Graham Lavender
Graham is a Project Officer at CARL, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. Previously, he worked as an academic librarian at the Michener Institute,…
Jessica Hymers
Jessica Hymers is the Metadata Production and Electronic Access Specialist at Scholars Portal at the University of Toronto. She has a BSc and is…
_InsideOCULA_James Mason
James Mason is the Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian for the Music Library at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the U of…
David Gerstle
David S. Gerstle is Reference and Instruction Librarian at University of Toronto Mississauga. He has most recently participated in the research project, “Promoting Digital Literacy…
eCampusOntario’s Extend program now available in summer 2021
The Ontario Extend Program, a professional micro-credentialed learning program designed for Ontario’s post-secondary educators who are interested in expanding their digital fluency, is launching a Summer 2021 online offering of all its modules.
eCampusOntario
eCampusOntario is a not-for-profit organization funded by the Government of Ontario that supports Ontario’s colleges, universities, and Indigenous institutes. We build systems that are…
Open letter protesting the sudden laying off of four librarians at OCADU
OCULA Council protests the sudden decision to lay off four senior librarians at OCAD University as part of a library reorganization.
Co-authoring colleagues: how librarians can successfully reach out to faculty to collaborate on research
Michelle Goodridge shares strategies to help librarians approach faculty members for research collaborations.
Transitions in uncertainty: a message from the InsideOCULA Editor-in-chief
Rob Makinson introduces the new editorial team, shares some magazine updates, and reflects on volunteerism during a pandemic.
OCULA Council: Statement & actions against anti-Black racism
Your Council stands against anti-Black racism and commits to helping eradicate it from Canadian academic libraries.
Indigenous metadata and reconciliation: A reflection on the 2020 OCULA Lightning Strikes
Jace Harrison, winner of the 2020 OCULA Lightning Strikes, shares her research on reconciliation in Canadian libraries as it relates to metadata.
Oy Lein Jace Harrison
Oy Lein Jace Harrison (she/her) is an Indigenous Metadata Assistant at the University of Toronto Libraries. She has a BA from the University of…
COVID-19: Academic library tales from the (home) front
We invite our members to share advice and stories from the COVID-19 outbreak and the closure of most academic libraries across Ontario.