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Every Child Ready to Read @ your library®
Every Child Ready to Read
@ your library® is an early literacy initiative from the American Library Association
that is radically redefining the early literacy role of US libraries. Based on
the latest research, it is an integrated approach to early literacy that seamlessly
connects sharing good books with the six skills necessary for reading success.
This hands-on workshop will train and empower you to present three dynamic workshops
designed for parents and childcare providers which show them how to bond with
babies through books, practice dialogic reading with toddlers, and promote phonological
awareness to preschoolers, all using great literature. Most importantly, you'll
leave with a new role for your library in your community!
Speaker:
Saroj Ghoting, Early Childhood Literacy Consultant with over 25 years of experience
conducting storytimes and training library staff, parents, and childcare workers
on early literacy. She has been a children's librarian and Early Childhood Services
Coordinator for the Montgomery County (MD) Public Libraries and most recently
a consultant and trainer for PLA/ALSC's Every Child Ready to Read @ your library®
program, which she has presented across the United States.
This session will
be of interest to: Children's and youth services librarians as well as school
librarians Saroj
Ghoting • Hyperlink Web
Site [off-site] S1.
Opening the Book: Planning the National Network for Equitable Library Service
for Print-Disabled Canadians
CLA unanimously endorsed the need
for a nationwide network comprised of public and priva t e sector partnerships
to deliver an equitable library service for Canadians who cannot read print due
to a disability. In response to the CLA resolution, a working group was struck
to develop a “made in Canada solution” for making this service a reality. This
workshop is aimed at bringing together key stakeholders including consumers, special
need service providers in libraries, government representatives, alternative format
producers, the Learning Disabilities Association, and the CNIB to strategize implementation
of the plan. Results from this workshop will be presented at a separate session
during the conference to delegates.
Facilitators: Paul Whitney, Chair,
Council on Access for Print-Disabled Canadians Rosemary Griebel, Customer Service
Manager, Diversity Services, Calgary Public Library, AB
This session will
be of interest to: Key stakeholders on the issue of library services to people
who have a print disability.
Keynote
Presentations  Dave
Snowden
Social Complexity: from
Individuals to Identities and from Hierarchies to Networks
Knowledge
management as a main line function in organizations is in decline, with many of
the functions becoming “business as usual” locating into HR, IT and other functional
silos. For those who saw knowledge management as a new way of thinking about the
organization and society the emergent discipline of social complexity is providing
a new, and scientifically based focus for their work. Social complexity deals
with the inherent uncertainties of human interactions, the pattern basis of human
intelligence and the role of networks in enabling self organizing and resilient
communities. This presentation will introduce delegates to social complexity and
will more specifically look at two applications of the discipline: the use of
narrative and sense making databases as a mechanism for knowledge storage and
transmission and the resolution of intractable problems through the stimulation
of cross silo informal networks both within and across the boundaries of the organization.
<coming
soon ~ streamed video of Mr. Snowden's keynote address>
 David
Bollier
Librarians as Stewards of
the Commons
As new digital technologies transform the ways in which people access and use
information, some impertinent questions come to mind: Why are libraries still
important? Can’t the marketplace and the Internet take on most of the tasks that
libraries have historically performed? Do we really need libraries?
David
Bollier, an author, activist and leading American advocate of “the commons,” argues
that l i b raries play an indispensable role in democratic societies – but that
role needs to be re-articulated and re-asserted for the digital age. The freedom
to read; to create new works; to share information; and to participate in democratic
culture could not be more important. Yet paradoxically, even as information becomes
more ubiquitous than ever, these freedoms are under siege. The music, film, book
publishing and information industries are winning alarming new expansions of copyright
and trademark law, which criminalize familiar types of collaboration, sharing
and re-use of works. Digital rights management and other technological locks are
privatizing information and shrinking the public’s traditional fair use rights.
