Research Spotlight: LIS Field Experiences
Our current research project explores the impact of pre-professional LIS work experiences – such as co-op placements, practicums, and job shadowing – on early-career…
Academic Opinions of Wikipedia and Open Access Publishing: Gender and Academic Status Factors in Perception and Use
Social and technological advances have brought about significant changes in methods of publication, particularly via a shift to electronic or online media. The open-access…
Collections to connections: 2014 Lightning Strikes winner
In the lightning round session at the 2014 Super Conference, six students from across Ontario presented 10-minute lightning talks on issues related to academic…
Measuring research impact for social sciences & humanities
If your researcher population is like ours, you may be encountering a small but steady increase in the number of questions from faculty…
Around the province: York showcases undergrad research
York University’s second annual multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Fair, co-sponsored by York University Libraries and the Office of the Vice-President Research, took place…
Around the province: McMaster faculty-member-in-residence promotes research
McMaster University Library broke new ground in July, when Brian Detlor was appointed as its first Faculty Member in Residence. Seconded from his regular…
Who’s doing what: ODI survey explores digitization practices
Question: After successfully digitizing more than one million pages of Ontario government documents, what is the next step? Answer: Well ... if you are…
Alison Head: Investigating Information Literacy (Part One)
Alison J. Head, Ph.D. is the executive director of Project Information Literacy (PIL), a Fellow at Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society…
Students strike lightning at Super Conference 2013
In the lightning round session at the 2013 Super Conference, five students from across Ontario presented 10-minute lightning talks on issues related to academic…