LLLotW 2023.20
Alissa McCulloch outlines exactly why the recent statement on WLIC 2024 from the IFLA President and President-elect is a slimy attempt to justify IFLA's decision to hold their next conference in a theocratic dictatorship that imprisons people for heinous crimes such as “swearing on Facebook”, “being part of an out-of-favour religious tradition” and “engaging in consensual intimacy with an adult you are not in a heterosexual marriage with”.
Queer people deserve to exist in public venues. Queer people deserve to be safe in public venues. And while IFLA WLIC is a private event, it also has grand aspirations of being a conference where people from all corners of the Earth can meet and learn from each other. ‘Change happens through dialogue & certainly cannot happen if we are not present,’ reads the IFLA statement. Yes, it certainly cannot happen if a whole class of attendees cannot safely be present in the country at all.
I bet the conference dinner is going to be a real hoot, with UAE's ban on public dancing and all.
OER Collective Library Staff Community of Practice
A recording from the CAUL OER Collective, featuring:
- Understanding cognitive load [5:00]
- Understanding learning design principles [9:55]
- H5P & demos [25:07]
What if ... there were no LibGuides?
A blast from an NLA past, check out this great short talk. As best I can tell, Flinders did indeed cancel their Libguides and have moved to a combination of LMS modules, clear website content, and reading lists to convey key information to students.
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