Ontario Library Association Archives

OLA Super Conference 1995: Navigating the Third Millennium: The Future of Librarianship, p. 13

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Largest Library Conference ... HONOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS On Saturday, OCULA honours Annetta Prolain , Director of Centennial College's Bibliocenlre . On Sunday, OSLA cites teacher-librarian Denise Morin for her outstanding school library program in Azilda. On Sunday evening, the Hon . Anne Swarbrick honours Etobicoke Public Library and three other public libraries for innovative programs. At the same program , OPLA gives the James Bain Medallion to trustee advocate Bruce Walker and the Children's Services Guild gives its award to Toronto Public Library's Frieda Ling . SUNDAY'S PLENA RESHAPE OUR VIEWS Re-engineering, re-evaluating, repositioning, reconsidering . Both Sunday plenaries in the Queen Elizabeth Building at 9 am promise to be invigorating and stimulating. LINDSAY MCKRELL comes from the (UK) Library Association's award-winning library for 1994; her library' s program has something to teach us all. HUW MORGAN, MICHAEL RYAN and PETER DOLAN in the alternative plenary session offer quite a different challenge to us as they look at industry's headlong rush into services that would bypass libraries and put information into the hands of consumers directly. These sessions are included in your $95 registration! EXPO ·95 This is Canada's largest library trade show 'ever . The Saturday and Sunday plenaries are here and the fabulous OLITA Cyberporl and autographing and leading edge technology demonstrations and prizes worth thousands of dollars and ideas, expertise, knowledge ... BRIAN SEGAL Now let' s talk class. On Sunday night at 8 Maclean's publisher BRIAN SEGAL takes the stage in the Metropolitan Ballroom . Former President of the University of Guelph and of Ryerson, he moves easily among the three worlds most critical to Canada's future : business, the media and education . He provides intell igent, insightful examinations of the issues he addresses and tonight he puts in perspective the future of the book - a central issue for libraries and for communications . No extra charge . JANET YALE The Monday day long program, Klingons at the Gate, gives us the opportunity to synthesize and absorb the collective ideas of all the extraordinary speakers on these pages . JANET YALE, Vice-President of Regulator Mattters at Unitel Communications, discusses the political needs libraries have, most specifically the regulations for which we must lobby if we are to protect the access of all our library users to the Information Highway and to the resources it contains. Luncheon tickets are available until Saturday noon . ... with the unparallelled support of the hundreds of speakers in these programs ... OLA Super Conference '95 I Toronto ll

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