Strategy
Strategy is at the heart of a community-led library. It drives everything we do, from Structures (staff and services), to Systems (policies and procedures)…
Transformative: Understanding the Reading Experience
How can understanding our own experience of reading help us improve our Readers' Advisory (RA) service to our library users? How can understanding more…
Class
Public libraries must be transformed from provider-led agencies of social control (their historical role) into community-led agencies of social change (which can identify, prioritize…
Adopting Readers’ Advisory Practices in the Academic Library
Over the course of the past century, public libraries have increasingly promoted reading for pleasure while academic libraries have moved away from doing so.…
Politics
One of the more depressing similarities between the UK and Canada is library closures. In Canada it is government, scientific and special libraries which…
Power
Canadian Chief Librarians have the kind of power and authority that their UK counterparts can only dream about. In Canada the Chief Executive Officer…