Get Ready for OLA Super Conference 2024 with the OCULA Student Guide
Students attending the OLA Superconference for the first time in 2024 now have a guide to help them get the most out of the experience!
Introducing Graham Lavender: message from the OCULA President
Graham Lavender, OCULA President, introduces himself.
Research Spotlight: Library Values in a Time of Disruption: Reflections on the 2023 OCULA Lightning Strikes
Presenting my findings from this research at the OCULA Lightning Strikes was incredibly inspiring and professionally motivating.
Subject Librarianship vs Functional Teams in Academic Libraries: Questions to Ask!
Many Ontario academic libraries continue to make the shift from subject or discipline-specific librarianship to functional teams. What questions can we ask?
Ontario College Libraries: Meeting the Challenge of the New Normal
Librarianship at Ontario colleges has changed significantly since the pandemic. Eva McDonald explores new challenges facing academic librarians, and how best to meet these challenges.
2022 OCULA President’s Message
2022 was another year of taxing yet familiar challenges with COVID-19 as we persevere through an ongoing pandemic, and adapt our work and lives to a fluctuating "new normal".
Becoming the University of Toronto Music Library: Wrapping Up our 100th Anniversary Year
In 1921, the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (which had been established in 1918) took over the operation of what was then the Toronto Conservatory of Music’s library. This month, we wrap up the series by looking back at the ways we celebrated this year.
Describing Music Materials So They Can Be Found
Music materials are unique items in the library world and must be approached in ways that consider the many different formats and content types. James Mason provides an examination of the considerations that factor into describing music materials so they can be found.
OCULA President’s Message – Summer 2022
The last couple of years have been transformative, and I invite you to take a moment now to give yourself credit for your bravery, patience, strength, resilience, and for persevering through such unprecedented adversity. You are doing a great job, and I'm proud of you.
Humber Libraries: The pursuit of enhancing staff skills with the help of a tech trio
Humber Libraries staff, like many other libraries, were faced with having to not only adjust to a new workplace dynamic but the need to quickly adapt to new technology and software.
The discourse of the game: An interview with Chris Young on UTML’s Syd Bolton collection
The Syd Bolton Collection is a new resource at the University of Mississauga that is bound to make the Library a hot spot for curriculum development in Games Studies. This interview with Chris Young (Head, Collections & Digital Scholarship) details the successes and challenges of a collection of this size.
Supreme Court finds in favour of York University
On July 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada brought an end to one of the longest-running copyright sagas in recent memory when it rendered its judgement in the York University v. Access Copyright case. The case capped the debate around the rights and limits of educational institutions who are reproducing copyrighted material for student use using the “fair dealing” exception as outlined in the Canadian Copyright Act and Supreme Court cases such as CCH v. LSUC.
The chains come off: A brief history of the Performance Collection, Music Library, University of Toronto
In 1921, the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (which had been established in 1918) took over the operation of what was then the Toronto Conservatory of Music’s library. This month, Karen Wiseman walks us through the decision-making and process of rehoming the library’s performance collection.