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2/24/2020 What's Trending in Libraries https://ola.informz.ca/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ0luc3RhbmNlSWQ9MTA3MTU2OQ== 1/6 What's Trending is your new source for news in the library world! Problem viewing this email? Click here. , your membership number is .   OLA Library Building Awards - Call for Submissions Deadline: April 25 Category: New Library Building Award Have you completed a new library build within the past three years? OLA showcases excellence in library space planning, design, and building projects with the OLA Library Building Awards. The awards are presented at the Annual Institute on the Library as Place, OLA's annual space planning conference for the library, design, and architectural sectors. This year the Annual Institute is held July 10-11 in Ottawa. COMPLETE DETAILS >> Culture Days @ the Library 2019 Ontario Culture Days is excited to announce changes to its popular Culture Days @ the Library program, taking place this year on September 27-29. Libraries throughout the province are invited to host free, participatory arts and culture programming during the Culture Days weekend. To learn more about this initiative, visit the Culture Days website. Feature benefits include: • A Culture Days @ the Library webpage with a full listing of events taking place at your branches • Featured status for your library page on OLA Best Bets Committee is looking for new members! The OLA Best Bets Committee is currently looking for new members to fill vacancies! Are you a librarian or library technician? Do you actively organize, manage or provide services to children and/or youth or do collection development for those ages? They'd love to have you! The OLA Best Bets Committee reads and evaluates Canadian books, selecting the best based on their literary/artistic merit as well as their appeal for children and young adults. They present our Best Bets lists at the Ontario Library Association's Super Conference in the following year. http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Events/Signature_Events/Library_as_Place/OLA/Events/Signature_events/Library_as_Place/Welcome.aspx http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Membership/Awards_ola/OLA_Library_Building_Award.aspx https://on.culturedays.ca/en/programs/libraries