“It’s Like the Wild West Out There”: Faculty Attitudes Towards Open Access Publishing
What do faculty members think about Open Access (OA) publishing and how do they choose where to publish? While some librarians embrace OA for…
Library Pre-Shows: Making the Most of a Captive Audience
In the early weeks of my first liaison appointment, I wanted to observe as many classes in my program areas as I possibly could.…
Snapshot from OLA SuperConference 2015: Suffering from Library Anxiety?
Library and information studies (LIS) students might seem like an unlikely group of people to suffer from library anxiety. However, a popular poster presentation…
Library Programs Should Be Interdisciplinary (OCULA Lighting Strikes Winner)
When I started my Master of Information degree at the University of Toronto, I knew that I needed to start presenting and publishing if…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: February 2015
Welcome to InsideOCULA from your new editors-in-chief, Jenaya Webb and Elizabeth Yates. We’ve been part of your newsletter since 2012 and are thrilled to…
Who’s Doing What? GovDocs Digitization Redux
Since our InsideOCULA Winter 2013 article Who’s Doing What: ODI Survey Explores Digitization Practices time has not stood still. Many new and varied directions…
Unpaid Labour in Ontario Academic Libraries
Our research interest is the extent to which unpaid internships are used in the library sector, and the perspectives of the individuals fulfilling these…
Reflections of Humber College’s OCULA New Librarian in Residence
Since joining Humber College as the OCULA New Librarian in Residence, I have had the opportunity to take a deep dive into a variety…
Seeking an Identity: The Portrayal of Archivists in Film
The image of archivists in media can sometimes seem nebulous. From descriptions of dusty, disorganized vaults and cardigan-clad gatekeepers, many stereotypes have been perpetuated…
Threshold Concepts and Information Literacy
You can’t rebalance the boat without rocking it.” Ray Land, Jan H. F. Meyer and Jan Smith in Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines In…
Students Go Hands-on at UTSC’s First Trading Competition
What does it take to win an intense stock trading competition dominated by teams of finance students? A team of accounting students. Haoran Shi…
University of Toronto Expands Orientation
University of Toronto (UofT) Libraries expanded its orientation activities this year. In addition to the various libraries holding their own orientation events locally, the…
Science Literacy Week: Libraries Come Together to Celebrate Science
The inaugural Science Literacy Week took place from September 22–28 at institutions across Toronto, including the Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto, Mississauga Public…