Seeking an Identity: The Portrayal of Archivists in Film
The image of archivists in media can sometimes seem nebulous. From descriptions of dusty, disorganized vaults and cardigan-clad gatekeepers, many stereotypes have been perpetuated…
Threshold Concepts and Information Literacy
You can’t rebalance the boat without rocking it.” Ray Land, Jan H. F. Meyer and Jan Smith in Threshold Concepts within the Disciplines In…
Berton Woodward
Berton Woodward is a Toronto-based editor, writer and communications consultant. He has served in senior editorial and communications roles at York University, Maclean’s magazine,…
Students Go Hands-on at UTSC’s First Trading Competition
What does it take to win an intense stock trading competition dominated by teams of finance students? A team of accounting students. Haoran Shi…
University of Toronto Expands Orientation
University of Toronto (UofT) Libraries expanded its orientation activities this year. In addition to the various libraries holding their own orientation events locally, the…
Jacqueline Kreller-Vanderkooy
Jacqueline Kreller-Vanderkooy is a Physical Sciences Librarian at York University Libraries in Toronto. She can be reached at jkvan [at] yorku.ca.
Science Literacy Week: Libraries Come Together to Celebrate Science
The inaugural Science Literacy Week took place from September 22–28 at institutions across Toronto, including the Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto, Mississauga Public…
The Future Now – The Royal Society of Canada Report
Impressive. Important. Urgent. The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel report on the future of libraries and archives was released November 13 (The Future…
Alien Nation? New Perspectives on the White Working Class and Disengagement in Britain
This is an uncomfortable but necessary read. It made me think long and hard about how public libraries engage and connect with working class…
Jason Neal
Jason Neal is a student in the Library and Information Science PhD program in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at The University…
The Persistence and Problems of Music Genre
Whenever we’re asked what kind of music we like, we typically describe our tastes in terms of specific musicians (whether composers or performers) or…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: November 2014
The November issue of InsideOCULA focuses on innovation, key concepts in information literacy, and the way the world views us. And, as always, we…
What’s New in Open Shelf? November 1 2014
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…