“The lakes could teach me what the mountains could not”: A conversation with Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac
Smokii Sumac is a talented Ktunaxa poet, and recently, we talked about gender, the land and more.
Teacher with a press: Hands-on learning for arts and social science students
Larry Thompson is the master printer in the Carleton University Library Book Arts Lab—a professional doing non-traditional work in an academic library.
Genealogy 101: Finding your roots to find your skill set
Helping others discover their familial roots had exposed an issue in my own family that I realized I needed to address: Finding my own roots.
Does the MLIS work? Call for panellists
Do we need a master of library science to have an interesting and "good" career?
Starting a library job: Do you have the right hairdo?
The characters from the 1968 musical Hair send us a clear political message: My hair, your hair, our hair belongs to us alone. And yet in public spaces such as the workplace, our hair seems to belong to others. In this article, Rhea talks about the unique challenges she has as a woman of African descent, regarding how she wears her hair at work.
Free speech and hate speech
Can we open our doors to all points of view and also say that our libraries are safe spaces? I think not.
La francisation de Scholars Portal : Progrès vers le bilinguisme, première partie
Scholars Portal est un regroupement de services et d’infrastructures technologiques créés par et pour les bibliothèques universitaires de l’Ontario.
Are publishers that short-sighted? Questioning Macmillan’s new ebook guidelines
“Beginning November 1, Macmillan Publishers is restricting library access to new e-books, causing long wait times for some titles.”
Kara Handren
Kara Handren est bibliothécaire aux métadonnées à Scholars Portal depuis quatre ans. Elle travaille sur des projets de chargement et de gestion de métadonnées…
Sabina Pagotto
Sabina Pagotto est la bibliothécaire responsable des services à la clientèle et de l’évaluation à Scholars Portal depuis 2015. Elle a complété sa maîtrise…
Kathryn Barrett
Kathryn Barrett occupe le poste de bibliothécaire en sciences sociales à l’Université de Toronto à Scarborough. Auparavant, elle était la bibliothécaire responsable des services…
Larry Thompson
Larry Thompson is the Master Printer in the Carleton University Library Book Arts Lab. He achieved his BA (Hons) in English Literature at Carleton,…
Rebecca Hunt
Rebecca Hunt is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Temiskaming Shores Public Library. She has a Master’s degree in Library and Information Studies…