Red Hot RA: Demystifying the Romance Genre
It’s the genre readers (and non-readers) seem to love to hate: romance. Despite sales of more than $1B in 2013 (RWA), romance is often…
Caroline Haythornthwaite, OCULA Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Caroline Haythornthwaite is Professor, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia where she served as Director…
Aaron DeVries
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #27: Aaron DeVries. I spoke to Aaron DeVries, branch manager at Innisfil Public…
What’s New in Open Shelf: November 1, 2105
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Rob Tiessen
Rob Tiessen (tiessen [at] ucalgary.ca) has been a Librarian at the University of Calgary since 1999. He developed a strong interest in copyright during…
The Public Lending Right in Canada: a Librarian’s Perspective
2011 was the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Public Lending Right (PLR) in Canada. The 25th anniversary was cause of much celebration…
Kimberly McMunn
Kimberly McMunn is the CEO of Hastings Highlands Public Library. She can be reached at hhplceo [at] gmail.com.
Program Turnout Without Resource Burnout: A Case for Community Hubs
We were in a no-win situation. It was time to be pro-active instead of reactive.
Disability
Libraries are outspoken advocates for information accessibility and accommodations. As a society we want every person to be able to have the same rights and privileges,…
Susan Cleyle, Careers Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Susan Cleyle is the Director of DELTS (Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Prior to this she served as…
Siobán Linnen
Siobán Linnen is the Virtual Reference and Accessibility Associate at the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS). She can be reached at slinnen [at] ocls.ca
What’s New in Open Shelf: October 15, 2015
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Libraries as Publishers – Accessible Open Access
As the Visiting Program Officer with the Association of Research Libraries, I have worked on a number of accessibility-related projects and produced a series…