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…
Carey Toane
Carey Toane, MA, MLIS, joined the University of Toronto as Entrepreneurship Librarian at the Gerstein Science Information Centre in 2015, where she supports nine…
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…