Textbooks for Change: Creating an Impact with Used Textbooks
“One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” In 2013, that became more than just an old saying for Chris Janssen, then a student at…
Sarah Macintyre
Sarah Macintyre has been working in libraries for over five years, and has been at St.…
Mallory Austin
Welcome to The Library IT Crowd - a new column brought to you by the Ontario Library and Information Technology Association (OLITA). We want…
Snuffy’s Revenge: the Community Led Library
"Snuffy" is the name of a character who appears in The Classic Slum by Robert Roberts. This delicious slice of British social history paints…
Lifting others up through leadership: OCULA President’s Message
I’m not going to lie: when I applied for library school in early 2011 I had no idea what I was getting into. I…
Karen McGrath: ‘exceptional’ librarian wins OCULA lifetime achievement award
Karen McGrath, Director of Library and Bookstore Services at Niagara College, was awarded the 2016 OCULA Lifetime Achievement Award at January’s Ontario Library Association…
Public Library Leaders Fellowship Program
As part of the Public Library Leaders Fellowship (PLLF) program, my colleagues and I recently had the opportunity to visit Cuyahoga County Public Library…
Preserving cultural heritage: OCULA special achievement award
Colin Clarke, Founder/Director of the Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents, received the 2016 OCULA Award for Special Achievement at the OLA Super Conference in…
Colin S. Clarke
Colin S. Clarke, MISt, is the Founder/Director of the Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents. He is the 2016 recipient of the OCULA Award for…
Getting personal: Personal Librarian programs at two Ontario campuses
Academic librarians are continuously striving to connect with students – whether in a classroom, answering a chat reference question or providing one-on-one research help.…
Bridgette Kelly
Bridgette Kelly is a TALint Student at the OISE Library, University of Toronto. She is finishing her final semester at the University of Toronto…
Touting your own horn: Advocacy for academic libraries
Advocacy for academic libraries is becoming increasingly necessary in today’s world—we need to tout (or is it toot?) our own horns and make ourselves…
Expanding library boundaries: OCULA Spring Conference
The 2016 OCULA Spring Conference is just around the corner! As lead planner for this year’s event (along with co-planners Fiona Inglis and Chris Landry),…