SUPER CONFERENCE 1999 I THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 I 2 : 15 P.M . net-based technologies are being used to provide on-line information access. Participants will better understand some of the issues involved in moving toward this new concept of libraries. effortless and fun, at any age. Come prepared to have fun and reduce stress in this participatory workshop! ~~ ~ OSLA MTCC Rm202B 2:15pm-3 :30pm ~~(D OSLA MTCC Rm 202D 2:15pm-3:30pm THE YEAR'S TOP 20 CD-ROMS Myles Keston, The CD-ROM Store. Use the newest software development standards to be more critical in your selection of new titles. Learn the parameters under which CD-ROM lending collections can be marketed. Gain a keener awareness of the artistic, technical and financial pressures facing CD-ROM developers. books and their role in the resource centre you supervise. Her observations and recommendations relate to the best of the 1998-99 market selection of picture books. LEARNING WITHOUT BOUNDARIES Ethel Thayer, Canada's SchoolNet. SchoolNet is the premier educational internet service with its hundreds of exciting services and resources. Develop strategies for implementation of information and communications technology. Explore the SchoolNet web site and see what's new for teaching and learning from across the country. ~~® OSLA MTCC Rm 203D 2:15pm-3:30pm THE GREAT CANADIAN HISTORY PAGE Chris Robins, Cobourg Collegiate-West, Kawartha-Pine Ridge District School Board. Learn how a History Department Head in one secondary school used current information technologies successfully to engage his students in the gathering, organizing and archiving of primary source materials to enhance their learning of Canadian history. ~~ Y OSLA MTCC Rm 206F A HANDS-ON DOUBLE SESSION in the Super Conference CyberLab 2:15pm-5 :00pm USING FILEMAKER PRO Instructor: Val Johnson. Filemaker Pro has been licensed by the Ministry of Education and Training to assist with administrative and curriculum tasks including a number of report card functions. Its use is also applicable to any library or business situation. (Limited enrolment.) OSLA MTCC Rm 202C A SPECIAL DOUBLE SESSION 2: 15pm-5:00pm BRAIN-BASED LEARNING: EXPLORING BRAIN GYM Donna Logan Van Vliet, Carrying Place. Brain Gym has been endorsed by the U. S. National Learning Foundation as one of the top 10 innovative approaches to learning. Brain Gym Movements stimulate the basic neurological senses (vision, hearing, touch and kinesthesia) and activate the neurological pathways in the brain. Whole brain integration awakens our natural abilities and allows our performance to become ~~@ ~{2® CP Humber ASSOCIATE A-G Canada 2:15pm-3 :30pm MULTILINGUAL AND MULTISCRIPT PROCESSING FOR LIBRARIANS: THE STATE OF THE ART Jack Cain, A-G Canada. Meeting contemporary standards in the cataloguing of items in non-Roman scripts (e.g., Chinese or Cyrillic) is a major problem because the ALA character set is no longer a de- ~ ~ ffi OSLA MTCC Rm 203B 2:15pm-3 :30pm PICTURE THIS: SARICK'S MERITS Judy Sarick, The Children's Book Store. Judy Sarick will again delight you and enhance your knowledge of picture Hurry over to Stoddart Kids booth #411: ©> ©> ©> ©> ©> ©> ©> 8RIDGJ36 AHMEK meet our Publisher, Kathryn Cole see our new Spring 1999 books see Irwin's Ministry approved kindergarten curriculum kits see the newest Eyewitness and Discovery series titles meet a Canadian author and take home a free signed book pick up a free poster and our new Spring catalogue enter our draw to win a box of our booth book samples!