I get by with a little help from my friends [colleagues]
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart “If you’ve created a work culture where vulnerability isn’t okay, you’ve also created a culture where innovation and creativity aren’t okay.”…
Special Collections with Special Stories
by Brian McMillan One aspect that sets the Western Libraries music collection apart from other academic music collections in Canada is the wealth of…
Mohawk College’s Digital Creativity Centre: Discover, Create, Experience – a library re-imagined.
By Anna Johnston In September, 2018 Mohawk College’s Joyce Centre for Partnership & Innovation welcomed students to "seven stories of learning" in a 96,000…
Creating our new space: Library renewal at Algonquin College
By Christine St. Denis and Tammy Thornton The Algonquin College Ottawa campus library recently moved into a brand new space in the DARE District.…
Retrogames revisited
By Aleksandra Minic and Robert Smith What happens when retro becomes modern and vintage is more than just the “cool past?” Well, you might…
It’s a marathon, not a sprint – the organizational renewal process at Western Libraries
by Jennifer Robinson In September 2018, as the Western community made its way back to campus, Western Libraries went about its usual fall routines.…
Carleton University Library undergoes changes to its Academic Services
By Amber Lannon Carleton University is located in Ottawa, on a beautiful campus in the south of the city bordered on one side by…
Where do you find community? Communities of practice and library professionals: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart This fall I’ve been reflecting on how change challenges us to find new ways of doing and learning. What I’ve come…
uOttawa library organizational renewal project
By Liz Hayden The University of Ottawa Library has embarked on a comprehensive organizational renewal to ensure that its structure is well-positioned for the…
Catching the next wave? Streaming video in academic libraries
By Aaron Lupton, Ian Gordon and Helen Salmon In a recent editorial, Erik Martin (2018) effectively describes why streaming video is so compelling: quoting…
Organizational renewal at Queen’s University Library
By Nathalie Soini In 2014, Queen’s University Library embarked on a public services review to determine how best to work within our resources while…