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    Libraries are at yet another crossroads! Library programs and services have never been so varied nor our audiences so large! At the same time, our resources are under extraordinary pressure from a particularly difficult economy and the competition emerging everywhere. Controlling the threats and making the most of the opportunities ...

    It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 OLA Super Conference. For 25 years, this conference has aimed to deliver an inspiring, stimulating and relevant experience for those working in all types of libraries. Over those years, we have grown in size and also in perspective. As ...

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    Welcome to the Ontario Library Association's 100th Anniversary Super Conference celebration. In October 1900, the decision was made to form the Ontario Library Association and here we are a century later celebrating an extraordinary history of growth and leadership. Milestone anniversaries are special times. Super Conference attracts of 3,000 people ...

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    AN INVITATION FROM THE ASSOCIATION'S PRESIDENTS GREETINGS!! On behalf of the Ontario Library Association Board of Directors and the entire membership of 3, 750 we are pleased to provide you with the Exhibitor's Prospectus for the OLA Super Conference and EXPO 2000. Next year's gathering will be held on February ...

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    Welcome ... The future holds great excitement for the library community. This remarkable Super Conference program reflects a myriad of promises and possibilities that are well within our abilities to make happen. The tumultuous events of the past year have helped us to further understand how libraries and the public ...

    Welcome to Super Conference 2008 Each Super Conference is planned around a theme and organizers this year are focusing on the enormous transformation we continue to go through. For library institutions, and for us as library workers, our transformation is happening through the reinvention of our institutions, the regeneration of ...

    Welcome to the fourteenth annual Super Conference. last February, we explored how the future belongs to right-brain thinkers- the creative ones, the inventive ones. From coast to coast, 2006 was a year in which the rightbrain thinkers of the library community were given platforms for their creativity and invention. And, ...

    Maia Ripley with Franklin the Turtle at the 100th OLA Anniversary conference in 2001. Franklin the Turtle will have been from the KidsCan Press booth at the Expo.

    Larry Moore, OLA Executive Director 1984-2008, and Jefferson Gilbert, past OLA Deputy Director 1990-2008, model volunteer vests from early Super Conference events

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    750 of these roses were made by volunteers to decorate the tables at the OLA Super Conference 100th Anniversary celebration dinner in 2001. The roses are red foil wrapped around Hershey's Kisses.

    The smiley face neck ties were worn by OLA and registration staff as well as conference organizers during the 2003 Super Conference when there were two graphic themes in play: “The Matrix” and “Smiley Faces”.

    We are all well aware that the current state of affairs makes for very stressful times for libraries and our partner organizations across Canada and indeed globally. How many times have we heard: “We have the Internet, why do we need libraries??” With increasing frequency, libraries and sister cultural institutions ...

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    On behalf of the OLA Board, the conference planning committee under the leadership of Co-Chairs, Lita Barrie and Richard Reid, along with OLA’s Executive Director, Shelagh Paterson, it is my honour to welcome you to the 2014 Ontario Library Association Super Conference. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of this ...

    Front: OLITA Cyberport Guide Reverse: Our special thanks to The OLITA Cyberport financial supporters Sponsors AMA Computers Inc. APCI Communications Inc. Avita Technologies Corporation Bay Networks Inc. Bell Global Solutions Choice 2000 IBM Canada Microsoft Canada Dynix Library Systems Hewitt Rand Library Services Canada Micromedia Toshiba Wimsey Communications OLA