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Town Hall Meeting this afternoon at 2 p.m. OLTA to address current issues and build the dream library of the future is nothing incompatible between the virtual and the real." This is just one of the 10 Points on the Vision List the Ontario Library Trustees Association will be discussing at their 1999 Town Hall Meeting. II There It will take a great deal of work and cooperation to make this dream a reality but it will be well worth the effort. Policy Forum discussion The 10 Points Vision List was initially put together from the November 7,1998 OLA Policy Forum Notes: The Leadership Role of Public Libraries in the Information Age. This year's Town Hall Meeting should be quite Edmundo Vasquez lively and interestAdditional Changes ing as the OLTA works to bring their vision to reality. Session Changes Session# 518 moved (was #902) They are basically considering their Friday: Session # 701 cancelled idea of a dream library of the future Session# 721 time change and how to achieve the dream .. Saturday: Session# 1015 cancelled Session# 1002 new session (see below) Looking ahead Some highlights from the Vision List include: an Ontario Library Card enabling free borrowing from any publicly funded library in the province, the accreditation of Librarians and Information Specialists, representation for libraries at the tables of power, universal access across present ministerial boundaries, the recognition of libraries as the defenders of freedom of information including intellectual freedom, and libraries being the major players for public access to information. The future looks bright. The Ontario Library Association would like to thank those companies that make the decision to support the efforts of the Association through financial donations and through significant in-kind donations. Ameritech Library Services IHS/Micromedia Advantage Learning Bestseller Brodart John Coutts The Bibliocentre FAXON THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT & GENEROSITY!!! Continued from page 1 Session #1104 (was #1002) Speaker changes, additions · At the OLA Career Centre Friday, 1 pm, Jim Brett. · At the Expo 99 Theatre Thursday, 12:00,CEDROM-SNi presenter is Kristine Caniff; 12:30, Ancestry.com presenter is John Tolman; 1:30, Statistics Canada presenter is Sunita Poona Linda McQuaig exciting plenary speaker Her latest book, The cult of impotence, refutes the popular notion that governments are powerless in the global economy to deliver full employment and well-funded social programs to their citizens. McQuaig also made a brief appear- New sessions ance on the CBC series, The Newsroom. · Session# 814, ABFO CP Simcoe, A rare opportunity Don't miss this session. It happens at 10:00 a.m. this morning in MTCC room 105. Ms McQuaig will be available for autographs following her talk. Books are for sale both in the meeting room and at the OLA Bookstore. Many, many thanks to Ameritech Library Services for making this plenary session possible. Super News '11 The official publication of the Ontario Library Associations Super Conference, January 21 23, 1999 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and Crow ne Plaza H otel, Toronto. Editor Mike Mortimer, Wellington County Library wi th the support of Larry Moore, Executive Director Maria Ferraro, Administrative Sen'ices Published by The Ontario Library Association © 1999 Friday January 22, 4:00-5:15 p.m . · Session #1002. New OCULA session. What's New in Online Reference Service. Rita Vine, Integrated Management Resources. Real time reference services over the internet. · OCULA Super Session# 1104 will be replaced by an expanded version of the former program Session #1002, thanks to the generous offer by speaker Brenda Dervin, Professor of Communications, Ohio State University.