One-sided contracts and international treaties are giving large corporations new
legal rights at the expense of individuals, creators and libraries. Libraries
are at the forefront of the effort to challenge these trends and to preserve the
public’s rights to creativity and knowledge. This work, which must be fortified
and expanded, could be greatly strengthened over the long term by talking about
the commons. The commons is a philosophical platform that explains the resources
we share in common, as opposed to those that are privately owned and traded through
the market. Libraries are preeminent stewards of the commons because they are
trustees for our shared legacy of creativity and knowledge. Bollier will explain
how libraries can use the commons paradigm to re-position themselves in today’s
political and cultural climate, and reassert their mission with greater clarity. <Click
here
to watch Mr. Bollier's keynote address>
 Session
Presentations Leadership
Track ~ A. The 8Rs Canadian Library
Human Resource Study: News from the Front
Libraries
are at a pivotal point of change with expanded services, upcoming retirements,
new technologies, and shifting staff competencies. How do you rediscover the library
movement in a time of flux? The 8Rs Canadian Library Human Resource Study research
team will present findings from two years of research into organizational and
individual perspectives on the state of library human resources, looking at where
we have been and where we are going.
Speakers: Ernie Ingles, Associate
Vice-President (Learning Systems) and Chief Librarian, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB, and the 8Rs Research Team 8Rs
Research Team • Microsoft PowerPoint
Show Leadership
Track ~ C. Library Service Portfolios: Applying Business Models to Library Planning
A library’s service portfolio is defined as its grouping of services and programs
to meet clients needs. Funding and resource constraints, coupled with changing
client expectations, require libraries to effectively manage their service portfolios
by determining which services to add, enhance or discontinue. Library service
portfolio planning can benefit through the adoption – and adaptation of business
models. Burwell and Jones discuss the models and their work with libraries in
academic, public and corporate sectors to review and plan their service portfolio,
and Humphrey describes how Calgary Public approaches portfolio management. In
this session participants will learn: -
Why it is important to develop a process for service planning
-
The models/tools/techniques for portfolio planning
- How
to begin applying the tools in your library
Speakers:
Bonnie Burwell, Burwell Information Services; Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates;
Ellen G. Humphrey, Assistant Director, Calgary Public Library Bonnie
Burwell/Rebecca Jones • Presentation
Slides [pdf] /
Ellen Humphrey
• Microsoft
PowerPoint Show Technology
Track ~ A. Keeping Current: Gadgets & Tools
Join our experienced
Internet librarians for a fast-paced look at new gadgets in the marketplace which
can help your work, home and office and will definitely stimulate your thinking
about new ways of doing things with technology. Then pick up tips and techniques
for dealing with one of the biggest challenges for info pros – keeping up with
all the changes in our industry. Speakers provide lots of ideas and strategies
for improving your chances of staying in step with our fast-changing online information
world.
Speakers:
Barbara Fullerton, Director, Law Library, Locke Liddell & Sapp; Aaron Schmidt,
Reference Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Public Library; Gary Price, Publisher,
ResourceShelf.com & Co-author, “The Invisible Web” Barbara
Fullerton • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show Technology
Track ~ B. Blogging & RSS: Applications
& Technology
This session starts with a solid grounding in
the technology and applications of Web logs. It uses real world examples from
a variety of libraries to illustrate applications and best practices in the information
community. It discusses the tools and software necessary to get started, some
advanced tools, like RSS (Really Simple Syndication), to improve production and
delivery for Web logs/blogs, and highlights tips and tricks from experienced practitioners.
Speakers: Darlene Fichter, Data Library Co-ordinator, University of
Saskatchewan & President, Northern Lights Internet Solutions; Randy Reichardt,
Information Services Librarian (Engineering), Science & Technology, University
of Alberta; Aaron Schmidt, Reference Librarian, Thomas Ford Memorial Public Library;
Steven Cohen, Librarian, PubSub Concepts Inc. and Editor, LibraryStuff.Net, New
York, USA Darlene
Fichter • Hyperlink
to Presentation [off-site] / Randy Reichardt • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show Technology
Track ~ C.
Wireless Communities & Libraries
Wi-Fi is a fast growing expectation
in many different communities – public libraries and their municipalities, academic
campuses, smart buildings and public spaces, and more. This session addresses
the issues of changing wireless technologies, setting policies for patrons as
well as visitors, potential applications, and more. Join our panel as they share
their expertise, experiences, strategies and learnings.
Speakers: Rich
Wiggins, Michigan State University; Michael Vandenburg, Database Librarian, Kingston
Frontenac Public Library Rich
Wiggins • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show / Michael Vandenburg • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 1.
Building Community Support for a New Library – The Seattle Experience
Join
Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library, as she discusses Seattle’s
journey to build its world class library. Deborah will share her insights and
perspectives including how the library rallied community support and translated
the community’s ideas into a vision for this innovative 21st century library.
