Games as community building blocks
I may have told you this story before but, even at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I will tell it again.…
LGBTQ+ Library collections in a small community
I want to tell the story of a small rural county library system compiling a LGBTQ+ collection. I am not an expert in LGBTQ+…
My five-month mission: To boldly go where …
I have not gone before. Mission background: To make a “Best Bets” list of titles for this year’s RA in a Day, an annual…
Ten Wordless Picture Books to Promote Language Development
It may seem strange that a book with no words can help a child develop language … but language is more than vocabulary. Language…
Making Space for Zines at Seneca Libraries
How it got started In the summer of 2015, the library was approached by two faculty members in Seneca’s Illustration Program about starting a…
Gardens and Orchards: Programming and Collection Development
In my last piece for Open Shelf I wrote about archival material and the potential pitfalls that may occur in accepting them. It got…
Riots Not Diets: Body Positivity & Our Library Collections
How many books do you have in your library collection (or maybe on your own personal bookshelves!) that fall under the umbrella of health,…
Disability
Libraries are outspoken advocates for information accessibility and accommodations. As a society we want every person to be able to have the same rights and privileges,…
Big Bookstore School Library Fundraisers
In recent years, it has become an increasingly popular practice to hold school library fundraising events at a large bookstore chain. We have all…
New Librarian, Old Books: Reflections on Collection Development
One of the great things about being the New Librarian in Residence is that I am encouraged to explore all aspects of librarianship. Even…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: April 2015
Welcome to the April 2015 issue of InsideOCULA. This month’s issue includes: TRY Reframing Information Literacy: The New ACRL Information Literacy Framework for Higher…
Graphic Novels for Adults
Think graphic novels are only written for kids and teenagers? Think again! Marvel’s The Avengers, made $1.51 billion worldwide. 16.1 million viewers tuned into…
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…