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…
Samantha Marchello
Samantha Marchello is a recent graduate of the Seneca College Library and Information Technician Program and a Library Services Associate at Markham Public Library.…
Public Libraries and Inequality
Can public libraries make society more equal? Inequality has become a dominant concern and focus of public policy discourse at international, national, regional and…
All the Tough Topics: Sensitive Issues in Young Adult Literature
Teens are a challenging group, but they live in a difficult and always changing world where social issues are constantly fluffed under the rug.
Reading Outside Your Comfort Zone
How many times have we heard from a patron that they will only read a specific genre? I myself am guilty of this statement.…
Participant-driven photo-elicitation for library spaces
The intent of my current research is to explore user perspectives on wayfinding in the OISE Library at the University of Toronto. Questions guiding my…