Thursday,
January 29, 2004 @ 9:00 am
Session:
101
9:00 am - 10:15 am
OSLA Spotlight Speaker
DAVID BOOTH
Professor, OISE, University of Toronto
READING IN THE ELECTRONIC AGE:
HELPING OUR "PLUGGED-IN" STUDENTS BECOME CRITICAL COMPASSIONATE AND ARTFUL READERS
How can we help youngsters who are plugged into all kinds of media in becoming
critical, compassionate and artful readers?
Convenor: Roberta Henley, Brantford Collegiate, Grand Erie DSB.
Session:
102
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Ontario Health Libraries Association
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE GATEWAY: A PERSONAL VIEW
Tom Flemming, Head of Public Services, McMaster University Health Sciences Library.
| presentation (.ppt)
Explore the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Gateway with an experienced guide! Be introduced to the treasure-trove of electronic health information made available by one of the world's most respected health information providers. Learn about valuable consumer health tools such as MEDLINEplus, and the ClinicalTrials.gov web site. Find resources for health care professionals, students and researchers. The NLM Gateway, the world's largest catalogue of health care publications, can provide librarians tools for accessing and managing the literature of health care. All of this is freely accessible and designed to be searched by everyone from the neophyte to the expert clinician or librarian. Inform yourself! Get your questions answered and then get prepared to become a frequent visitor.
Convenor: Jannette Hatton, Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital.
Session:
103
9:00 am - 10:15 am
DISCOVERING THE WORLD OF NUMBERS: STATISTICS CANADA'S E-STAT
Suzette Giles, Data, Map and GIS Librarian, Ryerson University; Sunita Kossta, Education Liaison Officer, Statistics Canada, Central Region.
| Census and CANSIM data: Comparison of providers, Suzette Giles (.ppt)
Most universities and colleges and many school and public libraries provide access to E-STAT. Learn about the wealth of Canadian statistics available via this source and the variety of downloading and display options available. Get excellent background information and discover the various components of the E-STAT site including User Guides, Table of Contents, Articles and Data, Lesson Plans, Census and CANSIM data. Find out how to get historical data, as well as recent Census data, and how to display multidimensional tables and graphs for many topics of Canadian social and economic interest.
Convenor: Donna Lynch, Queen's University.
Session:
104
9:00 am - 10:30 am '90 MINUTE SESSION'
PERSONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIC MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE:
AN OVERVIEW
NOTE: Session withdrawn.
Session:
105
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Ontario Health Libraries Association
MEET RACER - AN OCUL VDX PROJECT OVERVIEW AND UPDATE
Sue McGillivray and Amy Greenberg, OCUL VDX User Support Librarians, Ontario Council of University Libraries.
| presentation (.ppt)
How has RACER impacted ILL throughout Ontario Universities? Join members of the OCUL VDX Project Team for an update on the OCUL- wide implementation of VDX ILL management software. Get the latest information on the project, including a review of the steps leading up to the move to production in Summer 2003 and the issues, challenges, and opportunities presented by a province-wide shared system.
Convenor: Faye Abrams, OCUL Projects Officer.
Session:
106
9:00 am - 10:15 am
SPONSORSHIP: CULTIVATING CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS
Rob Lavery, Resource Development Consultant; Maureen Ellis Rudzik, Board Chair, Oakville Public Library Board; John Rutherford, President, Windsor Public Library Foundation.
| The Care and Feeding of Sponsors, Dr. Maureen Ellis Rudzik (.pdf)
Get an overview of business partnerships and discuss the potential for libraries to work with corporations through marketing-driven sponsorships. Topic areas will include- what are sponsorships and how do they differ from donations; how sponsorship decisions are made; and what the library has to offer businesses. We will have Trustees present case studies from Windsor and Oakville Public Libraries and we will look at the sample event sponsorship proposal.
Convenor: Sheila Clarke, Stratford Public Library Board.
