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OLA Super News: Special Members' Edition 1999, p. 1

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Ontario Library SUPtER PROGRAM CHANGES · ~'(] ffi (was Session #902). FROM SilliER BIRCH TO BLUE HERON TO RED MAPLE MOVED to Friday, 8:45 a.m. EWS Special Members' Edition OLITA announces Canadian scientist to give Super Session Paul Hoffert get~ national aHention and Super Conference berth PAUL HOFFERT is the latest major name to be added to the roster of Super Conference '99. The popular scientist, researcher and professor from York University is making a splash with his new book, The Bagel Effect. He takes over OLITA's Saturday Super Session (#1102) from Bill Joy who was forced to withdraw. Hoffert is Director of CulTech Collaborative Research Centre at York University. He is the mastermind behind the world's first totally wired, interactive community, a $100 million project which The Financial Post described as "quite possibly the world's most A BIG THANK YOU to the sponsors of this great Super Conference '99! · 7J~'(] (was 5:15 Friday BUSINESS MEETING). ONTARIO PUBLIC LIBRARY GUIDELINES ACCREDITATION PROGRAM MOVED to Friday, 2:30 p.m. Micromedia Micromedia/Silver Platter Ameritech Library Services Advantage Learning Bestseller Inc. Brodart Co. Canebsco John Coutts Library Services The Bibliocentre FAXON Wallaceburg Bookbinding More to come! The Super Conference Planning Team thanks the OLA Finance Committee for these important results. * · ffi'(] ~ (speaker change) IN CONVERSAnON WITH * PETER sis Award-winning author/illustrator of Starry Messenger · ffi'(] ~ · ABFO (nouvelle) 16:00-17:15 SALON DU UVRE DE TORONTO CHILDREN'S AWARD WNCHEON (speaker change) Speaker: PmR Sis important interactive multimedia trial." He is past Chair of the Ontario Arts Council. New block of dinner tickets released * Friday night biggest evening in years 'LA RONDE', the multipart evening at Hart House, the Robarts Library and the Faculty of Information Studies at the University of Toronto, is a hit! A new block of dinner tickets was arranged this week to try to meet the demand for the dinner at Hart House. The specially subsidized price of $25 per ticket is proving popular as is the chance to socialize and have an interesting evening. The ten part evening is almost in place. Two musical Continued on page 2 * (program change) A MILLENNIAL OLA: CHANGE IN AN EVOLVING PROFESSION · '0 '0 ®~ (JJil (~~) THE BAGEL EFFECT Speaker: PAUL HOFFERT

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