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The web has brought a world of information to our fingertips and, in the process, has transformed much of the way we work and live. But now that we have the ability to contribute our own ideas and experiences to the sum of human knowledge that we are building online, the impact of the web is even more powerful.
This shift in how we use the web is already challenging political, business and media leaders to rethink the ways in which they operate. But what about education? Our model of schooling hasn.t changed significantly in over 100 years, and it continues to be resistant to change in any meaningful ways.
Yet in this new world of global connections, of powerful personal learning opportunities online, of shifting notions of information and knowledge, we must begin to re-envision the basic foundations of teaching and learning. If we don.t, if we sit back and watch the world change without us, we risk our relevance and our ability to prepare our students for the world in which they will live and work.

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As OLA’s copyright expert, Margaret Wilkinson will provide a status report on the current status of amendments to the Copyright Act.  With the fall election, work has slowed, but the concerns of the library community, particularly with respect to access to digital information and technical protections measures, need to be in our on-going conversations with policy-makers.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.pdf)

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Cette session intéractive présente des idées sur les ressources utilisées dans une bibliothèque académique et les fournisseurs de livres et revues académiques.

An interactive workshop presenting resources and vendors for academic libraries purchasing French language resources.

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Hear experts from Ontario.s most successful Friends group and Public Library Foundation. How do charitable organizations and foundations operate and raise funds for their library? Some groups undertake one major fundraiser annually or smaller, innovative fundraisers which generate excellent funds and publicity in their community. Deepen your understanding of the role of friends groups and foundations in generating funds for your library.

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FOCAL

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Learn how libraries in Ontario are leveraging the full range of services/solutions and technologies being developed by Knowledge Ontario to extend their services, budgets and influence in the community.

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When you are behind bars, the library becomes an important link to your successful re-entry into the community. How do prison libraries balance the order and quiet of the library with the noise and confusion of a penitentiary while effectively providing resources to help with an offender.s successful reintegration into society? Clearly a prison librarian has many unique challenges.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.ppt)

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Ask a classroom of students to research sources based on their personal value system. Then, take a picture. This is what confusion looks like. Still, the ability to factor personal values into the evaluation and selection process is a component in the ACRL Competency Standards for Information Literacy. Presenting comparative analysis of the ways that various iterations of information literacy objectives manage the connection between values and IL development. The LIS literature is reviewed to determine if/how this discussion is taking place in theory or practice. Explore strategies for dealing with the issue of values and information literacy and receive suggestions for further research to encourage and guide continuing discussion.

Resources:
Handout (.doc)
Bibliography (.doc)

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It is important to take an holistic approach to the design and examination of library spaces; here, library practice is informed by the results of research, and research results are enriched by using the University of Toronto Mississauga.s Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre as a practical context. By working collaboratively, the LIS researcher reviewed issues such as student behaviour, noise, furniture, security, etc. Explore this collaborative researcher-practitioner partnership and learn tips on creating spaces for student success.

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The process of achieving tenure, continuing appointment or permanent positions in academic institutions can be mysterious to librarians new to the environment. Librarians who have achieved tenure will describe their activities and how they created a successful portfolio, based on vaguely-worded paragraphs in a collective agreement. On the other side, librarians experienced in evaluating promotion and tenure packages will elaborate on the elements that committees consider in their deliberations and new criteria being developed at some institutions to promote clarity in the process.

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Session Presentation Sarah Coysh (.pdf)
Session Presentation Maura Matesic (.ppt)

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The James A. Gibson Library at Brock University opened its new Matheson Learning Commons in September 2008. In addition to the library.s resources, the Learning Commons will include a number of on-campus services used by students for their academic needs. In the fall of 2008, a series of focus groups were conducted to explore how the new Learning Commons impacts students. learning and research needs. The research results from this qualitative study provide rich detail about how a Learning Commons space in an academic library is interpreted from the students. perspective.

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Session Presentation (.ppt)

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There is a growing demand for rapid response reviews from health-care administrators and decision makers to support quick decision making and tight timelines. Discuss search techniques used by the Information Services department of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) to support the rapid response reviews produced by CADTH.s Health Technology Inquiry Service (HTIS). Specific techniques discussed include: use of study type .filters. or .hedges. in order to reduce search results, focussed grey literature searching and database selection.

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Session Presentation (.ppt)

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Whether they involve a consortium of libraries or a single branch library, successful projects share common attributes. Learn how to identify attributes and outline project management techniques and practices that will help guide your project toward the desired goals and avoid some common pitfalls along the way. Sam is an experienced project manager and co-ordinator of the 2007 LibQUAL Canada Survey Project.

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Session Presentation (.ppt)

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As we plan for new buildings or renovations, we want to be responsible to our environment and our budgets. We read more and more about green building solutions, but where to start? Introducing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System (LEED®), learn more about sustainability strategies, community plans and green building policies.

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This is your opportunity to plug into this new and exciting professional development program for Ontario.s public library boards to engage in working to strengthen their community leadership capacity. Find out what Leadership by Design has in store for you and your board.

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A story hour for grown-ups? Why not?! Adult storytimes can focus on a variety of styles and formats, from suspense and ghost stories to literary fiction and classics, story discussion groups to parent/child programs to podcasts. They can fit any size venue and any size budget. They can draw people to your library, or bring your library into the community. Starting with his own successful .Thrilling Tales. story hour, David will share a variety of programs libraries around the country, and give you all the ideas and inspiration you need to get started with your very own story program for adults.

