Hidden figures: Book or movie?
We love to compare books and their screen adaptations ... plot and people, pace and perspective. Which version is better, the movie or the…
IFLA/UNESCO manifesto & toolkit: Creating multicultural libraries
As the out-going chair of the IFLA Library Services for Multicultural Populations Section, I shared this manifesto with participants at the IFLA 2017 conference, held…
Makerspaces: Take two
Complete surprise and appreciation: this was my first reaction to reading a response to an article I had written for Open Shelf last spring.…
Makerspaces: Service or learning resource?
At the 2017 Computers in Libraries conference, a librarian asked “Do you use your 3D printer, as a service or resource?" This seemed like…
Canada 150: New paradigm for LAC-BAC
At their best, national institutions are not static entities but evolve in concert with the people and places that they are created to support.…
Ministry collaboration: Funding for rural public libraries
It’s like the flick of a switch. We go from being fairly competent at meeting our patrons’ needs to being completely inadequate. I’m talking about cottage country where the population varies according to the time of year.