Session:
106A
9:00 am - 10:15 am
REDEFINING LIBRARY BOARDS FOR DYNAMIC COMMUNITIES
PART 1: EFFECTIVE BOARD GOVERNANCE
Ken Haycock, Senior Partner, Ken Haycock & Associates Inc., Professor, University of British Columbia.
| presentation (.ppt)
OLBA is looking to reposition library boards as integrated, dynamic leaders within their community's development. An across-Ontario videoconference and a two-day invitational think tank led to this three-part program presented in the OLA's Education Institute by teleconference in 2003. Ken Haycock, Canada's most prestigious library champion, builds on those programs and recent experience.
Part 1: Effective board governance reflects eight principles for high-performing boards. Examine these criteria and discuss examples for library boards, their chairs and CEOs.
Part 2: See session #220
Part 3: See session #424
Session:
107
9:00 am - 10:15 am
HOW TO STAY UP TO DATE IN THE EVER-CHANGING WEB WORLD
Rita Vine, founding partner of Workingfaster.com
| presentation (.pdf)
Do you need to stay up to date on the best of the web and the most important developments in web searching, but don't know how to choose (and don't have the time to review) the best resources to help you stay on top of the ever-changing information landscape? This session is for you. Rita Vine of Workingfaster.com will identify the most important current awareness tools to help librarians stay up to date on key web search news and sites. She'll cover essential newsletters, web sites, web blogs, and news services and suggest strategies for saving time while still keeping a watchful eye on the web.
Session:
108
9:00 am - 10:15 am
The (Inter)Disciplinerity of Information Science
Dr. Brian Cantwell Smith, Dean, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.
This presentation by the new Dean of the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto promises to be fresh and significant. He brings a unique background to the Faculty and to this session. He has studied in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, designed meta-level architectures at the Xerox Palo Alta Centre, founded the Center of Language and Information at Stanford University, managed multimillion dollar research projects, secured a patent and written three books. Come meet him and have him meet you at this stimulating presentation and interchange. Your chance to gain insight into his thinking.
Session:
109
9:00 am - 10:15 am
BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES
Jacqui Davis, Literary Press Group.
Small Talk is worth making! Join Jacqui Davis from Literary Press Group as she shares the literary gems that we might have missed in the not-so-large-and-glossy catalogues from Canada's smaller presses.
Convenor: Darlene McCann, Clarington Public Library.
Session:
110
9:00 am - 10:15 am
WEAPONS OF MASS INSTRUCTION
Mita Sen-Roy, Science Librarian, Lisa Sloniowski, Information Literacy Librarian, Leddy Library, University of Windsor.
| Iraq 2003: Sources of News
Open your newspaper and start clipping! Using controversial issues can help you connect with your students, develop critical thinking skills and promote the library's role in collecting and disseminating alternative and independent media information. Hear how the University of Windsor's Leddy Library used media coverage of the war in Iraq to produce a very successful teaching and learning experience. Explore critical media issues and their impact upon library services and collections and learn about other possible media-related information literacy initiatives for libraries.
Convenor: Patti Ryan, York University.
Session:
111
9:00 am - 11:45 am 'DOUBLE SESSION'
KEEPING PACE WITH AACR2 AND DEWEY
Joe Cox, Metadata, Instructional, and Borrower Services Librarian, Inforum, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto.
| presentation: AACR2 2002 & DDC 22 (.ppt)
Are you cognizant of and comfortable with the latest changes in AACR2R 2002 and Dewey 22? If not, then this workshop is for you. By the end of the workshop you will know about the significant changes made to Chapters 3, 9, and 12 of AACR2R 2002. You will also have identified the major enhancements in Dewey 22, such as in 004-006, 301-307, 610, etc. We'll end the workshop with a discussion on how best to implement the changes in your library.
Convenor: Gail Nichol, University of Toronto.
