InsideOCULA Newsletter: December 2016
Well, you know what they say—winter is coming. If recent weather hasn’t consistently shown it, as final assignments are turned in and the exam…
Startups in the library: supporting campus entrepreneurs
While academic librarians have supported campus startups and entrepreneurs since before the dotcom boom, the title Entrepreneurship Librarian is a relatively new one. When…
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…
Making Space for Zines at Seneca Libraries
How it got started In the summer of 2015, the library was approached by two faculty members in Seneca’s Illustration Program about starting a…
Preserving cultural heritage: OCULA special achievement award
Colin Clarke, Founder/Director of the Canadian Centre for Epigraphic Documents, received the 2016 OCULA Award for Special Achievement at the OLA Super Conference in…
OCULA Lightning Strikes Talks 2016
The OCULA Lightning Strikes Student Award is an exciting opportunity for LIS students to participate in the annual OLA Super Conference. Each year, six…
There’s Information in Music and Music in Information
"A painter paints pictures on canvas but musicians paint their pictures on silence" - Leopold Stokowski Sonification is defined as the use of non-speech…
Library Programs Should Be Interdisciplinary (OCULA Lighting Strikes Winner)
When I started my Master of Information degree at the University of Toronto, I knew that I needed to start presenting and publishing if…
The Chattanooga Zine Library
The Chattanooga Public Library is a champion for the new role public libraries play in the 21st century. There is no place where this…