Wikipedia And The Library: Righting The Imbalance Of Creators And Content Through Community Edit-a-thons

This paper discusses edit-a-thons held in Saskatoon and Banff during 2015–16 as part of International Women’s Day celebrations, to collectively and purposefully improve the quality and quantity of Wikipedia entries on women in the arts. The speakers will address three points: 1) to inform attendees on how to plan and run a public Wikipedia edit-a-thon, including how to engage communities/artists in the process, 2) to provide background information on the Art+Feminism movement and how it relates to academic libraries, and 3) to discuss the evolving role that libraries can play in the curation of Wikipedia content using the Art+Feminism Wikipedia edit-a-thon as a model

Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust

Book Review of Building after Auschwitz: Jewish Architecture and the Memory of the Holocaust, by Gavriel D. Rosenfeld. ISBN 9780300169140. Reviewed by Suzanne Rackover

The Holocaust art of Gershon Iskowitz, Isaac Applebaum and Yehouda Chaki : a critical approach in relation to the philosophical writings of Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt and Julia Kristeva

This study is a philosophical exploration of the Holocaust representations of three Canadian Jewish artists. The focus is on selected works by Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), Isaac Applebaum (b. 1946) and Yehouda Chaki (b. 1938). The objective is to explore these works in relation to the writings of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and Julia Kristeva (b. 1941) respectively. Some of the issues to be addressed are: how Iskowitz's representations correspond to Levinas' ethics; how Applebaum's installation Man Makes Himself (1985) exemplifies Arendt's ideas on totalitarianism and the "banality of evil"; and how Chaki's images in the exhibition Mi Makir: The Search for the Missing (1999) are representations of the abject as defined by Kristeva

Tell the Truth: Using Library Program Review for Transformation

The presentation slides from this session provide a comprehensive guide to library program reviews, an increasingly common practice in academic libraries. The session emphasizes the importance of honesty in highlighting the library's strengths and weaknesses during these reviews. The slides detail a library program review's processes, tools, opportunities, and challenges. They illustrate how program reviews serve as an insightful evaluation tool. The self-study section of the slides mentions external standard comparisons. Those recommended by the panelists were the ACRL Standards for Academic Libraries, ACRL Diversity Standards, and the ALA DEI Scorecard. The panel offered multiple perspectives, including heads of libraries/departments, internal review team staff, and external peer reviewers. Panelists whose libraries underwent reviews delved into the challenges and opportunities they encountered, their desired outcomes, and the lessons they learned. A QR code on the last slide links to a Library Program Review Zine created by Heather Slania outlines the best practices, and aligns with the panel and the panelist's discussion

The Holocaust art of Gershon Iskowitz, Isaac Applebaum and Yehouda Chaki: A critical approach in relation to the philosophical writings of Emmanuel Levinas, Hannah Arendt and Julia Kristeva

This study is a philosophical exploration of the Holocaust representations of three Canadian Jewish artists. The focus is on selected works by Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), Isaac Applebaum (b. 1946) and Yehouda Chaki (b. 1938). The objective is to explore these works in relation to the writings of Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995), Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and Julia Kristeva (b. 1941) respectively. Some of the issues to be addressed are: how Iskowitz's representations correspond to Levinas' ethics; how Applebaum's installation Man Makes Himself (1985) exemplifies Arendt's ideas on totalitarianism and the "banality of evil"; and how Chaki's images in the exhibition Mi Makir: The Search for the Missing (1999) are representations of the abject as defined by Kristeva.Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University (Canada), 2003.School code: 0228