Amber Leahey
Amber Leahey is the Data & GIS Librarian at Scholars Portal, the digital library project of the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL). She…
Rob Makinson
Rob Makinson is the Coordinator, Library Communications and Liaison Librarian at the University of Toronto Mississauga. His research interests include analog and digital gaming…
July 1, 2017
We have a wide-range of things for you to read as we all return to work after the long Canada Day weekend. It seems…
June 15, 2017
The month of June is LGBT Pride Month and we are lucky enough to have this Issue's Trees and Forests column contribute to the…
Fake news and manufacturing consent
"Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance" – George Bernard Shaw Given all the fuss that has been made about fake…
LGBTQ+ Library collections in a small community
I want to tell the story of a small rural county library system compiling a LGBTQ+ collection. I am not an expert in LGBTQ+…
Read more and prosper
Science fiction. It’s a genre that is loved by many, but largely misunderstood. The question “Can you recommend a good science fiction book?” has…
Editorial: Reflecting on Canada 150
1967—I was nine years old and sang “Canada, one little, two little, three Canadians, we love thee” over, and over, and over again. My…
Pekka Reinio
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd, a column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We showcase some of…
June 1, 2017
Can you believe it? Only one month until Canada's 150th year as a country. In From the Editor, Editor-in-chief Martha Attridge Bufton delves into…
Trends … Here & around the world
Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions at home and abroad.
To defend the revolution is to defend culture
Having considered the cultural policies of Ontario and the U.K., I would now like to turn my attention to Cuba, where culture has been…
Interview skills: Avoid the RA nightmare
Has anyone else had this recurring dream? A patron comes up to you and asks for something good to read and your only response…