Session:
112
9:00 am - 10:15 am
MINING THE VIRTUAL REFERENCE TRANSCRIPT
Joanne Smyth, Coordinator, Distance Education Services and LIVE Online Reference Services, James MacKenzie, Library Intern, Reference Department, University of New Brunswick Libraries.
LIVE, a virtual reference service, is operated by the University of New Brunswick Libraries. Using transcripts from the virtual reference sessions, UNB Library staff have been able to study the interaction between libraries and users in a reference setting. Discover how these transcripts have been used to evaluate reference online, and through other media. Learn about a model for evaluating reference service based on evidence from the transcripts and users' exit survey comments, and how LIVE is used as an instructional tool for library users.
Convenor: Susan Patrick, Ryerson University.
Session:
113
9:00 am - 10:15 am
COMMUNITY PORTALS - THE LIBRARY'S ROLE
Jean Foster, Manager, Library Electronic Services, Windsor Public Library; Paul Takala, Virtual Library Branch Manager, Hamilton Public Library.
| presentation, Jean Foster (.ppt)
| presentation, Paul Takala (.ppt)
| case studies: www.myhamilton.ca and www.windsor-essex.info
Explore the evolution of a community portal from vision to reality. The planning, proposal and implementation phases require an enormous amount of energy from a wide variety of community partners. This session will give examples of how the issues of governance, responsibilities, negotiation and ownership were handled in the Connecting Windsor-Essex and Hamilton Connects projects where the
public library has assumed a leadership role.
Convenor: Bernard Musoni, Phonetime.
Session:
114
9:00 am - 10:15 am
BEYOND STORYTIME: LEARNING AT THE DISCOVERY CENTRE
Daria Sharanewych, Manager, Iroquois Ridge Branch/Children's Advocate, Oakville Public Library; Eleanor LeFave, Mabel's Fables.
Discover how a 150 square foot space has provided a dynamic, multi-sensory destination where parents and caregivers and their preschool children can explore together. By encouraging "learning through play", the Oakville Public Library is raising awareness about early literacy and at the same time is positioning itself as a critical player for school readiness among children.
Convenor: Maureen Sawa, Hamilton Public Library.
Session:
115
9:00 am - 10:15 am
ONTARIO HISTORY QUEST: READY FOR THE CLASSROOM
Johanna Wellheiser, Preservation and Digitization Services; Barbara Myrvold, Local History Specialist, Service Planning and Citywide Services; Bernie Rubinstein, Educational Consultant; Mary Shantz, Special Collections Department, Toronto Public Library.
Learn about a new online tool for students and teachers, and gain ideas to develop similar projects in your library. Comprised of two complementary web sites, the Ontario History Quest was created for history students in grades 7, 8, 10 and 12. The student learning site provides activities using primary sources to discover Ontario's history. The digital collections site is a searchable database of 3,300 images of pictures, maps, ephemera, manuscripts and books documenting Ontario's past -1820s to the 1970s - from the collections of the Toronto Public Library, the Archives of Ontario and the City of Toronto Archives. This partnership project was developed with educational consultants and meets the requirements of the current Ontario curriculum. Project team members will discuss the concept and development of OHQ and demonstrate its content, features and navigation.
Session:
116
9:00 am - 10:15 am
TIME TO TRADE UP: SELECTING A NEW INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEM
Doris Rankin, Library and Information Management Consultant; Beth Kinchlea, Manager Organizational Development, London Public Library; Cynthia Williamson, Technical Services Coordinator, Lincoln Public Library.
| presentations (.ppt): Doris Rankin / Beth Kinchlea / Cynthia Williamson
| documents (word):
Bibliography, System Evaluation Checklist and Vendor and Product Evaluations
Many libraries are in the process of upgrading their library system, or automating for the first time - the members on this panel have been through it all. How has the process, and the ILS landscape, changed in the past 15 years? What factors should you take into consideration when you start down this road once again - or for the very first time? The panel will speak on these topics and others related to this exciting and challenging decision.
