Franklin Sayre

I’m the Makerspace Librarian at Thompson Rivers University and also Co-Chair the Librarians’ Department. These days I am particularly interested in creating active learning spaces that foster belonging and encouraging sustainability and critical thinking about technology and information.

During the last two years my professional development included a successful sabbatical application focused on ecological thinking in makerspaces, a Faculty Excellence Award nomination, and delivering a presentation at a conference on innovative spaces and services.

Applied for a Sabbatical (2023 - Successful)

In the summer of 2023 I successfully applied for a sabbatical focused on makerspaces, ecological thinking, and kin-making within the Chthulucene framework. Inspired by Donna Haraway’s work, I aim to explore ways of transforming makerspaces into hubs for ecological awareness and multispecies collaboration.

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Nominated for a Faculty Excellence Award (Spring 2024 - Unsuccessful)

This year, the University Librarian nominated me for a Faculty Excellence Award (FEA) for my work in the TRU Library Makerspace. Although I didn’t receive the award, I was honoured to be nominated and the considerable work put into creating the application was rewarding in itself.

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Presentations given

Developing and assessing a culture of change at the TRU Library Makerspace – Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) conference (2024, Vancouver) – Presentation – Franklin Sayre, A. McLay Paterson, & V. Bilton, with additional contributions by Olivia MacDougall, Sarah Porter, & Dayun Han

Embracing Surrealism to Build Stranger Collaborations with Faculty: The Academic Exquisite Corpse Game – TRU Teaching Practices Colloquium (2024, Kamloops) – Presentation – Franklin Sayre, Twyla Exner, & Chery Gladu

TRU Makerspace for Educators – BEd Roundtable (2023, Kamloops) – Presentation – Franklin Sayre

Courses Attended

  • TRU People and Culture Appointment Committee Training (Full Day)
  • Unconscious/Implicit Bias Training (Full Day)
  • Meeting Facilitation Training (Full Day) March 27, 2023

Online Webinars Attended

  • Indigenous Library Spaces
  • Decolonizing Makerspaces

Conferences Attended

  • Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2024 Conference (Vancouver)
  • British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) 2023 Conference (Vancouver)
  • Workshop for Instruction in Library Use (WILU) 2023 Conference (Montreal)
  • UBC MET Inclusive Makerspace 2023 Conference (Vancouver)

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