Sharing stories, transferring knowledge: Carleton University’s Indigenous Human Library
Often we learn the most about each other when we sit together, break some bread and share our stories. This winter Carleton University…
Exploring history at U Waterloo
Susan Saunders Mavor, Head of Special Collections at the University of Waterloo Library, will use her 2013 Edna Staebler Research Fellowship to explore the…
Brock library website gets a student makeover
To improve access to high-priority tools and services, the web team at James A. Gibson Library reached out to the Brock community last December…
Alison Head: Investigating Information Literacy (Part One)
Alison J. Head, Ph.D. is the executive director of Project Information Literacy (PIL), a Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society…
Writer-in-residence: Innovative approaches to inclusivity
InsideOCULA's first writer-in-residence is Katya Pereyaslavska, project manager of the Accessible Texts Repository at OCUL's Scholar's Portal. She graduated from the University of Toronto’s…
Students strike lightning at Super Conference 2013
In the lightning round session at the 2013 Super Conference, five students from across Ontario presented 10-minute lightning talks on issues related to academic…
OCULA passes resolution opposing Access Copyright: Standing up to unnecessary fees and other nonsense
At the Ontario College and University Library Association (OCULA) annual general meeting on February 1, 2013, members passed a motion to oppose Access Copyright license agreements.…
Editorial: why academic freedom matters to librarians
Academic freedom is important for academic librarians. Unfortunately, not everyone understands our position and sometimes we are not able to succinctly or convincingly lay…
President’s message: Interesting times
I don’t know how many times this year I have thought, or heard someone else say, “These sure are interesting times for libraries!” That’s…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: Spring 2013
Welcome to InsideOCULA Editor's message: Introducing ... stories and editorials that take you from copyright and academic freedom to a chance to voice your…
Join the InsideOCULA team
Want to write about libraries and librarianship? InsideOCULA is looking for its very first writer-in-residence for a four-month term starting this spring. Writing about…
Publishing partnership a win-win
https://youtu.be/DGqfzBwQa5c Collaboration among academics is not unique, but combining their subject expertise with library know-how demonstrates that creative partnerships can be both inspirational and…
Library launchpad: SCVNGR treks at Seneca
As Seneca College students trekked through the library this fall via their smartphones and text messaging, they not only learned about library resources but…