Chat GPT: threat or menace?
This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.
Mackenzie Kathmann
Mackenzie Kathmann serves as the Collections Strategy Librarian at the prestigious University of Ottawa, a role she assumed after graduating in April 2022. Mackenzie…
Family reconfiguration through a queer lens: My Sometimes Dad
This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.
Brock James
With 32 years of experience, Brock is a distinguished professional known for orchestrating intricate schedules, innovative designs, and sustainable projects. His expertise spans libraries,…
What is a social worker’s place in the library?
This month, Trevor Deck walks us through the library’s collection development mandates, scope and goals.
Claire Dionne
Claire Dionne is an accomplished records and information management professional within a prominent small-scale federal government institution. With over a decade of remarkable tenure…
Reviving the Pages: Open Shelf Magazine Returns!
The team at Open Shelf has returned after our end-of-summer break reinvigorated. We enjoyed our “time off,” but are just as excited to meet the challenges and joys of the autumnal season.
Subject Librarianship vs Functional Teams in Academic Libraries: Questions to Ask!
Many Ontario academic libraries continue to make the shift from subject or discipline-specific librarianship to functional teams. What questions can we ask?
Ontario College Libraries: Meeting the Challenge of the New Normal
Librarianship at Ontario colleges has changed significantly since the pandemic. Eva McDonald explores new challenges facing academic librarians, and how best to meet these challenges.
Eva McDonald
Eva McDonald is the Systems and Electronic Resources Librarian at Centennial College. You can contact Eva at emcdonald@centennialcollege.ca.
2022 OCULA President’s Message
2022 was another year of taxing yet familiar challenges with COVID-19 as we persevere through an ongoing pandemic, and adapt our work and lives to a fluctuating "new normal".
Becoming the University of Toronto Music Library: Wrapping Up our 100th Anniversary Year
In 1921, the Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto (which had been established in 1918) took over the operation of what was then the Toronto Conservatory of Music’s library. This month, we wrap up the series by looking back at the ways we celebrated this year.
James Mason
James Mason is the Metadata and Digital Initiatives Librarian for the Music Library at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the U of…