What About the Books?
Recently, I was asked by a colleague at another library system to speak to their consultants about the library’s strategic plan. As a system…
Inclusive Design at the OCULA Spring Conference
Inclusive design was the topic of the keynote by Jutta Treviranus at the OCULA Spring Conference.
Libraries as Public Spaces
The Public Library as space has been in the news a lot lately. That fact has led me to think about how we view…
Michelle Goodridge
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #30: Michelle Goodridge. If you’re both a librarian and a gamer, Michelle may…
Why Do We Do What We Do?
Like everything else in the library world, library jobs have changed considerably in recent years. One just has to look at the SOLS competencies…
Violent Conflict: Public Sources of Data and Analysis
You hardly have to log in to your computer, turn on the news, listen to the radio or talk to a neighbour to get…
Melanie Parlette-Stewart
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #29: Melanie Parlette-Stewart. I spoke with Melanie right before the Winter break so…
Mental Illness
Mental illness is a topic that a lot of people tend to avoid because they don't believe it exists or don’t know how to…
Miranda Hill
Miranda Hill is changing Canada's literary landscape .... quite literally. As Executive Director of Project Bookmark Canada, she is creating the Canadian Literary Trail…
Sean Hayes
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #28: Sean Hayes. Sean and I work at the same institution, but located…
Wendy Newman, OSLA Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Wendy Newman is an advocate for the transformative power of librarians and libraries in the communities they serve. She retired recently as Senior Fellow,…
Darrell Dennis, Aboriginal Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Darrell Dennis is a writer, actor and comedian. His one man show Tales of an Urban Indian was nominated for two Dora Awards and…
Policy Driven Integrated Decisions (Part 3/3)
Scott Adams, known for his office comic strip, Dilbert, published the non-fiction book “The Dilbert Principle” in 1996. At that time, ISO 9000 (Quality…