A Found Balance, and Lessons Learned: OCULA President’s Message
For many past presidents, the opportunity to serve on the OCULA council executive is an opportunity to develop or refine leadership skills, work with…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: July 2016
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of InsideOCULA, the newsletter for Ontario’s academic library community. Graeme, Michel and I were happy to welcome guest…
Inclusive Design at the OCULA Spring Conference
Inclusive design was the topic of the keynote by Jutta Treviranus at the OCULA Spring Conference.
Lifting others up through leadership: OCULA President’s Message
I’m not going to lie: when I applied for library school in early 2011 I had no idea what I was getting into. I…
Karen McGrath: ‘exceptional’ librarian wins OCULA lifetime achievement award
Karen McGrath, Director of Library and Bookstore Services at Niagara College, was awarded the 2016 OCULA Lifetime Achievement Award at January’s Ontario Library Association…
Touting your own horn: Advocacy for academic libraries
Advocacy for academic libraries is becoming increasingly necessary in today’s world—we need to tout (or is it toot?) our own horns and make ourselves…
Expanding library boundaries: OCULA Spring Conference
The 2016 OCULA Spring Conference is just around the corner! As lead planner for this year’s event (along with co-planners Fiona Inglis and Chris Landry),…
Adventures in OCULA co-planning
Looking for an opportunity to engage with the larger library world beyond your walls? Perhaps you should consider volunteering as an OLA Super Conference co-planner.…
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…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: April 2016
Welcome to the jam-packed April 2016 edition of InsideOCULA, the newsletter for Ontario’s academic library community. If this month brings its predictable allotment of…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: February 2016
Winter finally arrived in January, just in time for our return to campus after the holidays. While the new year has brought us snow…
Library Day at Queen’s Park
As my term as OCULA President comes to an end, I would like to say what an honour it has been working with members…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: November 2015
It’s very strange to work on an issue of InsideOCULA without my editorial companion, Jenaya Webb. Jenaya and I joined the newsletter team in…