SPRING 2012 vol.18 no. 2 ola.ontario library association access WALKING THE LINE: ON STRIKE NOT A LOVE WITH THE WESTERN LIBRARIANS STORY LOOKING AT CLOUDS FROM BOTH SIDES NOW PrintOLA_Access18.2Spring2012FinalDraft.indd 1 12-03-31 1:11 PM Call today to request your Free catalogue! • Library Supplies • Computer Furniture • Office Furniture • Library Shelving • Book & Media Display • Reading Promotions • Early Learning • Book Trucks • Archival Supplies Call • 1.800.268.2123 Fax • 1.800.871.2397 Shop Online • www.carrmclean.ca PrintOLA_Access18.2Spring2012FinalDraft.indd 2 12-03-31 1:11 PM spring 2012 18:2 contents Features Call today to request Features your Free 11 Risk, Solidarity, Value 21 La place de la bibliothèque publique dans la catalogue! by Kristin hoffmann culture franco-ontarienne During the recent strike by librarians at the University of par steven Kraus Western Ontario, Kristin Hoffmann learned a lot about Vive les bibliothèques publiques du Grand Nord! Steven • Library Supplies her profession, her colleagues and herself. Kraus fait témoignage du rôle que joue la bibliothèque publique dans la promotion de la francophonie. • Computer Furniture 14 Not a Love Story by lisa sloniowsKi 22 Cloudbusting Creating an archive of feminist pornography raises by nicK ruest & john finK • Office Furniture many questions about libraries, librarians, our values and Is all this "cloud" hype ruining your sunny day? Nick • Library Shelving our responsibilities. Lisa Sloniowski guides us through this Ruest and John Fink clear the air and make it all right. The controversial area. forecast is good. • Book & Media Display 18 Visualizing Your Research 24 Governance 101: CEO Evaluation by jenny marvin by jane HILTON • Reading Promotions GeoPortal from Scholars Portal won this year's OLITA As our series on governance continues, Jane Hilton focuses Award for Technological Innovation. 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Fairness and transparency are key. • Book Trucks • Archival Supplies Call • 1.800.268.2123 Fax • 1.800.871.2397 Shop Online • www.carrmclean.ca access | SPRING 2012 1 PrintOLA_Access18.2Spring2012FinalDraft.indd 1 12-03-31 1:11 PM Spring 2012 18:2 contents Departments Michael Ridley, Editor-in-Chief 3 FROM THE EDITOR 34 ON THE VERGE [email protected] Lori Knowles, Managing Editor Dispatches from the edge of the web [email protected] 5 ONTARIO SNAPSHOT Shelagh Paterson, OLA Executive Director [email protected] Library news, programs, 38 LIS SCHOLARS AT WORK DIVISIONAL EDITORS and recognition Linda Delgrande, Public Libraries (OPLA) Research for practice [email protected] FLASHPOINT Eva Dodsworth, College and University Libraries (OCULA) 8 40 THE NEXT GENERATION [email protected] Current issues and programs Jane Hilton, Public Library Boards (OLBAA) Students look at the library [email protected] of OLA Aaron Lupton, Library Information and Technology (OLITAA) and information community [email protected] Diana Maliszewski, School Libraries (OSLA) 26 RANDOM LIBRARY GENERATOR with fresh eyes [email protected] Catherine Seaman, Bibliothèques francophones (ABO-Franco) Meet one of OLA’s 5,000 members 42 ESPECIALLY FOR LTTs [email protected] COLUMNISTS Notes from and for Laura Banfield, The World Outside 28 READERS’ ADVISORY [email protected] library technicians Robin Bergart, Random Library Generator Promoting enjoyment and [email protected] passion for the world of books Donna Brown, Especially for LTs 43 THE LAST WORD [email protected] Nancy Collins, Library Marketplace 30 HIGH5 [email protected] Jennifer Dekker, High5 Projects, databases, and tools for [email protected] Amanda Etches-Johnson, 2.0 Watch open research [email protected] Ariel Lebowitz, The World Outside 32 THE WORLD OUTSIDE [email protected] Candy Magowan, The Next Generation Observations on national and [email protected] Mary McDiarmid, Health Watch international library events and [email protected] Paulette Rothbauer, LIS Scholars at Work programs [email protected] Greg Sennema, POV: Interviews with Library Directors [email protected] Sharron Smith, Readers’ Advisory [email protected] Maggie Weaver, Especially for LTTs [email protected] ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN OLAA Design Works Natalie Marlowe, [email protected] Brian Pudden, [email protected] ADVERTISING SALES gap. point. reach. inc. Tel. 416.699.1938 Fax 866.211.2999 [email protected] ONTARIO LIBRARYY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS 2012 Karen McGrath, OLA SPRING 2012 VOL.18 NO. 2 [email protected] Catherine Seaman, ABO-Franco ola.ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION access [email protected] Jennifer Peters, OCULA HERE,E,, THERETHEEREE & EVEVERERERYRYWRYWHRYWWHWHERE:WHEREERERERRE:E: VIRIRTUALRTUARTTUATU REFEREEFERENFERENCFERENCENCCCEE On the cover: Author Kristin Hoffmann reflects on Fall 2011 [email protected] PRPRINTRINTN TOOLTOO S THATTHAT AT POP! Frances Ryan, OLBA strike action at UWO on page 11 of this month's edition. [email protected] Nick Ruest, OLITA Cover Photo created by Brian Pudden, OLA. [email protected] Lila Saab, OPLA [email protected] Elizabeth Gordon, OSLA [email protected] ONTARIO LIBRARYY ASSOCIATION 50 Wellington Street East, Suite 201, Toronto, ON M5E 1C8 Tel. 416.363.3388, 866.873.9867 Fax 416.941.9581, 800.387.1181 [email protected], accessola.com/accessonline 3OHDVHLQVHUW)6&/RJRKHUH Access is the official magazine of the Ontario Library Association, published quarterly for members as a continuing education service to keep them informed )320DJHQWD of its activities and of events, trends, and issues affecting the association as well as libraries all across Ontario and beyond. The magazine is a forum for discussion, a place for news, and a source of ideas for the development and improvement of librarianship in the province. 2 ACCESS | SPRING 2012 ISSN 1201-0472 from the editor Library is a VERB not a NOUN. Library is an action, a motion, a transforming. It is an assertion for and against certain ideas and ways of being. This has never been more important than now. The Ontario economy is struggling. The provincial deficit is ~$16 billion and the government is determined to bring it under control in the next few years. This is a significant challenge and one that will impact libraries. Big time. The pressure has already begun. Consider Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, Toronto Public Library, and the Occupy Toronto Library to name just three high profile and very different examples. Almost everyone has a story about challenges, cutbacks, constraints or reductions. Along with all this has been a silly season for politicians, questioning why libraries have DVDs or materials in "foreign" languages. Sigh. By We have so much work to do. Michael Ridley The response, the outrage, the victories, and the defeats have been alternately uplifting and demoralizing. At the same time this has rewritten the textbook on advocacy and engagement. Not to put too fine a point on it, this is our struggle. And And that is my point. Libraries are both a response to the our opportunity. To break through the content spam and other fiscal challenge facing Ontario and a potential victim of it. Now distractions, we must model and support an informed public is a time to be consistent with the values that brought us here. discourse which can provide a clear alternative for ourselves And those values have never been hidden. and our communities. The librarians and library workers I know don’t define themselves by their buildings, information containers, or And so the questions are: If not us, who? If catalogues. They are instead grounded by values that inform not you, why not? an attitude towards ideas and human potential. Librarians, despite our dour image in the popular media, have always been With this issue of Access we are going to explore the many subversive. Breaking boundaries is our professional credo. aspects of our work that are essential to a vibrant, productive, Recently we have become more comfortable referring to our and equitable community. I hope you will find our contributors work in terms of social justice and activism. to be controversial, entertaining, provocative, and insightful. As people and communities in Ontario wrestle with our This is your magazine; let's chat about this. Contact me at difficult financial situation, it is clear that libraries must [email protected] or on Twitter @AccessOLA and assert themselves as a vehicle for transformation. But don't engage me in discussion. be mistaken; we aren't neutral. We have an agenda. However, the spectrum we represent isn't the old school politics of left or right. Nor are we dwelling on the "either/or" dichotomies Michael Ridley, the Editor-in-Chief of Access, is a librarian at that force division. Ours is an agenda for more inclusive, the University of Guelph who is currently on sabbatical. mridley@ complex notions of individual empowerment and community accessola.com development. access | SPRING 2012 3 PrintOLA_Access18.2Spring2012FinalDraft.indd 3 12-03-31 1:11 PM parliamentary_ad_2012_fin.pdf 1 3/12/12 11:02 AM CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARY GUIDE Immediate access to over 2,200 biographies TABLE OF CONTENTS Monarchy Biographical information on Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, The Royal Family and the Governor General Federal Government Each Chapter includes a brief description of the institution, its history in both text and chart format, and a list of current members, followed by the un-paralleled biographical sketches* this guide is noted for: - Privy Council - Senate - House of Commons General Elections - 1867-2008 Alphabetically by province then by riding name. 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