Investing in RA: Skill-Building Strategies
It’s one of the skills all library staff should know, but few are truly comfortable with: readers’ advisory. What do you do when a…
Preserving Ontario’s documentary heritage – one annual report at a time
Historical government information Government documents are primary source materials which form an important part of our documentary heritage. Over recent years, the resources allocated…
What’s New in Open Shelf: December 1, 2016
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…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: December 2016
Well, you know what they say—winter is coming. If recent weather hasn’t consistently shown it, as final assignments are turned in and the exam…
Startups in the library: supporting campus entrepreneurs
While academic librarians have supported campus startups and entrepreneurs since before the dotcom boom, the title Entrepreneurship Librarian is a relatively new one. When…
Matariki Digital Humanities Colloquium: Research and the Curriculum
Academic libraries are often said to be at the heart of the campus. Today, we’re also at the heart of the global campus. As…
Kelli Van Buskirk
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #33: Kelli Van Buskirk, Acquisitions, Adult Department, North Bay Public Library. Kelli and I…
Pokémon GO! 7 Ways a Library Took on a Phenomenon
Did you get caught up in Pokémon GO! fever? While the pace was frantic, Halifax Public Libraries was able to stay astride, and we…
Tabitha Lewis
Tabitha Lewis is currently the Library IT Support Technician in the James A Gibson Library and has taken a keen interest in growing the…
Martha Whitehead
Martha Whitehead is Vice-Provost and University Librarian at Queen's University. As a member of the Provost's team, she provides leadership in the ongoing development…
The Case for Free Flow Book Exchange
In education we often use IF, THEN statements to guide changes to our programming and practice. IF I change this, THEN my students will……
New Librarian Residency Award: OCULA president’s message
Last month Open Shelf published a special issue on the New Librarians’ Symposium at Ryerson University last June. In July, InsideOCULA published an issue focused…
Libraries and the future of higher education: OCULA Fall Conference
Staff at libraries around the province engaged with each other virtually during OCULA's Nov. 23 fall conference focusing on "The Next Transformation: Libraries and…