Jean Dryden
An information professional with qualifications in archives, records management, and librarianship, Jean Dryden has over thirty-five years of experience as a staff archivist and…
What’s new in Open Shelf: May 2018
What’s your vision—of your career, your library services, or the global community? This month, we've got articles that present ideas or experiences that can…
#IFLAGlobalVision
I recently had the opportunity to attend the second regional workshop of the IFLA Global Vision Initiative (the first one was May 2017 in…
Professional development: Leverage social media to stay connected and informed
Professional development (PD) is vital to our personal and work-related growth but it can be challenging to find the time to stay current with…
Small(er) libraries: Survey highlights impact & funding
Last month, we shared our conversation about working in small(er) libraries and then asked our colleagues who work in similar libraries to weigh in…
Uncovering “next reads”: Moving from popular fiction to less visible titles
There’s nothing more thrilling for me than having conversations with readers about what they’re reading. It’s definitely easier to have these exchanges if we’ve…
Rachel Di Cresce
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd, a column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We showcase some of the…
Micro-controlled tinkering: Designing Arduino kits using 3D printing
Arduino is a fascinating and fun project for people who like to tinker with objects that they find around them. Originally introduced at an…
Stacey Lapp
Stacey Lapp works at the FIMS Graduate Library at the University of Western Ontario and is an alumna of the Western MLIS program. Prior…
Jonathan Mitchell
Jonathan Mitchell has been a library assistant at St. Thomas Public Library since 2015. In addition to leading Creators’ Corner makerspace programs, Jonathan also…
Laura Peacock
Laura Peacock, Information Services Librarian, works at the Kitchener Public Library. She specializes in Readers’ Advisory, running book club, and other reading for pleasure…
OCULA Lightning Strikes Winner
by Jordan Pedersen What do artificial intelligence, library social media preservation, Indigenous knowledge bases, and embedded librarianship have in common? They were the topics…
Building Better Libraries Through Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: 2018 OCULA Spring Conference
by Catherine Fournier and Helen Tang Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values in librarianship … in theory, at least. But what are libraries…