A little redesign
We’ve been doing a little redesign on Open Shelf … leveraging the strengths of the publication with what we know are best practices for…
Valerie Critchley
Valerie Critchley, MLIS, is the copyright and systems librarian at the Carleton University Library. She can be reached at…
Listeners’ advisory: When audiobook title recommendations are not enough
Imagine this . . . you’re getting ready for a long road trip, you have just downloaded an audiobook from the library and are…
Summer reading
Summer is often when we allow ourselves extra time for reading, so the Open Shelf editing team thought you might like a few suggestions for books to take on…
Trends … Here & around the world
Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions and more at home and abroad.
A year in tweets
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to access the latest articles from Open Shelf? Just follow us on Twitter. Every time…
July 15, 2017
In this Issue, we continue our Canada 150 series with the latest addition to the It's Elementary column. Author Jennifer Brown discusses her ongoing…
Amanda Fudge
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #36: Amanda Fudge: Library Manager/Executive Director of the Waterloo Region Law Association, Kitchener, Ontario.…
Cultural appropriation
“No man is an island entire of itself.” ~ John Donne Cultural appropriation is a “hot button” and deeply polarising issue that is being…
An authentic narrative around Canada’s history
Now that #Canada150 has all but disappeared from social media and nightly newscasts, schools must remain vigilant in our work to embed an authentic…
Games as community building blocks
I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will tell it again.…