Mary Kosta
Mary Kosta is the Archivist for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. She is a member of the Ontario Library…
Mary Kosta is the Archivist for the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada. She is a member of the Ontario Library…
Good examples of folksonomies are found in the hashtags used on Twitter, which were originally an innovation of Twitter users. Hashtags are abbreviations, words…
Mary Cavanagh, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa. She can be reached on Twitter @mfcavanagh and on emmail…
Social media’s power to engage and connect people in 140 character bites of text and media is being studied and reported across many research…
Radio isn't dead; it was just sleeping. It was awakened by the internet and podcasts. Welcome to Night Vale is one of the most…
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…
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #20: Marilyn McDermott. Marilyn McDermott is a librarian for the Mohawk/McMaster Institute for…
Jesse Roberts is the Head of Reference Services at the Thunder Bay Public Library in Thunder Bay, Ontario. She leads the library in areas…
Ten years ago, it was standard practice for teachers to bring their students to the public library for a “class visit”. This provided the…
In an attempt to reconcile wounds inflicted on Aboriginal Canadians through the Indian Residential School (IRS) System, the government of Canada, former IRS students,…
Teaching digital literacy in the public library takes on many forms. There is one-on-one technical assistance, which requires familiarity with Internet and software programs…
Michael Russell graduated from Western University's FIMS in 2003. He has taught information literacy in two high school libraries, at the University of Toronto…