Parking on campus at U of T

2009-04-02T10:11:00.002-04:00

There is a fair amount of parking near the Gerstein Science Information Centre, and if you arrive before 9am you have a good chance of getting a spot along King's College Circle. This PDF document (Adobe Reader required) shows the location of City of Toronto "Pay and Display" machines that visitors can use to pay for parking.

There is a daily rate of $10 to $15 depending on the lot

Hotels in the Area

2009-03-20T14:16:00.002-04:00

There are a number of hotels within walking distance of the University of Toronto including the InterContinental, Delta Chelsea, Four Seasons, Holiday Inn and the Madison Manor (Boutique Hotel). Click the View Larger Map below for links and locations.

View Larger Map

What is OLRN?

2009-03-04T16:47:00.007-05:00

In June 2001, Margaret (Peg) Allen produced a report for the Ontario Learning Resources Nursing Project (OLRN). The Provincial government mandated the requirement that all new Registered Nurses have a Baccalaureate Degree. This meant a collaboration would need to exist between Colleges and Universities that had varying levels of library resources.
Peg put forth two Guiding principles
• All nursing students, faculty, librarians, and preceptors should have access to a common set of knowledge-based nursing and interdisciplinary health information resources to support their education, research, and clinical practice.
• For the most effective pricing, the colleges and universities should license resources on a consortium basis.

Read the Report

Since 2001, the OLRN group has worked to these guiding principles in negotiating for a set of core resources that all BScN students should have access to during their studies.

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Welcome!

2009-02-26T17:17:00.004-05:00

On May 12th we will be holding a stakeholders Meeting at the University of Toronto, Gerstein Science Information Centre, which will include presentations around a variety of aspects of Nursing Education including resources, scholarship, collaboration between Colleges and Universities and collaboration between librarians and faculty. The intent of the day is for library and faculty representatives from all Ontario sites to meet again (it has been 8 years) and to do some learning and sharing. We hope that each institution will be able to send a Nursing or Health Sciences Librarian/Library Technician as well as a Nursing Faculty member.
Once we have a complete itinerary, specific information about the presentations, and any additional information about the event, we will post it here.

View the Agenda

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