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In its annual “person of the year” issue, Time Magazine reflected a shift in our culture by electing “YOU” in place of the traditional leaders and thinkers such as FDR, Ghandi or Martin Luther King, Jr. Thanks to the democratization of the Internet and what is now known as Web 2.0,anyone with a computer is given equal footing and the ability to be heard. In today’s self-broadcasting world, if you have an opinion, you can publish a blog, post a video on YouTube, or alter an entry on Wikipedia. But is this really such a good thing? Our “cut and paste” on-line culture in which intellectual property is freely swapped, downloaded, remashed, and aggregated, threatens over 200 years of copyright protection and intellectual property rights, robbing artists, authors, journalists, musicians, editors, and producers of the fruits of their creative labours. The Cult of the Amateur shows us how the anonymity that Web 2.0 offers calls into question the reliability of the information. Unconstrained by professional standards, editorial filters, or at the very least, traditional libel laws, anonymous bloggers and videographers can manipulate public opinion and pass off biased opinion as facts. The distinction between expert and amateur, author and audience becomes blurred and the results can be devastating.

The San Francisco Chronicle recently wrote that "every good movement needs a contrarian. Web 2.0 has Andrew Keen." Andrew is indeed the leading contemporary critic of citizen media. His controversial The Cult of the Amateur: How Today's Internet Is Killing Our Culture looks at the economic, ethical and social dangers of the Web 2.0 revolution. Born and bred in North London's Golders Green neighborhood, Andrew was educated at London University, where he graduated with a First Class Honors degree in Modern History. Today he is the host of the Internet chat show afterTV.com and regularly appears on television and radio. His writing can be found on his CultoftheAmateur blog, his ZDNet column, as well as in traditional publications like the Weekly Standard, Fast Company, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

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Anchor activities? Orbitals? Add something new to your teaching repertoire by including Differentiated Instruction strategies into your library program. Get your questions answered about what differentiated learning is, how it looks, and how to deliver it effectively. School libraries are already natural environments for differentiated learning and find concrete examples that will extend the potential for student success.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)
Handouts:  Selected Resources 2007 | Teenage Brain - Partners | Opportunities in the School Library | Multiple Intelligences | Plagiarised Teaching/Learning | Steps to Avoid Plagiarism | PowerPoint Task Card | Sort Cards Task Card | Research Skills for Students Task Card

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Discover how to showcase your library and create a customer driven environment. Learn creative ways to achieve a fresh experience for your patrons on each and every visit. Receive ideas to increase traffic and to improve the efficient use of your floor space. Make your library more user friendly at the same time you make more profitable use of your space.

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Use PowerPoint presentations in a practical and fun training session for staff and the public. Spice up “the same old stuff” with these exciting resources and examples for adding quizzes and games to your presentations to make learning more enjoyable.

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Use your book award programs as a vehicle for teaching and promoting virtuous characters and behaviours. Teacher-librarians are well-positioned to incorporate character education into their partners units and novel studies. Learn strategies and resources to create a culture of virtue in your library and school, use exemplary resources as set inductions for partners units, teach specific character traits and behaviours in the library, and promote character in the library and among staff and students.

Resources:
Handout - Books for Building Character (.doc)
Handout - Grade 7 Language lesson (.doc)
Handout - Grade 10 Civics lesson (.doc)
Handout - Grade 10 Careers activity (.doc)

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Explore the nature of the relationship between librarians and library technicians. What is your perspective on these two similar and yet different groups that share common goals and values? How do we foster teamwork and relationship building? Can we uncover ways to improve and promote a healthy working and collaborative environment? A diverse panel of librarians and technicians will explore their personal experience. Come prepared to participate and share your thoughts.

Resources:
Session Presentation - Part 1 | Part 2 (.ppt)

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E-Approval plans or Virtual Approval plans are quite new and are only just being introduced in academic libraries. An innovative partnership between the University of Guelph and Humber College (Guelph-Humber) brought about a need to look more imaginatively at provision of library services in the partnership environment. This unique institution required an equally unique approach to its collection development service. Working with Bibliocentre, a consortium service providing acquisition services for libraries, and Blackwell Book Services, an e-Approval system was established. Come listen to how we made it work in a complex environment and learn if this is the right approach for you.

3:45 PM

Many students who speak English as a second language face major challenges in trying to meet academic demands and expectations at university, particularly with using the resources in the library for their research. This session illustrates how librarians and ESL specialists can play more active roles in helping ESL students cope effectively with their academic assignments.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.pdf)

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Discover strategies for integrating the Smartboard (interactive whiteboard) into your information literacy program. Explore the use of graphic organizers (Smart Ideas), Smart Video and Smart notebook and other ideas to involve students in collaborative inquiry projects.

Resources:
Handout (.doc)

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Do librarians personally conduct their research in the ways that they recommend to their patrons? Results of a study undertaken to discover discrepancies between how academic librarians seek information for themselves and how they instruct others to do so will be presented. These findings have implications for information literacy, library instruction, and the usability of library interfaces that provide access to information. The issue of whether or not the right way of doing research is changing will also be discussed.

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The NNLH is working to ensure that all health care providers in Canada have equal access to the best information for patient care. Find out about the history and recent developments toward this goal.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)

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Learn how the Windsor Public Library has standardized its IT using Open Source solutions with new innovations including turn-key public access computers with use of multi-function copiers for printing, faxing and scanning, wireless hotspots, VoIP and social software.

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Curious about the Canada Project? Come to a roundtable discussion about this new initiative aimed at the digitization and sharing all of Canada’s published heritage.  Come learn about the possibilities, innovations, and challenges behind this open collaboration and how this project will impact the average Canadian.

