New beginnings – New Year’s resolutions for fall: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart Aprils have never meant much to me, autumns seem that season of beginning, spring.” ― Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's I’ve…
Driving towards conformance: a WCAG 2.0 field trip
By Aneta Kwak, Mariana Jardim and Mark Weiler Introduction: Pack your bags Do you remember the excitement of field trips in school? We want…
Paper covers rock: how the Marrakesh Treaty can move Canadian libraries out of the Stone Age
By Corinne Abba & Heather Buffett In 2016, Canada became the 20th country to accede to The Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published…
Special [digital] collections make for special [digital] connections
By Jennifer Toews The recent re-launch of the digital special collections of the University of Toronto Libraries ensures continued free and open access to…
Ontario colleges celebrate 10 years of askON
By Siobán Linnen OLA 2018 marked the 10th anniversary of the askON Virtual Reference service, which launched at the OLA SuperConference in 2008 as…
Scholars Portal Books platform improves access for users and library staff
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby After two years of active development, the new Scholars Portal Books platform has officially launched! Housing more than 250,000 commercial…
An ode to summer from an academic librarian: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart “I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”—L. M. Montgomery, Anne of…
OCULA Lightning Strikes Winner
by Jordan Pedersen What do artificial intelligence, library social media preservation, Indigenous knowledge bases, and embedded librarianship have in common? They were the topics…
Building Better Libraries Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 2018 OCULA Spring Conference
by Catherine Fournier and Helen Tang Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in librarianship … in theory, at least. But what are libraries…
Finding Your Path and Your People: OCULA President’s Message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart Here are some thoughts I’ve had as a librarian: “My boss is going to realize hiring me was a mistake.” “They’re…