Who is the Canadian academic librarian? Results from the first CAPAL census
Canada’s academic librarians are relatively young, enjoy stable employment and are not racially diverse: these findings are among the highlights of the first census…
Startups in the library: supporting campus entrepreneurs
While academic librarians have supported campus startups and entrepreneurs since before the dotcom boom, the title Entrepreneurship Librarian is a relatively new one. When…
A UX Librarian Goes to Ottawa: Minimizing Censorship in Canada
Earlier in the spring, I gave testimony to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics. They asked me…
Putting the Who in the Canadian Academic Librarian Community: CAPAL Census
Who are Canada’s academic librarians? That question will be answered by Canada’s first census of academic librarians, which attracted more than 900 responses from…
Karen McGrath: ‘exceptional’ librarian wins OCULA lifetime achievement award
Karen McGrath, Director of Library and Bookstore Services at Niagara College, was awarded the 2016 OCULA Lifetime Achievement Award at January’s Ontario Library Association…
Getting personal: Personal Librarian programs at two Ontario campuses
Academic librarians are continuously striving to connect with students – whether in a classroom, answering a chat reference question or providing one-on-one research help.…
Seven Lucky Charms for Sabbatical Success
The vibrant and rich portfolio of an academic librarian with at least 3 years of service after obtaining permanent status illuminates a colourful and…
Strategies for Modelling Scholarly Communications
Reflections of an OCULA New Librarian Resident 1. Engage faculty My role of Scholarly Communications Librarian is the first of its kind at OCAD…
Exchanging Aussie Sun for Canuck Deep Freeze
Since January 2015, I’ve been living and working in Toronto on a one-year exchange as a Liaison Librarian at Ryerson University. Back in my…
Caroline Haythornthwaite, OCULA Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Caroline Haythornthwaite is Professor, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia where she served as Director…
Susan Cleyle, Careers Spotlight, Super Conference 2016
Susan Cleyle is the Director of DELTS (Distance Education, Learning and Teaching Support) at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Prior to this she served as…
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…