2/24/2020 September Newsletter https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NDYyNTQy 5/6 Nominations are opening soon and close November 15! Be sure to nominate a deserving colleague today! For more information, contact Beckie MacDonald, Manager Member Services. This Month's Wilson Web Featured Article As an OLA member, you have access to Wilson Web, a full text database for Library Literature and Information Science that includes full text from more than 440 journals. To access Wilson Web, click the "My Account" tab on the OLA website top navigation and sign in. Select the Wilson Web tab. This month's feature article is The Graphic Advantage from the Library Literature & Information Science. A special emphasis is on graphic novels this year during Banned Book Week (September 21 to 27). Brigid Alverson discusses why graphic novels have been banned and challenged. She counters this by showing how graphic novels are incredibly useful in a school and teaching setting. She also includes strategies and procedures on how to defend against these challenges. You can find the full PDF article on the Wilson Web database by searching for the title and keywords, or authors. Its subject headings are prohibited books; School libraries - Public relations; Graphic Novels in education; Teaching aids & devices; and, Parents - Attitudes. HAPPENING IN THE LIBRARY WORLD What Is The Future of The Library in The Age of Google? Do we still need to collect and keep printed books, and to pay to maintain the buildings to house them? CBC Radio One's Cross Country Checkup will be doing a live call-in show on Sunday, September 28 at 4 pm ET with special guest host and Chief Correspondent of CBC News, Peter Mansbridge. He will be joined by staff and students from the digital humanities program at University of Waterloo Stratford Campus for a peek into the future of libraries and learning. Listen to the discussion and voice your opinion live on CBC Radio One. Cross Country Checkup is Canada's only national open-line radio program, broadcast live across Canada every Sunday afternoon on CBC Radio One. For more information, please visit Cross Country Checkup's website and follow Checkup on Twitter: @checkupcbc. mailto:bmacdonald@accessola.com https://www.accessola.org/OLAWEB/My_Account/Sign_In.aspx http://www.cbc.ca/checkup/ https://twitter.com/checkupcbc