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.
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.
Smokii Sumac is a talented Ktunaxa poet, and recently, we talked about gender, the land and more.
Do we need a master of library science to have an interesting and "good" career?
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.
Larry Thompson is the master printer in the Carleton University Library Book Arts Lab—a professional doing non-traditional work in an academic library.
“Beginning November 1, Macmillan Publishers is restricting library access to new e-books, causing long wait times for some titles.”
Scholars Portal est un regroupement de services et d’infrastructures technologiques créés par et pour les bibliothèques universitaires de l’Ontario.
Can we open our doors to all points of view and also say that our libraries are safe spaces? I think not.
The characters from the 1968 musical Hair send us a clear political message: My hair, your hair, our hair belongs to us alone. And yet in public spaces such as the workplace, our hair seems to belong to others. In this article, Rhea talks about the unique challenges she has as a woman of African descent, regarding how she wears her hair at work.
Kara Handren est bibliothécaire aux métadonnées à Scholars Portal depuis quatre ans. Elle travaille sur des projets de chargement et de gestion de métadonnées…
Sabina Pagotto est la bibliothécaire responsable des services à la clientèle et de l’évaluation à Scholars Portal depuis 2015. Elle a complété sa maîtrise…
Kathryn Barrett occupe le poste de bibliothécaire en sciences sociales à l’Université de Toronto à Scarborough. Auparavant, elle était la bibliothécaire responsable des services…
