What’s New in Open Shelf: April 2, 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…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: April 2015
Welcome to the April 2015 issue of InsideOCULA. This month’s issue includes: TRY Reframing Information Literacy: The New ACRL Information Literacy Framework for Higher…
Sarah Shujah
Sarah Shujah is Entrepreneurship and Liaison Librarian at the University of Toronto Scarborough Library. She is also currently a 2019-2020 SPARC Open Education Fellow.…
I Was Wrong!
The library world was shocked recently when the federal government announced in a joint statement from the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministries of…
What’s New in Open Shelf: April 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…
Canada to Be a Library Super Power!
Stephen Harper has done it again, putting Canada right up there alongside the world’s super powers. Back in 2007 he announced that Canada was going…
The Toronto Tunnel! You Won’t Believe the Real Story!
The story of the mysterious tunnel in Toronto went viral. Who did it? What was it for? And most importantly … why would anyone…
Architecture Special: You Won’t Believe What Libraries Look Like Now!
Re-imagining library buildings is on everyone's mind. We want rock star architects. We want destination buildings. We want to look like anything but .... libraries. The…
Dewey Embraces the Undead!
In a long awaited move, the American Library Association (ALA) and the newly reconstituted Watchers Council today announced that the Dewey Decimal System will…
News About Super Conference 2016
I’d like to devote this Bird’s Eye column to a special announcement about the OLA Super Conference. Many of our delegates have asked why…
April Foolish
April Foolish is a renowned librarian, currently CEO at the Erehwon Public Library. She would like to acknowledge librarians who have been true mentors to her,…
What’s New in Open Shelf: March 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…
Kristen Lemay
Kristen Lemay is a MLIS student at the University of Western Ontario. She has completed co-op terms at the Library of Parliament and The…