What's New in Open Shelf
Questioning the Source: The Role of AI in Library Pedagogy
Librarians, as educators and innovators, are uniquely placed to foster access points and tools to meet users wherever their research skills and digital competencies are, as well as access digital spaces successfully.
Features and Columns
“Strat man” and advocacy
We are embarked on a strategic planning process that we hope will enable the Open Shelf editorial team and board to identify the “value add” of the publication to OLA members and align with OLA’s strategic goals.
The world according to … whom? Mapping and talking about stereotypes
I wonder if students sitting in front of a large display outside my office have noticed that the subject is potent: Stereotypes.
Navigating professional relationships
As library professionals working across a diverse field, we experience tensions and triumphs as we work together. From discord to discourse promotes our capacity to be effective collaborators and co-workers.
A wonderful time in my neighbourhood: Supporting the Bostwick Library
Libraries are public spaces where people meet, take out books and study. Libraries hold communities together.
A library is: PEOPLE
A library is clearly “place” in the sense of a physical space filled with books, posters, signs and desks. But just as obviously, a library is also people.
Listening your way to better RA
Everyone knows listening is a major starting point to any readers’ advisory (RA) transaction and listening to podcasts can play an important role before the interview even starts.
Journée congrès: L’ABO-Franco
Le conseil francophone de l’Association des bibliothèques de l’Ontario (L’ABO-Franco) recherche des professionnels de l’information qui désireraient présenter une communication.
Claim this space
This particular blank space is waiting for members of the Ontario Library Association (OLA) community to fill it up, decorate it, contribute.
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