SALIS (Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists) and the Internet Archive (IA) are partnering on a unique project: The SALIS collection of books on…
I recently had the opportunity to attend the second regional workshop of the IFLA Global Vision Initiative (the first one was May 2017 in…
Professional development (PD) is vital to our personal and work-related growth but it can be challenging to find the time to stay current with…
Last month, we shared our conversation about working in small(er) libraries and then asked our colleagues who work in similar libraries to weigh in…
Arduino is a fascinating and fun project for people who like to tinker with objects that they find around them. Originally introduced at an…
A 21st century challenge for the world is to make the web accessible for people with disabilities. Fortunately, Ontario has provided a framework for…
I like to think of the educational and health care systems in Ontario as being similar to some extent: teachers are the family doctors…
There are approximately 380 public libraries across Ontario. The majority of these libraries serve smaller, frequently rural populations, with 258 serving resident populations under…
I spend a lot of my time reading books but also watching movies and, more often, watching other people play video games. Why? Because…
Game-based learning has been around since the beginning of time … don’t you think? As kids, we learn by playing and as adults we…
When the St. Thomas Public Library started investigating 3D printers as a new service several years ago, one of the frequent responses I would…
On December 14, 2017, the U.S. telecommunications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), voted to repeal the country’s net neutrality regulations. What are the…
A political paper trail of sorts will start this spring. Candidates hoping to win a seat in the Ontario legislature will hit the campaign…