Speaker Slides

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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What's in a name?

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.

A Successful Partnership

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

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

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

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.