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.
Visit http://www.cnib.ca/righttoread to join the campaign and help protect the right to read for those of us with visual disabilities.
Reading is a right, not a privilege. We read to learn, work and connect to the world. Everyone has the right to read.
But if you are blind or partially sighted, that right could go missing.
Library services for blind and partially sighted Canadians are in jeopardy. For more than 90 years, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) has struggled to fund these services with charitable dollars. But CNIB can’t afford to go it alone any longer.
Government funding is needed now, or the consequences will be dire: isolation and an unequal playing field for Canadians who deserve better.
Consultation opens today to explore consumer privacy in the context of the manner in which businesses target consumers in social networking environments.
The New Media Consortium and Educause Learning Initiative have released their 2010 Horizon Report. It forecasts six key emerging technologies that will have an impact on teaching and learning. View the official announcment.
Download the 2010 report (PDF).
Download the 2009 report (PDF).
A reminder that the deadline for the OLITA Award for Technological Innovation is looming!
This is an excellent an opportunity to share your accomplishments with your peers and receive some well deserved recognition. So, if you have a technical achievement from the past year that you are proud of, or feel that your institution is using technology in an interesting or innovative way, we encourage you to apply. Application forms can be filled out online here.
Nominations are due Nov. 15.