Different Views of “aboutness”: Rise of the Machines?
We all see things a little differently. Unique perspectives can help to feed curiosity and innovation. But in an era of information overload, differing…
What’s New in Open Shelf: November 1, 2016
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Let’s talk about the ‘F’ Word!
I mean Friends … as in Friends of the Library! They are a blessing and a curse depending on your experience and always an…
Open to all?
The title for this column was taken from a piece of ground breaking research which I took part in as Head of Libraries in…
What’s New in Open Shelf: October 15, 2016
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Jessica Veldman
Jessica Veldman is an Information Services Librarian at the Wellington County Library. Jessica received her MLIS from the University of Western Ontario, and has…
Connecting Communities at the Wellington County Library
Wellington County has a 14-branch library system and serves a large geographical area, and even with Wi-Fi and public computers in all of our…
Bravery in Collaboration
Working in libraries we must be brave. Bravery can come in many forms - the socially conscious books we add to our collection, the…
Common Purpose Collaboration
One of the fun and informative OLA staff activities we hold annually is showcasing one of our accomplishments to each other in response to…
“So Many Books, So Little Time”: Creating Your Own Genre Plan
The results from Library Journal’s survey of readers’ advisors, “The State of Readers’ Advisory", suggest that “the biggest cause of RA angst is keeping up…
Adventure Collection at the Lennox & Addington Libraries
In an effort to promote the County of Lennox & Addington’s adventure tourism projects, the County of Lennox & Addington Libraries developed a “library…
Right to Know
The first Freedom of Information (FOI) law was passed in Sweden in 1766, 250 years ago. On September 28th, also known as International Right…