James Zhan
James Zhan is a soon-to-graduate MLIS candidate with work experience in multiple academic libraries, and skills in instruction, web accessibility, UI/UX design, reference services,…
Vincci Lui
Vincci Lui is a Faculty Liaison and Instruction Librarian for Public Health at the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto. In…
Sabrina Macklai
Sabrina Macklai holds a Toronto Academic Libraries Internship at the Gerstein Science Information Centre and is in her first year at the University of…
Kaitlin Fuller
Kaitlin Fuller is an Education and Liaison Librarian for the MD Program and the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Toronto. Prior…
What’s new in Open Shelf: February 2020
Happy 2020! Yes, it’s a bit late to offer this greeting except for the Open Shelf editorial team, given that we took our annual hiatus in January. This month, we are presenting articles in both official languages, along with stories from northern, southern, and eastern corners of the province, while featuring the voices of those who work in rural and urban libraries, both new grads and seasoned professionals.
Valuing social institutions: Northern libraries have bang for their buck
Quantifying the social value of public institutions can be challenging and contentious given that standard business metrics may not capture the value of intangible social rewards.
“The lakes could teach me what the mountains could not”: A conversation with Ktunaxa poet Smokii Sumac
Smokii Sumac is a talented Ktunaxa poet, and recently, we talked about gender, the land and more.
Does the MLIS work? Call for panellists
Do we need a master of library science to have an interesting and "good" career?
Genealogy 101: Finding your roots to find your skill set
Helping others discover their familial roots had exposed an issue in my own family that I realized I needed to address: Finding my own roots.
Teacher with a press: Hands-on learning for arts and social science students
Larry Thompson is the master printer in the Carleton University Library Book Arts Lab—a professional doing non-traditional work in an academic library.
Are publishers that short-sighted? Questioning Macmillan’s new ebook guidelines
“Beginning November 1, Macmillan Publishers is restricting library access to new e-books, causing long wait times for some titles.”
La francisation de Scholars Portal : Progrès vers le bilinguisme, première partie
Scholars Portal est un regroupement de services et d’infrastructures technologiques créés par et pour les bibliothèques universitaires de l’Ontario.
Free speech and hate speech
Can we open our doors to all points of view and also say that our libraries are safe spaces? I think not.