Friday Night Biggest Evening in Years Bookbinding * 'LA RONDE', the Multipart Ner at Hart House

Ontario Library SUPtER EWS Special Members' Edition

OLITA announces Canadian scientist to give Super Session PROGRAM Paul Hoffert get~ national aHention CHANGES and Super Conference berth

• ~'(] ffi (was Session #902). PAUL HOFFERT is the latest FROM SilliER BIRCH TO BLUE major name to be added to the HERON TO RED MAPLE roster of Super Conference '99. MOVED to Friday, 8:45 a.m. The popular scientist, A BIG THANK YOU researcher and professor from to the sponsors of this great • 7J~'(] (was 5:15 Friday York University is making a Super Conference '99! BUSINESS MEETING). splash with his new book, The ONTARIO PUBLIC LIBRARY Bagel Effect. He takes over * GUIDELINES ACCREDITATION Micromedia OLITA's Saturday Super Micromedia/Silver Platter PROGRAM Session (#1102) from Bill Joy MOVED to Friday, 2:30 p.m. Ameritech Library who was forced to withdraw. Services Hoffert is Director of • ffi'(] ~ (speaker change) CulTech Collaborative Research IN CONVERSAnON WITH Advantage* Learning Centre at York University. He is PETER sis Bestseller Inc. Award-winning author/illustrator the mastermind behind the Brodart Co. world's first totally wired, of Starry Messenger Canebsco interactive community, a $100 John Coutts million project which The • ffi'(] ~ ABFO (nouvelle) important interactive multime Library Services Financial Post described as trial." 16:00-17:15 dia He is past Chair of the The Bibliocentre SALON DU UVRE DE TORONTO "quite possibly the world's most Ontario Arts Council. FAXON* • CHILDREN'S AWARD New block of dinner tickets released WNCHEON (speaker change) Wallaceburg Speaker: PmR Sis Friday night biggest evening in years Bookbinding * 'LA RONDE', the multipart ner at Hart House. The specially More to come! evening at Hart House, the (program change) subsidized price of $25 per tick A MILLENNIAL OLA: CHANGE IN Robarts Library and the Faculty et is proving popular as is the The Super Conference AN EVOLVING PROFESSION of Information Studies at the chance to socialize and have an Planning Team University of Toronto, is a hit! interesting evening. thanks • '0 '0 ®~ (JJil (~~) A new block of dinner tick The ten part evening is the OLA Finance THE BAGEL EFFECT ets was arranged this week to try almost in place. Two musical Committee for these Speaker: PAUL HOFFERT to meet the demand for the din- Continued on page 2 important results. The Silver Birch and Red Maple List of Nominations Released Outstanding authors create great excitement across Super Conference 199 schedule

YOU CAN SEE THEM the House, share the platform at Maple Award Session #720. authors in sessions or meet Session #615. The books are them at the OLA booth on the all nominated for the 1999 0 RICHARD Scrimger, exhibit floor or talk to them Silver Birch Award in Non author of The Nose from over autographing at the OLA Fiction to be voted on by the Jupiter, and Andrea Spalding, Store. Every day, new authors children of Ontario on May 1(1. author of An Island of My Own are being confirmed for Sheree will also read at La are confirmed so far for appearance at Super Ronde Friday night. Session #321. Scrimger is also Conference '99. expected to read at Friday Peter Sis Gayle Friesen Besides those already D WILLIAM Bell, author of night's La Ronde. announced in the advance reg Zack, Norah Red Maple Award winner istration brochure, the follow McClintock, 0 JANET LUNN, author of Carol Matas has a scheduling ing have agreed to participate: author of Sins The Hollow Tree, and Kady conflict and must withdraw. of the Father MacDonald Denton, illustrator Adult authors appearing at La 0 PETER SIS, author/ illus and Gayle of A Child's Treasurer of Ronde are still to be confirmed trator of 1997 Caldecott Friesen, author Nursery Rhymes, are 1998 by the University of Toronto Honour Book, Starry Messen of Janey's Girl winners of Governor-General's Book Store. ger, and award-winning film are confirmed Norah Awards and have been invited Watch the Super maker (Berlin Film Festival), for the Red McClintock to appear at Session #417. Conference web site for devel will talk about his writing in opments. Session #813, about his illus tration at the Children's Award Continued from page 1 Luncheon on Saturday. His Extra tickets for Hart House Dinner now available filmwork will be one of ten things going on at Friday groups have been engaged. One will be on view - a very differ night's La Ronde at the comes from the Faculty of ent side of this creator. University of Toronto. Music and the other is a delight An adult author is still to be ful Argentinian group called identified by the University of DARLENE Soul of the Andes, featuring Toronto Book Store, the source Chan, author Giovanni of some of Toronto's greatest of Moon Ruiz. reading evenings. Festival, Master The tours of the extraordi D a v i d puppeteer Don nary Information Commons at Bouchard, Mills is work the Robarts Library and of the author of ing on a new new electronic library, Inforum, If Sarah Will puppet, at the Faculty of Information Take Me, and Sheree Fitch, Madame Ola, Studies, will go on throughout popular children's poet, author who will be the evening. of There's a Mouse in My delighting you The Faculty of Information with an evening of for Studies will be demonstrating Developed as part of the educational event tunetelling. Although there are ITER, a new web site for OLA Store has new professional literature no charges for the evening at medieval studies. the University of Toronto (other The Adaptive Technologies as well as materials by speakers than dinner), Don is hoping del Centre will show you the latest MATERIAL IS being collected ordered from a catalog," says egates will donate a toonie to state-of-the-art equipment for from professional library pub OLA President Brian Bell. the Canadian Children's Book library patrons with handicaps. lishers across North America "This is a great service that Centre as part of their enjoy You can attend a presentation or for inclusion in the OLA Store, everyone should use." ment of his mad fortune teller. come just to try things for your a major educational highlight The Super Conference plan Children's author Richard self. Guides will help. of Super Conference. ning team also highlights work Scrimger, will read from his Given the evening's suc "The sheer cost of profes by authors and speakers appear very funny works, as will young cess, closing dessert receptions sional literature means that it ing at this year's program.The people's poet Sheree Fitch. are planned for both the Fisher needs to be seen and not choice is quite extraordinary. Peter Sfs ' award-winning films Rare Book Library and FIS. . . :·· .. ·:·:·=::