Resources:
Session Presentation (.doc)

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Join an Evergreen developer on a tour of the architecture and source code of the Evergreen library system. Ride the service-oriented architecture wave with OpenSRF build user interfaces in XUL, Pylons, and Dojo define search indexes and business logic in PostgreSQL and create your own discovery layer. Get ready to get your hands dirty with Evergreen . this will be a session filled with code!

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Session Presentation Dan Scott

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What is involved in converting Voyager MARC data to Primo Normalized XML
during the implementation of the Primo discovery tool? This session will
discuss the types of changes made to the default Primo rules, testing
procedures and the decisions involved in the process based on the experience
of the Tri-Universities Group (University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier
University, University of Guelph).  Come and learn about Primo, about data
conversion and testing, and how to handle data in a consortial environment.

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The Internet offers a wealth of free scholarly resources mixed with finding tools that point to commercial resources your library may already have access to. Two major resources of this type are Google Book Search and Google Scholar. Free applications of OpenURL technology have the potential to help patrons deal with the free/not-free mix. Introducing the use of Google Books and Google Scholar for academic research and demonstrating free services such as browser plugins from OCLC and LibX which use OpenURL services. Including an explanation of the COinS standard used in Wikipedia and elsewhere as applied to these tools.

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Session Presentation (.ppt)

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What are the advantages of using technology to carry out usability testing? Using software to perform remote usability testing can be very illuminating. Learn how qualitative and quantitative aspects of interface usability can be examined using remote usability software. Hear about experiences using software and online technology during usability testing.

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Session Presentation (.pps)

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Learn how to get teens excited about reading! Examine why certain books are hits with reluctant teen readers while others fall flat. Discuss how to partner with local teachers and community groups to get teens reading, and how the Internet can be used to put teens in touch with authors and other teen readers.

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Session Handout (.doc)

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The Public Library Act sets out the conditions of free public library service. To lead and support our public libraries, trustees need a keen understanding of the parameters outlined in the Act. Review the key elements, and the perspectives on how the Act is used at the Trustee and CEO level. Also of interest to library students.

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Session Presentation Rod Sawyer (.ppt)

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Organizations, now more than ever before, need engaged employees.  The annual Best Small & Medium Employees study has been helping Canadian companies for years – not only increase their levels of engagement and excel at developing high performance cultures – but also to get listed on the Top 50 in the Globe and Mail. Learn more about Hr challenges, the study, and how your organization can benefit from participating.

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Session Presentation (.ppt)
Biography Einar Westerlund (.doc)

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Using a new .social marketing. tool (PRIZM) the Mississauga Library System has examined who lives around each of its 18 branch locations and who uses and doesn.t use their library. With this tool marketing plans have been developed to reach out to wider usage by the local population based on their profile.

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Session Presentation (.pdf)

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First Nations Public Library Week is a multi-level, multi-purpose program that encourages all Ontario libraries to join in its celebration.  In First Nation communities, this Week is an opportunity to promote public library services and to celebrate the cultural uniqueness.  Librarians celebrate the week through creative library programming within the community.  In non-native communities, it’s an opportunity to increase awareness of Ontario’s First Nation peoples and make available materials that portray First Nations through training, programming and displays. First Nations Public Library Week 2009 takes place February 9-14.  Session participants have an opportunity to listen to First Nation public librarians share their ideas for celebration suggestions including programming, activities and resources.

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The opportunity to learn to read and write is taken for granted in Canada, However, in the developing world, children and in particular girls, cannot assume even a basic education as a right. Right to Read/Write to Read is a national creative writing contest for students in grades 4 to 8. Ken Oppel, a notable Canadian author will write the first paragraph of a story, and participants will create the middle and ending! The plot will be linked to the literacy work of World Literacy of Canada, and the winning entries will be published. Public and school libraries seeking meaningful youth projects will benefit from hearing about this special World Literacy of Canada project.

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The medium of graphic novels, historically, has not been afforded the same respect as other forms of artictic expression, despite its contributions to literature. Find out how to contextuaize the medium within the larger sphere of art and literature, de-mystify the selection process, and help address graphic novels as the excellent literary resources they are.

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Employers and employees can come together to create an environment that is engaging, rewarding, nourishing and high performance. Come learn key strategies that both employers and employees can use to align expectations, improve communications and make the most of diverse work styles. Organizations can succeed when employers and employees better understand one another, agree upon what is at stake and implement plans for moving forward in a positive way that benefits all.

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Picture books are bicultural in that they share qualities of reading and of visual arts. Engage readers in visual literacy by teaching them to read illustrations, as well as text, for information. Discover picture books which captivate students on a variety of levels, addressing content of the elementary science curriculum.

Resources:
Handout (.pdf)

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Technology, customer lifestyle habits and competition are forcing libraries to change rapidly in order to be relevant and vital to the people of the communities they serve.  In a time of revolutionary thinking and strategic change, Lauree Vallery is here to help.  As Chief Experience Officer at Experience Renewal Solutions Inc. (ERS), Lauree Vallery will share useful techniques and hints to help your library board move forward in this exciting time of change.  Lauree will also share insights from a recent library study conducted for the Middlesex County Library Board of Ontario.  The techniques used in this study will aid library boards looking to their many stakeholders to help them plot the path to the future.