The document summarizes the activities of a library in October, which was designated as "Libraries Inspire" month. It discusses several presentations hosted by the library on topics like Cree place names and Statistics Canada surveys. It also describes classes held at the library on subjects like script writing and filmmaking. The library promoted open access to information and supported various literacy programs in the community.

1. Library is your learning partner for life. 1
Library services
October 2014
Oct ober is celebrat ed as ‘Libraries
I nspire’ mont h. We hosted a series of
presentat ions under the scope of our
campaign – Library is your Learning
Part ner for Life.
Story of Cree Place Names on
October 8
Mr. Bruce Cutknife conducted a
presentat ion about the story of Cree
Place names. His presentat ion
included t ravelling across the world
of indigenous communit ies climbing
mountains and enjoying the breeze
at rivers. 45 student s from UCEP, ABE,
and literacy program at tended this
presentat ion.
Statistics Canada presentation
on October 10
Ms. Connie LeGrande presented the
Aboriginal People's Survey and
navigat ing Statistics Canada on
October 10, 2014 to the Computer
Studies 203 and Sociology 2560
classes.
D.Yun’s st udent s list ened t o t he guest
lecture. Scheduled the first quiz on
October 17th and sent a note to his
st udent s, “The content presented by
this week's guest may feature in a
quiz (5%).”
Computer studies inst ructor Tom
Crier designed Excel and PowerPoint
assignment s requiring student s to use
the educat ion and age data
presented by guest lecturer.
Use of online databases - statistics
Jan 2874
Feb 2658
Mar 3485
April 2508
May 92
June 162
July 458
August 94
Total 12331
Source: Ernie Howe, Electronic Access Coordinator,
University of Alberta

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Learning Partner for Life
campaign
We launched a learning partner
campaign.
Veronica learned at the library
about FASD and neurological
development and 6 to 13 years is a
crucial period for relat ionship
development between FASD.
Lorne Green conducted research
and wrote his annotated
bibliography using the computers at
the library on October 21. Please
bring t ime along with you when you
come to the library just like Lorne did.
He is more confident in his research
and digital literacy skills.
Instructor Library multimedia
content creation partnership on
a novel
Class: Cree studies 1102.
Novel: Keeper’n Me by Richard Wagamese
Oct 8: Groups formed
Oct 15: Script writing in class
Oct 22: Script recording using webcam
on laptop as part of midterm and
written script submitted. This was a trial.
Oct 29: Meet & Greet filmmakers, film
making workshop, scriptwriting, and
screening.
Presentation about storytelling and a
discussion with the students about the
script work and filming they have
already been doing as an introduction.
We built with this framework and worked
through the filmmaking process. The
class ended with the screening of films
in the computer lab and a history of
Maskwacis Cree by Bruce Cutknife.
Journalist Amelia from Ponoka News did
a 30 minute presentation about script
writing. Bruce Cutknife guided us in this

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process with technical expertise and
indigenous context.
10 am Tuesdays Technology @
MCC
October 28, 10 am
Kalin Jensen from the NAIT Library in
Edmonton showed us how their library is
using Google Analytics to better
understand how users are using their
library website. She demonstrated how
Analytics has informed some changes
on their website and how the
subsequent changes have impacted its
usability.
Wilda Listener and Inez Lightning
attended a training session.
We also learned about editing
Wikispaces and Dropbox to collaborate.
Open Access Week, October
20-26
http://www.openaccessweek.org
A global event now entering its eighth
year, is an opportunity for the academic
and research community to continue to
learn about the potential benefits of
Open Access, to share w hat they’ve
learned with colleagues, and to help
inspire wider participation in helping to
make Open Access a new norm in
scholarship and research.
“Open Access” to information – the
free, immediate, online access to the
results of scholarly research, and the
right to use and re-use those results as
you need – has the power to transform
the way research and scientific inquiry
are conducted. I t has direct and
widespread implications for academia,
medicine, science, industry, and for
society as a whole.
MCC library created awareness about
Open Educational Resources (OER),
planning to publish a research journal in
2015, learned about open access
repositories, and is planning to deliver

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‘Are you ready for online learning using
open access resources?’
Library also emailed open access
research documents to faculty.
Supporting literacy programs
and service providers in the
community
Grace and Jason brought their students
to the library on October 27. We started
a read aloud sharing circle by reading
the small book UN’s Charter of
Indigenous Rights. We used the viewing
station to learn about words such as
rapporteur.
Proposing one on one
eLearning Symposium for
March 13, 2015 Digital Learning
Day
We know that our collect ion of
digital tools and lesson plans are only
a t iny fract ion of the free classroom
and program resources available to
educators. The below websites will
help you search thousands of free
tools and ideas by grade-level,
teacher rat ings, and more!
ht tp://www.digitallearningday.org
Please mark the following dates
in your calendar:
November 5: Research and Citation
workshop with Student Services
November 7: Dr. Yun’s Movie for his
class at the library
November 21: Numeracy Development
presentation by Dr. Chankaya
November 28: Dr. Yun’s Sharing Circle
and Student Showcase
Introducing Bookshare
Bookshare’s® goal is t o make t he
world of print accessible to people
with disabilit ies. Our t rial password is
as follows.
User name: Canada@bookshare.org
Password: Ask your librarian
Web: www.bookshare.org
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/bookshare
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/bookshare
Blog: http://blog.bookshare.org/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/Booksh
areTeam

5. Disability Qualified/Not Qualified
Examples of Competent
Authorities
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 Visual
Impairment
(VI)
 Blindness / Low
vision
Qualified, if confirmed by
a listed Competent
Authority
A family doctor,
ophthalmologist , optomet rist ,
Teacher of the Visually
Impaired, Special Educat ion
teacher
Cert ificat ion from the Nat ional
Library Service for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped in
the U.S. or similar nat ional body
in other count ries
 Physical
Disability (PD)
Qualified, if confirmed by
a listed Competent
Authority that the
disability significant ly
affect s the use of printed
materials
A family doctor or other
medical professional, physical
therapist , resource specialist ,
Special Educat ion teacher
 Learning
Disability (LD)
 Reading
Disability
Qualified, if confirmed by
a listed Competent
Authority, that the
disability has a physical
basis and significant ly
affect s the use of print
A neurologist , psychiat rist ,
learning disability specialist ,
Special Educat ion teacher,
school psychologist , or clinical
psychologist with a
background in learning
disabilit ies
 Aut ism
 Emot ional
disabilit ies
 ADHD
 ESL and ELL
 Intellectual
Disabilit ies
Not qualified under this
diagnosis,
unless accompanied by
a qualifying visual,
physical, learning or
reading disability as
cert ified by a Competent
Authority as above
Examples listed above