RIMMFing: RDA cataloguing sans MARC
Author, title, publisher, year of publication—that’s all the bibliographic description needed to find an item, right? Maybe for a monograph but, even for one…
The Value of Super Conference
I’ve written a few times about the changing roles involved in running libraries and how 'proving our worth’ has become a full-time job in…
From Student to Scholar: Building Capacity for Graduate Student Academic Literacies and Research Skills
A team from OCUL institutions has created a new, highly interactive and media-rich online resource to help graduate students in the social sciences develop…
La Casita Azul: A Unique Project with Significant Consequences
As a result of a short but exciting conversation in 2014, the idea of a York University library in Costa Rica was born. After…
Once Upon a Time: 2017 OCULA Spring Conference
The theme for this year’s OCULA Spring Conference is Storytime: Using narrative to represent ourselves, our work, and our library, but what is a…
OCULA Lightning Strikes Session at Super Conference 2017
When I first saw OCULA’s call for student Lightning Strikes talks, I purposefully thought very little about the consequences of submitting a proposal despite…
Erica Friesen
Erica Friesen is a second year Masters of Information student at the University of Toronto. She is currently employed as a graduate assistant at…
Karen McGrath
Karen McGrath is past President of OPLA and OLA (2012), and until Dec. 2016 she was Director of Niagara College Library and Bookstore Services.…
Elan Paulson
Dr. Elan Paulson is Director of the Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership at Western University’s Faculty of Education, providing administrative oversight and…
Cory Laverty
Dr. Cory Laverty is Teaching and Learning Specialist for Queen’s Centre for Teaching & Learning and Queen’s Library. She supports educational research, inquiry-based learning,…
April 3, 2017
In this post April Fool's Day release, we reflect on the role of satire in a post-truth world, and introduce a new issue of…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: April 2017
Spring is a time for new beginnings. If only it would stop snowing in Ontario, we could believe the calendar--didn’t it tell us that…