Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Nancy Cooper Position: First Nations Consultant I am a member of Rama First Nation in […]
“What’s the number one thing we need to remember? Be a GOOD HUMAN.” ~ Auntie Plum, Haliburton County Under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, “Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication.” The topic at hand for this […]
Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Peggy Malcolm Position: Consultant As many of you know, I have worked for the OLS […]
Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Linda Langedijk Position: Helpdesk Representative I’ve worked in the library field for many years, […]
Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Beth Harding Position: Digital Licensing Coordinator After saying that I would never live in Toronto, I moved here to take a […]
You’ve completed the Typical Week Survey and the Annual Survey of Public Libraries – so what are you doing next with all that data? If it’s just being shelved or filed away in storage, you may be missing out on some valuable opportunities to leverage the work and efforts that went into its collection. But […]
Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Gwen Boyd Position: Finance Assistant My earliest memory of the library is riding my bike to the bookmobile to take out […]
And we’re back! After a brief hiatus, the Ontario Library Service is delighted to announce that a new episode of the Board Briefs Podcast is live. Check out our channel for engaging conversations featuring CEOs, Board Members, Provincial Public Library Leaders, and other Library Experts who will contribute, inform and enlighten with their facts, knowledge, […]
Meet the team! Check back each month to learn more about the people who help the Ontario Library Service provide seamless access to programs and services that strengthen all public libraries in Ontario. Name: Sue Walls Position: Human Resources Administrator I’ve been with the OLS and its predecessor organizations since December 1981. My first position […]
The First Nation Communities READ program has been successfully supporting and promoting Indigenous literature since 2003. Each year, dozens of titles by Indigenous creators are nominated to the program. The list is then pared down into a shortlist of five titles, one of which is chosen as the selected title by a jury of First […]