Friday, February 4, 2005 @ 9:00 am


Session: 501
9:00 am - 10:15 am
OLA's Special Guest and Spotlight Speaker
Dr. IAN E. WILSON, The Librarian and Archivist of Canada

Values and Vision
THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA: SEIZING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE

| Canada's Knowledge Institution for the 21st Century (PPT)

With the final passage of the legislation to create a single institution out of the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada, Parliament set in motion new ideas and new opportunities for an institution that could be more innovative and more responsive to Canadian librarians, archivists and the public-at-large. As the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Ian Wilson's vision and values are driving the new institution. Here is an unprecedented opportunity to see how this national institution is approaching its complex future and what this will mean to you.
Convenor: Cynthia Archer, York University, OLA 2005 President, Ontario Council of University Librarians Chair.

Session: 502
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Technology; Curriculum & Learning; Partnerships
GIS SERVICE AND OUTREACH IN AN ACADEMIC LIBRARY
Andrew Nicholson, GIS and Data Librarian, UTM Library, University of Toronto at Mississauga.

| Presentation Guideline and Selected References (Word .doc)

GIS, or Geographic Information Systems, have the ability to query and analyze geographic information in a variety of different contexts. Along with providing access to software and data for academic purposes, a Library's GIS service can also serve as an outreach tool, and create collaborative teaching opportunities between the Library and academic departments. Benefits of this session include: learning more about "this thing called GIS", ideas on how to offer a GIS service to your academic community, and an examination of different approaches to doing GIS outreach.
Convenor: Jennifer Marvin, University of Guelph

Session: 503
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Library Issues; Technology
WHY LIBRARIANS SHOULD CARE ABOUT DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Dr. Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.

| Session Presentation (PPT)

Freedom of expression and the question of personal privacy and the public domain are critical issues for libraries. Concerned that the digital milieu will enable consumers to undermine the economics of intellectual property, various digital rights management systems (DRMs) have been proposed as a powerful, automated alternative to the traditional, cumbersome and somewhat ineffectual protection offered by copyright law. Hear a dynamic overview of the strategic vision underlying DRMs, the motives typically associated with their creation and a brief account of the means by which they achieve their objectives. What legal approaches have been adopted in various jurisdictions to protect DRMs against those who would try to circumvent them? Focusing on two central features of DRM - their surveillance function and their ability to unbundle copyrights into discrete and custom-made products - this session ends with an exploration of DRMs ability to shift certain public powers into the invisible hands of private control.
Convenor: Martie Grof-Ianelli, Fanshawe College

Session: 504
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Collections and Resources
SENECA'S COLLECTION PROFILES: A STREAMLINED APPROACH TO COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
Pamela Bolan, Information Services Librarian; James Buczynski, Information Services Librarian, Seneca College.

| Session Presentation (hyperlink)

Over the past six years, Seneca College librarians have employed a formalized system-wide documentation approach to collection development. Although the original objective of the Profile approach was to facilitate the development and maintenance of collections to support the curricula of Seneca, the system has also radically improved staff productivity, facilitated staff training, and maximized the allocation of limited financial resources. Hear how Seneca's Profile process has transformed collection development into an enjoyable and efficient job responsibility for both new and experienced staff.
Convenor: Autumn Piette, Seneca College

Session: 505
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Information Literacy; Reading and Literacy
INFORMATION LITERACY AND THE MARKETPLACE OF ANXIETIES: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES FOR THE EVALUATION OF SOURCES.
Barbara Fister, Academic Librarian, Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota.

| Session Presentation (hyperlink)

Every day we encounter ideas competing for our attention and credence. Claims-makers engage us with both "factual" evidence and emotional appeals. Though common models of information literacy treat evaluation of sources as just one of several steps in the process, it is a critical part of all aspects of information use, both in the classroom and beyond. This session will challenge assumptions about information seeking behaviour and source evaluation. Explore how information literacy, media literacy, communication studies and culture studies offer complementary approaches for sense-making. Using case studies, participants will examine competing evidence for claims made through various media channels, each with different editorial traditions for establishing authority. Finally, we will consider pedagogical approaches to incorporating source evaluation more intentionally into information literacy efforts.
Convenor: Jim Brett, University of Guelph

Session: 506
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Partnerships
SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Ann Doiron, Trustee, Gravenhurst Public Library Board; Karen Schecter, Chief Executive Officer, Smiths Falls Public Library.

| Gravenhurst Public Library (PDF)
| Smiths Falls Public Library (PDF)
| Waterloo Public Library (PPT)

Libraries are in the community development business. Discover how two libraries have achieved great success by embracing this new vision of the library's reason for existing.
Convenor: Margaret Wicklum, OLBA Council.

