Tales from the Shelf, vol. 1
Shaz Stevenson from the Open Shelf Public Library (OSPL) has shared with us a story of a request from a strange visitor for a…
Conservative leadership race and libraries
The Conservative Party leadership race is really starting to heat up now that libraries have become one of the key areas for discussion and…
Trump moves ahead with controversial book travel ban
President Trump took some time out of his busy tweeting schedule to speak to us, the Library Fake News Network (L.F.N.N.), about one of…
Library implements “ACE”: Artisanal Cuneiform Experience workshops
Last year we reported that University of Guelph students had staged a sit-in over the planned removal of the Library’s paper abstracts and indexes.…
Dana Craig
Dana Craig is the Environmental Studies Liaison Librarian at York University, Toronto, Canada. Her work has revolved around teaching and advocacy in academia and…
Jeff Dodge
Jeff Dodge is the Collection Development Librarian at Vaughan Public Libraries. He currently sits on the OPLA Readers’ Advisory Committee and the Evergreen Award…
March 15, 2017
In this release, we're back with an OLA featured member along with some info trends, John Pateman's Open for all? and a new podcast…
Trends … here & around the world
Featuring trends and happenings in information institutions at home and abroad.
Two views on 2017
Here is the bird's eye (view) from our president and executive director. Leslie Weir and Shelagh Patterson are happy to share their thoughts on SuperConference and…
Leslie Weir
Leslie Weir est devenue bibliothécaire et archiviste du Canada le 30 août 2019. Avant son arrivée à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, Mme Weir…
Ontario’s culture strategy
Whenever I travel around the world I always visit the local public library because I think that this is an indicator of how progressive…
Sharon Bailey
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #35: Sharon Bailey – Interim Manager, Library Services, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health…
SuperConference: Testing the waters
Gathering to talk about the benefits of an advanced research degree as preparation for an academic role.