A Library in the Place of Many Fish
My 2014 travels through Nunavut have brought me to appreciate the symbiosis between the people and the library. There are 11 public libraries in…
Digital Library North: Development of a Model Digital Library Platform for Northern Canada
Digital libraries provide organized, inclusive and open access to quality information sources. They are multifaceted and complex structures that offer a wide range and…
Alien Nation? New Perspectives on the White Working Class and Disengagement in Britain
This is an uncomfortable but necessary read. It made me think long and hard about how public libraries engage and connect with working class…
Librarians Inspire Guatemalan Students to Celebrate a Love of Reading
Where can a love for libraries, a penchant for travel, and a passion for international development work take you? For twelve LIS students and…
London and Jinan: A Visiting Professor Compares Jinan in China’s Public Library System With That of Middlesex County
Professor Guodong Zheng was a visiting professor at the University or Western Ontario in 2013. Through a series of fortuitous events, he joined a…
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…