Speaker: Deborah Jacobs, City Librarian, Seattle Public Library, Seattle,
Washington, USA
This session, organized by the Canadian Association of Public
Libraries, will be of interest to: Public librarians, CEOs, trustees, politicians
Stream: Advocacy and Public Relations Deborah
Jacobs • Speaking
Notes [pdf] 4.
Multilingual Services: Trials and Tribulations
Serving the multilingual
communities in British Columbia’s lower mainland libraries has met with many trials
and tribulations. In celebrating cultural diversity in communities in the Fraser
Valley, Richmond, and Surrey, libraries use different types of access to collections,
outreach programs to seek, serve and encourage multilingual groups to use the
library. This panel discussion will review the British Columbia Library Association’s
Multilingual Services Committee’s proposals for multilingual collection development,
share various libraries’ experiences in handling world language donations, access
to collections, partnership and outreach programs.
Panelists: Barbara
Buxton, Chair, BCLA Multilingual Services Committee, Community Services Librarian,
Port Moody Public Library, BC; Ada Con, Diversity Services and Programming Co-ordinator,
Fraser Valley Regional Library – Maple Ridge Public Library, BC; Wendy Jang, Librarian,
Multilingual Services, Richmond Public Library, BC; Ravi Basi, Multicultural Outreach
Librarian, Surrey Public Library – Newton Library, BC
This session will be
of interest to: Public librarians with interest in multicultural collections and
services
Stream: Services Wendy
Jang • Microsoft PowerPoint
Show / Ada
Con • Microsoft PowerPoint
Show / Barbara
Buxton • Handouts
[pdf] 5.
Volunteer Web Teams - Making the Most of a Good Thing!
Adding volunteers
to your Web Team can produce incredible results! This inside view of the AALT
Web Team demonstrates how to set up a team of volunteers with virtually no Web
skills and mobilize them to achieve award-winning results for your site.
Speakers:
Cynthia Beuselinck, Director, Inet-Toolbox Training & Technology Services
Inc., Calgary, AB; Dianne Guidera, Library Trustee, Rocky Mountain Public Library,
AB
This session will be of interest to: Library staff looking to expand their
Web sites but can’t afford a professional Web team
Stream: Management Cynthia
Beuselinck • Presentation
Slides [off-site, pdf] • Welcome
Letter for Team [off-site, txt]
AALT
Guidelines for Online Meetings [off-site, pdf] 6.
Helping Small Business to Rediscover Library Services
Small businesses
in Canada have innumerable information needs, from market research to government
funding programs, to trademarks, to labelling regulations, but rarely use a library.
Instead, the federal and provincial agencies fund small resource centres with
business advisors to assist small businesses. This session will provide an overview
of the types of information needed by small business - their information “hot-buttons”.
It will guide you in finding where the small businesses are, how they use information,
who’s currently providing it, and how you can attract them to your public library
or the business section of your university or college library. Maggie will base
her presentation on research she has done recently on behalf of the Canada-Ontario
Business Service Centre.
Speaker: Maggie Weaver, Principal, Shaftesbury
Associates, Toronto, ON
This session, organized with the support of the CLA
Business Information Interest Group, will be of interest to: Public, special and
academic library reference staff and management
Stream: Trends and
Research Maggie
Weaver • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 9.
Building Community Support for a New Library: Canadian Perspectives
Despite
predictions that libraries are not needed in the computer age, the opposite has
proven to be true. As a large portion of our aging Canadian library buildings
become unable to support our users, growing collections, services and technology,
cities are faced with the reality of major capital projects. Join an informative
panel discussion on building community and political support, partnerships and
innovative funding strategies for new library buildings.
Panelists:
Rick Walker, CEO, Winnipeg Public Library, MB; Todd Pennell, Executive Director,
Winnipeg Library Foundation, MB; Jane Horrocks, CEO, Richmond Hill Public Library,
ON
This session will be of interest to: Public librarians, CEOs, trustees,
politicians, vendors
Stream: Advocacy and Public Relations Rick
Walker • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 10.
Trends and Transformations in the E-Resource Environment
The environment
for electronic resources has consistently and rapidly changed since the advent
of Web-based products several years ago. This session will investigate the present
e-resource situation and look at what will likely emerge from this environment
for consortia, vendors, and individual libraries with regard in particular to
licensing practice.
