Pre-Conference Sessions P001 ICH ONTARIO 9:00 AM 4:00 PM Resource Description and Access (RDA): What you need to know Cataloguing, Technical services Alison Hitchens, Cataloguing & Metadata Librarian, University of Waterloo; Thomas Brenndorfer, Librarian, Technical Services, Guelph PL; Ellen Symons, Cataloguing/Training Librarian, Queen's University; Chris Oliver, Co-ordinator of Cataloguing and Authorities, McGill University; Marcia Salmon, Cataloguing Librarian, York University P005 Toronto Reference Library 9:30 AM 4:00 PM New Trends in User Education @ the Toronto Public Library Business services, User education Margaret Wigglesworth, Librarian, Business, Science & Technology Department; Toronto Reference Library; Greg Astill, Digital Documentation Technician; Toronto Reference Library 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Student Response Systems: wUse them to increase student engagement Lunch not included OLA Member $70, Non-member $90, Student/Non-Salaried $30 With the generous support of P008 OISE P009 OISE Part Two: Theme-Centred Computer Training & Library Education "Toronto Public Library @ Your Fingertips" Vann-Ly Cheng, Librarian, York Woods Library; Susan Lai, Librarian, Downsview Library Lunch not included OLA Member $135; Non-member $175; Student/Non-Salaried $60 P002 MTCC 206A/B "Research Skills: Library Education from General to Specific" Beatriz Hausner, Senior Services Specialist, User Education, Toronto Reference Library 9:30 AM Noon You Don't Need to do it Alone: Using Personal Learning Networks and Professional Learning Communities to Make the Learning Commons Happen Professional learning communities Ruth Hall, Teacher-Librarian, Toronto DSB, OSLA 2010 President; Roger Nevin, Teacher-Librarian, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB, OSLA 2011 President; Lisa Dempster, Teacher-Librarian, Toronto DSB; Gianna Dassios, Teacher-Librarian, Toronto DSB; June Rysinski, Teacher-Librarian, Thunder Bay Catholic DSB 9:30 AM 4:00 PM CD Meet me in the Middle: Strategies and Solutions for Successful Middle Management Management, Leadership Joan Frye Williams, Library Consultant and Futurist; George Needham, Library Consultant and Strategist "The User Education Blog: Use It, Teach It" Ian Strang, Librarian, Malvern District Library; Ted Belke, Services Specialist, Lillian H. Smith District Lunch not included OLA Member $135; Non-member $175; Student/Non-Salaried $60 Light refreshments included OLA Member $135; Non-member $175; Student/Non-Salaried $60 Lunch not included OLA Member $70, Non-member $90, Student/Non-Salaried $30 P006 OISE P010 OISE P003 MTCC 206E 9:30 AM 4:00 PM Fundraising Day @ OLA 2011 Fundraising Rob Lavery, CFRE, Resource Development Consultant, SOLS; Ann Andrusyszyn, Director of Fund Development, Atlantic Film Festival 9:30 AM 4:00 PM Student Response Systems: Use them to increase student engagement Technology in learning, Student engagement Bruce White, Teacher-Librarian/Media Specialist, Thames Valley DSB; Bill Schreiter, former Learning Co-ordinator for Technology, Thames Valley DSB 1:00 PM 4:00 PM Bringin' Home the Bacon: Emerging ideas about the Learning Commons as It moves to the center of teaching and PC learning Knowledge building, Learning Commons David Loertscher, Professor, San José State University; Carol Koechlin, former Library and Learning Resources Facilitator, Toronto DSB, Author and Consultant Lunch not included OLA Member $135; Non-member $175; Student/Non-Salaried $60; Friends $50 P004 OISE Lunch not included OLA Member $135, Non-member $175, Student/Non-Salaried $60 9:30 AM 4:00 PM Wikis, Weeblies, and Web 2.0 Web 2.0, Technology in Learning Johanna Gibson-Lawler; Kelly Moore, Special Assignment Teacher-Librarian Instructional Coaches, Greater Essex County DSB P007 OISE Lunch not included OLA Member $70, Non-member $90, Student/Non-Salaried $30 Lunch not included OLA Member $135; Non-member $175; Student/Non-Salaried $60 9:30 AM Noon Student Response Systems: Use them to increase student engagement Lunch not included OLA Member $70, Non-member $90, Student/Non-Salaried $30 20 OLA Super Conference 2011