Friday June 3: the last full day of our study trip and it stays interesting right up to the end I must say. Not only did I receive a very nice book from Chief Librarian Madeleine Lefebvre (because it is my birthday in June), but the morning was just filled with enthusiastic people talking about the..
Mills Memorial Library from McMaster University was our goal today. Jeff Trzeciak, library director, had invited two of his postdocs to tell us all about two interesting projects. The first project was the Centre for Digital Scholarship, to be open mid-fall this year. This library wants to bring faculty into the library. In the library..
Inspiration can be found anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Before visiting the CN Towers on Tuesday evening we bumped upon this virtual, QR or Augmented Reality shopping. Just pick up the item, and a screen will show you how and where you can use it: user experience. In the afternoon of June 1st the director at Seneca..
On May 31st we visited in the morning the University of Waterloo. We were warmly welcomed at the Dana Porter Library, or as students call it: DP. I made quite some notes at the presentation of Nancy Collins, the outreach and communications manager. They organized a few simple, though effective, campaigns to enhance student commitment..