Bienvenue à la bibliothèque: Obstacles à la prestation de services en français en bibliothèque
By: Katherine van der Linden and Claire Dionne Cet article est le premier d’une série en trois parties qui examine les défis entourant la…
On Anti-racism and Indigenous Resurgence
As many parents struggle with how to share an ongoing climate of racist violence with our children and how to change it so that they might live in a different world, I turn to 3 books for librarians to recommend that manage to carve out a landscape of joy for children while not shying away from the urgent need for education on QT/BIPOC issues for young children.
Things are not fine: Fines in the library
In the past, late fees were seen as a method of ensuring that our books were returned and that people were responsible when borrowing materials. It is, however, more complex than that—fines neither raise funds nor align with public libraries’ purpose. In fact, charging late fees for overdue materials is doing more harm than good.
Word of the month/Mots du mois: storytime
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 "storytime."
Volunteer opportunity: Open Shelf editor-in-chief
The Ontario Library Association is seeking an interim editor-in-chief for Open Shelf. This position is responsible for stewarding the vision of the magazine, coordinating the efforts of the editorial team and overseeing the smooth operation and timely publication of the magazine.
The chains come off: A brief history of the Performance Collection, Music Library, University of Toronto
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, Karen Wiseman walks us through the decision-making and process of rehoming the library’s performance collection.
Cultural diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Ling Lam is an assistant department head at the Toronto Reference Library.
Karen Wiseman
manages the Performance Collection at the Music Library, University of Toronto and was hired to set up the collection after graduating with her MLS…
What’s new in Open Shelf: July 2021
We envisioned this year’s July issue to be an inaugural attempt at creating a contributor-driven “unconference issue.” And while this month’s issue is a compact one, I think its contents speak to the spirit of an unconference—user-driven conversations and knowledge-sharing that span a wide range of topics, media and scope, engaged with at our own pace.
Volunteer opportunity: Open Shelf editor-in-chief
The Ontario Library Association is seeking an interim editor-in-chief for Open Shelf. This position is responsible for stewarding the vision of the magazine, coordinating the efforts of the editorial team and overseeing the smooth operation and timely publication of the magazine.
Word of the month/Mots du mois: advance reader copy
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 "subject heading."
Semi-colons, hexadecimal and a career in librarianship: Reminiscing about coding
By Dave Hook I don’t shy away from opportunities to geek out. Yes, I’ll happily discuss defunct search engines (say what you want about…