James Saunders: School Library Hero Danny Neville After many years of hearing about James Saunders, I finally had the pleasure of meeting him in person at this year’s OLA Super Conference. If you ask anyone in School Library Land who their library heroes are, James’ name will certainly come up. He is a huge supporter …
A New Author Talks Series Launches at Brampton Library Brampton Library is pleased to collaborate with the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) in its new Author Talks Series, utilizing long lead and shared promotional tactics to promote attendance and encourage borrowing.At its first event, the Library welcomed popular YA author Farah Heron to the Cyril …
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Whitby Public Library’s 3D Printers Ignite a Local Designer’s Passion PHOTO: Louis Hébert stands in front of his 3D printing display at the Whitby Central Library. Louis Hébert was hooked. As soon as he tried one of the 3D printers in the Discovery Zone at the Whitby Central Library, it sparked something in his creative …
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Introducing the Next Generation of Clearview Public Library’s Fixers and Influencers “Kids” of all ages have found the introduction of the new Mechanics’ Benches to Sunday Afternoon Interactive Play Dates at Clearview Public Library (CPL) ’s Stayner Branch, to be an engaging and mesmerizing experience. What an absolute delight to see how young mechanics test …
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Library Day at Queen’s Park November 14-15, 2023 PHOTO: OLA & FOPL representatives with Hon. Neil Lumsden, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport and MPP for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek (Nov 2023). On November 14 and 15, 2023, delegates from OLA and FOPL took part in over 20 meetings at Queen’s Park, building awareness about the importance of Ontario’s libraries and the sector’s priority …
OLA on School Boards Banning & Restricting Books November 2023 “The Ontario Library Association (OLA) is deeply concerned by the growing number of attempts to restrict access to books by some school boards. This trend is particularly alarming as books that reflect 2SLGBTQIA+ perspectives, or featuring racialized characters and those with diverse gender identities, are …
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OSLA’s “A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources” Available Now! July 2023 OSLA has published “A Guide to the Selection and Deselection of School Library Resources”, which provides: information, best practices, and resources to support the selection and deselection of school library learning resources. resources to help school boards navigate concerns, questions, …
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OCULA EDI Advocacy Group Who we are The OCULA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Advocacy Group reports to OCULA Council to support initiatives on current issues and strategies related to EDI in Ontario’s academic libraries. The group works to: encourage education, mobilize knowledge, organize professional development and communication opportunities, and compile and make available resources …
Library Sector Graduate Employment Survey OLA Recent Graduate Employment Survey 2021 In 2021, we did a follow up survey to the OLA Recent Graduate Employment Survey 2019. The 2021 survey captures the experience of graduates who completed their studies in 2020 and 2021, during the period of COVID lockdowns and hiring freezes. The 2021 …
[Day of the week, Month, Date, 12:00-1:00pm ET] Digital Odyssey 2021 Digital Odyssey is traditionally a one-day conference that brings together library professionals to explore themes of research, learning, accessibility, and usability associated with technology in libraries. How to Get IT Right: Tackling Accessible Tech Monday June 7, 2021 | 10:00am – 5:00pm ET | …
