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The 2014 Canadian Library Association Conference was held in Victoria, B.C. Below is the registration area at the Victoria Conference Centre: Connected to the Victoria Conference Centre is the Empress Hotel: On the other side (and across the street), the … Continue reading →

The annual Canadian Library Association Conference often offers tours of the libraries in the host city. I participated in a tour of two public library branches: the Emily Carr Branch and the Saanich Centennial Branch. The Emily Carr Branch recently moved to … Continue reading →

Here are some highlights of Downtown Victoria. The Empress Hotel: On my way to the conference I pass by Thunderbird Park, which is adjacent to the Royal B.C. Museum. In the distance with the Canadian flag is the Empress Hotel. … Continue reading →

While in Victoria I booked a tour to Butchart Gardens – a national historic site of Canada north of Victoria. Below is the sunken garden– a stunning view greets visitors as they begin their trek through the site: Few flowers are … Continue reading →

Close to the Empress Hotel in downtown Victoria are two great attractions: the Victoria Miniature World and the Victoria Bug Zoo. The Victoria Miniature World is the billed as the “greatest little show on Earth.” Scenes from history and fiction … Continue reading →

The Royal BC Museum in Victoria has fantastic dioramas and displays that immerse one in history and habitat. A woolly mammoth– one of many displays in the Natural History gallery.  The guide on my tour of the natural history gallery upon … Continue reading →

OLA 2013 Thursday Jan. 31, 2013 – Session 403 – Archives in Your Library The two presenters at the Archives in Your Library session, Pierre Mercier and Erika Heesen, described their efforts to get an archives established in Leeds and … Continue reading →

OLA 2013 Thursday Jan. 31, 2013 – Session 606 – The Library, Archives, Museum Collaboration The afternoon session on archives expanded on the morning session by delving into broader issues of collaboration between the institutions with often common missions—libraries, archives … Continue reading →

Itinerary for 2012 Canadian Library Association Conference: Thursday, May 31 – CollectionHQ event Friday, June 1 – exhibits Saturday, June 2: 1) Libraries & Heritage: New Research in Library History 2) Turning the Corner: Public Libraries Connecting with at Risk … Continue reading →

On the way to CLA Ottawa 2012 and on the way back I stopped at Kingston to explore its history, its public library, and a promising café called The Common Market on Ontario Street overlooking the waterfront pathway. The Common … Continue reading →

OLA 2012 – Session 1303 – Roll Your Own ePub Speakers: Diane Bédard, Program Manager, Knowledge Ontario; Walter Lewis, Information Architect, Knowledge Ontario Almost any document can be created or converted as a shareable e-pub. Free and open-source tools are … Continue reading →

OLA 2012 – Session 1202 – Re-Thinking the OPAC: From Black Hole to Centre of the Universe Speakers: Jennifer Stirling, Manager of Digital Services, Ottawa PL; Micah May, Director of Strategy, New York PL; Michael Colford, Director of Resource Services … Continue reading →

OLA 2012 – Session 1101 – Visualizing RDA for Public Services Speakers: Tim Knight, Head of Technical Services, Osgoode Hall Law School Library York University; Trina Grover, Head of Cataloguing, Ryerson University This RDA thing is just for cataloguers, right? … Continue reading →

Friday, February 3, 2012 9:05 am – Session 1011 – Visualizing RDA for Public Services Speakers: Tim Knight, Head of Technical Services, Osgoode Hall Law School Library York University; Trina Grover, Head of Cataloguing, Ryerson University This RDA thing is … Continue reading →

In Eli Pariser’s The Filter Bubble: What the Internet is Hiding from You, there is a prescription for how individuals, and institutions like libraries, can respond to some of concerns arising from the twin forces of increased personalization and increased … Continue reading →