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Unknown 62 Ontario School Library Association editing and refreshing the purpose of the site. I had the pleasure of working closely with the OLA's Andrew Ryther on this project, with consultative support from Michael Rosettis. The new site's design is consistent with the OLA and other divisions' Web site design, exploiting the possibilities of links between sites and emphasizing the cohesion of the organization. The OLA has also established a Web site committee, where I serve as OSLA's representative. OSAPAC Advocacy The OSLA has been very engaged in advocating for the Ontario Digital Library Project, now called Knowledge Ontario. In support of this project, Council decided last year to undertake an advocacy campaign for teachers to complete the on-line survey used by OSAPAC (Ontario Software Acquisitions Program Advisory Council) to gather input from teachers into priorities for provincial software licensing. As a result of our efforts, OSAPAC has identified on-line resources / databases / subscriptions as a licensing priority. The Ministry has just announced that it has negotiated a two-year license to Encyclopédie Hachette Multimédia. There has been no announcement of a license agreement with an English- language resource. After the close of the last survey period, the OSAPAC committee invited me to participate in a conference call. They indicated that while our advocacy campaign had had some success, response was likely not as good as we had hoped. In light of this, and with the desire to keep this crucial need as an OSAPAC priority, OSLA is renewing its campaign, and we encourage everyone to complete the current on-line survey, and to advocate with teaching colleagues to do the same. Council Leadership I had the pleasure of chairing four very stimulating and productive OSLA Council meetings this year. It is this group that drives OSLA's efforts, debates advocacy strategies, initiates projects and sees them through to conclusion, and represents us across the province. Council members give up their Saturdays and come in from far distances to carry on this valuable work. I would like to take this opportunity to thank this group for their outstanding efforts. Super Conference This year's Super Conference provides evidence once again of the vibrancy of school library program leadership, with over sixty school library specific sessions. This is due in large part to the tireless efforts of our members of the planning committee, Carol Koechlin, Michael Rosettis, Kevin Bradbeer and Lisa Teodosio. Carol, Michael and Kevin will be leaving the committee after this conference. Lisa, who came in recently to coordinate convenors, will be staying on, along with new The Evidence-Based Practice Toolkit and Be The Change have both been presented at several conferences and workshops, at various school boards and through The Partnership's Education Institute, and have been extremely favourably received. Think Literacy Cross- Curricular Approaches: Library Research Last year OSLA contributed support materials for the Ministry of Education's Think Literacy project, with Teacher-Librarians, a resource to support independent reading. Once again this year, the Ministry accepted OSLA's proposal, and the result is this excellent new resource document linking the OSLA Four- Stage Research Process to Think Literacy strategies. The writing team was lead by Carol Koechlin, with Jo- Anne LaForty and Jim Neill, and with me serving as editor and technician. Both documents are available on the OSLA Web site, and the Ministry's Think Literacy Web site. OSLA Web site Renewal Driven by the need to update our Web site and to make it a vibrant and relevant resource, we took on the task of completely re-designing, The value of the escalating media interest OSLA has attracted cannot be under- estimated. Government decisions are hugely influenced by press comment.