2020 HLA Conference
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Item Using Google Tools to Enhance Information Literacy 2.0(2020-12-04) Falevai, ZoiaThis session will share how one librarian uses Google tools to collaborate with and assist students in their research efforts, especially at this time with remote/distance learning. This teaching approach enables the librarian to check, document and assist individual students during the hands-on part of the workshop, provides a convenient way to follow-up with the students and instructors and helps with a course or assignment assessment. This method is one way to ensure that students are learning and understanding the information literacy concepts in an online one-shot or continuous workshops.Item Shifting Focus to Identify Hawaiians in Historical Photographs(2020-12-05) Haderlie, BrooksThree panoramic photographs of the Laie Hawaii Temple from the early 1900's show hundreds of native church members and mainland missionaries. No serious attempts have been made to date these photos or to identify the people depicted in them. Methods will be described firstly for determining the correct dates for the photos, and secondly for identifying individuals in them. We will describe pre-pandemic efforts and then pivotal changes which were needed to continue the identification process. Other libraries and archives can benefit from these same procedures in working with their own the correct dates for the photos, and secondly for identifying individuals in them.Item Responding to COVID: How Open Educational Resources Are Helping(2020-12-04) Shook, Sheryl; Pai, SunnyOpen Educational Resources (OER) are openly licensed and public domain materials used in educational settings at all levels. The ten campuses of the University of Hawaiʻi have been promoting the use of OER since 2015, with faculty providing free learning resources to students that can be easily accessed online or printed at low cost. With the onset of COVID, OER becomes even more useful as faculty move their classes to remote learning environments. OER commit to accessibility and inclusiveness in addressing social inequities, now exacerbated by COVID. We’ll take a look at the impact OER has had at the University of Hawaiʻi and review the number of ways, worldwide, that OER is helping to make a difference in responding to COVID.Item Reinventing Information Literacy with Wikipedia in Medical Education(2020-12-05) Kahili-Heede, Melissa; Patil, Uday AJ; Hillgren, KJWikipedia: everyone's patrons are using it, including medical patients seeking information on everything from colic to COVID-19. As the size and accuracy of Wikipedia increases, it becomes more important for librarians to be invested in the validity of the contents and the information literacy of the users. To this end, the Health Science Library at the John A. Burns School of Medicine participated in one of Wikipedia's outreach efforts, Wikiproject Medicine, engaging medical students to improve the completeness of articles about medicine and Hawai'i while also enhancing their level of information literacy. As a result, articles like those about The Queen’s Medical Center and Trauma Teams were vastly improved and the medical students learned a lot about communicating accurate information in plain English. Our presentation will tell you how we did it, the lessons we learned, and how you can try it, too!Item Public Health at the Public Library: Preventative Health Programs Implemented in Large Public Libraries(2020-12-04) Patil, Uday AJ; Buscher, MicheleItem Promoting Active Learning: Polishing and Reloading Your Teaching Toolbox(2020-12-04) Falevai, Zoia; DeMartini, BeckyThis workshop will guide participants through various techniques to promote active learning in a virtual or in-person setting. Anyone involved in learning and teaching will leave the workshop with a refreshed outlook to approach the future of library instruction. We will engage our audience through multiple hands-on activities and focus on student-centered learning. Examples include: self-evaluating and reflecting on current instruction curriculum; using Bloom's Taxonomy to create learning outcomes for library instruction that are learner-centered; practicing engaging learning strategies such as Pair/Share, using Opinion Polls, Ranking and Rating to engage students in the learning process, Cold Calling as a tool for increased feedback and interaction.Item Nobody Taught Me This in Library School! Adapting to the New Normal(2020-12-04) Healey, Meredith; Mangohig, RowenaNo one taught me about this in library school! Staff at Marine Corps Base Hawaii Library struggles to understand what our community needs from us, how we can provide it, and how to do so while keeping staff and patrons as safe as possible. We will talk about successes and failures with safe programming, trying to bridge the digital divide by loaning equipment, and conducting a safe Summer Reading Program. We will also talk about new considerations for the era of COVID-19, and how we've adapted our staffing and services to be prepared.Item Learning at Home: Homeschooling, Distance Education, and How Librarians Can Help Both(2020-12-04) Fuchikami, JenniferItem Kā Molokai Waihona Kākoʻo(2020-12-05) Mokuau, Diane; Delanty, Cynthia; Purdy-Avelino, Kilia; Pagan, Kalani; Martinez, Greta; Simms, Terri; Steinke, Anne; Lum, LizJoin Molokai's librarians and educators share their experiences with library instruction and programming while strengthening their community ties. We will feature short video reflections focusing on how we "pivoted" in the way we were collaborating and meeting to continue to keep abreast of what is happening in all of our libraries, still support each type of library and carry through with the projects that we had put underway. Three librarians will also take live Q&A and talk about the impact that the pandemic has had on library services at each type of library.Item Gone Virtual: Closed Buildings, Opened Minds(2020-12-04) Todd, Danielle; Bengston, Katherine; Young, Jennifer KauʻiThe two-month closure of the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System’s 51 branches was a time of uncertainty and stress, but also growth. The COVID-19 pandemic challenged librarians to reconsider public service, and how community and staff connections are made and strengthened. This presentation focuses on one major area of long-term change for HSPLS: the creation of the Virtual Programming Team and its positive impact on how HPSLS staff collaborate, interact and form longstanding professional relationships that benefit the system’s health. Before