9.00 Pre-seminar catch up with other participants

9.30 Welcome to seminar and Acknowledgement of Country

9.35 Jane Orbell-Smith, Libraries’ Manager, Redcliffe and Caboolture Hospitals’ Libraries to speak about Librarian Reserve Corps. The Librarian Reserve Corps (LRC) were established in March 2020 in response to the growing COVID-19 epidemic and an identified need to capture quality health information. This presentation provides an overview of LRC and how it works with GOARN and WHO to provide “swift emergency response”. You can read more about their work here.

You can see the presentation from Jane Orbell-Smith here

10. 10 Information session about the updated reference excellence training provided by Judy Atkinson, Ita Hanssens and Michelle Head.

You can see their presentation here

10.30 10 slides 5 minutes

Kelly Woods Professional development reading/listening/watching

10.45 - 11.00 Break (or you can stay online and chat with other participants)

11.00 - 11.40 Colin Klein, Professor in the School of Philosophy at the Australian National University will be speaking about the differences between mis/dis/malinformation and how to identify them, knowledge that is critical in the current climate. Colin will also discuss ways librarians can best provide assistance and education to the people in their communities by helping them become more aware and critical of the information surrounding them every day.

you can see the presentation from Colin Klein here

11.45 Information session about the new online druginfo training by Michael Adams

12.00 Close and evaluation