What’s New in Open Shelf: January 15, 2017
What’s New in Open Shelf? is a Table of Contents of sorts. Open Shelf publishes when we have compelling new material. Every two weeks…
Libraries in Society
Libraries in Society (Clive Bingley, 1978) was published in the year that my career in public libraries began. In this reader, edited by David…
Mita Williams
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd – a new column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We want…
Remembering What You Read: Reading Journals & Collection Knowledge
Has your mind ever drawn a blank when a customer asks your opinion about a book? You know you read it but can’t remember…
Helen McDonnell
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #34: Helen McDonnell, CEO, Callander Public Library. Helen and I both have the prospect…
Formal Training Isn’t Enough
On October 21, 2016 the Ontario Public Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory (RA) committee hosted the eleventh annual RA in a Day symposium at the…
The Right ‘Man’ For The Job?
I am a big fan of titles which have question marks in them. The most important element of Open to All? The Public Library…
Kelli Babcock
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd – a new column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We want…
Kelli WooShue
Kelli WooShue is eServices Manager for the Halifax Public Libraries. While she loves technology in general, her particular interests are applications for new technology…
Brock’s new Makerspace: connecting community and technology
In the April 2015 edition of Open Shelf, Jonathan Younker published In Praise of Maker Culture, describing the maker culture in the Brock Library’s Systems…
Catherine McGoveran
Catherine McGoveran is the Government Information Librarian at the University of Ottawa and co-moderator of the OCUL Government Information Community. Find her on Twitter…
Rachel Figueiredo
Rachel Figueiredo is the Engineering & Entrepreneurship Librarian at the University of Waterloo. She graduated from Western University’s MLIS program in 2012 and has…
Christina Kim
Christina Kim is Senior Manager for the Market Intelligence team at MaRS Discovery District. Christina and her team provide research services to technology entrepreneurs…