A library is: PLACE
A library is “a building housing a collection of books available to the public.” Isn’t it? After thirty-five years, my ideas about libraries as places have evolved to include spaces for browsing, discovering and relaxing.
Making room for diverse voices in our schools
It can be easy to say that our school library learning commons is a safe space [but] simply saying something out loud does not make it true.
Cultural diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Mandissa Arlain is a library technician at the Ryerson University Library and Archives.
Safe Spaces: Race & privilege
The Safe spaces column is an attempt to explore today’s persistent socio-cultural debates in light of the alleged values of the librarian profession: intellectual freedom, equity,…
If you buy games, they will come … maybe!
Having board game collections in libraries isn’t a new thing. In fact, I am sure most of you reading this article have some sort…
Gathering with the voices of Canadian school libraries: Treasure Mountain Canada 5
As a teacher librarian in a busy K-to-8 school it would be easy to get lost in the day to day operations of my…
Safe spaces: The cultural appropriation debate
The Safe spaces column is an attempt to explore today’s persistent socio-cultural debates in light of the alleged values of the librarian profession: intellectual…
Safe spaces: Library values in the cultural wars
Headlines today scream about highly charged debates in the sociological and cultural sphere: Whose voices need to be heard? How do we create equity?…
Games: Community building blocks
I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will tell it again.…
Games as community building blocks
By Michelle Goodridge I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will…
Ministry collaboration: Funding for rural public libraries
It’s like the flick of a switch. We go from being fairly competent at meeting our patrons’ needs to being completely inadequate. I’m talking about cottage country where the population varies according to the time of year.
Trends … Here & around the world
Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions and more at home and abroad.
Amanda Fudge
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #36: Amanda Fudge: Library Manager/Executive Director of the Waterloo Region Law Association, Kitchener, Ontario.…