How Hip Is the Partnership? The Value of a Generalist Journal in a Niche World
Partnership Journal The Partnership journal is a Canadian, open-access journal that covers every library sector and is written by library practitioners on a variety…
Ten Top Tips for Negotiating a Job Offer
1. Negotiate This seems self-evident, but I know many colleagues who don’t negotiate. In my conversations with library leaders (i.e. the people who hire…
From the Hiring Line: Top Tips for Interview Success
If you were to take a poll asking what the most nerve-wracking aspect of the job search was, most people would say the job…
Fiona Inglis
Fiona Inglis is a librarian at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. She can be reached at fiona.inglis [at] camh.ca.
Dealing with the Big Day on Campus
How do job interviews at college and university libraries differ? Two recently hired librarians, one from a college and the other from a university,…
Robin Sakowski
Robin Sakowski is the Manager of Access Services at the University of Guelph Library. She is a member of the OLA Mentoring Committee and…
Slay the Interview with Your Superpowers
You’ve just found out you got the interview, and now your brain goes crazy. You start stressing about every little detail. And every big…
Melanie Ross
Melanie Ross is a Reserves & User Services Associate at Wilfrid Laurier University Library in Waterloo, Ontario. She obtained her Library & Information Technician…
Michael R. Clark
Since graduating from Algonquin College’s Library and Information Technician program, Michael R. Clark has worked in a variety of libraries, including public, government and…
A Tale of Two Interviews
There is a duality to the process of applying and interviewing for any job. The interviewers are looking for a candidate that fulfils their…
Closing the Sale in a Tough Job Market: OCULA President’s Message
In my previous message for InsideOCULA, I discussed the challenges that meet recent library program graduates. While new library workers struggle to gain a…
Are You Experienced? Job Hunting as a Recent LIS Graduate
With the exception of a lucky few, most recent library school grads enter the job hunt only to learn that it’s pretty rough out…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: July 2016
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of InsideOCULA, the newsletter for Ontario’s academic library community. Graeme, Michel and I were happy to welcome guest…