Contributors

Anita Brooks Kirkland is the 2014 president of the Ontario Library Association. With thirty years of experience in public education, Anita is now an…

Liz Zylstra is the Collection Co-ordinator at the County of Prince Edward Public Library. She is currently taking the APLL program through SOLS and…

Kristin Hoffman is a Research and Instructional Services Librarian at The D.B. Weldon Library, Western University. She can be reached at khoffma8[at]uwo.ca.

Allison Bell is the Manager, Research & Reference Unit at the Gerstein Science Information Centre, University of Toronto. Allison can be reached at allison.bell…

Sophia Apostol is a Personal and Professional Development Coach. She partners with people who want to live kick a$$ lives and organizations ready to…

Jenaya Webb is a Public Services Librarian at the OISE Library, University of Toronto. She can be reached at jenaya.webb [at] utoronto.ca or @jenayawebb

Sarah Dahlen is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Monterey Bay. She is the treasurer of REFORMA, an association that promotes…

Carolyn Doi (M.L.I.S., McGill, 2010, B. Mus., UVic, 2007) was the Guatemala Program Manager for Librarians Without Borders from 2011 - 2014 and has travelled…

Shelagh Paterson is the Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association. She writes the Bird’s Eye column for Open Shelf offering her perspective on…

Paulette Rothbauer is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS), Western University. She is the editor of the Research for Practice…

Catherine Coles is the Manager of Library Services/County Librarian for the County of Lennox & Addington. She can be reached at ccoles [at] lennox-addington.on.ca.

Recently retired after 35 years as a professional librarian, Rudi Denham is a freelance writer with multiple articles published in professional journals such as…

Ruth Collings  is a librarian in Toronto interested in privacy, accessibility, and technology in patron-focused libraries.  She can be reached via contact [at] ruthcollings.ca or at…