the closure, HSPLS staff relied on in-house programming and largely sourced program content from libraries’ immediate communities and staff. The closure changed the traditional programming landscape by forcing HSPLS staff to move communication to virtual forums. Through the Teams’ VPT forum, librarians discovered an easy way to reach outside of their immediate circles, trade ideas and maximize content and output in a way that was not prioritized or necessary in the previous model. This resulted in a strong, innovative and imaginative team with a greater versatility of content. It also resulted in fresh perspectives and stronger bonds between staff. This presentation will take you behind-the-scenes, starting back in March 2020 when the Virtual Programming Team first convened. We will show you how we created this service area from scratch, often repurposing personal technology and materials in our homes to bring programming to life. The three presenters represent different areas of public librarianship, on three different islands, and took on three different roles within the team: Danielle as Team Lead, Katherine as Storytime at Home Guru, and Kauʻi as HSPLS Creates Champion. By focusing on our strengths and learning from each other the virtual programming team was able to establish professional relationships and services for our patrons that would not have existed pre-COVID.Item Going the Distance: Usability Testing the Library Search Interface(2020-12-04) Kahili-Heede, Melissa; Ota, AllysonThe ability of libraries to communicate online effectively has never been more important than it is now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic thus making libraries more dependent than ever on their online presence. Part of creating an effective online presence is having a clear picture of who the users are and what they need. Libraries can accomplish this by conducting usability testing of online interfaces with library patrons. Usability testing is the evaluation of online tools by means of focusing on user-centered design. This presentation will present the results of usability testing on the Primo VE search interface conducted by a team of librarians representing a range of libraries in the University of Hawaiʻi system during the 2020 Fall semester. The presentation will also include implications for library and information literacy instruction, lessons learned, best practices, and tips for how other libraries can easily undertake their own usability testing.Item From Meme to You: Social Media in Academic Libraries in Post COVID-19 World(2020-12-05) Kerns, Halie; Robertson, StephanieThis presentation will explore the role of social media in academic libraries and the ways in which it can be an effective tool to engage students who are seeking current information about library services during the pandemic. Using measurable attributes for posting, we will provide examples of social media usage on college campuses from around the country who are currently taking advantage of these frequented platforms to engage their students. The role of academic library social media accounts has pivoted from primarily engagement to disseminating important information to active seekers. Finally, we will also discuss best practices for how to use social media in a way that addresses the unique needs of each university and their campus The role of academic library social media accounts has pivoted from primarily engagement to disseminating important information to active seekers. Finally, we will also discuss best practices for how to use social media in a way that addresses the unique needs of each university and their campusItem Deep Fake Videos(2020-12-04) Markovinovic, MaryThis session provides an overview of the latest social media trend --DeepFake Videos. We'll look at how they are created; how can you detect them; and, what are governments and corporations doing to curb them. This technology has the potential for both very good and very, very bad. In an age where “seeing is believing,” what happens when you can no longer trust what you see? The advent of DeepFakes makes media literacy more important than ever during times of widespread disruption.Item Creating Connections Across Campus: Integrating the ACRL Framework with Discipline Specific Threshold Concepts(2020-12-04) Faint, LillaThe Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy outlines six threshold concepts—abstract ideas that students must understand to succeed in a discipline. Threshold concepts are typically tackled in upper level courses in a student’s chosen discipline. Although information literacy is rarely the subject for a semester long course, its threshold concepts transcend and can enhance understanding in every discipline. Interactive activities can help make threshold concepts more concrete and attainable, and embedding these activities in upper level courses creates a critical connection between information literacy and discipline-specific threshold concepts. Examples of interactive activities and additional resources for class development suitable for all disciplines will be discussed, as well as how to adapt these activities from in-person to hybrid or all virtual settings. As professors across campus modify their upper level courses to address today’s situation we have a great opportunity to offer substantive and transformative information literacy classes while forming new or stronger partnerships with faculty and students throughout the university.Item Capturing Library Stories: The Past, Present, and Future in the HLA Newsletter(2020-12-05) Chernisky, Carina; Sinclair, GwenBeginning in 1944, the HLA Journal/Newsletter has documented the activities of the Association as well as Hawaiʻi's close-knit library community. The intent of the publication has been to take a snapshot of what local librarianship has looked like over the years and how library professionals have responded to current events. Want to know what happened to the Punahou School Library during World War II? Did you know that the Hawaiian Telecom librarians staffed Directory Assistance during a company strike in 1974? Those stories are in past newsletters, and old issues are publicly available for you to browse. After a decade of being out-of-commission, the Newsletter was revitalized in 2019 under the name of Kolekole, or “talk story.” The presenters will share how the newsletter was relaunched last year, the goals in capturing the stories of our community, and how you can contribute. Let’s all do our part to ensure that our local library achievements and activities are documented for future generations.