The Trouble with Twee
Twee: excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental (Oxford, 2015) For the past year, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to neighbourhood book…
What’s New in Open Shelf: May 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…
Open Access, Culture, and Modeling the Way
I believe gobsmacked is the word I’m looking for. David Lewis, Dean of the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is an accomplished…
Loan Stars – A New RA Tool for Library Staff
Have you heard about Loan Stars? Wondering what all the fuss is about? Loan Stars is a new readers’ advisory service that allows library…
Cortney Lee-Comeau
Cortney Lee-Comeau is the Coordinator of Outreach, Programs and Partnerships at the Huntsville Public Library. Cortney has lived in Huntsville for two and half…
What’s New in Open Shelf: April 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…
Brady Burke
Brady Burke is the Marketing Director at Textbooks for Change, joining the social enterprise at the end of 2014. He is responsible for all student…
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Sustainability at Huntsville Public Library
I left university with a BSc in biology and geography ready to take on the world. I had studied at Trent University in one…
Why You Should Attend the CLA Forum
A Canadian Library Association conference? Seriously? Didn’t they kill off CLA? [Disclaimer: I’m the current Treasurer & member of the Executive Committee of the…
Textbooks for Change: Creating an Impact with Used Textbooks
“One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” In 2013, that became more than just an old saying for Chris Janssen, then a student at…
Sarah Macintyre
Sarah Macintyre has been working in libraries for over five years, and has been at St.…
Mallory Austin
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd - a new column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We want…
Snuffy’s Revenge: the Community Led Library
"Snuffy" is the name of a character who appears in The Classic Slum by Robert Roberts. This delicious slice of British social history paints…