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…
Aaron Lupton
Aaron Lupton is a Content Development and Analysis Librarian within the newly reconfigured York University Libraries (YUL). Previously he was the Electronic Resources Librarian…
Amber Lannon
Amber Lannon is the University Librarian at Carleton University Library, since July 2020 and before that…
Nathalie Soini
Nathalie Soini is Head of Information Services and liaison librarian for French Studies and Languages, Literatures, and Culture (LLCU) at Queen’s University. She has been ABO-Franco…
Jennifer Brown
Jennifer Brown is a teacher librarian with the Peel District School Board at Castle Oaks Public School in Brampton and the past president of…