OLITA Strategic Plan
OLITA council’s strategic plan aligns with and supports the vision and mission of the OLA. Using the four OLA initiatives for 2017-2020, the council has established the following goals and activities:
Goals (OLA & OLITA)
- Engage with library and information specialists who work in IT outside of traditional libraries.
- Engage with those new to the library and information sector and early career members who have an interest in technologies in libraries
- Expand and nurture communities of practice and develop improved platforms to support communities of practice for IT library professionals
OLITA Activities Feb 2019 – Feb 2020
- Open Shelf – Library IT Crowd, interviewing people from non-traditional positions
- Webinar series
- Cataloguing Committee
OLITA Activities Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
- Open Shelf – Library IT Crowd, interviewing people from non-traditional positions
- Webinar series
Goals (OLA & OLITA)
- Grow and focus OLA’s advocacy and government relations strategy on targeted goals and define measurements for assessing progress and success as it relates to technology in libraries.
- Grow and inspire a network of technology library advocates at local and provincial levels
- Expand the development and sharing of advocacy resources, tools, and strategies as it relates to technology in libraries for member use at the local community level.
OLITA Activities Feb 2019 – Feb 2020
- Open Shelf article about eBook pricing
- Digital Odyssey – advocacy through educating about smart cities
- Tweets on ebook pricing
OLITA Activities Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
- Investigate podcasts on controversial topics re: technology
Goals (OLA & OLITA)
- Develop an evaluation and research strategy that supports best practices and assesses the value of IT in libraries.
- Build member capacity in areas of measurement and performance evaluation of library technology services.
Integrate evaluation and research of library technology.
OLITA Activities Feb 2019 – Feb 2020
- Continue to measure the success of conferences
- Makerspace pricing and policy survey and report
OLITA Activities Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
- Writing white papers on difficult topics
- Edge community of practice
- Conduct makerspace pricing and policy survey and report
- Continue to measure the success of conferences
Goals (OLA & OLITA)
- Identify the IT needs and requirements of rural, northern, and remote communities
- Strengthen and maximize partnerships with other organizations and associations to minimize duplication of effort and maximize resources to these communities.
- Create a plan to focus greater technology support and IT service access for libraries of all types in smaller, rural, or remote communities, including Ontario’s Indigenous communities.
OLITA Activities Feb 2019 – Feb 2020
- Webinar series
- Tech Lending Library
OLITA Activities Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
- Digital Odyssey 2020 in Northern Ontario and/or Streaming Digital Odyssey 2020
- Investigate lending a hotspot through tech lending library
- Consultations to learn more about the unique needs
Goals (OLA & OLITA)
- Capitalize on our people
- Focus on fundraising
OLITA Activities Feb 2019 – Feb 2020
- OLITA members on IT sub-committee
OLITA Activities Feb 2020 – Feb 2021
- OLITA members on IT sub-committee
“Where are they now?”- podcast, with mentor fund
