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 2020
Unbundling practice: the unbundling of big deal journal packages as an information practice, Samuel Cassady, Catherine Anne Johnson, and Asen O. Ivanov
Survey Research: Useful, Valuable Findings Require Hard Work, Kristin Hoffmann and Selinda Berg
Submissions from 2019
Matching Made in Heaven: Collections and Metadata Collaboration for Print Preservation, Alie Visser, Erin Johnson, and Christina Zoricic
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
In Pursuit of Equity: Applying Design Thinking to Develop a Values-Based Open Access Statement, Courtney L. Waugh, Emily Carlisle, and Lillian S. Rigling
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
RxTx and Micromedex, Shawn Hendrikx and Kelly Hatch
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
Documentation as Data Rescue: Restoring a Collection of Canadian Health Survey Files, Kristi Thompson
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
Impact of Librarians on Reporting of the Literature Searching Component of Pediatric Systematic Reviews, Deborah L. Meert-Williston, John Costella, and Nazi Torabi
The Drs. James L. and Margaret Whitby Music Collections, Music Library, the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada., Lisa Rae Philpott
Tribute: In Memory of Cheryl Martin, Lisa Rae Philpott
Tribute: In Memory of Jane Pearce Baldwin., Lisa Rae Philpott
Introduction to Databrarianship: The Academic Data Librarian in Theory and Practice, Kristi Anne Thompson and Lynda Kellam
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
Incretin-Based Medications for Type 2 Diabetes: An Overview of Reviews, Kelly Hatch