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2/24/2020 May For Your Benefit https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9OTU4NzQz 2/8 LEARN MORE >> This Week on Library Land Loves Have you been following #jackslibrarytour? We sit down with six year old Jack and his dad Lanrick Bennett Jr. (@myonlinelifenow) to discuss Jack's top five favourite libraries! Jack his Father have been actively visiting libraries in the GTA and beyond, and they've been documenting all of their trips on social media. We had a great conversation about what makes a good library, and how they set out on this fantastic adventure. TAKE A LISTEN >> JOIN THE BEST BETS COMMITTEE TODAY!   The OLA Best Bets Committee is currently looking for new members to fill vacancies in the committee. The committee is comprised of Librarians and Library Technicians who are OLA members, work in public libraries and are committed to children's and young adult services and eager to evaluate and promote Canadian books. APPLY HERE >> What's new in Open Shelf: May 2018 What's your vision--of your career, your library services, or the global community? This month, we've got articles that present ideas or experiences that can help us be transformative in our practices. Here are our features and columns (in order of publication): What is Arduino? As Jonathan Miller explains in Micro- controlled tinkering, it's a cool open source platform that helps us get in touch with our inner tinker-er, using 3D printing. IFLA is into the next phase of its Global Vision initiative and Shelagh Paterson brings us up- to-date on the North American regional meeting in #IFLAGlobalVision. There is never enough time or money for all the Professional Development we might want to do so Stacey Lapp shares her tips for leveraging social media to make PD happen. Inquiring minds want to know: What are the rewards and challenges of smalle(er) libraries? In Small(er) libraries, Kelly Thompson and Erika Heeson report out from last month's survey. Finally, check out how Laura Peacock goes about Uncovering "next reads" in Readers' Advisory and Rachel Di Cresce is featured in the latest edition of The IT Crowd. https://librariesvote.ca/ http://librarylandloves.libsyn.com/website https://twitter.com/myonlinelifenow?lang=en http://librarylandloves.libsyn.com/website https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGyPGDZXcLmEfFnZDw96rr06S6FHC9yy_2-UX33FjOSYKQZA/viewform http://open-shelf.ca/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-micro-controlled-tinkering-designing-arduino-kits-using-3d-printing/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-iflaglobalvision/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-professional-development-leverage-social-media-to-stay-connected-and-informed/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-smaller-libraries-survey-results-show-impact-funding-key-issues/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-uncovering-next-reads-moving-from-popular-fiction-to-less-visible-titles/ http://open-shelf.ca/180503-rachel-di-cresce/