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6 Ontario School Library Association Usually, my favourite number is 5 but right now, it's 1. That's because on october 30, 2015 The Teaching Librarian was given the 2015 communication award of excellence for Best Print / electronic Publication by the canadian society of association executives at an awards ceremony in calgary, alberta. We're #1! Hopefully some more numbers will allow me to illustrate what goes into the creation of this national-award-winning publication. • 6 = pages for the csae nomination form, completed by Beckie Macdonald, Manager of Membership services for oLa, annesha Hutchinson, coordinator of Marketing and communications for oLa, and diana Maliszewski, volunteer editor-in-chief of The Teaching Librarian, osLa's official magazine. • 37.6 = median number of pages in a typical issue of The Teaching Librarian (based on an examination of Volumes 20-23). The mode is 40. • 8 = current members on The Teaching Librarian's editorial Board (rob Baxter, evelynne Bernstein, Jennifer Goodhand, derrick Grose, allison Hall, Lisa Hascal, Leslie Holwerda, Brenda roberts, diana Maliszewski) - rob Baxter just retired and Lisa Hascal was promoted to vice-principal. Both are departing the editorial board so enjoy your retirement and thank you for all the work you've done with TingL! • 1500 = number of words as a maximum recommendation for a TingL article • 36 = the dollars it would cost to subscribe to the magazine if you were are not an osLa member • 3 = the number of weeks the oLa design team has to layout the text and visuals into a PdF format. • 4 = the rounds of editing that each article undergoes before publication (two prior to PdF creation, two afterwards). • 2006: The year I became the editor- in-chief of The Teaching Librarian (Volume 14 Issue 1). congratulations to everyone that has played a role in making the official magazine of the ontario school Library association such a fantastic publication - our writers, editors, oLa liaisons, and our readers. another significant number to us is 2017 - it will be the 25th anniversary of the magazine and we have some exciting things planned to celebrate this special number. z The Editor's Notebook diana Maliszewski Jeanne conte Beckie MacDonald, Manager of Member Services, Ontario Library Association, accepts a CSAE Communications Award in Calgary, Alberta, on behalf of the TingL editorial board. The Teaching Librarian magazine editorial board with their new award. Back: Leslie Holwerda, Derrick Grose, Brenda Roberts, Evelynne Bernstein, Allison Hall, Annesha Hutchinson. Front: Diana Maliszewski. Absent: Jennifer Goodhand.