Feedback from past ARCLIB conferences confirms that delegates enjoy the opportunity to discuss hot topics with their peers. So what better way to address ARCLIB’s theme, Globalism, Diversity, Exchange, than to run 2 workshops, 1 on Globalism and 1 on Diversity where delegates from Italy, North America, Canada and the UK could exchange ideas.
The energising workshops provided the opportunity to capture a little of what we heard in the keynote and other papers of the morning session, developing, perhaps, a deeper knowledge or reflective awareness of initiatives in home institutions, before settling into the afternoon’s presentations.
Not knowing where to start or rather where to stop, I’ve transcribed the whole darn lot! Here is the Google doc in its non-evaluated glory.
I have learned a lot from transcribing your thoughts. Although I have not evaluated the content it is clear that whether we talk about globalism or diversity, we seem genuinely concerned with inclusivity in our services and collections. We must keep talking about this and collaborate to share such things as how we include these statements in collection development policies, our special ‘international’ collections and what we find out by talking to our diverse students.
I’ve also learnt that there is something called the Ebbinghouse repetition theory, known as the Forgetting Curve (thanks Ginny!) and that my workshop methodology is as valid as anyone else’s (experiential learning). Some things for a proper paper perhaps?
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