The Grand Erie District School Board has transformed five school libraries in less than two years, with plans to complete more in the coming school year. We have focused on improving traditional libraries (most are 30 to 40 years old) by developing learning commons spaces.
By Christine St. Denis and Tammy Thornton The Algonquin College Ottawa campus library recently moved into a brand new space in the DARE District…
by Jennifer Robinson In September 2018, as the Western community made its way back to campus, Western Libraries went about its usual fall routines…
By Amber Lannon Carleton University is located in Ottawa, on a beautiful campus in the south of the city bordered on one side by…
It's December, that time of year when we routinely take stock of the year that was, and look forward to the year that will be.
By Liz Hayden The University of Ottawa Library has embarked on a comprehensive organizational renewal to ensure that its structure is well-positioned for the…
By Aaron Lupton, Ian Gordon and Helen Salmon In a recent editorial, Erik Martin (2018) effectively describes why streaming video is so compelling: quoting…
By Nathalie Soini In 2014, Queen’s University Library embarked on a public services review to determine how best to work within our resources while…
By Dwayne Collins This fall, Trent University’s Thomas J. Bata Library will wrap up a significant transformation project that will see the building renewed…
By Jesse Carliner During the school year at the University of Toronto's Robarts Library, the University’s largest library, there are long lines at Starbucks…
Research interest: Identifying user behavior and expectations of Robarts Library to inform service and space design. My initial intention was to gather information to…
If you open a browser on your phone, tablet or computer and search for the definition of a library, you might find the following:…
The Guelph Public Library has been trying to build a new main library for many years. Many, many years. The current 1965 facility is…