Session: 507
9:00 am - 10:15 am
The Internet
THE WOMEN'S HEALTH MATTERS RESOURCE DATABASE: MEETING WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION NEEDS
Fiona MacCool, Internet Consultant, Meta Strategies Inc.; Jean Greenberg, Project Coordinator, Women's Health Matters Resource Database.

Learn about the development of a metadata project from the proposal stage to design, implementation, testing, evaluation and maintenance. Learn how to choose and work with a developer and get ideas on what to consider when developing a web-based metadata project.

Session: 508
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Programs and Services; Reading and Literacy
THE MARKETING OF GENRE FICTION
Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author of 15 science fiction novels; Andrew Pyper, award winning author of Lost Girls and the Trade Mission; Lahring Tribe, Random House of Canada Limited; Margaret Henry, Coordinator, Adult Materials, Collection Development, Toronto Public Library.

The push in publishing is to fantasy over science fiction, thrillers over mystery, and romantic suspense over romance. Is this working? Are new readers and audiences being found? Publishers, authors and librarians discuss the impact and implications for this growing trend and for reader advisory services in libraries. Come and get a perspective on collection development, gain an understanding of current trends in publishing of fiction and an understanding of literary vs genre fiction.

Session: 509
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Collections and Resources; Library Issues
MAXIMIZING MEDIA STORAGE AND SPACE
Joe Malerba, Vice President, Russ Bassett; Patty Liedhecker, Brodart Co.

Dealing with limited space and ever-changing media collections? Russ Bassett and Brodart are aware of the changing times of media storage. Discover how to maximize your limited space with product and storage solutions for data media, professional audio-video, and micrographic applications. Drawer-based or shelf- based products will insure maximum capacity or work as a flexible system that can be adjusted and reconfigured to accommodate multiple or changing media collections.

Session: 510
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Information Literacy; Library Issues
"OF CRIMES AGAINST THE AUDIENCE? NOT GUILTY": ENHANCING YOUR PRESENTATION SKILLS
Wendy Rodgers, Web Content Coordinator, University of Guelph Library.

| Session Presentation (PPT)
| Selected bibliography (Word .doc)

The need to speak in public, either formally or informally, is a regular occurrence for many librarians. Yet LIS programs devote little time to ensuring that students have the tools to be effective public speakers and presenters. With reference to performance theory and practice and the speaker's own theatre experience, this talk will offer new paradigms for thinking about the audience, preparation techniques that make calmer speakers, criteria for choosing material appropriate for PowerPoint, and tips on how to avoid committing crimes against the audience.
Convenor: Mary Kandiuk, York University

Session: 511
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Curriculum and Learning
Highlight
BOOSTING STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT: ELEMENTARY
Dr. David Loertscher, Professor, School Library and Information Science, San Jose State University.

The books are shelved; the computers work; the discipline is effective - but there is no impact on achievement from this library. Hardly a surprise. But what does make a difference? Models, activities, measuring techniques, ideas, and program focuses will be explored to bring libraries into the center of learning. This session will concentrate on ideas in elementary school libraries.
Convenor: Sandi Zwaan, School Library Consultant.

Session: 512
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Values and Vision; Collections and Resources
REAL LOSSES, REAL GAINS: LONG-TERM SURVIVAL OF DIGITAL INFORMATION
Gordon B. Neavill, Library and Information Science Program, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

Planning for the long-term survival of digital information should begin at the time the information is created - but much information is created for current use with little thought about its potential value to historians and researchers. Documents on paper can survive as material objects for decades or centuries until their significance is recognized. Information in digital form that is neglected for even a few years is likely to be lost permanently. Long-term survival of such information in the digital environment will be discussed. Strategies will be proposed for ensuring that digital records created to serve short-term information needs will survive for purposes of long-term documentation.

Session: 513
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Reading and Literacy
OPENING DOORS TO CHILDREN: READING AND VIEWING PREFERENCES
Andre Gagnon, Head, Public Services, Central and Inner-City Libraries, Regina Public Library; Ken Setterington, Children and Youth Advocate for Library Services, Toronto Public Library.

A national study on library service to children was conducted in six cities to investigate how children in a digital age view the library. The study, based on an earlier study (Regina, 1977), examined the extent to which children from grades four to seven are satisfied with their public libraries, the reasons they go to other libraries, their reading preferences, and similarities between children who use the public library and those who do not. The study is the first of its kind in Canada and provides data that will help libraries to better meet the informational and recreational needs of children and to enable them to develop marketing plans to reach children of middle years.
Convenor: Jane Kops, Burlington Public Library.

Session: 514
9:00 am - 10:15 am
The Internet
THE EVOLUTION OF THE LIBRARY WEB

NOTE: Session withdrawn.