Speakers: Jerremie Clyde, Director, Library Services,
St. Mary’s University College, Calgary, AB; Andrew Waller, Serials Librarian,
University of Calgary Library, AB; Ed Roche, Director of Sales, EBSCO Information
Services, Ipswich, MA, USA
This session will be of interest to: Academic and
public librarians, especially collections librarians, vendors
Stream:
Trends and Research Ed
Roche • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 14.
The USA PATRIOT Act and Personal Privacy for Canadians
Libraries
and other organizations are now aware confidential data held by American companies
a revulnerable to the USA PATRIOT Act orders. The BC Information and Privacy Commissioner
examined the issues in depth. How does the USA PATRIOT Act affect libraries with
contracts with US companies for computer maintenance contracts, collection agencies,
and database providers. Find out about the policy issues and practical concerns
of dealing with the USA PATRIOT Act.
Panelists: Michael Vonn, Policy
Director, B.C. Civil Liberties Association; Dr. Margaret Anne Wilkinson, Professor,
Faculty of Law and Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario,
London, ON; Brian Campbell, Systems and Special Projects Director, Vancouver Public
Library, BC
This session will be of interest to: Librarians and trustees interested
in privacy issues
Stream: Advocacy and Public Relations Dr.
Margaret Anne Wilkinson • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 16.
Connect and Reflect: Let’s Meet the Library Service and Program Needs of the Aboriginal
Community!
Aboriginal peoples are important members of our communities,
but have often been underserved by public libraries in urban centres. In this
presentation, members of Edmonton Public Library’s Library Services for Aboriginal
Peoples (LSAP) Task Force will share with you the process they undertook and the
realizations they made through their work. Also, how these will be used to guide
actions to respond to the library service and program needs of the Aboriginal
community in Edmonton.
Speakers: Howard Saunders, Manager, Highlands
and Penny McKee-Abbottsfield Branches, Edmonton Public Library, AB; Reegan D.
Breu, Intern Librarian, Edmonton Public Library, AB
This session will be of
interest to: Public librarians
Stream: Advocacy and Public Relations Howard
Saunders/Reegan Breu • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 17.
From Ice Storms to Blackouts, from Floods to Fire Bombings: Disaster Planning
and Recovery for Libraries
The last few years have seen numerous
climatic events, power failures and acts of violence that have touched libraries
and challenged library operations and recoveries. Listen to colleagues and experts
in the field, share their stories and learn how they have met and surpassed some
extraordinary situations.
Speakers: Becky Rogers, Chief Librarian,
Peterborough Public Library, ON; Maureen Baron, Coordinator of Educational Technology,
United Talmud Torah and Herzliah High Schools, Montréal, QC; Marion Boon, Manager
of Training, Community Programs, Emergency Management Alberta; Mark Eckley, Senior
Manager, Business Continuity Services, Alberta Justice and Attorney General, AB
This
session, organized by the Canadian Association of Public Libraries, will be of
interest to: Librarians, facility managers, trustees, vendors
Stream:
Trends and Research Marion
Boon • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show • References
[pdf] • Listing
of Emergency Management Organziations [pdf]
Mark Eckley • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 19.
Information Commons or Learning Commons: Lessons Learned to Guide New Initiatives
Planning or thinking about a Commons? A panel of experts from Information
Commons and Learning Commons across Canada will share their thoughts on key lessons
and future considerations for the next generation of Commons managers. There will
be time for questions and discussion.
Panelists: Susan Murphy, Reference
Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan Library, Saskatoon, SK; Susan Beatty,
Head, Information Commons, University of Calgary Library, AB; Terry Nikkel, Head,
Library Systems, Dalhousie University Libraries, Halifax, NS; Dr. Nancy Schmidt,
The Learning Commons, University of Guelph, ON; Tanis Fink, Chief Librarian and
Director, Learning Commons, Seneca College, North York, ON
This session will
be of interest to: Academic and public librarians
Stream: Services Schmidt/Fink/Nikkel/Beatty/Murphy
• Microsoft
PowerPoint Show / Tannis Fink • Handout
[pdf] / Susan Beatty • Handout
[pdf
Terry Nikkel • Handout
[pdf] / Susan Murphy • Handout
[pdf] 21.
