OpenMedia: Why Should Librarians Care?
Anyone who is tuned into recent grassroots actions being taken on behalf of keeping the Internet an open network, like recent protests against Bill…
Reflections of Humber College’s OCULA New Librarian in Residence
Since joining Humber College as the OCULA New Librarian in Residence, I have had the opportunity to take a deep dive into a variety…
Digital Outreach in Newmarket
Teaching digital literacy in the public library takes on many forms. There is one-on-one technical assistance, which requires familiarity with Internet and software programs…
Students Go Hands-on at UTSC’s First Trading Competition
What does it take to win an intense stock trading competition dominated by teams of finance students? A team of accounting students. Haoran Shi…
The Language of Space
The spaces in libraries speak; they speak much louder and more consistently than our policies, signs, or staff can, and they always speak in…
The Internet is Insecure
So what is the internet, really? It is not magic, although it tries hard to look like it. We don't talk about the physical…
Machine Translation: Can It Help Newcomers Access the Public Library?
In a public library, community outreach efforts aim to develop library programs for non-users, the under-served, and people with special needs within the community.…
Toon power: creating awesome animated instruction videos
Animated instructional videos are short film clips that explain ideas or illustrate processes and procedures. In the marketing industry, they are also known as…
Around the province: Ryerson launches self-serve library kiosk
RULA self-serve kiosk Located in the lobby of the Ryerson library, this touchscreen application was developed in-house by the Library and Information Technology Services…
Interview: Librarian By Day Bobbi Newman
Bobbi Newman is the OCULA Spotlight speaker at OLA Super Conference 2014. She is the author of the award-winning blog Librarian by Day and in 2011…
RULA wins CLA tech award
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has awarded Ryerson University Library and Archives (RULA) the 2013 CLA/OCLC Award for Innovation Technology for the RULA BookFinder…
Western builds TIES between education and technology
Cultural anthropologist Michael Wesch inspired an audience of over 360 participants at the first annual Technology in Education Symposium, or TIES@Western for short,…