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SUPER CONFERENCE 2009

The 107th Annual Conference of the Ontario Library Association
SUPER CONFERENCE 2009
January 28 - January 31, 2009
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
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THE SUPER CONFERENCE ARCHIVE 2007 2006 2005 2004

Conference Session Visualization -- Best Practices

Jean-Claude Bradley a Coordinator for E-Learning at the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University has excellent Blog post on a poster session in-progess, with sign board:

Session sign:

NB. All the posters are still available for viewing. (SLURL)

PS. I wish they'd bring this Useful Chemistry visualizer to OLA? Hello: Are you bringing this creative mind, otherwise at the least change the Chemistry we have--that which is now static?

Mementoes For All Friends-of-Libraries

We Celebrate the Spirit of Dr. S.R. Ranganathan's Five Laws of Library Science:

Some more if you like it:

PS. I am not the first librarian to wear this hat of using the imagechef tool, there are others too: Library and Technology PLC, Senior Friendly Libraries , etc. etc..

My previous post:

Searching Is Polarized; Will The Five Laws Get a New Revised Version: Every Search Engine Its Searcher

Diversity Resources - Accommodation, Tolerance and Coexistence

MEDIA MONITORING: What Other Bloggers Say: Update VIII

• Evergreen workshop at code4lib 2008
  26 Feb 2008 by nospam@example.com (Dan Scott) This laptop worked fine with the projector at the OLA Superconference just a few weeks ago, and Bill was afflicted by the same problem - so it really put a crimp in my ability to switch from the presentation to the live install image. ...CoffeeCode : Dan Scott, Caffeinated Librarian... -
• ONTARIO'S CENTENNIAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES, 1967
  22 Feb 2008 by Lorne Bruce Now for the latest presentation at OLA SuperConference on February 1st -- a PDF version of my talk to an avid group of library history people who got to discuss Canada's centennial year and some of the libraries that were built at that ...Libraries Today Blog -
• OLA Super Conference notes
  20 Feb 2008 by Alex Yarrow I was at the OLA Super Conference last week, and attended two particularly cool sessions. I thought I would share some highlights from my notes with you! Session # 418: Open Source and Libraries in the Developing World with Bess Sadler, ...CLA Montreal Chapter

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MEDIA MONITORING: What Other Bloggers Say: Update VII

• EGERTON RYERSON'S LIBRARY SYTEM
  18 Feb 2008 by Lorne Bruce OK, another OLA SuperConference in Toronto has come and gone at the start of February along with the snowstorm! I was lucky to make it to the Metro Convention Centre to give a presentation on "Centennial Libraries" that were built ...
• Wild Ride buzzes OLA Super Conference
  18 Feb 2008 by liam As one of the few graphic novels specifically written for kids, Wild Ride caused a good deal of buzz at the recent OLA Super Conference. Thanks to all the teacher-librarians who said hi and got a copy for their school library. ...
• WIN.
  16 Feb 2008 Heading to the OLA Super Conference. SD Bill Would Allow Higher Brand Fee. Council OKs disaster plan. RADIO CONTROL CAR. Bhutan blast. Pat-In Pie Crust (No-Roll). High-tech fish count. Billerica election heats up. ...

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• Thank-You, OLA!
  5 Feb 2008 by Ami Just back from a short trip to Toronto where I picked up this gorgeous Evergreen Award from the Ontario Library Association (in the middle of a howling snowstorm, I might add...) We maritime mommies... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• The Surfacing of Slow Library: OLA Super Conference 2008
  1 Feb 2008 by John It could be said that Slow Library represents a better balance of people and technology, and that seemed to be a significant part of the agenda at OLA 2008. A keynote speaker today was Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slow: How a ...
• Upcoming events…
  21 Jan 2008 by justinelibrary OLA 2008. David Sharron and I will be presenting a poster session entitled “Adventures in English Literature” on Friday, February 1. The session will detail our Special Collections/digital resources workshops offered to English students ...

