Kimberly Christmas
Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members. An interview with random OLA member #21: Kimberley Christmas. Kimberly Christmas is the new Manager of Virtual Services at…
Talking It Up One Tweet at a Time: #information #conversation #action @publiclibraries
Social media’s power to engage and connect people in 140 character bites of text and media is being studied and reported across many research…
Linked to Learning: the Public Library and Local Schools
Ten years ago, it was standard practice for teachers to bring their students to the public library for a “class visit”. This provided the…
Digital Outreach in Newmarket
Teaching digital literacy in the public library takes on many forms. There is one-on-one technical assistance, which requires familiarity with Internet and software programs…
Science Literacy Week: Libraries Come Together to Celebrate Science
The inaugural Science Literacy Week took place from September 22–28 at institutions across Toronto, including the Toronto Public Library, University of Toronto, Mississauga Public…
Alien Nation? New Perspectives on the White Working Class and Disengagement in Britain
This is an uncomfortable but necessary read. It made me think long and hard about how public libraries engage and connect with working class…
Carnegie Libraries: The Next Generation
Between 1900 and 1923 Andrew Carnegie’s program of library philanthropy provided 125 library buildings in Canada, 111 of these in Ontario. Some -- too…
Graphic Novels for Adults
Think graphic novels are only written for kids and teenagers? Think again! Marvel’s The Avengers, made $1.51 billion worldwide. 16.1 million viewers tuned into…
London and Jinan: A Visiting Professor Compares Jinan in China’s Public Library System With That of Middlesex County
Professor Guodong Zheng was a visiting professor at the University or Western Ontario in 2013. Through a series of fortuitous events, he joined a…
The IdeaMarket: A New Direction in Community Engagement
The Newmarket Public Library’s most recent Strategic Plan was aimed at shifting the Library’s focus to become a centre of community dialogue and discovery.…
Looking Backward, Moving Forward: Ho-OPLA Reflects Decades of Changes
This first installation of Open Shelf marks some important changes, as Access, the print magazine becomes Open Shelf online, and its regular OPLA column…