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CLTA NEWS On Friday September 12, 2008 your CLTA executive held its mid-year meeting in Ottawa prior to the weekend meeting of your CLA Executive Council. Betty Thomas, Vice President/President Elect from Halifax, Elaine Kivisto, Secretary/Treasurer from Regina and Director at Large Darryl Lucke also from Regina and I (Jan Harder) from Ottawa were present. As CLTA President, I am also a member of the CLA Council. As you know, in late spring 2008, post CLA 2008 Vancouver, we approached all Public Library Trustees asking that all complete a review of the CLTA constitution and recommend any changes to it. Your executive discussed this input and drafted changes, which will be forwarded to you this fall. As well, we discussed our 2008 and 2009 goals – communications, provincial advisory council, advocacy, and membership. We want all Public Library Trustees in Canada to know that the CLTA is their advocate at the national level. As members of your CLTA executive, we are looking forward to attending as many provincial association conferences as we can. We believe that between the four of us, if we use our geography strategically, we should be able to join you to listen, share and plan together. We are looking for your ideas, Trustees! As you know CLA 2009 is in Montreal, a truly cosmopolitan City, and your CLTA will see that all Canadian public library trustees will have opportunities to meet, learn, share and have fun. I guarantee that you will absolutely enjoy CLA Montreal 2009. It is never too soon to think about candidates for CLTA awards. Check the CLA website www.cla.cafor details and deadlines for the award categories. CLA President Ken Roberts is developing a great closing to Montreal CLA with a slide show of “people in libraries” across Canada. Put your thinking caps on and pick out your best library photo action shots. Send them to barbara.clubb@biblioottawalibrary.caelectronically as j-peg files. Finally, I want to make sure that all library trustees are up to date on copyright. CLA has posted its Brief Unlocking the Public Interest-September 2008 on the now defunct Bill 6-61. It is available at http://tinyurl.com/54olyq Make sure that you and your chief librarian review this complex and very important document at an upcoming board meeting. While the Bill may be defunct, the issue is very much alive and as boards we need to be ready when it is introduced into the new parliament. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me at 613 580-2473 or email at jan.harder@ottawa.ca. Jan Harder
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