What’s new in Open Shelf: October 2018
This issue is multi-lingual (in English and en français), multi-modal (text and audio) and invitational. Here’s what you’ll find in Open Shelf, in the…
Open call for applications
Do you love the library world of ideas, activities, trends, and issues? Would you like to work as a member of a creative team that…
Teen Lunch Bunch: Building trust and community at the Niagara Falls Public Library
It all started in the fall of 2017. Teens from the nearby high school mysteriously started appearing at one of our small branch library locations over the lunch hour. Week by week, the group grew, and so did the noise and food … and the sidelong looks from adult customers.
RA in a Day 2018: Bringing Readers’ Advisory online
Every year, the OPLA Readers’ Advisory Committee brings together some of the best readers’ advisory advocates to share their knowledge and expertise on meeting the needs of adult readers.
The Research Hub: A remote collaboration story
It is challenging enough to work on a project with a team based within the same organization. Now imagine doing so in a fully remote or virtual setting with colleagues representing a number of different library systems.
Le droit d’auteur de la Couronne au Canada: une disposition désuète et inutile
Les bibliothécaires et le personnel des bibliothèques agissent souvent comme médiateurs entre les auteurs et les lecteurs. Cette relation s’inspire en partie de la loi canadienne sur le droit d’auteur.
Canada’s Crown Copyright: Outdated and unnecessary
Librarians and library staff often act as mediators between writers and readers, a relationship that is informed, in part, by Canada’s Copyright Act.
Agnieszka Gorgon
Agnieszka Gorgon is an Instructional Design and eLearning Development Librarian at Seneca College. She is currently pursuing a Master of Education in Distance Education…
Mélanie Brunet
Mélanie Brunet est la bibliothécaire des droits d’auteur à l’Université d’Ottawa depuis 2016. Avant de retourner dans le monde universitaire, elle était bibliothécaire dans…
Amanda Wakaruk
Amanda Wakaruk est la bibliothécaire des droits d’auteur à l’Université de l’Alberta. Elle a travaillé en tant que bibliothécaire de l’information gouvernementale pendant plus…
Laura Martin
Laura Martin, Manager of Community Development & Programming, works at the Niagara Falls Public Library. She can be contacted at LMartin@nflibrary.ca.
Race matters
When I was thinking of a suitable title for this month’s column a number of ideas came to mind including “Decolonization is not a metaphor” and “Acknowledgement is not enough.”
What’s new in Open Shelf: September 2018
This issue continues the conversation we started in July about race. We also make space for two features on innovative programming as well as a new column that features members of the OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.