Session: 515
9:00 am - 10:15 am
The Internet; Advocacy and Marketing
DESIGNING FOR SCENT: WHY STINKY SITES WORK
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon.

Researchers at Xerox PARC have found that humans find information on the Web by following the "scent" of information just like blood hounds on the hunt for their prey. Learn about how to write so that your site has a strong scent and draws people towards the information they need. Find out about using trigger words, building strong, sweet smelling trails, and how to avoid common pitfalls of writing that leads users astray or that cause them to lose the scent. Take home tips and techniques to make your site "stinky" and quickly spot areas to improve.

Session: 516
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Information Literacy; Programs and Services; The Internet
REMOVING THE "MASK" FROM USER EDUCATION: DEVELOPING AN ONLINE WEBQUEST FOR YOUTH.
Cheryl Skovronek, District Manager, Maura Pennington, Branch Head, Humberwood, Toronto Public Library; Moe Hosseini-Ara, Manager, Markham Village Library, Markham Public Libraries.

How can an online adventure help youth become life-long library users? Enter the mask Webquest, an inquiry based activity that motivates youth and captures their attention by using the World Wide Web to teach information literacy skills, all within a library environment. Youth are challenged to explore traditional and electronic resources, apply creative and critical thinking skills, use imaginative problem solving, and communicate meaningfully. We will share development experiences, lessons learned and potential alternative applications.
Convenor: Nancy Chavner, Toronto Public Library.

Session: 517
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Programs and Services
TICKLES AND TUNES
Kathy Reid-Naiman, Children's Programmer and Folk Musician.

Expand your repertoire of finger plays, knee bounces repetitive rhymes, songs and singing games. This hands-on workshop will supply you with great material proven to inspire and energize your babytime, toddler and pre-school programs. Increase your storytime repertoire; breathe new life into tired songs; rekindle the excitement of babytime/storytime.
Convenor: Paul Axford, Clarington Public Library.

Session: 518
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Reading and Literacy
GOING GRAPHIC
Judith Gorry, Teacher-Librarian, Orchard Park P.S.; Bev Moore, Teacher-Librarian, Georgetown District H.S.; Diana Knight, Coordinator- English, Drama, Libraries and Literacy, Halton DSB.

| Session Presentation (PPT)
| Graphic Novel Evaluation, Diana Knight (Word .doc)

The graphic novel is a reading form that has caught on with reluctant and avid readers alike. Here's a chance to learn about this novel approach to both fiction and non-fiction, and to learn about how a whole school board got on board with using the graphic novel as a way to assist its At Risk students.
Convenor: Judy Carter, Rainy River District School Board.

Session: 519
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Curriculum and Learning
TELL THE STORY: MAKE THE STORY
Sya Van Geest, OLA Distinguished Service Award 2004; OSLA President 2000-2001.

Storytelling is a wonderful, powerful tool to engage, share and teach. Storytelling can be analyzed and broken down into a process with skills sets. Learn the art of storytelling and the ways and means to select and shape a story for the ear. Strategies and instruction materials are ready to transfer and extend for your personal audiences and purpose: computer slides, props, 'booksack', role-playing, sample picture books and Hebrew Bible stories ideal for the ear, selected multicultural bibliography, rubric and sample curriculum learning expectations.
Convenor: Barb Ross, Halton District School Board.

Session: 520
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Library Issues; Management and Issues
GETTING ON BOARD: CHARTING YOUR COURSE FOR ACCREDITATION
Bill Mitchell, Library Development Director, SOLS.

Learn how the Ontario Public Library Guidelines can be used as a planning tool for libraries. This presentation will include a practical discussion of the Accreditation Audit process, and focus on the benefits of using the Guidelines to work toward accredited status for your library.
Convenor: Margaret Williams, Brockville Public Library.

Session: 521
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Information Literacy
GIVE 'EM THE GEARS! (SECONDARY)
Sharon Armstrong, Head of Library, Waterford DHS, Chair, GEDSB LIbrary Subject Council; Roberta Henley, Head of Library, Brantford Collegiate, 2004 OSLA President; Val Bureau, Courtland Public School; Rick MacDonald, Teacher-Librarian, Thompson Creek Elementary School; Grand Erie DSB

Teacher-librarians from the Grand Erie District School Board have designed an innovative cross-panel online research/information literacy guide (GEARS-Grand Erie Assisted Research Strategies). In this session participants will focus on the student guide for grades 7-12. Participants will explore exemplar sections, complete hands-on activities, and discuss best practices for application.

Session: 522
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Curriculum and Learning
IDENTIFICATION OF STUDENTS' THINKING PATTERNS WITHIN THE RESEARCH PROCESS

NOTE: Session withdrawn.

