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Welcome to The Library IT Crowd, a column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We showcase some of…

In 1867, library schools as we know them had not yet been founded. Diversity was not formally defined as race, ethnicity or access challenges,…

Dr. Toni Samek is a professor and the chair at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, where she has taught…

We have a wide-range of things for you to read as we all return to work after the long Canada Day weekend. It seems…

The month of June is LGBT Pride Month and we are lucky enough to have this Issue's Trees and Forests column contribute to the…

"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance" – George Bernard Shaw Given all the fuss that has been made about fake…

I want to tell the story of a small rural county library system compiling a LGBTQ+ collection. I am not an expert in LGBTQ+…

1967—I was nine years old and sang “Canada, one little, two little, three Canadians, we love thee” over, and over, and over again. My…

Welcome to The Library IT Crowd, a column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We showcase some of…

Can you believe it? Only one month until Canada's 150th year as a country. In From the Editor, Editor-in-chief Martha Attridge Bufton delves into…

Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions at home and abroad.