Convenor: Margaret Williams, Brockville Public Library.
Session:
117
9:00 am - 10:15 am
PROJECT CEO
Daryl Novak, Chief Administrative Officer, Southern Ontario Library Service; Wendy Newman, Librarian In Residence, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto; Wendy Curtis, Former Board Chair, Cobourg Public Library.
An increasing number of CEO job postings do not include an MLS in the list of requirements. An emphasis on collections and programming seems to be giving way to experience in marketing, fundraising and business skills. What does this mean for those who aspire to fill the many CEO vacancies that will occur in the new few years? What will library boards be able to demand as the pool of candidates decreases? And what will the impact be on staff and the communities served as there are major changes in library leadership? Hear various perspectives from a library board chair, a former library CEO and a consultant who has assisted many public library boards recruit new CEOs.
Convenor: Ian Ross, Whitby Public Library.
Session:
118
9:00 am - 10:15 am
LIBRARY INTERNET USE POLICY:
LESSONS LEARNED AT THE OTTAWA PUBLIC LIBRARY
Ian Hunter, former Trustee, Ottawa Public Library Board, and 2004 President, Ontario Library Boards Association; Monique Désormeaux, Division Manager, Board Policy & Strategic Planning.
| Presentation (.ppt)
| Speaking Notes, Monique Désormeaux (.doc)
| Public Internet Access Policy - Chronology of Events (.doc)
The Ottawa Public Library Board unexpectedly faced a huge storm of protest April 2003 in the community when it reaffirmed existing board policy on Internet use in the library. News of the controversy went international. Hear from the Board and Staff perspective what happened, and learn lessons on how libraries can avoid falling into the same type of crisis.
Convenor: Carol McDonnell, Huron Cty Library Board.
Session:
119
9:00 am - 10:15 am
HIGHLIGHT SPEAKER
READING CYBER TRACKS: ANALYZING LOG FILES AND SEARCH LOGS
DARLENE FICHTER, Data Library Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan.
| presentation (.ppt)
Looking at a site redesign or just tweaking an area to improve the user experience? Log files are a rich information source for finding out what users actually do on your site. What path do they follow? When do they search and for what? Log and search log file analysis can point out site problems, issues and successes. Learn how to harvest the nuggets of gold from your log files to improve your site.
Convenor: Patricia Moore, Leddy Library, University of Windsor.
Session:
120
9:00 am - 10:15 am
DEVELOPING A NATIONAL PORTAL FOR CANADIAN ELECTRONIC THESES
Christine Jewell, Head, Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery, University of Waterloo; Sharon Reeves, Manager, Theses Canada, Library and Archives of Canada; William Oldfield, Networked Information Research Associate, University of Waterloo.
| Submitting Theses to Canada's Portal, Christine Jewell (.ppt)
Learn about a new portal developed by Theses Canada that provides a searchable national database of electronic theses. A collaborative effort between the University of Waterloo and the Library and Archives of Canada has resulted in a pilot project allowing universities to submit electronic theses directly to the Library and Archives. The Waterloo database contains an Open Archives Initiative (OAI) module that allows theses metadata to be harvested by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. The goal of the project is to provide free access to theses metadata and Canadian electronic theses to researchers around the world.
Convenor: Jennifer Thiessen, Brock University.
Session:
121
9:00 am - 10:15 am
HOW TO MOVE INTO THE JOB YOU WANT, SUCCEED IN THE JOB YOU HAVE, OR EXPLORE YOUR CAREER ALTERNATIVES
CAITLIN P. WILLIAMS, President, Work Matters and Successful Working Women, Inc.
Your professional portfolio may be outstanding and your technical skills may be on the cutting edge. But to find a satisfying position, grow in the one you currently hold, or explore your full range of options, you need cutting edge career management skills, as well. Come learn some key strategies along with job search and resume tips for taking your career to the next level, wherever you happen to be in your own professional development right now.
