Stepping back to move forward: Reflections on a first sabbatical
Three Carleton colleagues reflect on their first sabbatical experience, and share some tips for those embarking on a sabbatical for the first time.
Call for Research Participants: Librarians Who Engage in Art Practice
Are you an academic librarian who regularly engages in an art practice?
New Perspectives: A Graduate Student’s First OLA Superconference
Librarians, as educators and innovators, are uniquely placed to foster access points and tools to meet users wherever their research skills and digital competencies are, as well as access digital spaces successfully.
Questioning the Source: The Role of AI in Library Pedagogy
Librarians, as educators and innovators, are uniquely placed to foster access points and tools to meet users wherever their research skills and digital competencies are, as well as access digital spaces successfully.
The Power and Peril of Maps: Lessons in Cartographic Literacy to Resist Misinformation
By: Nicole Slattery For decades, maps have served as powerful tools for communicating geographic information. This significance extends beyond geographic use; maps have long…
Ebook Convenience Trumps Print Book Preference in Post-COVID Academic Libraries
Music materials are unique items in the library world and must be approached in ways that consider the many different formats and content types. James Mason provides an examination of the considerations that factor into describing music materials so they can be found.
Co-authoring colleagues: how librarians can successfully reach out to faculty to collaborate on research
Michelle Goodridge shares strategies to help librarians approach faculty members for research collaborations.
Needs-based public libraries
The thinking of Comrade F. Dobler from the early 20th century remains relevant and even prescient: those who need open access to information may be those who are fundamentally excluded from public libraries.
Grey is the new black: Changing library instruction virtually
Our experience in designing and delivering a grey lit workshop tells us that grad students are eager to learn these skills and put them to use in either a face-to-face or a virtual classroom.
Library and museum support for the Ainu People of Japan
Two Japanese professionals on the role that libraries and museums in Japan can play in promoting the knowledge and cultures of the Ainu People.
Indigenous metadata and reconciliation: A reflection on the 2020 OCULA Lightning Strikes
Jace Harrison, winner of the 2020 OCULA Lightning Strikes, shares her research on reconciliation in Canadian libraries as it relates to metadata.
Each day is interesting: Supporting research and innovation at a regional health centre
Kimberley Aslett has no regrets about becoming the lone health librarian in her local hospital. She revels in a job where every day is different because her role is to directly support health research and innovation.
For good measure: Custom-building a tool for tracking greenhouse gases
When Erin Turnbull had the chance to build a tool for measuring the daily greenhouse gas output of agricultural soil, she seized the opportunity, using one of the laser cutters at the Ottawa Public Library to do so.