Open Shelf Magazine

📚 Open Shelf Magazine is BACK! 📷#OpenShelfRevival Read the summer issue here: bit.ly/3EiFUL5

Hey Library Friends! Registration for Super Conference 2022 is now open 🎉 We’re going virtual this year but we’re committed to making it just as engaging & exciting as what you have known to love. It also means no trudging through snow! Register today: eventscribe.net/2022/OLA/

This holiday season, visit our Spaced Out exhibit in person or take a virtual tour. On display in the TD Gallery at Toronto Reference Library. Free admission, masks required. Plan your visit: ow.ly/Pc2E50H08Rk Virtual tour: youtu.be/8lip4UL1Xes

Call out for #Inuktitut teachers. We are hiring for an Inuktitut Language Teacher, to teach beginner and advanced level classes. Virtual classes to all #Inuit across Canada. Starts January 4th to March 31st, 2022. More info and to apply email Priscilla at pkuksuk@tiontario.ca.

If anyone (library or non-library people) is questioning where all the money went in the libraries, the 'What costs more' quiz from the link should give you an idea just how expensive journal subscriptions are ⬇️

A collection of Open Shelf articles featuring U of T Music Library to help celebrate the occasion 😉 open-shelf.ca/columns/limite…

When your people start shutting down, something needs to change. (Hint: that “something” is not sending another long email with links to self-care articles and videos)

Heartbreaking. Families are so worn down... & now this? More schools closed than this time last year?!! Ford delayed testing till November. Class sizes ballooned. He cut $500Million from our schools. Our kids deserve so much better than this. toronto.ctvnews.ca/fifteen-ontari…

Libraries Then, Twitter Now — The Transformation of Scholarly Communication entrepreneur.com/article/391979

November is #PictureBookMonth. Here's a #FromtheArchives article on wordless picture book: open-shelf.ca/170201-wordles… Name one wordless picture book you've read in the comments ⬇️

Collections considerations: What goes into curating Canada’s largest music library 🎵 open-shelf.ca/collections-co… #MusicLibrary @UofTMusicLib

Image supplied by Library Lexique. What is the most popular mystery novel in your library? #WordOfTheMonth Image fournie par Library Lexique. Quel est le roman policier le plus populaire dans votre bibliothèque ? #MotDuMois open-shelf.ca/20211025-word-…

What health-related resources or databases does your library have? @ohliacommunity selects the following consumer health resources for your reference: open-shelf.ca/20211025-consu…

If you've seen #metadata job postings, you know employers are asking for related experience. The question is, where to acquire? @MizMoffatt kindly shares where she got hers: open-shelf.ca/20211025-4-ste… #Library #JobExperience

Who is up for a horror film trivia match game? Can you match movie quotes to the movie they're from AND sort them in a chronological order based on their release year? Challenge yourself here: 🧩 open-shelf.ca/20211025-793-7…

For the last day of #CanadianLibraryMonth and a touch of spookiness for #Halloween, we bring you a #FromtheArchives book list on mysteries that took place in libraries! ➡️open-shelf.ca/190907-a-libra…

Hot off the presses at InsideOCULA: Alexandra Tome shares how @HumberLibraries adapted to teaching and learning tech skills during the pandemic with their "Tech Trio" program. Read more here: open-shelf.ca/211028-humber-…

October issue is out now! open-shelf.ca/20211025-whats…

Harassment of Toronto Library workers is totally out of control blogto.com/city/2021/10/h… What do you think of security guards in the library? Do you feel safer or do you think it's unnecessary? Library workers do deserve to work in a safe environment. #PublicLibraries

In @TIME Op-Ed by @brewster_kahle : "Soon librarians will be reduced to customer service reps for a Netflix-like rental catalog of bestsellers. If that comes to pass, you might as well replace your library card with a credit card." time.com/6108581/intern…