Copyright Update
Members of the CLA Copyright Committee will provide
an update on copyright developments in Canada including; the recent Federal Government’s
announcement on its legislative agenda for copyright reform with an emphasis on
digital issues and photographs; the implications of recent court settlements for
libraries; and CLA’s advocacy initiatives on copyright.
Speakers: Don
Butcher, Executive Director, Canadian Library Association, Ottawa, ON; Mary Anne
Epp, Director, Contract Administration and Library Services, Langara College,
Vancouver, BC; Rick Leech, Manager Provincial Court Libraries System, Alberta
Justice, Edmonton, AB; Paul Whitney, City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library,
BC
This session will be of interest to: Public, academic, school and special
librarians and trustees
Stream: Advocacy and Public Relations Don
Butcher • Microsoft PowerPoint
Show
Rick Leech • CCH
Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada: What’s it mean? [pdf] /
CCH
Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society of Upper Canada: Bibliography [pdf] 23.
Community Development Strategies for Library Advocacy
The Alberta
Library and Vancouver Public Library will demonstrate how two diverse campaigns
– from different perspectives – captured the real value of libraries to users
and society to build support for the library “cause”. Learn some of the steps,
from provincial to local library, to plan and implement an advocacy campaign.
Speakers: Karla Palichuk, ALPEN Program Manager, The Alberta Library,
Edmonton, AB; Sharon Hawrelak, Communications Director, The Alberta Library, Edmonton,
AB; Sandra Singh, Director of Branches – East, Vancouver Public Library, BC
This
session will be of interest to: All in the library and information community
Stream:
Advocacy and Public Relations Karla
Palichuck/Sharon Hawrelak • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show / Sandra Singh • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 25.
The Role of Public Knowledge in the Future of the Library Movement
Public
Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems is used to run journals locally in libraries
around the world: by groups ranging from scholarly academic journals to grade
8 girls. Learn about exciting open-source resources and possibilities – from open
access scholarly research to publishing opportunities – now available to the users
of your library.
Speaker: Dr. John Willinsky, Project Director, Public
Knowledge Project, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
This session
will be of interest to: Academic and public librarians, all with interest in public
knowledge
Stream: Trends and Research Dr.
John Willinsky • Presentation
Slides [pdf] 26.
How Well is your College Library Doing?
Need advice on how your
college library meets Standards for Canadian College Libraries 2004? Listen to
a panel reveal a Canada-wide project on individual library statistics and how
these libraries meet benchmarks in services, collections and facilities. Discuss
the challenges as libraries move from traditional benchmarks like volume-counts
to the struggles with evaluating electronic database numbers, usage and statistics.
Panelists: Keith Walker, Manager of Academic Services, Medicine Hat
College Library, AB; Laraine Tapak, Director, Learning & Resource Centres, Thunder
Bay, ON; Marie DeYoung, Director of Library Services & Online Learning, Nova Scotia
Community College, Halifax, NS; Carole Compton-Smith, Library Director, Douglas
College, New Westminster Campus, BC; Gladys Watson, Director of Learning and Resource
Centres, Centennial College, Toronto, ON
This session will be of interest
to: Academic Librarians
Stream: Trends and Research Laraine
Tapak • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 28.
The Notables
CLA’s annual survey of the best Canadian books for
young people! A panel of selection committee chairs will review the titles shortlisted
for the prestigious Book of the Year for Children Award, Amelia-Frances Howard-Gibbon
Award for Illustration, and Young Adult Canadian Book Award. Come meet this year’s
winners!
Speakers: Allison (Haupt) Taylor McBryde, Coordinator of Children’s
and Young Adult Services, North Vancouver District Public Library, BC; Margaret
Kirkpatrick, Children’s Librarian, Carlingwood Branch, Ottawa Public Library,
ON; Lisa Heggum, Youth Services Librarian, Maria A. Shchuka Branch, Toronto Public
Library, ON
This session will be of interest to: Public and school librarians
and all who serve children and youth
Stream: Services Allison
(Haupt) Taylor McBryde • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 30.
After the Crisis: Rebuilding Library Board, Community and Municipal Relations
The high profile that public libraries enjoy and the expectation
of all citizens for excellent library service can lead to discord at times of
crisis. Our panelists will share strategies they adopted to help move their libraries
along “after the crisis.”
