Class matters
Social class is the most significant single determinant of public library use and non-use. A recent study in the U.K. found that 46 per…
Copyright in photographs in Canada: Reprise
Canada’s Copyright Act was amended in 2012. These changes have had an impact on the legal rights of authors, including photographers. In 2015, Margaret…
If you buy games, they will come … maybe!
Having board game collections in libraries isn’t a new thing. In fact, I am sure most of you reading this article have some sort…
Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in the Internet Archive: SALIS digital book collection
SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists) and the Internet Archive (IA) are partnering on a unique project: The SALIS collection of books on…
#IFLAGlobalVision
I recently had the opportunity to attend the second regional workshop of the IFLA Global Vision Initiative (the first one was May 2017 in…
Professional development: Leverage social media to stay connected and informed
Professional development (PD) is vital to our personal and work-related growth but it can be challenging to find the time to stay current with…
Small(er) libraries: Survey highlights impact & funding
Last month, we shared our conversation about working in small(er) libraries and then asked our colleagues who work in similar libraries to weigh in…
Uncovering “next reads”: Moving from popular fiction to less visible titles
There’s nothing more thrilling for me than having conversations with readers about what they’re reading. It’s definitely easier to have these exchanges if we’ve…
Micro-controlled tinkering: Designing Arduino kits using 3D printing
Arduino is a fascinating and fun project for people who like to tinker with objects that they find around them. Originally introduced at an…
Crossing the WCAG 2.0 threshold: Reading the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
A 21st century challenge for the world is to make the web accessible for people with disabilities. Fortunately, Ontario has provided a framework for…
Respecting anonymity through collection development
In the second article in this limited series of conversations, Amanda Wilk and John Vincent discuss readers’ advisory for LGBTQ+ people, and trends in…
John Vincent: Libraries, the universe & everything
I interviewed John Vincent by email in February, 2018. I have known John since we were both chief librarians in London in the 1990s.…
Many hats, a door that’s hard to close: Life in small(er) libraries
There are approximately 380 public libraries across Ontario. The majority of these libraries serve smaller, frequently rural populations, with 258 serving resident populations under…