OCULA Free Webinar Series and Virtual Journal Club
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart Within such a diverse sector, it can be difficult to keep up to date on all of the issues that arise.…
Trent Library donates 250,000 monographs to Open Library
By Dwayne Collins This fall, Trent University’s Thomas J. Bata Library will wrap up a significant transformation project that will see the building renewed…
InsideOCULA newsletter: October 2018
The arrival of autumn, and especially this Thanksgiving weekend, is always a time of beginnings and endings: perfect for reflecting on our successes and preparing for the challenges to come. This issue of InsideOCULA, which celebrates library projects both old and new, captures the spirit of fall.
New beginnings – New Year’s resolutions for fall: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.” ― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's I’ve…
Driving towards conformance: a WCAG 2.0 field trip
By Aneta Kwak, Mariana Jardim and Mark Weiler Introduction: Pack your bags Do you remember the excitement of field trips in school? We want…
Paper covers rock: how the Marrakesh Treaty can move Canadian libraries out of the Stone Age
By Corinne Abba & Heather Buffett In 2016, Canada became the 20th country to accede to The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published…
InsideOCULA newsletter: July 2018
With the arrival of summer, many of us will be looking forward to holidays, but summer months spent at work can also be a useful time to revisit projects or start new ones. In this month’s issue of InsideOCULA, we look back at past successes and highlight renewed projects from the OCULA community.
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Special [digital] collections make for special [digital] connections
By Jennifer Toews The recent re-launch of the digital special collections of the University of Toronto Libraries ensures continued free and open access to…
Ontario colleges celebrate 10 years of askON
By Siobán Linnen OLA 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the askON Virtual Reference service, which launched at the OLA SuperConference in 2008 as…
Scholars Portal Books platform improves access for users and library staff
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby After two years of active development, the new Scholars Portal Books platform has officially launched! Housing more than 250,000 commercial…
An ode to summer from an academic librarian: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”—L. M. Montgomery, Anne of…
Building Better Libraries Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 2018 OCULA Spring Conference
by Catherine Fournier and Helen Tang Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in librarianship … in theory, at least. But what are libraries…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: April 2018
By Thomas Guignard Is it spring yet? The copse of tiny crocuses next to my front steps seem willing to believe it. For me,…