On September 27, 2019, thousands of people showed up in 85 Canadian communities to rally and protest on the issue of climate change. Some of these folks work in libraries.

While information as a strategic resource is not a new concept, information warfare (IW) is a relatively recent term.

Our little public library has served as an information center for municipal, provincial and federal elections and this year we ordered welcome resources from Elections Canada.

A university librarian (Wayne Jones) and a freelance writer (Matt Balaker) team up to talk about their new book and collaborating at a distance.

The Accessible Content ePortal (ACE) is a service provided by Scholars Portal, supporting the Ontario Council of University Libraries in making their collections accessible to students and faculty with print disabilities. Our service team has launched a new staff portal and public-facing website to support community engagement and the accessibility request submission process.

This column features professionals who have traditional library and information training but have taken a “road less travelled” by applying their knowledge and skills in unexpected ways or places.

The two new Ontario Library Service – North websites have been designed to support language revitalization and First Nation public libraries.

CFLA-FCAB is now entering its fourth year as an entity and so it is time to take stock of where it is as an organization and what the future holds.

OCULA members, along with volunteers from the Ontario School Libraries Association, collaborated to present their annual spring conference. This year, the conference focused on teaching information literacy skills to students entering college and university.

Chris Cluff is our guest podcaster this month. Host of Chasing Squirrels, his most recent podcast features OSLA president Jennifer Brown. Jennifer also writes It’s elementary, a regular Open Shelf column. Privilege in reflective practice and ‘intentional noticing’ in the LLC By Chris Cluff and Jennifer Brown My (Chris’s) intention with the Chasing Squirrels Project…

We are now inviting OLA members to nominate colleagues (or themselves!) for vacant OLA Board and Council positions.

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