Dealing with the Big Day on Campus
How do job interviews at college and university libraries differ? Two recently hired librarians, one from a college and the other from a university,…
Robin Sakowski
Robin Sakowski is the Manager of Access Services at the University of Guelph Library. She is a member of the OLA Mentoring Committee and…
Slay the Interview with Your Superpowers
You’ve just found out you got the interview, and now your brain goes crazy. You start stressing about every little detail. And every big…
Transition
Last month I informed Shelagh Paterson (Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association) that I would be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of Open Shelf…
Melanie Ross
Melanie Ross is a Reserves & User Services Associate at Wilfrid Laurier University Library in Waterloo, Ontario. She obtained her Library & Information Technician…
Michael R. Clark
Since graduating from Algonquin College’s Library and Information Technician program, Michael R. Clark has worked in a variety of libraries, including public, government and…
A Tale of Two Interviews
There is a duality to the process of applying and interviewing for any job. The interviewers are looking for a candidate that fulfils their…
Gardens and Orchards: Programming and Collection Development
In my last piece for Open Shelf I wrote about archival material and the potential pitfalls that may occur in accepting them. It got…
What’s New in Open Shelf: August 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…
The “Shelfies”
This month we celebrate (in our own quiet, understated way ... e.g. we're going on vacation!) 2 years of Open Shelf. This release features the "most read"…
Closing the Sale in a Tough Job Market: OCULA President’s Message
In my previous message for InsideOCULA, I discussed the challenges that meet recent library program graduates. While new library workers struggle to gain a…
Are You Experienced? Job Hunting as a Recent LIS Graduate
With the exception of a lucky few, most recent library school grads enter the job hunt only to learn that it’s pretty rough out…
Jesse Hildebrand
Jesse Hildebrand is the founder of Science Literacy Week. He can be reached at jessehhildebrand [at] gmail.com.