NLS: By the Numbers
This Special Issue of Open Shelf consists of eight articles reflecting on the New Librarians Symposium held in June 2016. The Symposium focused on…
NLS Revealed: Our Top Five Surprises
It was challenging to parse through all of the ideas and conversations from NLS and distill them into bite-sized chunks. Naturally, this difficulty is…
“Honest and Relatable in a Sincere Way”: Reflections from NLS Attendees
We asked three NLS attendees to reflect on their day. Here is some of what they said: What was the biggest surprise of NLS?…
“Nobody Dies”: Some Advice for New Professionals
We asked mid- and late-career information professionals what advice they would give themselves as a new librarian. Here is what they said: “Sometimes you…
Up to Date or Out of Date? New Skills for Today’s Libraries
How do you keep pace with the increasing expectations of library users? Libraries have always existed to meet the needs of the people that…
From the Hiring Line: Top Tips for Interview Success
If you were to take a poll asking what the most nerve-wracking aspect of the job search was, most people would say the job…
Dealing with the Big Day on Campus
How do job interviews at college and university libraries differ? Two recently hired librarians, one from a college and the other from a university,…
Slay the Interview with Your Superpowers
You’ve just found out you got the interview, and now your brain goes crazy. You start stressing about every little detail. And every big…
A Tale of Two Interviews
There is a duality to the process of applying and interviewing for any job. The interviewers are looking for a candidate that fulfils their…
Closing the Sale in a Tough Job Market: OCULA President’s Message
In my previous message for InsideOCULA, I discussed the challenges that meet recent library program graduates. While new library workers struggle to gain a…
Are You Experienced? Job Hunting as a Recent LIS Graduate
With the exception of a lucky few, most recent library school grads enter the job hunt only to learn that it’s pretty rough out…
Strategies for Modelling Scholarly Communications
Reflections of an OCULA New Librarian Resident 1. Engage faculty My role of Scholarly Communications Librarian is the first of its kind at OCAD…
Crossing the Pond: MLIS Students Researching in the UK
Last summer I ran away from home—from Mountain, Ontario across the pond to London, England. Why? I am a part-time MLIS student at the…