Lego and Love in the Library
Let's face it, February is a pretty horrible month. It's cold and grey and, for students, fraught with deadlines for assignments and studying for…
There’s Information in Music and Music in Information
"A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence" - Leopold Stokowski Sonification is defined as the use of non-speech…
The joys of digital preservation
For many years the Victorian Era has been a scholarly and personal interest of mine. It is an extremely relevant epoch; many of the…
What Does Data Sound Like? An Overview of Data Sonification
In recent years the availability of data has soared, and there is a need for new methods for perceiving patterns and trends in this…
Library Day at Queen’s Park
As my term as OCULA President comes to an end, I would like to say what an honour it has been working with members…
Enjoy the Conversation
Have you ever had a really great conversation with someone about books? She tells you that she just read a book she loved, you…
The Guelph Library Project: Final Report
Eighteen first year university students walk into a classroom and are told they have to decide the future of the Guelph Public Library. Yikes.…
Privacy Concerns & Access to Information in Homebound Services
Homebound Services is a department within the Ottawa Public Library that selects and delivers library materials to customers who are unable to access a…
Academic Libraries and the Development of Accessibility Policy
Some thoughts on a recent student survey on document accessibility conducted at the University of Guelph.
Sean Hayes
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #28: Sean Hayes. Sean and I work at the same institution, but located…
Diana Krawczyk
Diana Krawczyk is the Manager of the Readers’ Den Department, Mississauga Public Library. She is a member and past chair of the OLA Readers’ Advisory…
What’s New in Open Shelf: January 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…
Roads and Fences: the Myth of Public Library Neutrality
As the saying goes, if you stand in the middle of the road you will get run over. Or, more colourfully perhaps, if you…