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…
The Public Library as space has been in the news a lot lately. That fact has led me to think about how we view…
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…
Like everything else in the library world, library jobs have changed considerably in recent years. One just has to look at the SOLS competencies…
You hardly have to log in to your computer, turn on the news, listen to the radio or talk to a neighbour to get…
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 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 is changing Canada's literary landscape .... quite literally. As Executive Director of Project Bookmark Canada, she is creating the Canadian Literary Trail…
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 is an advocate for the transformative power of librarians and libraries in the communities they serve. She retired recently as Senior Fellow,…
Darrell Dennis is a writer, actor and comedian. His one man show Tales of an Urban Indian was nominated for two Dora Awards and…
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…
2015 has been a fantastic year for diverse and difficult topics in the young adult sphere. Part of why On the Edge exists as…
Photographs perform a unique function because they capture moments in time and that capture is contemporaneous with the subject of the photo: “[a] writer…