Coast to Coast to Coast: Digital File-Based Workflows at the CBC
On a busy day, the phone (yes, an actual telephone) would ring off the hook and, heart pounding, you would furiously scribble down notes,…
A Librarian at an Archivist Conference
A librarian attends an archivists conference. Insights occur.
Preserving cultural heritage: OCULA special achievement award
Colin Clarke, Founder/Director of the Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents, received the 2016 OCULA Award for Special Achievement at the OLA Super Conference in…
The joys of digital preservation
For many years the Victorian Era has been a scholarly and personal interest of mine. It is an extremely relevant epoch; many of the…
Sean Hayes
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #28: Sean Hayes. Sean and I work at the same institution, but located…
Time-bombs, Technology and Training
The challenges of managing archival material in small public libraries
Our Digital World
Our Digital World (ODW) is a not for profit organization that supports digital stewardship at every level by providing software, technology and services for…
Tale of Two Cookbooks
Tale of Two Cookbooks was originally published in the Fall 2012 issue of OLA's Access magazine.
Ry Moran, Director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Ry Moran is Director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the University of Manitoba. The NCTR is tasked with preserving,…
Dredging a Wake: An Interview with Video Artist Jenn E. Norton
On a cold Friday night last December, I wandered into the Hamilton Art Gallery and stumbled upon a dark and puzzling exhibit called Dredging…
Archiving the Unspeakable
Archiving the Unspeakable: Silence, Memory and the Photographic Record in Cambodia by Michelle Caswell. Michelle Caswell, a professor at UCLA’s Faculty of Education and…
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Archives
In an attempt to reconcile wounds inflicted on Aboriginal Canadians through the Indian Residential School (IRS) System, the government of Canada, former IRS students,…
The Future Now – The Royal Society of Canada Report
Impressive. Important. Urgent. The Royal Society of Canada Expert Panel report on the future of libraries and archives was released November 13 (The Future…