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Please join us on Wednesday May 11 for the Annual OCULA Spring Dinner!

Our speaker this year will be Dr. Alexandra Gillespie : The Rise of the Machines? A Medievalist Rethinks the Printing and Digital ‘Revolutions’

“My talk will be about the way that we have modeled our thinking about the shift from print to media on our assumptions about the last ‘revolution’ in communication technology-  the advent of printing. Recently, scholars have begun to describe the conditions of manuscript production that prepared the way for the invention of the press, and that gave shape to the changes wrought by printing. Might a more nuanced understanding of the past help us to understand the present better as well?”

http://individual.utoronto.ca/gillespie/

Event details:

University of Toronto Mississauga
Faculty Club, 3140 William Davis/South Building

Wednesday May 11, 2011

Cash bar and Complimentary Appetizers 5:00 pm

Dinner: 6:00 pm

For Members and Non-Members: $33.00 +tax

Directions:

University of Toronto Mississauga Campus
3359 Mississauga Road North
Mississauga L5L 1C6

Directions and parking information can be found online :

William Davis/South Building is 02 on the map. The closest parking is available in Lots #4 and #9 (pay & display).

http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/fileadmin/root/images/UTMMap-color.jpg

Parking information:

http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/index.php?id=1653

Those wishing a tour of the U of T Mississauga Library before or after the dinner please contact Pam King

(pam.king@utoronto.ca)

To register: http://www.accessola.com/ocula/spring-dinner

Deadline: May 2, 2011

3 weeks left to register for the WNYO ACRL/OCULA Spring Conference: Innovation in Libraries!

To see the full list of Pecha Kucha speakers and poster presenters and to register, please visit: http://wnyoacrl.org/conference

WNYO ACRL/OCULA Spring Conference
Innovation in Libraries
Friday, April 29, 2011
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Thanks and if you have any questions please contact the Spring Conference Planning Committee:

OCULA - Jennifer Peters-Lise, Seneca College, jennifer.peters-lise@senecac.on.ca
WNYO ACRL - Kevin Manuel, Brock University, kmanuel@brocku.ca

The deadline for applications to the OCULA New Librarian Residency Award is April 29th, 2011.

For details, see: http://www.accessola.com/ocula/bins/content_page.asp?cid=451-2995-3009

Please Mark Your Calendars and Save the Date for the OCULA Spring Dinner and Networking Event.

When:      Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Where:     University of Toronto Mississauga

Super Conference 2012 - Call for Proposals

The OLA Super Conference 2011 was a great success and now we are ready to plan Super Conference 2012!

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 - Wednesday, May 18th, 2011

2012 SUPER CONFERENCE
February 1st-4th, 2012
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, copyright, reference services, theory, digitization, scholarly communications, and more. This is a great opportunity to present your ideas, research or experience to your peers. The theme for 2012 will be INNOVATION.

Spotlight on Research Two years ago 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: j.bengtson@utoronto.ca

What if I have other questions?

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns j.bengtson@utoronto.ca or csmith@georgianc.on.ca

We look forward to seeing all your great session ideas!

Collegially,

Jonathan Bengtson j.bengtson@utoronto.ca

Cyndi Smith csmith@georgianc.on.ca

OCULA Super Conference 2012 Program Planners

Registration is now open for the WNYO ACRL/OCULA Spring Conference: Innovation in Libraries: http://wnyoacrl.org/conference

Call for proposals for Pecha Kucha sessions and Poster sessions:

Pecha Kucha
You are invited to submit a proposal for a pecha kucha session. Pecha Kucha sessions are defined as “Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images [or slides] x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace” (from http://www.pecha-kucha.org/). If you have an innovative idea, project, or process you would like to share at the conference, please complete this short proposal form. We will be accepting 6 presentations.

Posters
You are invited to submit a proposal for a poster. Posters are a great way to show off a new project or service at your institution. If you have an innovative idea, project, or process you would like to share at the conference, please complete this short proposal form.

WNYO ACRL/OCULA Spring Conference
Innovation in Libraries
Friday, April 29, 2011
8:30am-4:00pm
Inn on the Twenty
3845 Main Street
Jordan, Ontario
http://www.innonthetwenty.com/
A one-day event co-hosted by OCULA and Western New York/Ontario chapter of the ACRL.

Conference Schedule
8:30 - 9:30 - Registration and Breakfast
9:30 - 10:15 - Scholar’s Portal
10:15 - 11:00 - Pecha Kucha - 20 images/slides x 20 seconds each
11:00-11:15 - Break
11:15 - 12:00 - Birds of a Feather
12:00 -1:00 - lunch
1:00 - 4:00 - Innovation Boot Camp (includes a break)
5:30 - dinner in Jordan Village

Thanks and if you have any questions please contact the Spring Conference Planning Committee:

OCULA - Jennifer Peters-Lise, Seneca College, jennifer.peters-lise@senecac.on.ca
ACRL - Kevin Manuel, Brock University, kmanuel@brocku.ca

Two reports have recently been released that are of possible interest to OCULA members:

• Last week, OCLC released their report Perceptions of Libraries, 2010: Context and Community - this is the much anticipated sequel to their 2005 report Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources. There are links on the page linked above to the full report and sections of the report as well as a link to order a print copy.
• Two weeks ago, the Report on the 2010 LibQual+ Canada Project: the consortial experience and possible future directions was released. This is a report to the Directors of CARL and the participating libraries.

The Association of College & Research Libraries has posted their roster of winter e-learning opportunities. There are online seminars and webcasts on a variety of topics!

The Library is pleased to announce that Matthew Thomas has joined us as Electronic Resources Librarian.  Matthew comes with an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario, a BA in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo, and ten years experience as a professional librarian. He has worked at the Queensborough Public Library in Jamaica, New York, at Queen’s University in Kingston for four years as their Health Sciences librarian, and most recently as Collections Librarian at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine in Thunder Bay.  His role will include managing acquisitons, evaluating electronic resources and tools, compiling and analyzing collections-related statistics, and developing policy and procedures.

Jeff Trzeciak has decided to stay on as as University Librarian and Adjunct Assistant Professor in Multimedia and Communications at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario instead of accepting OhioLink post.