Librarian to Life Coach
What is so important that if you don’t have it, your whole life feels off? What’s stopping you from having that important thing in…
Linda D. Lowry
Linda D. Lowry is the Business and Economics Liaison Librarian at Brock University. Her research interests are related to investigating business and economic information-seeking…
Bridging the Business Data Divide
Academic librarians and data specialists use a variety of approaches to gain insight into how researcher data needs and practices vary by discipline, including…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: September 2015
As I write this message, the windows in my 11th floor office overlook a calm and quiet campus that will soon spring to life…
Make It Snappy: Kaleidoscope is a Crowd-Pleaser at Queen’s University
Staff at college and university libraries have a lot to think about, but too rarely have a chance to collectively engage in professional conversations…
Gillian Akenson
Gillian is currently shared between her roles as Research & Instruction Librarian and Organizational Development & Learning Librarian at Queen's University. She can be…
Participant-driven photo-elicitation for library spaces
The intent of my current research is to explore user perspectives on wayfinding in the OISE Library at the University of Toronto. Questions guiding my…
Collections to connections: 2014 Lightning Strikes winner
In the lightning round session at the 2014 Super Conference, six students from across Ontario presented 10-minute lightning talks on issues related to academic…
Toon power: creating awesome animated instruction videos
Animated instructional videos are short film clips that explain ideas or illustrate processes and procedures. In the marketing industry, they are also known as…
Around the province: More room to discover after major expansion at Carleton’s MacOdrum Library
Christmas came early to Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library: on Dec. 5, University Librarian Margaret Haines officially opened the newly renovated library that now offers…
Thank you OCULA ambassadors!
In 2013, OCULA launched its new ambassador program: the goal was to create a posse of dedicated OCULA contact people at each college and…
Around the province: Ryerson plans new learning centre
Currently under construction at the corner of Yonge and Gould Streets in Toronto, Ryerson University’s new Student Learning Centre will provide students with an…
Measuring research impact for social sciences & humanities
If your researcher population is like ours, you may be encountering a small but steady increase in the number of questions from faculty…