Session: 523
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Finance; Partnerships
EXPLORING NEW FUNDING SOURCES FOR LIBRARIES
Steve Coffman, Vice President, Business Development, Library Systems and Services LLC; Rebecca Jones, Partner, Dysart and Jones Associates.

A number of pioneering libraries have followed in the footsteps of museums, public broadcasting, and other non-profit cultural institutions who are exploring a variety of new and innovative revenue sources to help increase and diversify traditional library funding. This session will offer a broad overview of the plural funding concept: how museums, public broadcasting and others have used it to build successful, well-funded and entrepreneurial organizations. Learn how libraries can do the same.
Convenor: Rebecca Jones, Dysart Jones.

Session: 524
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Technology; Information Literacy
POWERPOINT FOR INFORMATION POWER
Tim Gauntley, Instructional Leader, Library and Learning Resources, Toronto DSB.

| Slide Sense (PPT)
| Slide Power (PPT)
| Animation Sense (PPT)
| Animation Power (PPT)
| PowerPoint into Word (PPT)
| PowerPoint for Information Power (PPT)

Unleash the power of PowerPoint for motivating learners and communicating ideas. How can you effectively use the various formats of this celebrated presentation software-slides, handouts, outlines and notes? What animation and design features promote your message and which ones get in the way? Does PowerPoint subvert traditional reading skills or forge new literacies? This practical workshop will offer lively analysis using examples that rock.
Convenor: Hetty Smeathers, York Catholic District School Board.

Session: 525
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Library Issues
THE KNOWLEDGE ENTREPRENEUR: CREATING WEALTH FROM KNOWLEDGE

NOTE: Session withdrawn.

Session: 526
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Partnerships
CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN A SCHOOL LIBRARY
Sue Tedesco, Teacher-Librarian, Thames Valley DSB.

Connect with the Public Library in your schools area to design programs together and talk about research. Invite public officials and local business to join you by designing literacy events. In this session, participants will become more familiar with programs that reach out to the community, student's awareness of literacy outside of school and networking with community members.

Session: 527
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Reading and Literacy
LITERACY AND LIBRARY

NOTE: Session withdrawn.

Session: 528
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Reading and Literacy
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE 2004 BLUE SPRUCE AND SILVER BIRCH AWARD WINNING AUTHORS
Linda Bailey, author and Bill Slavin, illustrator, of Stanley's Party (Blue Spruce Award Winner); Mike McGowan, author of Newton and the Giant (Silver Birch Fiction Award Winner); Larry Verstraete, author of Survivors! True Death Defying Escapes (Silver Birch Non-Fiction Award Winner).

Bring your questions and participate in a relaxed and informative conversation that focuses on the writing and the creative processes used by these award winning authors. Gain insight into the way they develop their plots, characters and settings and how they relate their stories to their young audience.

Session: 529
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Reference and Research; Programs and Service
THE NEW VIRTUAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
PART 1: RESPONDING TO LOCAL SERVICE NEEDS
Kathy Scardellato, VRL Project Leader, Tiziano G. Vanola, VRL Gateway Librarian, Virtual Reference Library, Toronto Public Library; Craig Ginther, Acting Coordinator, Virtual Library Services, Ottawa Public Library.

The VRL was re-designed in 2004 and now includes more content, a new user interface, and optional customization for local use. A French interface will soon be available. The site will be demonstrated and alternative ways to provide access to the VRL will be outlined. A complementary OLITA session on the technical development of the new VRL will also be delivered at the conference.

Session: 530
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Partnerships; Curriculum and Learning
WEATHERING THE OSSLT STORM: OPENING THE LITERACY UMBRELLA
Elaine Brown, Teacher-Librarian, John Bowyer, Teacher-Librarian, Pat Jermey, Teacher-Librarian, Durham DSB.

A whole school approach to the OSSLT has been effective for Henry Street High School in the Durham District School Board. The Principal, English Department Head, English Teacher and Teacher-Librarians will present the past, present and future of their successful approach to improving results on the Literacy Test in a comprehensive secondary school. This session will include examples of staff in-service, parent information sessions, student training opportunities, and the key support role of the school library.
Convenor: Frances Handlarski, Toronto District School Board.

Session: 531
9:00 am - 10:15 am
Special Library Association (Toronto Chapter)
Collections and Resources; Reference and Research
BUSINESS RESEARCH FOR "NON-BUSINESS" LIBRARIANS
Helen Katz, Manager, Research and Information Services, Ontario Ministry of Finance.

| Session Presentation (PPT)

Are you an experienced librarian whose subject specialty is not business or finance but you find yourself faced with business reference and research queries on a regular basis? Then this session is for you. Join in as this session is offered as a survey, in laymen's terms, of current and essential Canadian business and financial information. Learn about current Canadian business and finance, essential resources for your collection and how to navigate financial statements and annual reports.