Panelists: Sandy Cameron, former CEO, Regina
Public Library, SK; Barbara Clubb, City Librarian, Ottawa Public Library, ON;
Judith Hare, CEO, Halifax Public Libraries, NS
This session will be of interest
to: CEOs, senior management in public libraries, trustees, politicians
Stream:
Advocacy and Public Relations Barbara
Clubb • Microsoft PowerPoint
Show 31.
From Wired to Wireless: Libraries in the Future
What impact will
a wireless world have on library service of the future? Learn about the newest
technologies, trends and future directions in wireless delivery that will expand
and enhance customer service and bring our users into the 21st century.
Speakers:
Ken Roberts, Chief Librarian, Hamilton Public
Library,
ON; Stephen Abram, CLA President, Vice-President of Innovation, SIRSI Corporation,
Toronto, ON; Gerry Meek, Library Director, Calgary Public Library, AB
This
session will be of interest to: IT librarians, library planners, CEOs, vendors
Stream: Technology Stephen
Abram • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show [off-site] 35.
E-Learning the Virtual Classroom and Information Literacy Instruction: Where do
Libraries Fit In?
Is your academic institution moving towards Web-based
courses? How is effective information literacy instruction provided to distance
students or to many students when resources are already stretched? Best practices
and strategies used by University of Calgary and Northern Alberta Institute of
Technology (NAIT) to develop successful online instruction will be discussed.
Speakers: Diane Clark, Supervisor, Information Literacy Instruction,
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Library, Edmonton, AB; Jennifer
Lee, Liaison Librarian, Chemistry, Environmental Science & Planning, Mathematics
& Statistics, MacKimmie Library, University of Calgary, AB
This session will
be of interest to: Academic and instruction librarians, those interested in information
literacy
Stream: Technology Diane
Clarke / Jennifer Lee • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 36.
Serving Customers Who Were Not Born Yesterday: Innovative Seniors’ Programs and
Services
Three years ago, CLA published the “Canadian Guidelines
on Library and Information Services for Older Adults”. Building on those guidelines,
many libraries in Canada have since developed many innovative programs and services
for seniors. Join our panel as they share their ideas on providing a senior-friendly
library experience!
Speakers: Rosemary Griebel, Customer Services Manager,
Diversity Services, Calgary Public Library, AB; Arlene Chan, Manager, City-Wide
Library Services, Toronto Public Library, ON; Desiree Baron, Branch Head, Outreach
Services, Vancouver Public Library, BC
This session, organized with the support
of the CLA Library and Information Services for Older People Interest Group, will
be of interest to: All library staff working with seniors, vendors
Stream:
Services Arlene
Chan/Roseamary Griebel/Desiree Baron • Session
Highlights [pdf] 37.
School Library Advocacy: Let’s Get Going!
There has been a school
library crisis for many years now, but not much seems to be changing. What points
can school librarians make that are more compelling than their decision-makers’
need to “hang tough” in the current environment? Learn how advocacy differs from
public relations and marketing. Learn how to think from the decision-maker’s perspective
rather than your own and how to forge common agendas with those who make the decisions
about school libraries. The presenter, Pat Cavill, helped the American Association
of School Librarians develop a national advocacy plan.
Speaker: Pat
Cavill, President, Pat Cavill Consulting, Calgary, AB
This session will be
of interest to: School librarians, educators
Stream: Advocacy and Public
Relations Pat
Cavill • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 38.
Geographic Searching of Integrated Library Systems: the Good, the Bad, and the
Spatial
The Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) Library is attempting
to interweave GIS software with our ILS. Our goal is to enable graphical searching
(ArcIMS) of our ILS, beginning with our aerial-photograph collection. After creating
this link, we will link to other geo-referenced collections (mineral assessment
and Type II mine reports) catalogued in our ILS.
Speakers: Gerald Burla,
Ice Tigers Information Consulting, Whitehorse, YK; Margaret Donnelly, Research
and Client Services Librarian, Yukon Energy, Mines and Resources Library, Yukon
Government, Whitehorse, YK; Aimee Ellis, Manager, Departmental Library, Yukon
Energy, Mines and Resources Library, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, YT
This
session will be of interest to: Systems, map, academic librarians, vendors
Stream:
Technology Gerald
Burla/Margaret Donnelly/Aimee Ellis • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 39.
