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2/24/2020 December Newsletter https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9NDk2ODI0 6/8 distant communities to help defray the costs of attending the annual OLA Super Conference (Jan. 28 - Jan. 31, 2015) in Toronto. The deadline for entries to the draw has been extended to Jan. 9. Find out how to apply. More Super Conference Scholarships & Subsidies DIVISIONAL NEWS (OLBA) Choosing an Effective Board available English & French Choosing new board members for library boards can be challenging. To guide you through this process, OLBA is happy to provide you with Choosing an Effective Library Board. Your board can use this document to learn the legal requirements for selecting board members, the characteristics of an effective board, and much more. Download Choosing an Effective Library Board: FRENCH ENGLISH Super Conference Travel Bursaries deadline extended to Jan. 9 OLBA is offering bursaries, which include registration, to public library board members living in distant communities to help defray the costs of attending the annual OLA Super Conference (Jan. 28 - Jan. 31, 2015) in Toronto. The deadline for entries to the draw has been extended to Jan. 9. Find out how to apply. More Super Conference Scholarships & Subsidies HAPPENING IN THE LIBRARY WORLD Library and Archives Canada Begins Negotiations to Replace AMICUS Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is beginning the process of negotiating with the Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) to develop a cutting edge service to manage acquisitions, cataloguing, access, circulation and resource sharing to replace AMICUS, including the National Union Catalogue (NUC). Find more information on the negotiations here. OCULA Information Briefs are here to help! The Big Deal. Altmetrics. Digital Humanities. If you want to know more about these topics and why they matter to libraries, OCULA's Information Briefs are here to help. These two-page backgrounders, written by Ontario college and university library staff, answer the key questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how, and identify the benefits, challenges, and implications of these issues for OLA members. We have Information Briefs on these topics, as well as Learning Objects, Social Media, E-Books, and more! If there is a topic that you want to read about or write about, contact Shanna Pearson, OCULA Vice-President, and we will add it to our collection. Download OCULA Information Briefs here. https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Divisions/OLBA/OLBA-Bursary-Draw-SC-2015.pdf http://www.olasuperconference.ca/scholarships-subsidies/ https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Divisions/OLBA/InsideOLBA-Brochure-French.pdf https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Divisions/OLBA/InsideOLBA-Brochure.pdf https://www.accessola.org/web/Documents/OLA/Divisions/OLBA/OLBA-Bursary-Draw-SC-2015.pdf http://www.olasuperconference.ca/scholarships-subsidies/ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/news/Pages/2014/lac-replace-amicus.aspx mailto:Shanna.Pearson@senecacollege.ca https://www.accessola.org/WEB/OLAWEB/OCULA/Information_Briefs.aspx?WebsiteKey=397368c8-7910-4dfe-807f-9eeb1068be31&hkey=063b2286-e676-4192-8c2c-4524a10390c2