Contributors

Jane is a zealous photographer-creator-gone-teacher-librarian. She is currently settling into her new library location at a Brampton elementary school. Previously, she enjoyed the bustling…

Meagan Anderi is the OLA Marketing & Administrative Coordinator. When she is not making sure the small details of the office are organized, she…

Alison Clarke is the Coordinator, Performance Measures & Data, at Brampton Library. Alison designs data collection systems, and is currently working on modelling branch…

Yukiko Kamemaru is a curator at Hokkaido Museum (April 2018-current). She has a master of literature (museology), which she received in March 2019 from…

Mai Ishihara is an cultural anthropologist and assistant professor at Hokkaido University. Her grandmother was Ainu (i.e., an Indigenous person of Japan). Mai is…

Jami van Haaften is a professional librarian living in Sault Ste. Marie. She retired from Health Sciences North in 2014 after 19 years of…

Joanne Rumig (BA, MLIS) is the Head of Access Services at the Carleton University Library. In her portfolio, she manages and leads all operations…

Meg Uttangi Matsos is a Branch Manager at Hamilton Public Library.  Over the past 10 years she has managed staff teams in small clustered…

Zarena Cassar is a Branch Manager at Brampton Library. From working on expanding Brampton Library’s after hours study spaces to implementing creative ways to…

Peggy Malcolm is a library consultant for the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS).  As part of the SOLS Consulting team, Peggy provides information to…

Beth Lyons is currently a teacher librarian in the Peel District School Board. She reflects and shares about her own learning journey as an…

Justin Ball has many years of experience in the film industry working with The Mind Refinery, a Toronto based production company. He has written…

Zack has a diverse background of experience in libraries and is endlessly fascinated with all aspects of library work. He is the Manager of…