4((})9 MTCC 206C 3:45 pm-5:00 pm CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS ONTARIO HEALTH LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION @ your library_ MTCC 2010 3:45 pm-5:00 pm monthly meetings or they can be offered electronically. This workshop will offer an overview of various books clubs and will include strategies for getting started; keeping it running; and reasons why to pursue a book club at all. Convenor: Janice Lavery, Toronto Public Library THE NLM GATEWAYYOUR ENTRANCE TO THE KNOWLEDGE RESOURCES OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Tom Flemming, M cMaster University. 411 You can collaborate with your guidance department to provide students with strategies for improving their student skills. Ideas for teaching activities will be shared. Convenor: Karen Smulevitch, Toronto District School Board COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS: UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Lynne Bentley, Manager, Library and Media Services, Humber College Library; Brian Nettlefold, Executive Director, Education Centre Library, Nipissing University I Canadore College. LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION @ your library_ MTCC 2050 3:45 pm-5:00 pm 4((})§ MTCC 206E 3:45pm-5:00pm KIDS CREATE SCHOOL WEB SITES Sandra Laurin, TeacherLibrarian, Bloorview Macmillan Centre School, Toronto District School Board Find out what's involved in having elementary students design and maintain a school web site and how to use this site as a teaching tool. Easy step-by-step instructions will be given as the school web site, created by Claris Home Page is shared at this workshop. Convenor: Connie Ruscica, Toronto District School Board Learn about the gold mine of health resources available at the world's largest medical library. NLM Gateway users include librarians, researchers, physicians, health care providers, patients and the public. The Gateway provides a single address, a single search engine and provides results from a multitude of databases and categories (journal article citations, books, serials, audiovisuals, and consumer health information). 413 41 ( }) MTCC 2038 3:45 pm-5:00 pm KEEPING YOUR COLLECTION APPLICABLE Jennifer Smith, VP Sales and Marketing, CDC Books Canada; Heather Bindseil, Library Bound. Collaborative programs are being planned by a large number of university and community colleges in Ontario to accommodate new program initiatives. This presentation will examine issues that affect the libraries of these institutions, including funding, collection development, licensing agreements for electronic resources, access to library services, distance challenges and more. Convenor: Daniel Phelan, Ryerson University SMART COMMUNITIES DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS Mary Cavanagh, Manager Virtual Library Services, Ottawa Public Library. 412 MTCC 2030 3:45 pm-5:00 pm Photos from left to right: Jo-Anne LaForty 412, 118, Paul Takala 417, Walter Lewis 213, 1007, Daryl Novak 415, Mike Hick 418, Jean Weihs 109 Make the most of a limited budget for technology books. Learn what key books to stock to please all your patrons all the time. INTEGRATING STUDY SKILLS INTO THE LIBRARY PROGRAM Jo-Anne LaForty, Head of Library, Ruth MacDonald, Guidance Teacher, Sir Robert Borden Business and Technology Institute, Toronto District School Board SmartCapital is in the process of launching on-line services that will touch virtually every citizen in the community and transform the way they interact with one another, with public and private institutions, and with the world. SmartLibrary will provide Ottawa residents with fast, seamless access to information for business, education, or leisure, delivered at their convenience, anytime, to their home, office, library, school, or community centre, from libraries worldwide. Convenor: Donna BourneTyson, North Bay Public Library Study skills are a component 1 - - - - - - - - - _ _ ,of information literacy. 32