Around the province: Waterloo reno creates “hidden gem”
University of Waterloo students are enjoying the Dana Porter Library’s recently-renovated sixth floor. New features include adjustable study carrels, lockers for students to…
OCULA 2014 Special Achievement Award Winner: York University’s e-learning tool SPARK
The Student Papers and Academic Resource Kit (S)ARK), is a pan-university online learning resource intended for students at York and anywhere else. Spark is…
Around the province: York showcases undergrad research
York University’s second annual multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair, co-sponsored by York University Libraries and the Office of the Vice-President Research, took place…
Around the province: Waterloo makes mark on Google Maps
The University of Waterloo Library's Geospatial Centre helped put more of the university on the map in November by hosting a two-day Google…
Around the province: Blue and Gold Award for Ryerson’s One Stop Course Readings Service
The Blue and Gold Award recognizes the efforts of librarians, technicians, and other library staff at the Ryerson University Library and Archives who collaborate…
Around the province: McMaster faculty-member-in-residence promotes research
McMaster University Library broke new ground in July, when Brian Detlor was appointed as its first Faculty Member in Residence. Seconded from his regular…
Around the province: In praise of Guelph campus authors
Each year, the University of Guelph Library recognizes campus authors and their books at a special event: Campus Author. This celebration honours the…
Starting with accessibility: A strategy for developing video tutorials
By January 2014, public institutions across Ontario are required to meet the Information and Communications Standard of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act…
Around the province: Ryerson launches self-serve library kiosk
RULA self-serve kiosk Located in the lobby of the Ryerson library, this touchscreen application was developed in-house by the Library and Information Technology Services…
Around the province: Engaging through pop-ups at UGuelph Ridgeway
During the summer semester of 2013 I decided to copy an idea for reaching outside the library to find new points of access…
OCULA 2013 Fall Conference: The Startup Library
In his “Think Like a Startup” white paper, Brian Mathews asserts that libraries don’t just need change, they need “paradigm-shifting, transformative, disruptive ideas.” But…
TUG Libraries take on large-scale collection management collaboration
The Tri-University Group of Libraries (Guelph, Waterloo, and Wilfrid Laurier) known as TUG has embarked on a system-wide project to reduce duplication among low-use…
RULA wins CLA tech award
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has awarded Ryerson University Library and Archives (RULA) the 2013 CLA/OCLC Award for Innovation Technology for the RULA BookFinder…