In order to provide another great conference experience we need your help. Please consider submitting a proposal for a session at next year’s conference.

Call for Proposals
Submission Deadline – May 25th, 2010

2011 SUPER CONFERENCE
February 2nd – 5th, 2011
Metro Toronto Convention Centre

What topics is OCULA looking for?
We are looking for presentations that reflect the challenging and exciting times in college and university libraries. Particular topics of interest include assessments, collaboration, collection development, reference services, theory, digitization, scholarly communications, and more. This is a great opportunity to present your ideas, research or experience to your peers. Spotlight on Research At the 2010 Conference we added a new type of session called Spotlight on Research. In these sessions two presentations were showcased in one 75 minute time slot. The intention was to highlight the research being done in areas related to academic libraries and where a 30-35 minute time slot was more appropriate. If you are currently working on research you would like to present at the conference, you may wish to note that you would be interested in sharing a Spotlight on Research slot when you submit your proposal.

How do I submit a proposal?
You can submit a proposal for a session you would like to PRESENT; however, you can also submit a proposal for a topic that you would like to see covered but that you don’t want to present. Please submit your proposal or idea to the OLA website at:
www.accessola.com/education/superconference

To ensure that your submission does not get lost in the online universe, please also email the title of your submission to: pgreen@conestogac.on.ca

What if I have other questions?
Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns pgreen@conestogac.on.ca or j.bengtson@utoronto.ca
We look forward to seeing all your great session ideas!

Collegially,

Patricia Green pgreen@conestogac.on.ca Jonathan Bengtson j.bengtson@utoronto.ca OCULA Super Conference 2011 Program Planners

“Domain Specific Applications of Knowledge Media Design”

• Do you work in a field that is related to Knowledge/Media/Design?
• Do you consider your work ‘domain specific’?
• Do you enjoy speaking to students and sharing your experiences?

If you answered yes to those question, we need you!

Who are we?

The professional development committee consists of KMD collaborative program students <http://kmdi.utoronto.ca/graduate/> who are dedicated to bridging the gap between research and education in the university setting, and the real-world experiences of the professional world.

We are looking for featured panelists who have domain-specific work experience they would like to share with KMD students in a workshop-format. The workshop-format is designed to be an alternative to the more traditional short presentation followed by Q&A format.

Where is the space?

The brand new Brian Cantwell Smith idea Exchange is a collaborative space  at the Faculty of Information (140 St. George Street) with a brand new SmartBoard set up, completed with a fancy coffee machine.

The space has great potential for the kind of dynamic event we envision, all we need are interesting people and interesting experiences to tickle our student’s enquiring minds.

Participation Details:

Two professional panels in a workshop format are being organized for Wednesday March 4 and April 1st, from 4-6pm at the Faculty of Information (140 St. George Street), featuring guests and projects that reflect our theme: “Domain Specific Applications of Knowledge Media Design”.  These panel discussions will showcase projects from various disciplines and provide an informal and dynamic forum for students to learn more about the emerging and dynamic field of Knowledge Media Design from a professional perspective.

We are seeking interested speakers (faculty, alumni, advance graduate students) to come in and showcase any projects that they have worked on, and to share their insight and experience to graduate students.

If interested, please forward us a brief bio, your professional background, your research interests, and some of the projects that you think you would like to share at this event to margaret.lam@gmail.com (“KMD PD Event” in heading). We are looking for 3 speakers for our March 4th event, and others who are interested in speaking at such an event some time in the future.

This is a pilot initiative, and the success of these first two events will steer the direction of any future events held by the PD Student Committee. Your feedback and comments will be greatly appreciated! We look forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Ryan Kealey (PhD Candidate – Mechanical & Industrial Engineering)

Margaret Lam (Masters Candidate – Faculty of Information)

Tonya Noel (M.Ed Candidate – Curriculum, Teaching and Learning)

Dor Reich (Masters Candidate – Faculty of Information)

If you are thinking about your 2010 conference planning, don’t forget that the Canadian Association of College and University Libraries has conference grants to help you off-set the costs of attending the 2010 CLA conference held this year in Edmonton AB.

