Making an Inadequate Budget Do Extraordinary Things
With no development charges, a very low population base spread over a huge area of land, and the dubious honour of being the county…
Using Islandora to Build Digital Collections
We came together for the 2016 OLA SuperConference to discuss the different ways that our institutions are using Islandora to build digital collections. Our…
Kelli Babcock
Kelli Babcock is the Digital Initiatives Librarian with University of Toronto Libraries Information Technology Services (UTL ITS) department. She can be contacted at kelli.babcock [at]…
The Trouble with Twee
Twee: excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental (Oxford, 2015) For the past year, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to neighbourhood book…
What’s New in Open Shelf: May 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…
Open Access, Culture, and Modeling the Way
I believe gobsmacked is the word I’m looking for. David Lewis, Dean of the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, is an accomplished…
Loan Stars – A New RA Tool for Library Staff
Have you heard about Loan Stars? Wondering what all the fuss is about? Loan Stars is a new readers’ advisory service that allows library…
Cortney Lee-Comeau
Cortney Lee-Comeau is the Coordinator of Outreach, Programs and Partnerships at the Huntsville Public Library. Cortney has lived in Huntsville for two and half…
What’s New in Open Shelf: April 15, 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…
Brady Burke
Brady Burke is the Marketing Director at Textbooks for Change, joining the social enterprise at the end of 2014. He is responsible for all student…
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Sustainability at Huntsville Public Library
I left university with a BSc in biology and geography ready to take on the world. I had studied at Trent University in one…