What’s New in Open Shelf?

This issue continues the conversation we started in July about race. We also make space for two features on innovative programming as well as a new column that features members of the OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.

Values in action: This idea is the focus of a conversation about governance but of course it imbues all the materials written for Open…

Awareness and inclusiveness go hand in hand—in an ideal world. This month, we offer opportunities to think about and make accessibility happen. We are…

What’s your vision—of your career, your library services, or the global community? This month, we've got articles that present ideas or experiences that can…

We put great store in being transformative—fundamentally changing how we think and what we do. So we owe a debt to folks like John…

Cultural ownership, advocacy and engaging readers in new materials are topics we tackle in Open Shelf this month. Kasey (Mallen) Whalley, a school library…

Welcome to this, our last issue of 2017. We are featuring makerspaces and making culturally responsive libraries, as well as the final installment in…

In this issue, we feature conversations with and among library staff, funding for rural libraries, licensing by Creative Commons and a peek into our…

We are taking a break for the summer and will not be publishing on August 15. However, we have lots of reading suggestions in…

In this Issue, we continue our Canada 150 series with the latest addition to the It's Elementary column. Author Jennifer Brown discusses her ongoing…

We have a wide-range of things for you to read as we all return to work after the long Canada Day weekend. It seems…

The month of June is LGBT Pride Month and we are lucky enough to have this Issue's Trees and Forests column contribute to the…