Safe spaces: The cultural appropriation debate
The Safe spaces column is an attempt to explore today’s persistent socio-cultural debates in light of the alleged values of the librarian profession: intellectual…
Hidden figures: Book or movie?
We love to compare books and their screen adaptations ... plot and people, pace and perspective. Which version is better, the movie or the…
All the Libraries I <3
Amanda Etches is an Associate Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph Library. You can find more of her writings and doodles at e.tches.ca. Incidentally is…
A Librarian at an Archivist Conference
Miranda Hill
Miranda Hill is changing Canada's literary landscape .... quite literally. As Executive Director of Project Bookmark Canada, she is creating the Canadian Literary Trail…
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…
Seeking an Identity: The Portrayal of Archivists in Film
The image of archivists in media can sometimes seem nebulous. From descriptions of dusty, disorganized vaults and cardigan-clad gatekeepers, many stereotypes have been perpetuated…
Around the Province: Telling Tales
Some storytellers begin with “once upon a time,” but Tara Ogaick helped young writers at Carleton University’s inaugural creative writing camps to tell their…