Exploring New Spaces in the Public Library: An Approach to Understanding the Potential
of New Broadband Technologies
This session describes a national
research and demonstration project involving intergenerational storytelling using
videoconferencing in public libraries. Librarians, trustees, and information system
managers who attend can: (a) discover a project that will shape technology policy
in public libraries; (b) consider the potential of videoconferencing in the library;
and (c) explore opportunities for collaboration with the researchers.
Speakers:
Cathryn Staring-Parrish, Research Assistant, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
AB; Marco Adria, Associate Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
This
session will be of interest to: Public librarians, trustees, library IT staff
Stream: Trends and Research Cathryn
Staring-Parrish/Marco Adria • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 45.
Digitizing Assets: Managing the Process and Access
To reach the
end-result of a well connected catalogue of easily accessible digital materials,
a great deal of project management goes on behind the scenes. This session will
give you the practical steps that you need to follow in order to complete a digitization
project and make it a success.
Speaker: Alexander Eykelhof, Director,
IT and Colleges Digital Library, Bibliocentre, Toronto, ON
This session will
be of interest to: Library managers, systems coordinators, cataloguer managers
Stream: Technology Alexander
Eykelhof • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 52.
Technology and School Libraries: Defining a Role for Teacher Librarians outside
the Library
Session Information: -
Integrating Information Literacy Standards for school libraries
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Transition of school websites from information sources into instructional material
for teachers and students.
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Combining ICT with library materials to offer flexible resources for access from
school and home
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Professional development for teachers to understand concepts of information and
critical literacy
Speaker:
Richard Beaudry, PhD Student, University of British Columbia, Langley, BC
This
session will be of interest to: Kindergarten to grade 12 teacher librarians and
children’s and youth services librarians who assist students in their research
and homework at public libraries
Stream: Technology Richard
Beaudry • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 53.
The Role of Libraries in a Learning Society: A Multi-Perspective Research Forum
How are libraries, as critical component of Canadian society, focusing
on learning? In this session, research and projects pertaining to the shifting
roles of various sectors of the library community during the transition to a learning
society will be presented.
Speakers: Marlene Asselin, Associate Professor,
Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Catherine
Quinlan, University Librarian, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC;
Wendy Newman, Librarian in Residence, Faculty of Information Studies, University
of Toronto, ON; Jennifer Branch, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University
of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
This session will be of interest to: Academic, public,
school, special librarians, library technicians, students, new professionals,
trustees
Stream: Trends and Research Jennifer
Branch • Microsoft
PowerPoint Show 54.
En français, SVP! French Children’s Programming in Anglophone Schools and Libraries
How do you share children’s books in French to serve minority Francophone
families and French Immersion students? Learn strategies and great titles for
read-alouds and book talks for children birth to grade 6, using translated and
French titles. Note: session is in English but demonstrations are in French.
Speaker:
Todd Kyle, Manager, Central Children’s Department, Mississauga Public Library,
ON
This session will be of interest to: Children’s librarians, programmers
Stream: Service Todd
Kyle • Handout [pdf] 55.
Moving Ahead: Progress through Performance Management
Productivity
and good working relationships, supported by effective performance management
are crucial to achieving organizational goals. This session examines good practice
in performance management through a process developed for the University of Alberta
Libraries. Topics covered: Basics of performance management; How to engage supervisors
and staff members in performance management.
Speakers: Kathleen DeLong,
Associate Director (Finance & Human Resources), University of Alberta Libraries,
Edmonton, AB; Indira Haripersed, Officer for Staff Development and Training, University
of Alberta Libraries, Edmonton, AB
This session will be of interest to: Anyone
involved or interested in staff performance
Stream: Management Kathleen
DeLong/Indira Haripersed • Microsoft
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Presentations P1.
Adult literacy @ your library - building community partnerships: an Ontario perspective
Adult
literacy / public library collaborations are flourishing in Ontario! Through Linking
Literacy and Libraries, an innovative project funded by the National Literacy
Secretariat, Ontario public and First Nation libraries are tapping into exciting
opportunities for resource and information sharing and outreach that support them
as they plan strategically for community development.
Presenter: Claire
Lysnes, Information Resources Officer, Alpha Plus Centre, Toronto, ON Claire
Lysnes • Presentation
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