Access 2019 – Day One Highlights

Wow! It’s been such a great time so far. Access 2019 kicked off bright and early yesterday morning and thus far it’s been a great time!

John Huck of University of Alberta Libraries (UAL) starting the first day of Access 2019

Dale Askey, Vice Provost and Chief Librarian of UAL gave everyone a warm welcome.

Eira Tansey gave a great keynote talk on Information and Hidden Infrastructure.

And lunch was pretty yummy!

Everyone’s enjoying the auto captioning errors…

Sinopia = Shinobi, according to closed captioning tool #AccessYEG
— David Kemper (@dkemper) September 30, 2019

"cereals affinity group" sounds like a library committee I could get into #accessyeg pic.twitter.com/WY0u3NoruU
— There is no Dana (@biophilius) September 30, 2019

On the other hand, I'm impressed how well it does with the different accents, and the fact is removes the "umms" and other pauses.
— Darryl Friesen (@g011um) September 30, 2019

Love what the transcription tool makes of BIBFRAME every time the speakers utter it. "Mark to bed frame" might be my current favourite. #accessYEG
— Dale Askey (@daskey) September 30, 2019

And how about those talks! So many great presentations!

We are loving the pres aesthetic and the pedagogical approach to digital humanities, @AnneliseDowd! Digital literacy is always valuable, no matter the size of institution. #accessYEG pic.twitter.com/njKZ9F0cda
— Lydia St. Victoire (@lydia_zv) September 30, 2019

I am very impressed with the number of Canadian university libraries on stage at @AccessLibCon who are developing various technical tool kits for the masses. #AccessYEG
— David Kemper (@dkemper) September 30, 2019

Congrats to all of today’s #AccessYEG presenters: thoughtful, direct, passionate, committed to the time constraints. My brain is buzzing with the generosity of y’all 🧡🙌🏻💯🥰
— Gillian Byrne at #AccessYEG (@gillmbyrne) September 30, 2019

And then there was the Common, The streetcar and trivia!

That was really fun! #AccessYEG pic.twitter.com/Pv0rFrZst4
— Russell McOrmond (@russellmcormond) October 1, 2019

Edmonton is nice #AccessYEG pic.twitter.com/Ln2ydMFvwP
— Marc d'Avernas (@start_words) October 1, 2019

Thanks for a great day one everyone! Stay tuned for an replay of day two tomorrow.