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Listeners’ advisory: When audiobook title recommendations are not enough

Summer reading

Trends ... Here & around the world

A year in tweets

July 15, 2017

Amanda Fudge

Cultural appropriation

An authentic narrative around Canada’s history

Coup de projecteur sur Marcel Bénéteau

Gaming to Learn: the 2017 OCULA Spring Social and Digital Odyssey

Free Foundations: Empowering Open Advocates at the HLLR Open Educational Resources (OER) Day

Showcasing Undergraduate Research at Queen’s University Library

What’s new in Open Shelf: February 2019

Happy New Year everyone! In our first issue of 2019, we've got topics ranging from Afrofuturism to telecom policy to game-based learning. And we're happy to welcome back some of regular contributors while introducing you to some new voices.

What's New in Open Shelf?

Whither libraries in telecom policy?

Telecommunications policy may not be viewed as a core issue in the LIS field but the policy asserts a primary influence on the digital divides including issues of rural broadband connectivity and of digital literacy.

Features

Intercultural competency

Open for all? offers a “think piece“ rather than an intellectual analysis. Columnist John Pateman shares his personal observations on issues and his columns…

Open for All?

Enriching learning through game-based pedagogy

Games can increase learner attention and retention—for learners of all ages.

Features

60 years of service: First Nation public libraries in Ontario

First Nation libraries, like the one in Moose Factory, make profound contributions to their communities.

Features

Elearning: A multi-faceted experience

Finding meaningful applications for technology in the classroom is important but sometimes difficult.

Features

Wakanda’s library: Afrofuturism and Black History Month

Coinciding with Black History Month, Rhea Smith discusses Afrofuturism, a way of exploring the future positively.

Features

Journée congrès: L’ABO-Franco

Le conseil francophone de l’Association des bibliothèques de l’Ontario (L’ABO-Franco) recherche des professionnels de l’information qui désireraient présenter une communication, partager les résultats d’une…

Features, Publications en Français

InsideOCULA newsletter: February 2019

In this month’s issue of InsideOCULA, we begin by continuing our look at renewal initiatives, then explore special collections and events in two Ontario university libraries. Lastly, we have the final installment of the OCULA president’s column by Melanie Parlette-Stewart.

InsideOCULA, InsideOCULA Editor’s Message

Inclusive librarianship: On white fragility

Because whiteness functions as normative and invisible, it is often very difficult for white people specifically to see whiteness.

Features

LGBTQ+: 2018 in review

We look back on 2018, noting domestic and international issues that have impacted LGBTQ+ people.

LGBTQ+

Rhea Smith

Rhea Smith graduated from the MLIS program at the University of Western Ontario in June, 2019. She has worked in government, academic, public and…

Contributors

I get by with a little help from my friends [colleagues]

By Melanie Parlette-Stewart “If you’ve created a work culture where vulnerability isn’t okay, you’ve also created a culture where innovation and creativity aren’t okay.”…

InsideOCULA