OCUL Collaborative Futures Project Gaining Momentum
Academic libraries share common challenges: our users expect instant access to a wide range of increasingly costly research materials, but our budgets don’t keep…
Transformational Governance by Design (Part 2/3)
Favourite Jeopardy question never-asked by Alex Trebek: "This value underpins information governance and, taken to its logical conclusion, can transform a culture at large."…
Bailey Urso
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #25: Bailey Urso. I spoke with Bailey Urso, a librarian working at the Health…
Lisa Sloniowski
Lisa Sloniowski is the English Literature Librarian at York University. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Social and Political Thought with a research…
Mita Williams
Mita Williams is the User Experience Librarian at the Leddy Library, University of Windsor. Her website is http://aedileworks.com. She tweets @copystar and blogs at http://librarian.newjackalmanac.ca/.
Engaging Students with Virtual Reality
“I love it!” “This is awesome!” “I am so into this!” These were some of the words shared by Brock University students as they…
Dan Cohen, Executive Director, Digital Public Library of America
Jennifer Dekker interviews Dan Cohen about the innovative DPLA initiative.
What’s New in Open Shelf: June 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…
Andrew Colgoni
Andrew Colgoni is the Services Librarian at the H.G. Thode Library of Science and Engineering at McMaster University. He is also an instructor in McMaster’s innovative Integrated Science…
Evaluating Public Library Impact and Outcomes
Searching for meaningful and measurable impact and outcome measures has become something of a Holy Grail for public libraries. The approach to date has…
Andrea Dunn
Andrea Dunn is a Branch Librarian at the Markham Public Library and a member of the OPLA Readers Advisory Committee.
The Ask Girl Marketing Campaign
In the fall of 2014 McMaster University Libraries launched a campaign to promote the Ask virtual reference service. Their work was recognized at OLA’s…
What Should I Read Next? : Staff Picks
Looking for a way to highlight materials you have enjoyed, increase circulation and start a conversation with customers about library items? Staff picks are…