Students Stage Peaceful Protest Over Electronic Databases
Last week up to twelve University of Guelph students staged a protest in the Library’s Learning Commons. The students entered the library at 8am…
Keara Farragher
Keara Farragher is a Library Assistant at the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering at McMaster University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts…
Jill Bedford
Jill Bedford is a Library Assistant at the H. G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering, McMaster University doing research help, ILL, IT help, reserves…
Promoting Shameless, Unapologetic Reading
These days the funding bodies of public libraries expect that they are run like businesses. The finer points of this comparison can be argued,…
Erin Stienstra
Erin Stienstra is currently a Library Assistant at McMaster University’s H. G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering. She holds a Bachelor of Arts…
What’s New in Open Shelf: March 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…
Old Wine In New Bottles: The Traditional Public Library
The Traditional Public Library has not changed fundamentally from when it was first introduced in the mid-nineteenth century. While many people continue to believe…
Melanie Parlette-Stewart
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #29: Melanie Parlette-Stewart. I spoke with Melanie right before the Winter break so…
Science Literacy Week at McMaster University
In 2015, McMaster University Library was invited to participate in Science Literacy Week (September 21-28). This event, launched in 2014, was created by Jesse…
La réforme des bibliothèques scolaires
De quelle façon doit-on s'y prendre pour attirer les élèves du primaire et du secondaire à fréquenter leur bibliothèque scolaire? Selon Joanne Plante, bibliothécaire…
Mental Illness
Mental illness is a topic that a lot of people tend to avoid because they don't believe it exists or don’t know how to…
What’s New in Open Shelf: March 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…