Sarah Dahlen
Sarah Dahlen is a Reference and Instruction Librarian at California State University, Monterey Bay. She is the treasurer of REFORMA, an association that promotes…
Carolyn Doi
Carolyn Doi (M.L.I.S., McGill, 2010, B. Mus., UVic, 2007) was the Guatemala Program Manager for Librarians Without Borders from 2011 - 2014 and has travelled…
London and Jinan: A Visiting Professor Compares Jinan in China’s Public Library System With That of Middlesex County
Professor Guodong Zheng was a visiting professor at the University or Western Ontario in 2013. Through a series of fortuitous events, he joined a…
The IdeaMarket: A New Direction in Community Engagement
The Newmarket Public Library’s most recent Strategic Plan was aimed at shifting the Library’s focus to become a centre of community dialogue and discovery.…
Where’s the Government Support for Broadband?
Catherine Middleton is a Ryerson management professor who spoke at the 2014 OLA Superconference on the importance of broadband Internet to the Canadian economy.…
The Internet is Insecure
So what is the internet, really? It is not magic, although it tries hard to look like it. We don't talk about the physical…
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Ho-OPLA Reflects Decades of Changes
This first installation of Open Shelf marks some important changes, as Access, the print magazine becomes Open Shelf online, and its regular OPLA column…
Machine Translation: Can It Help Newcomers Access the Public Library?
In a public library, community outreach efforts aim to develop library programs for non-users, the under-served, and people with special needs within the community.…
Parliamentary Budgets & Librarians: An Interview with Kevin Page
Kevin Page is the former Parliamentary Budget Officer of Canada. For readers unfamiliar with the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), according to its website the…
Academic Opinions of Wikipedia and Open Access Publishing: Gender and Academic Status Factors in Perception and Use
Social and technological advances have brought about significant changes in methods of publication, particularly via a shift to electronic or online media. The open-access…
Courtney Waugh
Meet one of OLA's 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #18: Courtney Waugh. Courtney Waugh is a Research & Instructional Services Librarian…
Designing with Empathy
Last summer we bought a new book return unit at my library. It’s a freestanding thing that sits in our lobby and it looks…