Four RA strategies to promote new voices and inclusion
Campaign literature: Political evidence we must collect
A political paper trail of sorts will start this spring. Candidates hoping to win a seat in the Ontario legislature will hit the campaign…
The Ontario Historical Topographic Map Digitization Project: Past, Present, Future of Academic Map Libraries
About The Ontario Historical Topographic Map Digitization Project is a province-wide collaboration to inventory, digitize, georeference, and provide broad access to early topographic maps…
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…
Formal Training Isn’t Enough
On October 21, 2016 the Ontario Public Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory (RA) committee hosted the eleventh annual RA in a Day symposium at the…
The Case for Free Flow Book Exchange
In education we often use IF, THEN statements to guide changes to our programming and practice. IF I change this, THEN my students will……
Snowshoes at Greater Sudbury Public Library
This past year the Greater Sudbury Public Library was fortunate to partner with the Lake Laurentian Conservation Area and Rainbow Routes Association to receive…
Connecting Communities at the Wellington County Library
Wellington County has a 14-branch library system and serves a large geographical area, and even with Wi-Fi and public computers in all of our…
“So Many Books, So Little Time”: Creating Your Own Genre Plan
The results from Library Journal’s survey of readers’ advisors, “The State of Readers’ Advisory", suggest that “the biggest cause of RA angst is keeping up…
Adventure Collection at the Lennox & Addington Libraries
In an effort to promote the County of Lennox & Addington’s adventure tourism projects, the County of Lennox & Addington Libraries developed a “library…
Pedometers at Chatham-Kent Public Library
Chatham-Kent Public Library has positioned itself as a partner in healthy communities by adding 100 pedometers to its collection. By aligning with Municipal Council’s…
Car Manuals at Oshawa Public Libraries
The Oshawa Public Libraries is fortunate to offer a large and unique collection of General Motors service manuals. Since the City of Oshawa is…