FIP Conference

The Forum for Information Professionals (FIP) is a conference run by Library and Information Studies students at the University of Alberta.

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Thanks to all who attended FIP 2024! We had 6 amazing student presentations & a thought-provoking keynote that we're still thinking about (shout out to @rollin_academic). Missed the event? Videos are up on our website: https://t.co/8QWILXNXda
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Thanks to all who supported #FIPCon2024. Special shout out to the Tech in Ed team. We couldn't run this conference without our Media Technician/Zoom Wizard Shane. Check out Tech in Ed for resources, a learning commons, workshops & more. https://t.co/vVmYdQdoKw
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A: Identifying your audience is a great starting point. Who are you talking to? Once that is figured out then you can present your subject matter to that audience.

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Our final student presentation is by Lia Rogers: Vanderpump Rules LibGuide
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Q: Do you have a favourite tip for making LibGuides that you can share with us? What would be your number one takeaway?

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A: I wanted to find something fun. We discussed this show and how we could pull in an academic lens and critically examine this show. It is seen as silly, but I wanted to explore it in the larger framework. Once we start thinking about it we see that it isn’t frivolous.

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Q: Did you feel like you could use it as a template for making LibGuide son other topics?

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A: I believe there was at least one book that talked about how fandom connects to the larger worldviews. I cannot really remember specifically the name in particular, but this is a great point that media and how we react to things does say a lot about worldview.

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Q: Elaine Lui of LaineyGossip talks about celebrity gossip and the ways people/media react to things celebrities do says about peoples’ worldviews and the dominant views in society broadly. Would you say this perspective is reflected in some of the resources you included?

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Positionality is important in considering this topic as they wanted to acknowledge the lack of diversity in the group when approaching this subject. They strove to be cognizant of their own biases and recognize how that may shape their research and the information they present.

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The group wanted to feature items that were already in the library and found there was a lot of resources. They determined best to include a variety of resources such as media, gray literature, cast social media, news stories, podcasts, and academic reference materials.

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The LibGuide also includes a Watch-a-like (like read-a-like for LibGuides) focusing on Canadian and offerings from Bravo. The group also included further internet resources, as these sources are easily found and wouldn’t exist in an academic resource setting.

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TV as a collective experience. There are fewer singular pop cultural experiences because there are no single time-locked channels. There are many avenues to accessing this media that collective experiences are less frequent. This community that is made possible through fandom

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An example of this fandom constructed connection includes recipes for cocktails featured in the show. Also includes Wikis and watch parties. This community is important to maintaining the shows popularity.

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Fandom is great for creating connection and community surrounding the show. Fans are active in this community which includes creating parallel media, summarizing knowledge, discussing observations/theories, recapping, and analyzing.

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Reality tv stars construct their brand so fans feel connected to them. Through para-social connection avenues (social media) and external connection points (podcasts/biographies), reality television stars construct these relationships with fans so fans feel more connected to them

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Reality TV is a broad category and has many sub-genres: social experiments, make-over programs, dating programs, and court appearances. There is also a documentary aspect of realty TV. Vanderpump Rules falls under the docu-drama/docu-soap category.

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Vanderpump Rules is a reality TV show that follows staff working at a restaurant, detailing the dramas and entanglements of staff members as they work to build their own careers in showbusiness or entrepreneurship.

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A: People tend not to think about the effect police can have on visibly queer people. Remember that trans folks are not just your patrons but they can also be your co-workers. Policing could scare away patrons but also make the workplace unsafe for queer and BIPOC people.

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Up next we have the 5th student presentation - Policing and Carcerality in Public Libraries by Alyssa De’Ath, Sean Gleason, Monica Maddaford and Ash Ridsdale #FIPCon2024 #FIPConference #UAlberta #LISStudents

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Q: Just to elaborate on behavioural policing of queer people: trans women are generally assumed by police to be sex workers, since historically that's been the only kind of work many of us can get. This is especially the case with trans women of colour.