Thursday, January 29, 2004


6:45 am
Breakfasts.


Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 8 am

ALL CONFERENCE OPENING PLENARY SESSION.
Keynote Speaker: PAULA TODD



Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 9 am - 10:15 am


#101: DAVID BOOTH - Reading in the Electronic Age: Helping our "Plugged-in" Students become Critical Compassionate and Artful Readers

#102: National Library of Medicine Gateway: A Personal View

#103: Discovering the World of Numbers: Statistics Canada's E-STAT

#104: Personal Bibliographic Management Software: An Overview

#105 Meet RACER - an OCUL VDX Project Overview and Update

#106: Sponsorship: Cultivating Corporate Partnerships

#106A: Redefining Library Boards for Dynamic Communities. Part 1: Effective Board Governance

#107: How to Stay Up to Date in the Ever-Changing Web World

#108: Dr. Brian Cantwell Smith, Dean, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.

#109: Best of the Small Presses

#110: Weapons of Mass Instruction

#111: Keeping Pace with AACR2 and Dewey

#112: Mining the Virtual Reference Transcript

#113: Community Portals - The Library's Role

#114: Beyond Storytime: Learning at the Discovery Centre

#115: Ontario History Quest: Ready for the Classroom

#116: Time to Trade Up: Selecting A New Integrated Library System

#117: Project CEO

#118: Library Internet Use Policy: Lessons Learned at the Ottawa Public Library

#119: DARLENE FICHTER - Reading Cyber Tracks: Analyzing Log Files and Search Logs

#120: Developing a National Portal for Canadian Electronic Theses

#121: How To Move Into The Job You Want, Succeed In The Job You Have, Or Explore Your Career Alternatives



Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 10:30 am - 11:45 am

#201: DAVID SIEGEL - Who is in Charge?

#202: Novel Uses for Novels

#203: Curbing the Copycat

#204: Dramatically Library and Librarily Dramatic

#205: The Heart of Your Program: The Life Blood of the Library - The English Department

#206: CNIB Library: Children's Discovery Portal

#207: Saving the Time of the Reader: New Technologies at the Reference Desk

#208: Everyone a Winner: Employment Resource Centres @ your library™

#209: A Ticket To Train For Mutual Gain: Co-op in 2004

#210: Building an Intranet: Achieving Organizational Goals

#211: Lovin' Your Library - Designing a Facility that Works!

#212: The Magic of Metadata: Content Management for Knowledge Repositories

#213: When is Free Not Free? The Dilemma of Donations

#214: The New Federation of Ontario Public Libraries

#215: Each Child a Storyteller

#216: Teaching Information Literacy Skills: Tips and Techniques

#217: The Year's Best in Children's Literature

#218: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teacher-Librarians

#219: Costs and Benefits of Virtual Reference: Is It Worth It?

#220: Redefining Library Boards For Dynamic Communities. Part II: Community Development

#221: Up Front and Personal: Practical and Effective Promotion of Teaching, Learning and Literacy @ your library™



Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 2:15 pm - 3:30 pm

ALL CONFERENCE PLENARY SESSION
Keynote Speaker: TOM WUJEC



Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm

#401: DR. PIERRE BOULOS - Privacy and Technology: A New Contradiction?

#402: Partners Take Action

#403: Can We Talk? Library Outreach in the Real World

#404: Changes to the AACR2: Problems and Solutions

#405: Secrets of Super Storytellers

#406: Queen's Park Watch: Ontario Ministry of Culture Report

#407: Reduce Your Risk of Overexertion Injuries

#408: A Trip Around the World Wide Web Starts in Your Library

#409: Using the Internet for Genealogy

#410: Volunteers @ your library™: Benefits and Pitfalls of Volunteers in Hospital Libraries

#411: Developing a Customer Strategy for Your Public Library

#412: Issues of Gender in Literature and Literacy

#413: Digital Library Reality Check

#414: Super Connections: Interdisciplinary Across the Curriculum

#415: A Parallax View of Librarianship: An ARC Perspective

#416: History Comes Alive with Super Projects

#417: A True Story: The Rural Urban Engagement

#418: What Next: How working women can meet the challenges and take advantage of the opportunities in today's workplace.

#419: From Gods to Global Issues: Collaborative Research Units

#420: Textile Tales Across the Curriculum

#421: Defining Digital Preservation: A Discussion of Service, Policy and Technology Issues of O-Space and the Ontario Scholars Portal

#422: Marketing and Promotions: tips and tricks from Public Libraries

#423: Hot Issues on School Libraries

#424: Redefining Library Boards For Dynamic Communities. Part III: Becoming a Player



Thursday, January 29, 2004 @ 5:15 pm

OCULA ANNUAL MEETING, AWARD PRESENTATION and RECEPTION

OSLA AWARDS PRESENTATION and RECEPTION


OPLA/OLBA PUBLIC LIBRARY AWARDS DINNER


and during the evening
RECEPTIONS BY THE EXHIBITORS OF EXPO 2003

in various locations.