Engaging in LIS Practice: Impact of COVID-19 on Research, Teaching, and Mentorship
Date/Time: Wednesday, December 7, 9:00 pm ET (Thursday, December 8, 10 am Philippine ST)
Registration Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bPiUjsL4T_mqp5oCgWxVRw
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced libraries and institutions of higher education to adapt and shift to remote setups, mainly teaching and guiding students in their academic courses and research projects. These adjustments have not been easy for everyone, primarily because this global health crisis has caused tremendous stress, fear, and social exclusion to faculty and students. The webinar centers on the experiences of three LIS educators from different countries/locations as they deal with the impact of COVID-19 on their research, teaching, and mentorship. Despite the barriers and challenges of the pandemic, the panellists will share how they collaborated and maximized the situation in rethinking their approaches to support faculty members, students, and library practitioners in developing robust and relevant research plans and projects from different parts of the Philippines.
Presenters:
- Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab (Associate Professor, UP School of Library & Information Studies
- Michael Olsson (Visiting Professor, UP School of Library & Information Studies)
- Danilo M. Baylen (Professor, University of West Georgia, USA).
Iyra Buenrostro-Cabbab is an Associate Professor and current Graduate Program Coordinator at the School of Library and Information Studies (UP SLIS), the University of the Philippines Diliman. She holds a Ph.D. in Information Studies from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She has been and is currently involved in projects related to the education and training of LIS educators, librarians, archivists, and records managers. Iyra is the current Editor-in-Chief of the Philippine Journal of Librarianship and Information Studies.
Michael Olsson is a Visiting Professor in the School of Library and Information Studies Diliman. He is actively interested in developing the next generation of information researchers and has run workshops for doctoral students in Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, the United States, Canada, the UK, Sweden, Finland, and Estonia.
Danilo Madayag Baylen is an Instructional Technology, Media, and Design professor at the University of West Georgia (USA). He teaches, researches, and publishes technology integration practices, visual and media literacy skills, creativity, and collaboration. In addition, he studies the visual representation of identity, relationships, and culture in Asian children's literature. Dr. Baylen is a 2022-2023 Fulbright U.S. Scholar in the Philippines.
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Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, PhD
Co-chair, IRRT Webinar Committee & Independent Researcher, Singapore.
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