Use of reflective practice as a tool for storytelling and demonstrating impact through the framework of the UN sustainable development goals
Date/Time: Wednesday October 12th @ 3:00 pm CT (Thursday October 13th @ 6 am AEST)
REGISTRATION LINK: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VtkLd7NLRpes7JPHSm2NDA
Description: This webinar focuses on how reflective practice is used in evaluating Library services using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a global framework. The presentation reports on reflective practice as a core component of evidence-based practice in the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) Library. Examples of our use of reflective practice are discussed. This includes UniSQ Library's approach to storytelling around the SDGs, an approach used to reflect on and highlight the impact libraries can have in their local communities within a global framework.
Presenters: Carmel O'Sullivan, University Librarian & Emilia Bell, Coordinator (Evidence Based Practice), University of Southern Queensland.
Carmel O'Sullivan is the University Librarian at the University of Southern Queensland and has significant experience in the library and information sector, ranging from pioneering a new national role for a top tier law firm, to managing a broad portfolio of cultural services for a local government, and roles at several Australian Universities. She has extensive experience in leading organisational change processes and library building and renovation projects. Carmel strives to build teams that focus on improving the student experience and supporting faculty while having fun, understanding their purpose, and reaching their potential.
Emilia Bell is the Coordinator (Evidence Based Practice) at the University of Southern Queensland Library. In this role they support and facilitate an evidence-based library culture, including through practice-based research and reflective practice. Emilia has worked in academic and school libraries and is also a PhD student at Curtin University. Their interests span academic and research libraries, open scholarship, and LIS and humanities research.
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Gina de Alwis Jayasuriya, PhD
Co-chair, IRRT Webinar Committee & Independent Researcher, Singapore.
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