NLS Revealed: Our Top Five Surprises
It was challenging to parse through all of the ideas and conversations from NLS and distill them into bite-sized chunks. Naturally, this difficulty is…
“Honest and Relatable in a Sincere Way”: Reflections from NLS Attendees
We asked three NLS attendees to reflect on their day. Here is some of what they said: What was the biggest surprise of NLS?…
“Nobody Dies”: Some Advice for New Professionals
We asked mid- and late-career information professionals what advice they would give themselves as a new librarian. Here is what they said: “Sometimes you…
Moving Forward: A Reflection on Lessons Learned
As to be expected with organizing an event for the first time, there was much for us to reflect upon and take forward. First,…
Juliene McLaughlin
Juliene McLaughlin is a User Experience Librarian at the University of Guelph. She engages with library users in a variety of different ways with the…
Kathryn Lee
Kathryn Lee is the Media Asset Management and Taxonomy coordinator at the CBC Libraries and Archives. Currently, she is a councillor-at-large for OLITA and…
Blue Ocean Strategy & Public Libraries
We like to think that public libraries are unique, and in many ways they are. The chances are that if they had never been…
Nancy Fong
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd – a new column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We want…
Coast to Coast to Coast: Digital File-Based Workflows at the CBC
On a busy day, the phone (yes, an actual telephone) would ring off the hook and, heart pounding, you would furiously scribble down notes,…
Jessica Watts
Jessica Watts is Coordinator of Outreach, Programs and Partnerships at the Greater Sudbury Public Library. She works with many local partners to develop new…
Deni Kasama
Deni Kasama holds a PhD in Linguistics from UNESP (Brazil), and he currently teaches linguistics and translation at UNILAGO, Brazil.
Snowshoes at Greater Sudbury Public Library
This past year the Greater Sudbury Public Library was fortunate to partner with the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area and Rainbow Routes Association to receive…
Rebecca Mackay
Rebecca Mackay is a student in the BA in Translation program at the University of Ottawa.