Colin Ellard & the Meanings of Space
Colin Ellard is a professor of psychology at the University of Waterloo. His obsession is space ... how we navigate through it and make…
Jeremy Clark
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #26: Jeremy Clark. I spoke with Jeremy while he was at home, where…
What’s New in Open Shelf? September 1, 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…
The Guelph Library Project
The Guelph Public Library has been trying to build a new main library for many years. Many, many years. The current 1965 facility is…
Celebrating One Year of Open Shelf
Open Shelf has been publishing for 1 year. If you listen carefully you can hear a tremendous sigh of relief. When we started planning the…
What’s New in Open Shelf? August 1, 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…
Jeremy Dechert
Jeremy Dechert is a Master’s of Library and Information Science candidate at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently employed as a Student…
What’s New in Open Shelf: July 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…
Leadership and the Development of Library Accessibility Policies
This year I have had the pleasure to be a part of a hiring committee for a new librarian position and, rolling up my…
Let Them In: Volunteers in Academic Libraries
In the fall of 2012 I was a third year history undergrad at the University of Guelph with a growing sense of angst about…
Julie Wendland
Julie Wendland is the Readers’ Services Coordinator at the County of Lennox & Addington Public Libraries and a member of the OPLA Readers Advisory…
Samantha Marchello
Samantha Marchello is a recent graduate of the Seneca College Library and Information Technician Program and a Library Services Associate at Markham Public Library.…
Public Libraries and Inequality
Can public libraries make society more equal? Inequality has become a dominant concern and focus of public policy discourse at international, national, regional and…