Recently added articles from Feliciter:

Art Matters... at the GG's

May 01, 2008; Schrader, Alvin ... Luckily, I happened to be away from my desk on November 22, 2007, when the telephone call came in. Without the voice message, my partner Tony would never have believed me: "Good afternoon, Mr. Schrader, I'm calling from the Office of the Governor General in Ottawa. This call is to extend to you ...

Loving Feedback

May 01, 2008; Umbach, Judith M ... Information systems are developed to satisfy people. Oddly, the specialists who are most adept at writing software are amongst the least willing to talk to customers - the kernel of truth inside the stereotype of the "geek." The technically gifted who enjoy interacting with customers are those ...

Paperless and Streamlined Book Ordering

May 01, 2008; Stephenson, Carol; Sagi, Helen ... It is a unique dichotomy that in a time when Public Services are reinventing themselves, many Technical Services departments still exist with workflows reminiscent of a decade ago. As new Acquisitions managers at Wilfrid Laurier University Library, we had lofty ideas of an integrated systems ...

Joining the Conversation

May 01, 2008; Adams, Karen ... President Alvin Schrader has chosen Libraries and Publishing 3.0: Connecting Authors to Readers in the Digital Age as this year's conference theme, with a view to exploring the ways in which our roles are changing as a result of the digital environment. The conference offers delegates the ...

Making a Modicum of Sense of the Myriad Dynamics of the Digital Age

May 01, 2008; Lorimer, Rowland ... Keywords: Centralization, Decentralization, Interactivity, New Media, Open Access, Copyright and Libraries Over the past four decades, Canada has put in place four significant achievements in book publishing. The first is the creation of a literary writing community that has emerged from ...

Book and Magazine Publishing Policies in Canada

May 01, 2008; Nilsen, Kirsti ... The theme of the 2008 CLA annual conference focuses attention on the relationship between libraries and publishing. As librarians, we depend on a vibrant Canadian publishing industry to help us provide collections that reflect Canadian interests and that allow Canadian voices to be heard. A ...

Outlook for Scholarly Publishing: "So Who's Got the Plan?"

May 01, 2008; Macdonald, Cameron ... From the big shiny offices in Amsterdam, Oxfordshire and New York to the small cluttered spaces of editors and small society publishers around the world, the most common lament these days is "Who's got the plan?" What is the future for scholarly communication? How will peer-reviewed journal ...

No Small Press(ur)es

May 01, 2008; Cameron, A A ... It is a duty of Canadian libraries to support our literary culture. If we are to maintain a national culture, the public reader and the student need to see their national paradigms and local realities reflected in what they read, just as much as in what they hear and view. Canadian libraries ...

Life Enjoyed: The Appeal of Biography Collections

May 01, 2008; Robertson, Guy ... Several years ago, an old woman died in a big house in Vancouver's exclusive Shaughnessy neighbourhood. She had no surviving family and nobody whom one could describe as a close friend. Her acquaintances included her gardener, the woman from Meals on Wheels and her lawyer, who made an inventory ...

The Partnership: Three Years On and Counting

May 01, 2008; Bourne-Tyson, Donna; Rankin, Amy; Schira, Rainer ... It is easier to say what The Partnership is not, rather than what it is. It is not the national library association for Canada; it is not an incorporated body, or even a body formalized with bylaws, or a board of directors, or any of the other trappings of good governance; and it is not an ...

User Comments and Reviews: Decline or Democratization of the Online Public Access Catalogue?

May 01, 2008; McCormack, Nancy ... I was online recently trying to buy a winter hat. I hadn't found anything warm enough in my hometown stores, so I thought I'd check out the selection the world had to offer on the Internet. After I'd narrowed down the styles and types that I liked, I checked out the customer reviews. What ...

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council

May 01, 2008; Gendron, Céline ... There is less than four months from the beginning of the World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council, that will be held this summer in Quebec City, from August 10 to 14 with "Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding". The Congress ...

Assessing Reference and User Services in a Digital Age

May 01, 2008; Rountree, Brian ... Assessing Reference and User Services in a Digital Age Eric Novotny, ed. Binghampton, N.Y.: Haworth Information Press, 2007. 238 pp., cloth $39.95 US1 ISBN 978-0-7890-3349-9; paper $24.95, ISBN 978-0-7890-3350-5 Assessing the work and success of a library's reference service is a topic ...

Bringing Classes into the Public Library: A Handbook for Librarians

May 01, 2008; MacKenzie, Heather ... Bringing Classes into the Public Library: A Handbook for Librarians Martha Seif Simpson and Lucretia I. Duwel. Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2007. 175 pp., softcover $45. US, ISBN 978-0-7864-2806-9 Practising youth librarians Simpson and Duwel present a toolkit for public ...

Build It Once: A Basic Primer for the Creation of Online Exhibitions

May 01, 2008; Burr, Gordon ... Build It Once: A Basic Primer for the Creation of Online Exhibitions Sarah Thiel, Lanham. MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2007. 112 pp., softcover, $35. US, ISBN 0-8108-5225-X This book seeks to provide the basic principles and practices to create online exhibitions. The basis for the design ...

Out of the Question: Guiding Students to a Deeper Understanding of What They See, Read, Hear, and Do

May 01, 2008; Rountree, Brian ... Out of the Question: Guiding Students to a Deeper Understanding of What They See, Read, Hear, and Do Sally Godinho and Jeni Wilson. Markham, ON: Pembroke, 2007. 32 pp. paper, $12.95, ISBN 978-1-55138-214-2 Critical thinking is an important part of the modern curriculum. Sally Godinho and ...

Preschool Favorites: 35 Storytimes Kids Love

May 01, 2008; Kyle, Todd ... Preschool Favorites: 35 Storytimes Kids Love Diane Briggs. Chicago, IL: American Library Association, 2007. 227pp., softcover, $40. (JS, ISBN: 978-0-8389-0938-6 An experienced public and school librarian and creator of several storytime books and library games, Diane Briggs has compiled ...

Woody Point, Newfoundland

May 01, 2008; Ingles, Ernie; King, Martina ... Woody Point and its natural attractions The lovely and historic Western Newfoundland village of Woody Point stretches along the shore of Bonne Bay across the water from the town of Norris Point in Newfoundland's Gros Morne National Park. Gros Morne National Park was designated a ...