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Thursday, November J4 #154 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. PROFESSIONAL STRESS? YES! #157 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30p.m. -4:15p.m. THE DEMANDS OF THE DEVELOPING MOSAIC Speaker: Maureen Ott, Regional Niagara Health Services, St. Catharines. #151 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30p.m.- 4:15 p.m. OLA INFORMATION POLICY FORUM If you experience professional stress, Ott has many original and fresh ideas for you. #155 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. CONDUCTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN A SCHOOL BOARD PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY Speakers: Lucya Spencer, Ontario Immigrant and Visible Minority Women's Organization; Nuzhath Leedham, Riverdale Immigrant Women's Centre; Alejandro Morales, COSTI Counselling Education Centre. As the ethnic composition of your service area changes, so must your programs. Learn how to create successful community outreach programs that specifically support immigrants and refugees as they adjust to their new life in Canada. Speakers: Members of the OLA Information Policy Task Force. The Ontario Public Library Strategic Plan's Recommendation 1 .1 calls for the Ontario Library Association to develop a proposal to be presented to the government of Ontario, asking for a commission to be established that would create an information policy for the province. The OIA Task Force will be presenting an outline of the proposal and inviting feedback and reaction from the library community on its work. (See lnsideOIA, no. 17, p . A1, 11 for membership of the Task Force and a summary of its activities.) Speaker: Catherine Wilkins, Marsha Hunt, Peel Board of Education. Through an analysis of the study conducted by Peel Board of Education of the J A . Turner Professional Library, you will see how renewal within the context of an organization is a powerful tool for change and improving services. #156 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. THE CONCEPT AND PRACTICE OF EMPLOYMENT EQUITY OCULA and OPLA #152 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30p.m.- 4:15p.m. EARLY, MIDDLE AND LATER READINGTHE READERS' ADVISORY INTERVIEW FOR ALL AGES Speakers: Roberta Rivers, Ontario Women's Directorate. Understand the issues surrounding employment equity. Gain working knowledge of various methodologies and processes that a library can use to help implement employment equity. Share ideas and views on practice as it now exists ANNUAL MEETINGS at 4:30p.m. Speakers: Terri Lyons, Etobicoke Public Library; Laura Dick, Etobicoke Public Library; Astrid Grinvalds, Hamilton Public Library. Children, teens and adults use recreational reading for different purposes. Learn skills and techniques for conducting successful interviews with the different age groups and for arriving at the results you want .. EX LIBRIS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 14, 1991 Hamilton Convention Centre Registration 9:00 a.m. #153 Thursday, Nov. 14 2:30p.m.- 4:15p.m. INNOVATIVE BOOK PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN ~ t 0:00 a.m. Speakers lndude: Dr. ].]. Talman, formerly chief librarian University of Western Ontario, Provincial archivist and historian. Judith St. John, formerly head of Osborne Collection Boys' and Girls' House, Toronto Public Library and author. Cost: $20.00 including luncheon Notice for Members In September Non-Members Welcome Speakers: Mary Karpinchick, Port Colborne Public Library; Daria Sharanewych, Oakville Public Library. Learn from Oakville Public Library's awardwinning "Battle of the Books" activity and from Port Colborne Public. Library's Canadian Children's Author Day held annually since 1974. Build your skills through an understanding of why these programs are so effective. To register, send $20.00 to the Ontario Library Association with name and address. Make cheques payable to Ex Llbris The Ex Libris Association welcomes retired librarians and those about to retire. J4 Dangerous Uaisons