R. A. Priddle
R.A. Priddle is a bookbinder and a rare books/private collection librarian from Williamstown Ontario. He is currently on a one year contract at the…
Wendy Newman, OSLA Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Wendy Newman is an advocate for the transformative power of librarians and libraries in the communities they serve. She retired recently as Senior Fellow,…
Darrell Dennis, Aboriginal Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Darrell Dennis is a writer, actor and comedian. His one man show Tales of an Urban Indian was nominated for two Dora Awards and…
Policy Driven Integrated Decisions (Part 3/3)
Scott Adams, known for his office comic strip, Dilbert, published the non-fiction book “The Dilbert Principle” in 1996. At that time, ISO 9000 (Quality…
Time-bombs, Technology and Training
The challenges of managing archival material in small public libraries
What’s New in Open Shelf: December 1, 2015
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…
Tierney GB Deluzio
Tierney GB Deluzio is a second year law student at Western University. Prior to law school, Tierney completed a Bachelor of Engineering Science, specializing…
Carolyn Soltau
Carolyn Soltau is currently a Research Librarian with The Province newspaper and also works as Reference Librarian at Douglas College and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. She…
Margaret Ann Wilkinson
Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Professor of Law and Director of the Intellectual Property, Information & Technology Area at Western Law, is a past winner of…
Sam’s Top Three Tough Issue Books of 2015
2015 has been a fantastic year for diverse and difficult topics in the young adult sphere. Part of why On the Edge exists as…
Copyright in Photographs in Canada Since 2012
Photographs perform a unique function because they capture moments in time and that capture is contemporaneous with the subject of the photo: “[a] writer…
Public Libraries: the Original Community Hubs
As public libraries struggle to reinvent themselves, the role many are zeroing in on is that of a “community hub”. While some new roles,…
Public Libraries and Participation
The Canadian Index of Well-being has tracked participation in leisure and cultural activities and identified a number of important trends: "Leisure and culture make…