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.
New terminal degree: Yes or no?
If the role of academic librarians is changing and resembling more that of other faculty, should the PhD be the new terminal degree?
Research and the “value agenda”
A debate about the form, purpose, and quality of academic librarians’ research is taking place right now in the editorial pages of some of our flagship journals.
The PhD: New terminal degree?
Academic librarians are “scholar-practitioners.” We have a valued tradition of service (practitioner) but increasingly we also teach full-time and undertake extensive research (scholar).
Gail de Vos
Storyteller, librarian and educator, Gail de Vos has been an active promoter of the oral tradition of…
Academic librarians and the PhD: Introduction
Academic librarians typically have academic status, freedoms, and responsibilities.
Honouring Stuart
We know that stories matter. They are our life blood because they connect us to each other and the worlds in which we live—the good, the bad and ugly.
PhD as resistance: How the personal got political
It is challenging to resist the neoliberal imperatives that govern our work and practices as librarians.