CACUL has up to 5 grants available  for 2010 — 3 grants (up to $1,800) each)  intended for new librarians, librarians who are unemployed or employed in a contract position, or a library technician; and two grants (up to $500) to support mid-career librarians.

For application details see:

http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Conference_Grant

http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Mid_Career_Travel_Grant

Deadline for all conference grants is March 31 2010.

Best Regards,

Carol Shepstone,
CACUL Director, Grants

What: OLA SuperConference iSchool Alumni Reception
Where: “West” Private Dining Room, Joe Badali’s Ristorante Italiano, 156 Front St. W.
When: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $10 at the door, and includes free appetizers and a drink of your choice
RSVP: kathleen.obrien@utoronto.ca, 416.978.7184, by Monday, February 22, 2010

The program — sponsored by Alliance Library System, and LearningTimes — will include a series of  wonderful keynote and featured speakers collection of available resources, discussions boards, and access to the recording of all live events for one year after the conference.  More people than ever are using mobile devices for a wide variety of purposes including communication, internet access, text messaging, and entertainment. It is important that libraries provide mobile services as handheld use increases.

The conference will feature four exciting keynote talks:

<ul>

<li>Joan K. Lippincott from the Coalition for Networked Information speaking about “Mobilizing Libraries for Today’s Students”

<li>Joe Murphy from Yale University speaking about “This is Now: The Mobile Library”

<li>Alison Miller, Internet Public Library, “Mobile Trends and Social Reference”

<li>Tom Peters of TAP Information Services, addressing “Morphing with Mobile”

</ul>

Registration for the conference is $69 per individual or $119 for a group.  LIS students can register for $29.  LIS students need to contact Lori Bell, Alliance Library System, at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com for a coupon code to register for the $29. “With the avalanche of new mobile devices and applications, the Handheld Librarian 2 online conference will be a golden opportunity for library land to cost effectively learn how to reach a whole new audience,” said Kitty Pope, ALS Executive Director.

For more information on the conference, go to the conference site at http://www.handheldlibrarian.org.  If you have questions, please contact John Walber at LearningTimes at john@learningtimes.net or Lori Bell at Alliance Library System at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com.

Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services invite you to join us for the first annual LIS Online Career Fair. Join us online in OPAL on Tuesday January 12, 2010 for an exciting day of learning how to start or to rejuvenate your library career in tough times! The day will kick off at 10 am central time/11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific and run through 4:30 pm central/5:30 pm Eastern. You will have your choice of a variety of informational and interactive programs which will assist you with your career no matter where you are.

The conference keynote speaker is Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster of LISjobs.com, the largest library career site and job database, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division. Rachel’s talk, “Career Building in a Down Economy,” will help librarians focus on what they can do to keep themselves moving forward professionally in a down economy. While professional literature discusses what librarians can do to help their communities and patrons, it does not give much information as to what librarians can do to help themselves. Rachel will address the ways in which the economy affects librarians professionally, how to control reactions and frustration, how to deal proactively with current events, and how to move forward effectively in tough economic times.

Other speakers include: Christi Confetti Higgins, Sun Microsystems; Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting; Morgan Cadwalader, Alliance Library System; Kitty Pope, Alliance Library System; Barbara McFadden Allen, Career on Institutional Cooperation; Meredith Farkas, Norwich University; Rose Chenoweth, Alliance Library System; Jim Rettig, University of Richmond; Marianne Steadley, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and more!

For more information on this conference, check out http://liscareerfair.org. The cost of the one day online event is $29 for graduate library students; $39 for librarians, and for a group, the price is $79.

For more information, please contact Lori Bell at ALS at lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com or Tom Peters at TAP Information Services at tapinformation@yahoo.com.

