Small(er) libraries: Survey highlights impact & funding
Last month, we shared our conversation about working in small(er) libraries and then asked our colleagues who work in similar libraries to weigh in…
Understanding Archivists’ Technological Competencies: A Pop Up Research Experience
By Lise Doucette The Archives and Research Collections Centre (ARCC) is part of Western Libraries. Archivists and librarians at Western University have responsibilities to…
Showcasing Undergraduate Research at Queen’s University Library
It might seem like liberty and the city; surveillance, security and urban governance; Atlantic salmon restoration in Lake Ontario; and immigrant women’s health issues…
Factors in Academic Librarian Research Success
"Research" by Nick Youngson / CC BY-SA 3.0 Canadian academic librarians are increasingly conducting original research as part of our work. Across the country,…
From Student to Scholar: Building Capacity for Graduate Student Academic Literacies and Research Skills
A team from OCUL institutions has created a new, highly interactive and media-rich online resource to help graduate students in the social sciences develop…
Research and the “value agenda”
A debate about the form, purpose, and quality of academic librarians’ research is taking place right now in the editorial pages of some of our flagship journals.
Who is the Canadian academic librarian? Results from the first CAPAL census
Canada’s academic librarians are relatively young, enjoy stable employment and are not racially diverse: these findings are among the highlights of the first census…
Canadian RDM Survey: A Success Story Based on Collaboration
Faced with looming changes outlined in the Tri-Agency Statement of Principles on Digital Data Management, such as data sharing and preservation, librarians at eleven…
InsideOCULA Newsletter: October 2016
Welcome to the October edition of InsideOCULA! In this month's OCULA President's Message, Denise Smith reflects on lessons learned while balancing the challenges of presidency with…
Putting the Who in the Canadian Academic Librarian Community: CAPAL Census
Who are Canada’s academic librarians? That question will be answered by Canada’s first census of academic librarians, which attracted more than 900 responses from…
How Hip Is the Partnership? The Value of a Generalist Journal in a Niche World
Partnership Journal The Partnership journal is a Canadian, open-access journal that covers every library sector and is written by library practitioners on a variety…
Seven Lucky Charms for Sabbatical Success
The vibrant and rich portfolio of an academic librarian with at least 3 years of service after obtaining permanent status illuminates a colourful and…
Violent Conflict: Public Sources of Data and Analysis
You hardly have to log in to your computer, turn on the news, listen to the radio or talk to a neighbour to get…