Limited Series – OPEN SHELF

Two mid-life library people walk into a mentoring match…

Can mentorship help you in a career transition? Toby explores this as he recounts his decision to walk away from a tenure-track faculty position to become a librarian. Through OLA MentorMatch, he met with Jennifer Peters who helped him find where to focus on his job search.

Columns, Features & columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

Helping New Academic Librarians Apply What They’ve Learned: Our OLA Mentoring Experience

In the second installation of our OLA MentorMatch Mini Series, Joe Qiu discusses the challenges of being an international student. Through the MentorMatch program, he gained opportunities to put his class teachings into practice. In turn, Nadine found personal satisfaction in giving back and found the program to be an antidote to burnout.

Columns, Features & columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

Caring Networks: Reflections on Our OLA MentorMatch Experience

Mi Yoon discusses the challenges in starting a library career during the pandemic. Through OLA MentorMatch, she connected with Caleb Domsy who helped expand her network. In turn, Caleb found the benefits of creating space to support career growth for newcomers.

Columns, Features & columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

Ebook Convenience Trumps Print Book Preference in Post-COVID Academic Libraries

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.

Columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

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.

Becoming University of Toronto Music Library, Columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

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.

Columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series

Access points: 4 Steps to gain metadata experience in academic libraries

Metadata helps us organize our collections and empowers users to find information—but how do new library and information science professionals access these skills for themselves?

Access Points, Limited Series

Collections considerations: What goes into curating Canada’s largest music library

This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.

Becoming University of Toronto Music Library, Limited Series

Crazy from the Heat

Summer may be winding down, but we still have some longer days remaining and so, I decided to focus on the sun as a theme. The sun that warms can also burn and strange things can occur under Sol’s harsh glare. While high tension films are usually associated with darkness, these films prove that dramas can be just as riveting in the light of day.

B-roll, Columns, Limited Series

Bienvenue à la bibliothèque: Barriers to providing French-language library services

By: Katherine van der Linden and Claire Dionne This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the challenges of offering French-language library…

Features, Library Lexique, Limited Series

Bienvenue à la bibliothèque: Obstacles à la prestation de services en français en bibliothèque

By: Katherine van der Linden and Claire Dionne Cet article est le premier d’une série en trois parties qui examine les défis entourant la…

Features, Library Lexique, Limited Series

On Anti-racism and Indigenous Resurgence

As many parents struggle with how to share an ongoing climate of racist violence with our children and how to change it so that they might live in a different world, I turn to 3 books for librarians to recommend that manage to carve out a landscape of joy for children while not shying away from the urgent need for education on QT/BIPOC issues for young children.

Features, Limited Series, Picturebooks to heal the heart

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.

Becoming University of Toronto Music Library, Columns, InsideOCULA, Limited Series