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The shock doctrine: Cuts to OLS – N an onslaught on public services

The provincial government has made a 50% cut to the funding that it provides to Ontario Library Service – North (OLS – N). This loss of funding is already sending shock waves through our library infrastructure.

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Genealogy 101: Knowing your genealogy patron

Before I became a genealogy librarian, I was never really into tracing lines of ancestral descent or into knowing my family tree. Discovering family history seemed so abstract.

Genealogy 101

Indigenous voices: An interview with Terri Meekis

The Wabauskang First Nation Public Library (WFNPL) is one of the newest public libraries to be built on a reserve in Ontario.

Indigenous voices

“Proud of the work you do”: A conversation with Tanya Talaga

The annual Thunder Bay Diversity Breakfast fulfills a very specific mission: To work towards an inclusive, equitable community free of racism and discrimination of any kind.

Due North

A wonderful time in my neighbourhood: Supporting the Bostwick Library

Libraries are public spaces where people meet, take out books and study. Libraries hold communities together.

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60 years of service: First Nation public libraries in Ontario

First Nation libraries, like the one in Moose Factory, make profound contributions to their communities.

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Monica Socol

Monica Socol manages the Digital Technology Services team ats the Hamilton Public Library ...

The Library IT Crowd

Unlevel playing field

White middle class professional library values can create an unlevel playing field for Indigenous organizations and individuals. How? By privileging one world view over another.

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Celebrations: Holiday season in small libraries

They may be small, but they have a mighty impact! Small, rural and medium-sized libraries are doing their part to ensure the communities they support have a wonderful holiday season.

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What the … [add library superlative language here]?

Humans have created numerous theoretical lenses to give order to and make sense of the world.

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RA in a Day 2018: Bringing Readers’ Advisory online

Every year, the OPLA Readers’ Advisory Committee brings together some of the best readers’ advisory advocates to share their knowledge and expertise on meeting the needs of adult readers.

Readers' Advisory

The Spark: Community-led initiatives at Brockville Public Library

In endeavoring to to meet the needs of our communities, we as library staff have to ignite the sparks.

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Values in action: A conversation about library governance

“To govern: To conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people).” As is so often the case, the dictionary definition…

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