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The virtual world of Second Life has been a hot topic both in media and in the library community. Some view it as a game-like entertainment; others believe it is the next major information channel. Discover what libraries are doing in this innovative environment and why they invest time and energy in a virtual world. Examine Second Life from a variety of viewpoints reference services, administration, national initiatives, public libraries and non-profit organizations.

Resources:
Session Presentation Donna Bourne-Tyson and Krista Godfrey (.ppt)

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Listen as the Ministry of Culture outlines its new structure, describes the role it perceives for itself supporting public library services, and shares its vision for library services in the future.

Recent legislation and regulations that affect public library governance and operations are summarized and the implications detailed.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.pdf)

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Now Session 1212 on Friday at 2:10 PM.
Moved to eliminate conflict.

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Un survol d'une méthode pour établir une collection pour les enfants et la jeunesse qui vise le curriculum de l'Ontario. Comment déterminer le contenu, les forces, les faiblesses et les besoins d'une collection pour les enfants et la jeunesse. Cet atelier intéressera les bibliothécaires d'écoles de français langue première, de français langue seconde ou d'immersion, et les bibliothécaires publiques qui développent des collections pour répondre aux besoins des jeunes francophones.

An overview of how to set up a French children's collection. This French-language workshop will help you determine the contents, strengths and weaknesses of your French-language library collections for children and youth. Librarians who work in French first-language schools, in French second-language or immersion schools, and public librarians who develop French collections for children and youth will benefit.

EN FRANÇAIS / IN FRENCH

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Your campus is teeming with opportunities to apply your library services in innovative ways, but without the right marketing know-how, youre probably missing them. Set your inner marketer free to identify and uniquely fulfill your patrons needs. Learn about marketing principles that help you see the niches and unmet needs in your academic community. Discover simple marketing strategies that allow you to take full advantage of the opportunities you uncover and delight your patrons. Think creatively regarding library marketing on campus. Gain access to the Library Marketing Wiki where you can share your ideas and successes with fellow attendees. Join us for a rousing talk thats sure to awaken the marketer in you!

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)

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Would you like to integrate technology skills into your literacy lessons? By establishing a culture of critical thinking through Literature and Information Circles, Webquests become a natural extension for independent student research. Well explore the development of a scaffolded school plan to take the students through these stages of learning. Practical strategies and systems to run these learning activities will be woven in with a model to design Webquests. These on-line scavenger hunts are purposeful reading tasks that turn kids on!

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)

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Leadership by Design, OLBA’s ambitious multi--pronged plan to help library boards increase their capacity as community leaders and partners, was launched at the 2007 Super Conference.

This session reviews the project for those unfamiliar with its planned approach over the next three years to the end of the current appointment term. Elements of Leadership by Design already introduced in the first year will be reconsidered and the next stage of operation introduced for your consideration and comment.

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Kathy Kacer finds herself on the winners podium once more and she has again thrilled her young fans. L.M. Falcone makes her first trip to the winners circle. Find out why they have been so successful. A conversation to remember.

S&B Books
Official wholesaler for OLA's Forest of Reading.

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Use YouTube to market your library or share information with your community. Go on a tour of what other libraries are revealing on YouTube and discuss its uses for your environment. Be inspired by how to use YouTube to your full advantage at your library or information service.

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Darrel Skidmore has a broad range of experiences leading major organizations and has worked extensively as a consultant in the private and not-for-profit sectors. He has worked with libraries across Canada helping them with strategic positioning with all levels of government.

Learn what the key elements are that create high performing organizations and how to translate those crucial factors into positioning your library for success. You must pay particular attention to positioning your library with:

• Primary clientele 
• Future customers
• Key decision makers including local and provincial politicians
• The business community 
• Potential donors

The ideas are highly practical in nature with straight-forward steps for immediate implementation. This is a companion session to “Powerful Media Strategies for Libraries” (Session 1013, Friday, 9:05 am).

Sponsored by the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries.

3:45 PM

Get your pencils ready! Discover 25 (maybe even 26) critical behaviors, attitudes and activities you'll want to master to hit the ground running at your new job. From knowing what to watch for at your new workplace, to knowing what to ask about, whom to ask it from, what to embrace and what to avoid, get the tools you need to succeed and make a difference in your work.

Resources:
Handout (.wps)

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What "tips" your school library program from a predictable, reactive program into a dynamic collaborative playground that meets the needs of all your students? Nouveau and vintage teacher-librarians from both panels share their secrets, gimmicks and "tried and true" ideas that have worked for them. You will hear and view, via multi-media, exciting strategies that can enhance any program.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)
- Handouts
The Tipping Point and Your School Library Program (.doc)
Thank You For: (.doc)
Partners Library Coupons 1 (.pdf)
Partners Library Coupons 2 (.pdf)

3:45 PM

Hamilton Public Library’s 2007 One Book, One City program was a powerful force for change in the community. Using art as the mother tongue of all citizens, the library joined its local arts council and community foundation to focus attention on poverty. The Hamilton Public Library and Arts Hamilton will discuss their unique partnership – building on the power of one book, and inviting individuals to interpret the poverty theme through music, storytelling, quilting, documentary making and painting. The project succeeded in attracting new Canadians, street involved youth, seniors, local schools, and health educators. A month-long focus on OBOC events culminated with a visit to Hamilton by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario James K. Bartleman, who shared his own personal story of using literacy as a path to a better future. This unique project was cited by the Caldeon Institute of Social Policy in Ottawa as an exemplary model "of how to collectively engage hearts, change attitudes and address the complex issue of poverty."