OLA Pre-Budget Submissions 2026 Ontario Pre-Budget Submissions This year, the OLA has submitted two written submissions to the 2026 Ontario Pre-Budget Consultations: one developed in collaboration with our partners at the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) focused on public libraries, and another from the Ontario School Library Association (OSLA) addressing school libraries. Public Libraries Working …
Library Day at Queen’s Park OLA & FOPL representatives with Hon. Neil Lumsden, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport and MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek (Nov 2023) The Ontario Library Association (OLA) and the Federation of Ontario Public Libraries (FOPL) regularly organize a Library Day at Queen’s Park. Library Day is an opportunity for Ontario’s …
OLA Advocacy Committee Mandate The Advocacy Committee was formed in Fall of 2011. Reporting to the OLA Board of directors, the OLA Advocacy Committee will: provide broad advice on systemic issues; provide specialized expertise/resources on a specific issue/topic that arises (i.e. copyright, Library Archives Canada (LAC) and other cuts to funding); facilitate networking and communication …
Accessible Library Services for Persons with Disabilities The Ontario Public Library Association (OPLA), a division of OLA, launched a video project to support ongoing library staff training on serving people with disabilities and compliance with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service under the AODA. Staff Training Videos Here are four short videos depicting common sense …
OLA Cultural Diversity & Inclusion Committee Mandate To initiate, advise and mobilize support for action plans related to issues of cultural diversity in libraries within Ontario including recruitment, advancement and retention of underrepresented groups in libraries. The OLA Cultural Diversity and Inclusion Committee reports to the OLA Board of Directors. Committee Members Jennie Hamilton, Hamilton …
OLA Advocacy Representatives OLA’s Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing all OLA Advocacy activities. The OLA Advocacy Committee advises and responds to the OLA Board. Certain advocacy issues are also the responsibility of: OLA Indigenous Task Group OLA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force Advocacy issues specifically relating to School Libraries, Public Libraries and University/College …
Copyright Resources Welcome to OLA’s Copyright Resource page! The world of copyright and content use is a complicated one to navigate. Explore the links below and access key information, updates, and further reading material to help you manage copyright in your library and information-based organization. Copyright Basics Copyright Act CCH Canadian Ltd. v. Law Society …
Accessibility The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) was passed in 2005. Its goal is to make Ontario accessible for people with disabilities by 2025. One in seven people in Ontario have a disability. Over the next 20 years, that number will rise as the population ages. Libraries are a place for every member …
OLA Copyright Committee Mandate The OLA Copyright Committee will: Actively serve the membership of OLA by investigating and reporting on the most appropriate tools that will serve to assist and educate the membership in fulfilling their role(s) as practitioners, intermediaries and/or advisors to their user communities on copyright issues and concerns; Act as a resource …
Copyright Questions Please note: this program may continue to be revised and updated. Copyright Questions – an OLA member service OLA has a partnership with Community Legal Services (CLS) at Western University where law students, under the supervision of a lawyer, provide legal opinions on intellectual property (IP) matters (trademark, copyright, patent, personal data protection, …