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MEDIA MONITORING: What Other Bloggers Say: Update VI

• Learning 2.0 at OLA Super Conference
  13 Feb 2008 by angelacw I had the opportunity to attend the OLA Super Conference recently. One of the sessions I attended was “Moving Your Library to 2.0 and Beyond”, with Amanda Etches-Johnson (McMaster University), Gail Richardson, and Beckie MacDonald ...mélange -


• Through a glass darkly...
  11 Feb 2008 by librarianinblack@gmail.com If you're not up for a full book that questions and criticizes the house that the web built, at least see what Keen said in a speech he gave at the Ontario Library Association's Super Conference (blogged gloriously by Amanda ...LibrarianInBlack -
  
• Review: Eye of the Crow by Shane Peacock
  11 Feb 2008 by Jen The other week when I was at the OLA Super Conference, I picked up just two books, and this was one of them. See, unlike many librarians, I'm not into the whole "grab a load of free crap" when it comes to the vendor expo. ...
  
• What should a literate teacher be able to do?
  10 Feb 2008 by Diana Deco This is quoted from David Warlick's blog 2c worth, who wrote these notes live from Stephen Heppel's keynote address at the 105th annual OLA Super Conference on January 30th. Heppell asked a group of students what a literate teacher ...
  
• Finding the Fit
  10 Feb 2008 by drbrucepk He’s commenting on a keynote by Stephen Heppell at the Ontario Library Association, and Heppell had asked students what a technology literate teacher should be able to do and they listed these things: ...The International Teacher -


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• OLA Post: part two
  9 Feb 2008 by Michelle Session # 303 Blogging in the Library Jessica Olliver, MLIS Candidate, University of Western Ontario. Jess is a friend and I was thrilled to see her present at the conference. This was a really good overview of the blogging basics and ...
• Long overdue OLA post: part one 9 Feb 2008 by Michelle For those not in the biz, OLA is the Ontario Library Association, and the supercoference is huge, over 4500 attendees this year, all of whom have a connection to the library community. The conference does maintain a website, ...Yarns from M. : An Earnest, Savvy, Fetching... -
• Superconference 2008
  8 Feb 2008 by glowworm I’ve been to recent Sirsidynix Superconferences, but am tending to the “no-go” for 2008. I thought last year’s event was good for content, and while luxuriating at length in a bathtub in my room that might have been used by some ...
• Exhuming Taddle Creek
  6 Feb 2008 toronto-sewer.jpg I met up with my editor on Friday after the OLA Super Conference. Although it will still be a couple of weeks before we can get into the serious editing of The Young City, we discussed some ideas. ...


• This is a great video - Stephen Heppell was the keynote at OLA ...
  5 Feb 2008 by tldlblog This is a great video - Stephen Heppell was the keynote at OLA Superconference and everyone is talking about him. Here is Stephen talking about technology in education. youtube=http://youtube. com/v/W2YCOhljF6U.


• Deb's Totally Unofficial OLA Conference Blog, The Second
  31 Jan 2008 by Deb Oh, kids. What a day I had. Never mind that I went over to the CBC museum, saw the tickle trunk and the Friendly Giant's Castle, never mind that I had a 'hey how you doin'" head-nod moment with Brent Bambury (I'd have preferred George ...


• OLA Conference
  30 Jan 2008 by Mr. T. Looking for Mr. Thomson or Mrs. Brown during Exam Return Day or the Feb. 1 PD Day? You'll find them at the Ontario Library Association Conference in Toronto! We'll be back for the start of Semester 2 on Monday; if you have library needs ...


• Blog the OLA conference!
  22 Jan 2008 by Jen Hey there. I just saw this posted and thought I'd share it with you. Unfortunately my laptop is too dilapidated (missing keys, shorted-out battery, etc.) that I really don't use it anymore except in my bed (well, last week I did use it ...


• Research Help Debriefing Jan. 21, 2008
  21 Jan 2008 by rhblog The OLA conference is next week Friday. Please make sure you have it in Corporate Time so that Frances can do the scheduling. Janice will not be starting at the Research Help Desk until the summer, due to other projects. ...

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