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 10:00 am-3:30 pm FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 10:00 am-2:30 pm

• The most companies exhibiting for librarians in Canada including many you have specifically requested The Exhibit • Over 2500 identifiable new products to see • Some 700 product experts are staffing this extraordinary show - ask the hard questions - they know! • Valuable products galore to be won in the Passport to Prizes • TheOLA 1999 Building Awards Competition entries will be on display • Computer stations for checking your e-mail are on the exhibit floor and in other strategic locations

Today's presentations in the Expo '99 Theatre: Today's presentations in the Expo '99 Theatre: The Expo '99 • 12:00 p.m. Maximizing the Role of the Corporate • 12:00 p.m. Cataloguing Via the Internet Theatre Librarian • 12:30 p.m. Brodart's Library Management Systems for • 12:30 p.m. Ancentry.com's Charter Affiliate Program Windows98/NT for Libraries • 1:00 p.m Experience the Tropical Rain Forest in Your • I :00 p.m The Windows Advantage Library • 1 :30 p.m. The latest Product and Service • 1:30 p.m. To Be Announced Developments at Statistics Canada

Talk with the authors or get autographs at the exhibit, at the Today's literary highlights include: Meet the OLA Store or at sessions. Bring your own books or pur • Peter Sfs Authors chase them on the enclosed forms. • Ken Oppel, Hugh Brewster, Arlene Chan, David • Linda McQuaig, Rene Dionne Bouchard, Sheree Fitch, William Bell, Gayle • Richard Scrimger, Andrea Spalding, more Friesen, Katherine Barber, more • Janet Lunn, Kady Macdonald Denton • Jean Weihs, Marjan Glavac, Arlene Perly Rae, Carol Koechlin/Sandi Zwaan

Presentations and consultation at our great new centre: Today's presentations in the OLA Career Centre are: OLA Career • 12:00 p.m. Using Your Skills In An Alternative • 12:15 p.m. Using Your Skills In An Alternative Centre Setting Setting • 12:30 p m. How To Create Your Own Career: • 12:45 p m. Changing Jobs Within Your Library Stan Skrzeszewski Liz Fox • 1 :00 p m. Preparing For A Job Interview: • I :00 p m. To Be Announced Caroline Werle

• Fast answers, quick fixes and great referrals for your questions and problems The Library • Staffed by consultants and librarians from public, school and academic libraries Doctor Is In • One-on-one advice and sharing of expertise- personal and friendly! • Where no question is too large or too small, every question makes sense and nothing is too strange!

Come congratulate your award-winning peers at: More of your award-winning peers are here at: Meet the 1999 • 11:00 a.m. OPLA James Bain Medallion • 11 :00 a.m. OSLA Award of Excellence Award Winners • 11:30 a.m. OCULA Award • 11:30 a.m. OLITA Certificate of Merit • 12:00 p.m. Children's Services Award • 12:00 p.m. OSLA Distinguished School • 12:30 p.m. OLTA W. J. Robertson Medallion Administrator • I :00 p.m. OLA Distinguished Service Award • 12:30 p.m. OSLA Award of Merit • 1:00 p.m. ABFO Prix Micheline Persaud

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This schedule Is up-to-date at the time of wrttlng. See the schedules In the Official Program on sHe for even more! OLA and library practice in 2008 Your opportunity to take part in discussions about the future AT GENEVA PARK in early activities and to draw your October, close to sixty elected own conclusions about our officers and number of future. invited guests were asked to Radical Times Require participate in a three-day think Radical Solutions: the Future tank to look at the likely future of Libraries and of the OLA of libraries and library-trained replaces the announced Super people ten years from now, and Session #1101. at the type of organization OLA Dr. George MacDonald must become if it is to be flexi will appear at a later date. ble enough to meet the needs of a radically shifting field. A very different OLA was proposed by OL\ \IE\IBERS participants by the end of the may bring an weekend. administrator OLA Presidents June not employed in the lihntr~ · Wilson and Brian Bell capture field as their fn·t· guest. the spirit of the weekend by $2.5 dwrgl' on Saturda~ giving you the opportunity to for lundll'on til-ket. participate in some of the

Friday breakfast provides focus Provincial Associations meet during Super Conference THE PRESIDENTS, Vice Sunrise Breakfast on Friday Presidents, Past Presidents and morning. Executive Directors of Presenting that morning Canada's provincial library will be Presidents Francesco associations make up the Lai, Atlantic Provinces Library Provincial and Territorial Association, Jennifer Reeves, Library Associations' Council. Quebec Library Association, All but the Manitoba Library Ken Vaughan, Saskatchewan Association and the Northwest Library Association and Territorial Library Association Barbara Bulat, Library will be represented at two Association of Alberta. meetings being held during Michael Burris, Executive Super Conference in January. Director of the British Delegates will get a chance Columbia Association, fills out to hear what is happening the roster. across the country during the In all, twelve provincial Cross Canada Checkup representatives will meet.

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