Celebrations: Holiday season in small libraries
They may be small, but they have a mighty impact! Small, rural and medium-sized libraries are doing their part to ensure the communities they support have a wonderful holiday season.
Caroline Goulding
Caroline Goulding is the CEO of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, which serves a population of 7,500. The library offers a dynamic…
It’s a marathon, not a sprint – the organizational renewal process at Western Libraries
by Jennifer Robinson In September 2018, as the Western community made its way back to campus, Western Libraries went about its usual fall routines.…
Carleton University Library undergoes changes to its Academic Services
By Amber Lannon Carleton University is located in Ottawa, on a beautiful campus in the south of the city bordered on one side by…
Where do you find community? Communities of practice and library professionals: OCULA president’s message
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart This fall I’ve been reflecting on how change challenges us to find new ways of doing and learning. What I’ve come…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: December 2018
It's December, that time of year when we routinely take stock of the year that was, and look forward to the year that will be.
uOttawa library organizational renewal project
By Liz Hayden The University of Ottawa Library has embarked on a comprehensive organizational renewal to ensure that its structure is well-positioned for the…
Catching the next wave? Streaming video in academic libraries
By Aaron Lupton, Ian Gordon and Helen Salmon In a recent editorial, Erik Martin (2018) effectively describes why streaming video is so compelling: quoting…
Organizational renewal at Queen’s University Library
By Nathalie Soini In 2014, Queen’s University Library embarked on a public services review to determine how best to work within our resources while…
A library is: PLACE
A library is “a building housing a collection of books available to the public.” Isn’t it? After thirty-five years, my ideas about libraries as places have evolved to include spaces for browsing, discovering and relaxing.
Liz Hayden
Liz Hayden is the Associate University Librarian of Strategy and Planning at the University of Ottawa Library. She is the project manager for the…
Helen Salmon
Helen Salmon is a Collections Librarian at the University of Guelph Library, with selection responsibilities for the Humanities and Media Resources. Helen has worked…
Ian Gordon
Ian Gordon is a Brock Library Teaching & Learning Librarian with diverse research, service and instructional interests over a career that has encompassed varied…