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The OLA Super Conference 2011 Planning Committee would like to ask for your help in developing sessions for OLA Super Conference 2011! Submissions are now open for sessions in the 2011 Super Conference, scheduled to take place from February 2nd to 5th 2011, at the Toronto Metro Convention Centre.

The session proposal form can be found here: http://www.accessola.com/education/superconference

The planning committee welcomes proposals of both sessions you would be willing to present, and simply ones that you would like to see. There is no limit to the number of proposals an individual can submit.

The deadline for proposals is May 31st.

2010’s conference is on Friday,  June 11th and the theme is Going Mobile!

People expect the information they want to be at their fingertips – anytime – easily – and instantly. Libraries need to explore and experiment with new mobile technologies and tools that will ensure they meet and service their users in this new reality.

Don’t miss this chance to spend a day with leading thinkers and practitioners who are going mobile. It will be an opportunity to gain new insights and to reflect on how your institution is preparing to meet the exciting opportunities and new challenges of the mobile environment.

Keynote Speaker:  Jason Griffey

Additional Speakers and Session Titles:

• David Sharp, Carleton University Library, and MJ Suhonos, Toronto Public Library: GPS
• Dan D’Agostino, University of Toronto Libraries, and Joanne Lombardo, Toronto Public Library: Ebooks
• Graham McCarthy, Ryerson University Library and Archives: Experiences with Mobile Services
• James Mason, University of Toronto Libraries, Mobile Audio

Thunder Sessions (4 X 15 minutes):

• Fiacre O’Duinn, Hamilton Public Library: Augmented Reality
• I-School Student (TBA): Reference From the Street
• Sally Wilson, Ryerson University and Archives: QR Codes
• Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University Library: Designing for Mobile

The OLA Annual General Meeting will be held at Oakham House in conjunction with Digital Odyssey.

Event Location:
Oakham House Conference Centre, Ryerson University
55 Gould Street, Toronto.
Map, directions, and nearby accommodations

Register online from the education institute

Visit the Digital Odyssey 2010 website

This year’s Digital Odyssey theme is Going Mobile! Join us June 11, 2010 at Ryerson University for a day full of discussion on mobile technology and libraries.

Stay tuned for further details, registration information and more.

Congratulations to Project Conifer, a consortial team lead by Dan Scott at Laurentian University, this year’s winner of the OLITA Award for Technological Innovation!

Project Conifer is a consortial installment of the Evergreen Open Source library system. This is the first academic consortium to implement Evergreen and largest bibliographic database supported by Evergreen and went live in August 2009.

Member institutions include: Leddy Library, J.N. Desmarais Library, Algoma University, Wishart Library, University of Sudbury, Hearst, Bibliothèque Maurice-Saulnier, Huntington College Library, Paul Martin Law Library, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (West), HRSRH Health Sciences Library, Northern Ontario School of Medicine (East), Xstrata Process Support Centre Library, NOHIN, Instructional Media Centre, Laboratoire de didactiques, E.S.E., Vale Inco, Mines Library, Willet Green Miller Centre, Art Gallery of Sudbury, Curriculum Resource Centre, Sault Area Hospital and Centre Franco-Ontarien de Folklore.

The OLITA Award Reception will be held on Friday February 26, 5:45 pm, in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in room 204. Please celebrate with us!

OLA Superconference is a just a matter of hours away.  If you are attending, please say hello to your OLITA Council members.

You’ll be able to meet the OLITA Council at the OLITA AGM on Friday February 26, 5:15 pm, in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, room 204. After the meeting, we will be holding the OLITA Award Reception.