OCULA 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner: Mary Ann Mavrinac
OCULA's 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award winner is Mary Ann Mavrinac, Vice Provost, University of Rochester. Lorna E. Rourke, a librarian at St.…
People News: Winter 2013
Appointments Carleton University Alana Skwarok (MLIS) began her position as Arts & Culture Librarian in Reference Services in September 2012. Alana has been working at…
OCUFA Academic Librarianship Award: Cory Laverty honoured in 2013
This year Cory Laverty has been honoured with the 2012-2013 Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Academic Librarianship award. Cory is the Teaching…
Interview: Librarian By Day Bobbi Newman
Bobbi Newman is the OCULA Spotlight speaker at OLA Super Conference 2014. She is the author of the award-winning blog Librarian by Day and in 2011…
People News: Summer 2013
Appointments Queen’s University Jenny Jing (MLIS) has been appointed to the position of Information Systems Librarian for a limited term. Jenny worked for two…
Brock instruction librarian goes international with new book
Once an international student herself, Karen Bordonaro works with international students every day in her job as a teaching and learning and liaison librarian…
Craig Heron: Canada’s tough new labour market
Craig Heron. Photo credit: Canadian Historical Association Craig Heron is a labour historian at York University and the author of many articles and books…
People News: Spring 2013
Appointments Brock University Denise Smith has joined the James A. Gibson Library as Liaison / Special Projects Librarian supporting History, Canadian Studies, Medieval &…
Corrine Laverty honoured as ‘true academic librarian’
Corrine (Cory) Laverty is currently the head of the education library at Queen’s University. Her long-time friend and colleague Melody Burton paid tribute to Cory…
People News: Winter-Spring 2013
Appointments Carleton University Shelley Gullikson (MLIS) began her position as Web, Communications and Interface Design Librarian in January 2013. Most recently, Shelley had been…
OCULA/WNYO-ACRL Spring Conference: A bold future for academic libraries
"The crisis is over. Move on.” With this, Mike Ridley, keynote speaker at the 2012 OCULA/WNYO-ACRL Spring Conference, started us on a journey to…