Editorial guidelines: A statement of principles
A lack of editorial guidelines is problematic, particularly when making decisions as to whether a given article should be published or not (i.e., censored).
What’s New in Open Shelf: February 5, 2018
In this, our first issue of 2018, we are thinking about relationships—between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, regulations in Canada and the U.S., and libraries…
License unpacked: Inside our Creative Commons license
By Martha Attridge Bufton and Valerie Critchley We have revised our Open Shelf author guidelines, in part to make our editing and publishing policies…
A little redesign
We’ve been doing a little redesign on Open Shelf … leveraging the strengths of the publication with what we know are best practices for…
A year in tweets
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to access the latest articles from Open Shelf? Just follow us on Twitter. Every time…
InsideOCULA newsletter: February 2017
So, this is goodbye: after joining the InsideOCULA editorial team in 2012 and moving through the ranks, so to speak, my term as editor-in-chief…
Begin as You Mean to Go On
My mother, a teacher-librarian at the end of her career, left a great legacy: Pithy principles by which to live. And “begin as you…
Farewell … and Welcome
With this release of Open Shelf I'm stepping down as Editor-in-Chief. When introducing Open Shelf in August 2014 (Welcome to Open Shelf) I noted…
Transition
Last month I informed Shelagh Paterson (Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association) that I would be stepping down as Editor-in-Chief of Open Shelf…
The “Shelfies”
This month we celebrate (in our own quiet, understated way ... e.g. we're going on vacation!) 2 years of Open Shelf. This release features the "most read"…
Open Shelf Evolves
While it's a cliché to say something is a" work-in-progress", this couldn't be more true of Open Shelf. And our readers agree. The poll…
Welcome to Open Shelf
Welcome to Open Shelf! With this new e-magazine the Ontario Library Association is embarking on a new adventure in digital publishing. While Open Shelf will…