Who’s doing what: ODI survey explores digitization practices
Question: After successfully digitizing more than one million pages of Ontario government documents, what is the next step? Answer: Well ... if you are…
People News: Winter 2013
Appointments Carleton University Alana Skwarok (MLIS) began her position as Arts & Culture Librarian in Reference Services in September 2012. Alana has been working at…
Successful start for OLA’s new mentorship program
Breaking into the library profession can be tough. Especially if you don’t have any experience or contacts. That’s where mentors come in: “We want…
OCUFA Academic Librarianship Award: Cory Laverty honoured in 2013
This year Cory Laverty has been honoured with the 2012-2013 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Academic Librarianship award. Cory is the Teaching…
The art of the ask: 10 tips for asking for a reference
Girl Guide cookies? Run-for-the-cure? We are both asking and asked often to support causes, and the “art of the ask” is meant to remove…
Around the province: Ryerson launches self-serve library kiosk
RULA self-serve kiosk Located in the lobby of the Ryerson library, this touchscreen application was developed in-house by the Library and Information Technology Services…
Around the province: Engaging through pop-ups at UGuelph Ridgeway
During the summer semester of 2013 I decided to copy an idea for reaching outside the library to find new points of access…
The people and the plan: Strategic planning at OLA
The Ontario Library Association (OLA) is currently into another strategic planning cycle and OCULA representatives are again involved. Shelagh Paterson (Executive Director, OLA), Jennifer Peters (OCULA,…
Interview: Librarian By Day Bobbi Newman
Bobbi Newman is the OCULA Spotlight speaker at OLA Super Conference 2014. She is the author of the award-winning blog Librarian by Day and in 2011…
OCULA President’s message: Time to read and reflect
As I write this, it is November, the middle of the fall academic semester and one of the busiest times of the year for…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: Winter 2013
Welcome to the Winter 2013 edition of InsideOCULA! Editor's message: Thinking about New Year's resolutions? We've got Super Conference sessions for academic library staff, asking…
OLA Super Conference 2014
Super Conference 2014, “A Universe of Possibilities,” is happening January 29 to February 1, 2014. It will mark the 20th anniversary of the OLA…
OCULA 2013 Fall Conference: The Startup Library
In his “Think Like a Startup” white paper, Brian Mathews asserts that libraries don’t just need change, they need “paradigm-shifting, transformative, disruptive ideas.” But…