What’s New in Open Shelf – April 2018
We put great store in being transformative—fundamentally changing how we think and what we do. So we owe a debt to folks like John…
We put great store in being transformative—fundamentally changing how we think and what we do. So we owe a debt to folks like John…
By Melanie Parlette-Stewart Here are some thoughts I’ve had as a librarian: “My boss is going to realize hiring me was a mistake.” “They’re…
By Jennifer Peters and Anabella Arcaya The Learning Portal is a collaboration between the Ontario college libraries, several Ontario college learning centres, and the…
Thomas Guignard is Director of Services at the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS). He is also a volunteer instructor for Software Carpentry and Library…
By Jaclyn Chambers-Page We had a room. We had an idea. We had a plan. This is the story of Niagara College Libraries’ Exploratory…
Jaclyn has an Honours B.A. in English from McMaster University and completed her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Western…
By Marnie Seal Have you ever wanted to catch some “zen” throughout your day, but just found the environment around you a little too…
Marnie Seal is the Librarian at Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology in Sudbury. She holds a BA from Laurentian University (2008) and…
By Lynne Bowker In Ontario, quality assurance of academic programs has gained prominence recently. Programs at public universities must be reviewed every eight years,…
A 21st century challenge for the world is to make the web accessible for people with disabilities. Fortunately, Ontario has provided a framework for…
I like to think of the educational and health care systems in Ontario as being similar to some extent: teachers are the family doctors…
In the second article in this limited series of conversations, Amanda Wilk and John Vincent discuss readers’ advisory for LGBTQ+ people, and trends in…