Open Shelf Editorial Board
Members (2023/2024)
Open Shelf editorial team
Mackenzie Kathmann (Editor-in-Chief)
Jenn Watt (Editor-in-Chief)
Martha Attridge Bufton (Editorial Team Member)
Bessie Sullivan (Editorial Team Member)
OLA staff
Helen Chevreau – Design and Layout Specialist, OLA
Anita Lal, Marketing and Communication Manager, OLA
Laurel McLeod, Marketing and Communication Specialist, OLA
Shelagh Paterson (Executive Director, OLA)
Contributing Writers
Elizabeth Campbell
Claire Dionne
Brock James
Mackenzie Kathmann
Shoshana Magnet
Eden Schwartz
Bessie Sullivan
Katherine van der Linden
Open Shelf Editorial Board
Terms and conditions
Open Shelf (www.Open-Shelf.ca) is the official magazine of the Ontario Library Association. It is an open access publication issued for OLA members and interested readers as a forum for commentary on ideas, activities, trends, and issues affecting libraries and information professionals across Ontario and beyond.
Open Shelf publishes articles on topics relevant to libraries, information professionals, information technology, and information management. The magazine also includes a wide range of columns and special features.
The Open Shelf Editorial Board is responsible for the overall editorial direction, management, and production of the magazine.
Membership
Editor-in-Chief
Editorial Team Members
Executive Director, OLA
Marketing and Communication Manager, OLA
Marketing and Communication Specialist, OLA
Columnists, feature editors and divisional liaisons
Members-at-large
Columnists are responsible for regular contributions around a theme, issue or perspective. The frequency of these contributions will be determined with the Editor-in-Chief but should normally not be less than four times a year.
Feature editors are responsible for a particular feature that appears regularly in Open Shelf. Typically feature editors are coordinating the work of other contributors or managing a service that appears in Open Shelf.
Members-at-large are responsible for identifying topics and ideas of potential interest to readers and for identify writers or contributors who may be interested . Members-at-large may also curate articles with specific writers or contributors throughout the editorial process. At least one member-at-large should be a designated representative of each of the OLA divisions.
Terms of membership
The Editor-in-Chief, the chair of the Editorial Board, is appointed by the OLA Board of Directors for a 1-year renewable term.
The Art Direction and Design team are determined by the OLA Executive Director in consultation with the Editor-in-Chief.
Columnists and Feature Editors will be members of the Board as long as their contributions are ongoing.
Members-at-large will serve for 3 year renewable terms. Members-at-large will be sought from throughout the OLA membership and be appointed by the Editorial Board. Members appointed by an OLA division will serve a term as specified by the appropriate division.
OLA staff members, as appropriate, will participate in Board communications and discussions but will not hold a vote should voting be necessary.
Meetings
The Editorial Board will meet annually at the OLA Super Conference and conduct its business throughout the year using a variety of collaboration tools. The Board will convene digitally three times during the year with a set agenda.
Quorum and voting
As much as possible the decisions of the Board will be achieved via consensus. Should a vote be necessary, a quorum will consist of 50% of Board members and a simple majority is required to approve a motion. Voting will be done electronically.
Last updated June 28, 2023