Our 2023 Conference was held online and had over 200 attendees from over 19 countries. We thank EBSCO Panorama, PTFS Europe and Emerald Publishing for making this possible.
Proceedings & Presentations
The full conference proceedings are available here:
An overview of the 2023 conference programme is available in Ex Ordo.
Presentation slides and papers are also available via Ex Ordo. To access individual presentations and papers, please click on the ‘Presentations’ tab at the top of the page, select a presentation title, and scroll to the bottom of the page to find the powerpoint file (.pptx) and final paper submission (.pdf).
2023 Keynote speakers
Recordings of the keynotes can be accessed on our YouTube channel.
Dr. Julie Todaro
Dr. Julie Todaro’s reading list
Biography: Julie Todaro’s career includes academic library administration and management; iSchool educator (management, public libraries); public librarian (general, management, children’s); and training and consulting with all types and sizes of libraries in management and leadership areas (i.e. strategic planning, budgeting, small library management, executive leadership immersion.) Her work in higher education was as an academic dean where she managed 170 employees providing library and information resources and services throughout eleven campus libraries in 8 counties. She is the author of several monographs including: the 2014 Library Management for the Digital Age: A New Paradigm with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.; the 2020 Emergency Preparedness for Libraries, Bernan Press; and the 2022 The Post Pandemic Library Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Julie’s professional association work included the presidency of the American Library Association, the Association of College & Research Libraries and the Texas Library Association as well as authorship of presidential initiative content including the toolkit “The Power of Personal Persuasion” for the Camila Alire “Advocacy Toolkit.”
Title of keynote talk: Compelling Narratives: Articulating “New” Value, Worth, Benefit and Impact
Summary: Finding the best path to articulating your institution’s use and success is a combination of identifying the appropriate message for reaching and ‘convincing’ – in general – all of our audiences of our value, benefit, worth and impact. But performance management in libraries isn’t easy. In fact – other than the evaluation process for employees – meaningful overall library measurement, assessment and the articulation of value, worth, benefit and impact of resources and services can be ever-changing and incredibly difficult for all types and sizes of environments. The past three years – on top of the digital revolution of the past decade – have made it even more difficult to pivot, review, refresh and enhance to create the change needed in our narrative to attract and retain the interest and support of those in decision making and influential roles. Crafting the narrative encompasses not just the measurement and assessment itself – as we all know – but also the communication, strategic planning, budgeting, general accountability and overall optics as well as the construction of the narrative itself. Making it even more difficult is the urgency now needed for creating both long and short multiple messages. This presentation will cover what may work for you as well as what no longer works with many audiences.
Ms. Ramona Naicker
Links and resources from Ramona Naicker’s keynote
Biography: A Librarian for healthcare subjects at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, Ramona has a particular interest in critical appraisal of research, and highlighting the issues around racial bias in healthcare studies and medical education. Having presented at numerous conferences, her work has led to collaboration with universities and other institutions, including Health Education England, to develop critical appraisal teaching programmes with a focus on underserved groups.
Ramona is also very keen on supporting the research of others, and her previous role as Information Specialist for the NHS allowed her the opportunity to co-author systematic reviews.
Title of keynote talk: Transformative Power: Librarians Creating Impact through Research
Summary: Libraries and library professionals have evolved beyond their traditional roles as static repositories of knowledge, transforming into dynamic entities that actively engage with communities and promote real change. Drawing from her own experience and research regarding racial bias in medical education, Ramona explores the transformative potential of librarians as researchers, and the impact that professionals can have on the community.
This session aims to inspire attendees to reimagine the role of librarians, emphasising the leverage of their research skills to actively contribute to improving the quality and effectiveness of library services and empower communities.