What’s New in Open Shelf? September 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…
Bridging the Business Data Divide
Academic librarians and data specialists use a variety of approaches to gain insight into how researcher data needs and practices vary by discipline, including…
The Guelph Library Project
The Guelph Public Library has been trying to build a new main library for many years. Many, many years. The current 1965 facility is…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: September 2015
As I write this message, the windows in my 11th floor office overlook a calm and quiet campus that will soon spring to life…
Make It Snappy: Kaleidoscope is a Crowd-Pleaser at Queen’s University
Staff at college and university libraries have a lot to think about, but too rarely have a chance to collectively engage in professional conversations…
Gillian Akenson
Gillian is currently shared between her roles as Research & Instruction Librarian and Organizational Development & Learning Librarian at Queen's University. She can be…
Celebrating One Year of Open Shelf
Open Shelf has been publishing for 1 year. If you listen carefully you can hear a tremendous sigh of relief. When we started planning the…
What’s New in Open Shelf? August 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…
Jeremy Dechert
Jeremy Dechert is a Master’s of Library and Information Science candidate at the University of Western Ontario. He is currently employed as a Student…
What’s New in Open Shelf: July 15, 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…
Leadership and the Development of Library Accessibility Policies
This year I have had the pleasure to be a part of a hiring committee for a new librarian position and, rolling up my…
Let Them In: Volunteers in Academic Libraries
In the fall of 2012 I was a third year history undergrad at the University of Guelph with a growing sense of angst about…
Julie Wendland
Julie Wendland is the Readers’ Services Coordinator at the County of Lennox & Addington Public Libraries and a member of the OPLA Readers Advisory…