Mark Swartz
Mark Swartz is the Copyright Manager at Queen’s University and is a Visiting Project Officer with the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. His interests…
Jennifer Robinson
Jennifer Robinson is Associate Chief Librarian at Western Libraries. She may be reached at jrobins[at]uwo.ca.
Lise Doucette
Lise Doucette is Assessment Librarian at Western University. She may be reached at ldoucet[@]uwo.ca.
Kevin Manuel
Kevin Manuel is the Acting Head, Borrowing and Lending Services at Ryerson University Library and Archives and is a member of Ryerson University’s Equity,…
Sally Wilson
Sally Wilson is the Web Services Librarian at Ryerson University where she manages the Library’s web presence. As part of the recent eCampus Ontario…
Fangmin Wang
Fangmin Wang is the Head of Library Information Technology Services at Ryerson University. His oversight of several digital innovation projects within Ryerson have been…
Ann Ludbrook
Ann Ludbrook is the Copyright and Scholarly Engagement Librarian at Ryerson University. Ann holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University…
Ewan Matthews
Ewan Matthews is an English major at Ryerson University and a former Career Boost student with the Ryerson University Library and Archives. He can…
Canada 150: New paradigm for LAC-BAC
At their best, national institutions are not static entities but evolve in concert with the people and places that they are created to support.…
Ministry collaboration: Funding for rural public libraries
It’s like the flick of a switch. We go from being fairly competent at meeting our patrons’ needs to being completely inadequate. I’m talking about cottage country where the population varies according to the time of year.
Connect, converse & unite: IFLA’s Global Vision
We can find it challenging to have a meaningful conversation with a colleague who sits in an adjacent cubicle—life is full of everyday responsibilities that take our time and attention. So the idea of talking with library folk from around the world about our collective future seems daunting.
License unpacked: Inside our Creative Commons license
By Martha Attridge Bufton and Valerie Critchley We have revised our Open Shelf author guidelines, in part to make our editing and publishing policies…
A little redesign
We’ve been doing a little redesign on Open Shelf … leveraging the strengths of the publication with what we know are best practices for…