The PhD: New terminal degree?
Academic librarians are “scholar-practitioners.” We have a valued tradition of service (practitioner) but increasingly we also teach full-time and undertake extensive research (scholar).
PhD as resistance: How the personal got political
It is challenging to resist the neoliberal imperatives that govern our work and practices as librarians.
Why pursue a PhD?
Getting a PhD is rewarding, but it is also a long and sometimes arduous process. Why do it? Thirteen academic librarians (four library directors;…
Advice to potential PhD students
What advice is important and useful to potential PhD students to understand the doctoral process?
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…