BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:877@m25lib.org.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210308T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210317T160000 DTSTAMP:20220111T101619Z URL:https://www.m25lib.org.uk/events/understanding-libraries-with-qualitat ive-techniques-tg3-qualitative/ SUMMARY:Understanding libraries with qualitative techniques [TG3/Qualitati ve] DESCRIPTION:Practical workshop for ethnographic approaches with Donna Lancl os - Tuesday 8th March and Thursday 17th March\nFed up with survey results that we could have predicted ourselves? Refresh yourself\, or learn for t he first time\, techniques that will help improve services for our library users. This event will be delivered by the well-known expert Dr Donna Lan clos on the ethnographic techniques that are appropriate in our pandemic l ibrary world. In these two sessions Donna will remind us of the suitable t echniques that can be employed to better understand our users’ habits an d techniques.\n\nThis event will be held over two afternoons and will equi p you with skills to learn some practical techniques. Have a practice on y our own and then come back and learn how to use what you have observed to meaningful effect. It will stimulate you on want you want to explore at yo ur own place of work.\n\nThis session will be practical and will involve s ome work outside of the session and we will be asking some participants to share their work in this collaborative and safe environment.\n\nProgramme :\n\nTuesday 8th March 2-4pm \n\n Practice mapping\, reflecting on own pr actices (cognitive and digital mapping)\n Introduction to Observations – how to and what you will need to do\n Discussions on what observation s you can do\n\n Thursday 17th March 2-4pm\n\n Coding exercises that can be used on your own work\n What can you explore further at your own plac e work and what methods will help?\n Questions\n\n \;\n\nTrainer:\n\n Donna Lanclos: I am an anthropologist and a folklorist and have been unapo logetic about those two things for quite a while\, now.  I found myself w orking in academic libraries starting in 2009\, and since then have been t hinking\, writing\, and talking a lot about the nature of information\, di gital and physical places\, and higher education generally.  I see my wor k as relevant not just to libraries or universities\, but to conversations about how we as a society make sure that people have opportunities to lea rn how to think critically\, to practice those skills\, and to find their voices.\n\nI work with a lot of different people.  In addition to researc h and writing\, I conduct workshops\, facilitate discussions\, give talks\ , and participate in panel discussions on a range of topics that I find in teresting and that you may or may not.\n\nCost \n£45.00 members\n£90.00 non member institutions\n\n \;\n\nInformation for joining:\n\n This session is virtual and will run via Zoom. Once your booking has been confi rmed\, joining instructions will be emailed the day before the event.\n E lectronic CPD attendance certificates can be provided on request. Please r equest via cpd25@london.ac.uk\n\nCancellations less than one week before t he event will be charged a 50% cancellation fee. In the event of a ‘no-s how’ on the day\, the full fee will be charged.\n\nTo book a place pleas e use our online booking form. Please remember to include your PO number a s bookings cannot be confirmed without this\n\n \; CATEGORIES:cpd25 Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201025T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR