These publications, written by Western Libraries’ librarians and researchers, examine information storage, sharing and retrieval along with the academic librarians’ roles in relation to stakeholders and institutions. Topics include digitization, library management, open access, and researcher needs.
Submissions from 2018
Collaboratively Creating a Programmatic Information Literacy Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities, Tom Adam, Colleen A. Burgess MA MLIS, Kim McPhee, Leanne Olson, and Christy Sich
Online Chat Reference: Question Type and the Implication for Staffing in a Large Academic Library, Debbie Meert-Williston and Rachel Sandieson
Chaos as Creativity, Catherine E. Wilkins
Submissions from 2017
Engaging Faculty and Reducing Costs by Leveraging Collections: A Pilot Project to Reduce Course Pack Use, Nelly Cancilla, Bobby Glushko, Stephanie Orfano, and Graeme Slaght
Understanding Factors that Encourage Research Productivity in Academic Librarians, Kristin Hoffmann, Selinda Berg, and Denise Koufogiannakis
Making Shared Print Management Happen: A Project of Five Canadian Academic Libraries, Tony Horava, Harriet Rykse, Anne Smithers, Caitlin Tillman, and Wade Wyckoff
Here, there and everywhere: an analysis of reference services in academic archives, Amanda Oliver, Amanda Jamieson, and Anne Daniel
Data-informed Open Education Advocacy: A New Approach to Saving Students Money and Backaches, Sydney Thompson, Lillian S. Rigling, Will Cross, and John Vickery
The Open Textbook Toolkit: Seeding Successful Partnerships for Collaboration between Academic Libraries and University Presses, Mira Waller, William M. Cross, and Lillian S. Rigling
Submissions from 2016
The Academic Data Librarian Profession in Canada: History and Future Directions, S Vincent Gray and Elizabeth Hill
Tribute: In Memory of Cheryl Martin, Lisa Rae Philpott
Tribute: In Memory of Jane Pearce Baldwin., Lisa Rae Philpott
Historical map digitization in libraries: Collaborative approaches for large map series, Cheryl Woods, Sarah Simpkin, Jason Brodeur, Amber Leahey, Colleen Beard, and Sharon Janzen
Submissions from 2015
Open Access Funds: Getting a Bigger Bang for Our Bucks, Bobby Glushko, Crystal Hampson, P L. Moore, and Elizabeth Yates
Academic Data Library Services in Canada over Time, S Vincent Gray and Elizabeth Hill
Collaborative Approaches to the Management of Geospatial Data Collections in Canadian Academic Libraries: A Historical Case Study, Leanne Trimble, Cheryl Woods, Francine Berish, Daniel Jakubek, and Sarah Simpkin
Submissions from 2014
Examining Success: Identifying Factors that Contribute to Research Productivity Across Librarianship and Other Disciplines, Kristin Hoffmann, Selinda Adelle Berg, and Denise Koufogiannakis
SELWYN DEWDNEY FONDS, Amanda Jamieson
Analyses of Mentoring Expectations, Activities and Support in Canadian Academic Libraries, Elizabeth Marshall and Marni Harrington
A “Partnership” for the Professional Development of Librarian Researchers, Brian C. McMillan and Pamela Carson
My MLA at 20, Lisa Rae Philpott
Submissions from 2013
Undergraduate Program Review Processes: A Case Study in Opportunity for Academic Libraries, John Costella, Tom Adam, Fran Gray, Nicole Nolan, and Catherine Wilkins
The Music Collection of Thomas Baker of Farnham, Surrey, Cheryl Martin
A Needs-Driven and Responsive Approach to Supporting the Research Endeavours of Academic Librarians, Ken N. Meadows, Selinda Berg, Kristin Hoffmann, Margaret Martin Gardiner, and Nazi Torabi
Information Seeking in Context: Results of Graduate Student Interviews, Marg Sloan and Kim McPhee