To leave or not to leave: The case of Ex-Libris, the Remainders and the Library Union
The mid-career malaise of a library cat
Staffless libraries: Have they been hacked, or worse, are they alive?
Tales from the Shelf, vol. 1
Shaz Stevenson from the Open Shelf Public Library (OSPL) has shared with us a story of a request from a strange visitor for a…
Conservative leadership race and libraries
The Conservative Party leadership race is really starting to heat up now that libraries have become one of the key areas for discussion and…
Trump moves ahead with controversial book travel ban
President Trump took some time out of his busy tweeting schedule to speak to us, the Library Fake News Network (L.F.N.N.), about one of…
Library implements “ACE”: Artisanal Cuneiform Experience workshops
Last year we reported that University of Guelph students had staged a sit-in over the planned removal of the Library’s paper abstracts and indexes.…
What’s New in Open Shelf: April 1, 2016
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Conference Notice: Call for Papers & Panels
Libraries Ontario Limited (LOL) invites papers and panel proposals for the 2016 symposium. This year’s symposium will be held on April 1, 2016. The…
New National Librarian and Archivist!
Canada has a new National Librarian and Archivist! And you won’t believe who it is! In an extraordinary and unexpected move the federal government…
Libraries, Books & Reading: A Critical Commentary
There has been much discussion about the future of the book and the role of the book in libraries. Much discussion. Did I say…