What is a social worker’s place in the library?
This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.
Preserving freedom of expression in our libraries
This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.
Claire Dionne
Claire Dionne is an accomplished records and information management professional within a prominent small-scale federal government institution. With over a decade of remarkable tenure…
Reviving the Pages: Open Shelf Magazine Returns!
The team at Open Shelf has returned after our end-of-summer break reinvigorated. We enjoyed our “time off,” but are just as excited to meet the challenges and joys of the autumnal season.
Ontario College Libraries: Meeting the Challenge of the New Normal
Librarianship at Ontario colleges has changed significantly since the pandemic. Eva McDonald explores new challenges facing academic librarians, and how best to meet these challenges.
Eva McDonald
Eva McDonald is the Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian at Centennial College. You can contact Eva at emcdonald@centennialcollege.ca.
Becoming the University of Toronto Music Library: Wrapping Up our 100th Anniversary Year
In 1921, the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (which had been established in 1918) took over the operation of what was then the Toronto Conservatory of Music’s library. This month, we wrap up the series by looking back at the ways we celebrated this year.
Describing Music Materials So They Can Be Found
Music materials are unique items in the library world and must be approached in ways that consider the many different formats and content types. James Mason provides an examination of the considerations that factor into describing music materials so they can be found.
Alexandra Tome
Alexandra Tome is a library technician who recently joined Mount Allison University Libraries and Archives but started her career at Humber Libraries. Throughout her…
What’s new in Open Shelf: October 2021
The team at Open Shelf has returned after our end-of-summer break reinvigorated. We enjoyed our “time off,” but are just as excited to meet the challenges and joys of the autumnal season.
Consumer Health Report
Open Shelf is proud to be launching a new bi-monthly feature on consumer health resources about select topics. Stay tuned to learn about consumer health websites, print or e-books and other relevant resources.
Access points: 4 Steps to gain metadata experience in academic libraries
Metadata helps us organize our collections and empowers users to find information—but how do new library and information science professionals access these skills for themselves?
Word of the month/Mots du mois: mystery novel
We will be featuring a “Word (Or Phrase) Of The Month” each issue, courtesy of Library Lexique. This is a tool to feature useful and thematic words or phrases which may arise in day-to-day library work. This month's is "mystery novel."