Listeners’ advisory: When audiobook title recommendations are not enough
Imagine this . . . you’re getting ready for a long road trip, you have just downloaded an audiobook from the library and are…
Summer reading
Summer is often when we allow ourselves extra time for reading, so the Open Shelf editing team thought you might like a few suggestions for books to take on…
Trends … Here & around the world
Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions and more at home and abroad.
A year in tweets
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to access the latest articles from Open Shelf? Just follow us on Twitter. Every time…
July 15, 2017
In this Issue, we continue our Canada 150 series with the latest addition to the It's Elementary column. Author Jennifer Brown discusses her ongoing…
Amanda Fudge
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #36: Amanda Fudge: Library Manager/Executive Director of the Waterloo Region Law Association, Kitchener, Ontario…
Cultural appropriation
“No man is an island entire of itself.” ~ John Donne Cultural appropriation is a “hot button” and deeply polarising issue that is being…
An authentic narrative around Canada’s history
Now that #Canada150 has all but disappeared from social media and nightly newscasts, schools must remain vigilant in our work to embed an authentic…
Games as 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…
Coup de projecteur sur Marcel Bénéteau
Marcel Bénéteau, ancien professeur de l’Université de Sudbury où il fut chef du département de folklore et d’ethnologie du Canada français, fut l’invité de…
Gaming to Learn: the 2017 OCULA Spring Social and Digital Odyssey
The OLITA Council holds a one-day conference each year called Digital Odyssey; this year’s conference highlighted the variety of ways that games and gameful…
Free Foundations: Empowering Open Advocates at the HLLR Open Educational Resources (OER) Day
On June 8, 2017, Centennial College hosted the Heads of Libraries and Learning Resources (HLLR) OER Libraries Day. The event was sponsored by HLLR,…