Katy Anderson
Katy Anderson is an digital rights advocate at OpenMedia, an organization that works to keep the internet open, affordable, and surveillance-free. OpenMedia creates community-driven…
Michael B. McNally
Michael B. McNally is an assistant professor at the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta and his research interests…
Julie Anderson
Julie Anderson is the Manager, Content Management at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She has spent her career there as a library technician, collections…
Sarah Hurford
Sarah Hurford is is a senior archivist in the Archives Branch of Library and Archives Canada/Government of Canada. She has worked in various capacities…
Monique Manatch
Monique Manatach is a member of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, a small community located in La Verendrye Provincial Parc, QC. She is a…
What’s New in Open Shelf: February 5, 2018
In this, our first issue of 2018, we are thinking about relationships—between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, regulations in Canada and the U.S., and libraries…
Guns, knives & other prohibited items: What happens when good 3D printers go bad?
When the St. Thomas Public Library started investigating 3D printers as a new service several years ago, one of the frequent responses I would…
Net neutrality: Is the end in sight?
On December 14, 2017, the U.S. telecommunications regulator, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), voted to repeal the country’s net neutrality regulations. What are the…
Campaign literature: Political evidence we must collect
A political paper trail of sorts will start this spring. Candidates hoping to win a seat in the Ontario legislature will hit the campaign…
Canada 151: Visions of Indigenous & non-Indigenous relations through time
Canada 150 is now officially over. However, the reconciliation work of libraries, archives, museums and other memory institutions continues in Canada 151. The Truth…
Safe spaces: Library values in the cultural wars
Headlines today scream about highly charged debates in the sociological and cultural sphere: Whose voices need to be heard? How do we create equity?…
Games: Community building blocks
I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will tell it again.…
Being Fearless and a Heartfelt Goodbye: OCULA President’s Message
By Sarah Shujah Change is inevitable, and in the same way, my term as President has come to an end. I am confident that…