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OCULA President 2008 Cynthia Williamson, Mohawk College Hello Everyone. Welcome to the OCULA 2008 Fall Workshop and Dinner November 2008 issue of Inside was, if you’re afraid that the place is OCULA. I hope everyone is having By Cynthia just a tourist trap, fear not, it’s still a a successful fall semester. At Williamson, Mohawk great little restaurant. We Mohawk we’ve been enjoying College discovered the bakery called Pan seeing students use our newly Chanco for breakfast the next spruced up Fennell campus library. morning, enjoyed another walk & a The headaches of a summer spent I think I’ve hit upon the perfect little more shopping and then, enduring painting, carpeting and approach to professional rested, relaxed and revived, it was flooring installations have turned development. Like many things in life, time to move to the other side of the out to be worth it. The library is it’s all about balance. It started out as scale. brighter and more cheerful than our a simple plan to get to Kingston the formerly drab space. We’re at night before our OCULA Fall event. I The Donald Gordon Centre at semester peak, full tables and wanted to be available on Friday Queen’s University was the setting computers and lots of groups busy morning to help with any last minute for our afternoon workshops. The at their work – I’m sure you’re in set-up etc. Then I decided I didn’t centre is a lovely mix of old original same boat in college and university want to drive through Toronto during building and state of the art libraries all over the province. rush hour and I really don’t like to conference rooms, dining room and Hang on though, before we know it drive too late at night, so I decided to small hotel. We greeted colleagues the semester will be winding down leave in the afternoon and get to shortly before noon and shared and the holiday season will be fast Kingston in time for dinner. Don lunch in the dining room and then upon us! Now for a quick look at Kinder from Ryerson liked the idea moved downstairs for the what’s happening in the world of too, so I picked him on my way and off workshops. Cory Laverty of OCULA. we went. Queen’s University libraries spoke first. Her inspiring talk covered the I’ve written about the OCULA fall The leaves were probably just past evolution of our definition of event elsewhere in this issue, their peak but we had a lovely fall information literacy and looked at check that article to learn about the drive through eastern Ontario, a how we we’ve approached the task day. I would like to thank OCULA perfect clear sunny day. We checked of teaching it over the years. She Vice President Nathalie Soini into the hotel, had a walk and did examined the changing definitions (Queens) from the bottom of my some shopping in charming downtown of information literacy; the changing heart for organizing a great day of Kingston and headed to that practice of teaching information learning and networking. The venerable Kingston institution, Chez Piggy, for dinner. What a dinner it theme for my article is about continued on page 3 achieving one kind of balance – I stand in awe of Nathalie’s ability to achieve another kind of balance. 2009 OCULA Graduating Students/New Between doing her job, organizing our event, taking pictures, (not to Professionals Award Winner - Debbie Chaves mention other OLA/OCULA duties), moving house and taking care of proposal entitled: “What New her family, she has had one busy By Nathalie Soini, Academic Librarians Need to fall! Thanks to OCULA Past Queens University Know about Mentoring.” President Don Kinder (Ryerson) for attending, helping with registration The award committee received The committee adjudicating the and taking pictures and to OCULA only three submissions this year, OCULA Graduating Students/New Councillor Laurie Morrison (Brock) being a noticeable decrease Professionals Award would like to for attending and helping one of our from previous years. That being congratulate this year’s recipient, speakers. said, all three proposals had continued on page 2 Debbie Chaves, Science Librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University, for her continued on page 4 President’s message • Super Conference information Conference Planner (2010-11). is out, register soon. IMHO, Thanks to Trish and all of the other continued from page 1 this is the best annual library worthy applicants for responding to our request for applications. Being Now I’d like to remind everyone conference in Canada. Don’t willing to put in the time to be a what’s on the OCULA horizon. You miss out. Planners Caroline Super Conference planner is a big can learn more about all of these Stewart and Kristin Hoffman deal. Planning the conference is a things on our website: (UWO) have put together an lot of work, mixed in with fun and www.accessola.com/ocula/bins/ind exciting OCULA program – getting to know library colleagues ex.asp. thanks ladies! The OCULA spotlight speaker this year is from many different institutions. • We’re currently looking for Mark Leggott, University convenors for OCULA sessions Librarian at the University of In closing, my usual shout out to at Super Conference 2009. As Prince Edward Island. They’re everyone on OCULA Council, OLA you read, we will have already doing great things; I can’t wait staff and to my colleagues at sent out the call, answer if you to hear from Mark. Mohawk College – you rock! can. • We have openings for two Speaking of Super Conference, I Cynthia Williamson Councillors-at-large on OCULA say congratulations to Trish Green OCULA President council (2009-11). If you’re (Conestoga), who is our new Super willing and able to make the three year commitment, sitting on Council is great way to get involved, learn and serve your The OCULA Fall Dinner and Workshop profession. Email anyone on Council to ask about the job, I’m sure they’d all tell you what a rewarding experience it is. • Perhaps you know someone worthy of the OCULA From left - Academic Librarian of the Year Karen Award? Nominate them now! Bordonaro, • We’ve started a new page on and Laurie our website. As part of our Morrison – efforts to help students and both from librarians in other sectors learn Brock more about what academic University librarians do, we’re making videos. Thanks to OCULA Super Conference Planner, Caroline Stewart (Guelph Humber), who was the first to post a video. Mine is in the works, maybe it will be up by the time you read this. Feel like making a video of your own? To find out more, go to: From left - http://www.accessola.com/ocul Martha a/bins/content_page.asp?cid=2 Whitehead, 649 Queen's • Our survey will run during the University last two weeks of November. Librarian, and You have a chance to win an Cory Laverty, iPod Nano and a $100 iTunes Queen’s library card if you take the time University to complete it. We’d love to know what you think. Photos by Nathalie Soini 2 ONTARIO COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Fall Workshop and Dinner continued from page 1 students. I’d like to know if they study, a place to do research & find feel that we’re meeting these literacy over the years and ended with materials, and they also use it as a students’ needs. a look at how new technologies and place to practice their language methods might change how and what skills. Karen also provided lots of After this afternoon of learning we teach in our information literacy it was time for more socializing. classes. Cory’s talk guided us on a We had a bit of break before journey towards a “convergence of The right to know. we were due at Fort Henry. literacies”. We looked at and Some of us found a cozy pub questioned ACRL’s 2001 standards, The right to source what downtown to spend the time. there was some agreement that there is known. Then it was off to Fort Henry, a is something missing from this The right to share what crazy busy place that night, all document. Where is the creativity and is known. dressed up for Halloween. collaboration that are part of good Maybe you don’t equate learning environments today? I was The right to fairly use Halloween and an historic fort very happy to be reminded of John what is known. immediately. But think for a Willinsky’s talk at WILU 2008, his 7 The right to assist others minute, Fort Henry is old, and rights of information literacy should be where old buildings exist, what a list we all keep near to our hearts. in knowing. do we often find? Ghosts. It is My first to do from Cory’s talk comes The right to improve tradition to visit the Fort for in the form of reading a book she knowledge. tours and ghost stories at this mentioned called Leonardo’s Laptop The right to transform time of year. After awarding the by C. Schneiderman. Schneiderman’s iPod Nano to winner, Amanda model for using technology as a known world. Ross White from Queens, we learning tool with its four stages: settled down to dinner presided collect, relate, create, and donate is J.Willinsky. over by Queen Martha. Our something I want to look at in more The 7 Rights of Information speaker for the evening, Dr.

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