We cordially invite you to attend our annual holiday social in the

Great Hall of the Arts and Letters Club

Joy Shanfield, 2009 President, SLA Toronto Chapter

Claire Lysnes, 2010 President, SLA Toronto Chapter

Lily Mac, 2009-2010 President, CASLIS Toronto

Kim Silk, 2009-2011 President, Faculty of Information Alumni Association (FIAA)

Join your SLA, CASLIS and FIAA friends and colleagues to celebrate the holiday season.

Enjoy a delicious selection of hot and cold hors d’oeuvres and raise a glass of good cheer as you toast 2009.

Date:

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Time:

5:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Cocktails (cash bar) and hors d’oeuvres will be served

Location:

Arts and Letters Club of Toronto

14  Elm St.

Cost:

SLA Toronto Members/CASLIS Toronto Members/Alumni of the Faculty of Information, U of T:  $25.00

Non-Members: $35.00

Retired/Not Employed/Students: $15.00

Registration Information:

http://units.sla.org/chapter/ctor/events/default.asp?eid=271

Registration closes Saturday November 28^th, 2009

This event is generously sponsored by SLA Toronto Chapter Partners CEDROM-SNi and The Wall Street Journal

SLA Toronto’s Alignment Ambassadors, Kim Silk and Rebecca Jones, invite you to a meeting to discuss the SLA alignment project. Come to hear about the research underpinning the alignment project and share your views and ideas on this very important issue.

Date:
Wednesday November 25, 2009

Time:
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Location:
145 King Street West
11th Floor
Room King West 2
Toronto

Cost: This event is free

Registration Information
Please contact Shelly McBride if you are interested in attending
Shelley.McBride@canadabusiness.ca

Open Access Week is an opportunity to broaden awareness and understanding of Open Access to research, including access policies from all types of research funders, within the international higher education community and the general public. The now-annual event has been expanded from a single day to accommodate widespread global interest in the movement toward open, public access to scholarly research results.

Participate locally! Here is a list of Open Access Events courtesy of the University of Toronto Libraries Portal. See you there!

LIS Online Career Fair
Are you a new library school graduate – or mid-career and looking for a change? Are you wondering how to improve your career skills or ready to try a certificate program? Looking to refresh your resume? We invite you to join us for the first annual LIS Online Career Fair.

Join us online on Tuesday January 12, 2010 for an exciting day of learning how to start or to rejuvenate your library career in tough times! The day will kick off at 10 am central time/11 am Eastern/8 am Pacific and run through 4:30 pm central/5:30 pm Eastern. You will have your choice of a variety of informational and interactive programs which will assist you with your career no matter where you are.

The conference keynote speaker is Rachel Singer Gordon, webmaster of LISjobs.com, the largest library career site and job database, and consulting editor at Information Today Inc., Books Division. Rachel’s talk, “Career Building in a Down Economy,” will help librarians focus on what they can do to keep themselves moving forward professionally in a down economy. While professional literature discusses what librarians can do to help their communities and patrons, it does not give much information as to what librarians can do to help themselves. Rachel will address the ways in which the economy affects librarians professionally, how to control reactions and frustration, how to deal proactively with current events, and how to move forward effectively in tough economic times.

Other speakers include: Tom Peters, TAP Information Services; Christi Confetti Higgins, Sun Microsystems; Cindy Hill, Hill Information Consulting; Morgan Cadwalader, Alliance Library System; Kitty Pope. Alliance Library System; Marianne Steadley, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science and more!

For more information on this conference, check out http://liscareerfair.org . The cost of the one day online event is $29 for graduate library students; $39 for librarians, and for a group, the price is $79 This workshop is co-sponsored by Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services.

Lori Bell
Director of Innovation
Alliance Library System
600 High Point Lane
East Peoria, IL 61611
(309)694-9200 ext. 2128
lbell@alliancelibrarysystem.com