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…
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…
What’s in a Name? Academic Libraries Supporting Journal Publishing Activities
Our research interest is to examine what is signified with the use of the terms “publisher” and “hosting service” in academic libraries. In our…
Project Goldilocks: Getting Library Learning Space “Just Right”
While there is a lot of discussion surrounding learning commons and you can certainly incorporate current trends, I think that to create productive learning spaces for students, collaboration with students is key.
Stress Busters: Helping Students Survive and Thrive During Exams
Many of the students we support academically feel intense pressure to succeed. Add final exams to the mix and the increase in anxiety is…
Work Like a Patron Day @ Brock University Library
You’re standing in front of the photocopier. Everyone else seems to know what they are doing. You’ve pressed the flashing button and swiped your…
TRY Reframing Information Literacy: The New ACRL Framework
Librarians had many questions after the publication of the first draft of the Association of College & Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Information Literacy Framework for…
Finding Love in Academic Libraries
More than 75 students opened their hearts to the love of literature when the University of Guelph Library hosted a Blind Date with a…
Let’s Give Them Something to Tweet About: Applying Best Practices at Western Libraries
In The Librarian's Nitty-Gritty Guide to Social Media (ALA, 2013), Laura Solomon advises that social media is “incredibly easy to learn but can take a…
“It’s Like the Wild West Out There”: Faculty Attitudes Towards Open Access Publishing
What do faculty members think about Open Access (OA) publishing and how do they choose where to publish? While some librarians embrace OA for…
Library Pre-Shows: Making the Most of a Captive Audience
In the early weeks of my first liaison appointment, I wanted to observe as many classes in my program areas as I possibly could.…
Unpaid Labour in Ontario Academic Libraries
Our research interest is the extent to which unpaid internships are used in the library sector, and the perspectives of the individuals fulfilling these…
Adele Magowan
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #22: Adele Magowan. Five years ago the Random Library Generator column was born…