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 Charmaine De Castro, …
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, with resources to help you manage copyright in your organization, presentations and information from other organizations, and more. Copyright Updates Information Brief: Summary of York University v Access Copyright, Supreme Court of Canada 2021 SCC 32.(2021) Prepared August 16, 2021 by Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Professor Emerita & Adjunct Full …
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 that this program is currently on hold as of March 2020. 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 …
Canada’s Copyright Act View Canada’s copyright act Marrakesh Treaty Canada signs the Marrakesh Treaty (2016) The Copyright Modernization Act (Bill C-32) Since 2008, a number of bills were put forth to modernize Canada’s Copyright Act. In 2012, the new Act came into force. OLA was involved in consultations during this process and created resources for …
Fair e-Book Pricing OLA has joined the Canadian Public Libraries for Fair Ebook Pricing coalition to raise awareness of the high prices that multinational publishers charge public libraries for ebooks. Demand for ebooks continues to grow rapidly – in fact, digital content is the fastest growing area of borrowing for public libraries. Multinational publishers impose …
Internet, Connectivity and Broadband Connectivity and broadband challenges are consistently presented to libraries, especially those in rural, northern and Indigenous areas. These areas do not have the needed infrastructure to support high-speed Internet access at the speed of at least 50 MB / second. Libraries play a role as the greatest equalizer of services, regardless …
