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February 3, 2010 –The Ontario Library Association announced the Library Building Award recipients today. The OLA Library Building Awards were created to encourage excellence in the architectural design and planning of libraries in Ontario.

“2010 was a banner year for the awards. Each submission is judged upon its own merit rather than in competition with the others. The jury had a challenging time due to so many notable submissions. This year 10 of the 25 submissions were selected to receive an award,” commented Tanis Fink, chair, OLA Library Building Award Jury.

Award recipients are from the school, academic, and public library sector and are as follows:

TanenbaumCHAT Kimel Family Education Centre
CS&P Architects Inc.

McMaster University, Health Sciences Library
McCallum Sather Architects Inc.

University of Toronto, Gerstein Reading Room
Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc.

University of Toronto at Mississauga, Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners Architects

Toronto Public Library – Dufferin & St. Clair branch
Makrimichalos Cugini Architects

Toronto Public Library – Jane & Sheppard branch
Cannon Design

Kingston Frontenac Public Library – Calvin Park branch
Shoalts and Zaback Architects Ltd.

Toronto Public Library – Bloor & Gladstone branch
Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects, Inc.

Toronto Public Library – S. Walter Stewart branch
Philip H. Carter, Architect & Ellen Vera, Architect - in joint venture

Cambridge Public Library – Cambridge Libraries & Galleries
Kongats Architects




The awards will be presented at the OLA Super Conference, February 24 – 27, 2010 in Toronto. All submissions will be displayed for registered delegates to peruse.

The 2010 jury members reflect expertise from the architectural and library sectors and are:
Tanis Fink, jury chair, and chief librarian and director, Seneca Libraries
Maureen Barry, chief librarian, Burlington Public Library
Christopher Hume, Urban Issues, Architecture columnist, The Toronto Star
Gerrie Doyle, president, the Ontario Association of Architects
Gordon Grice, member, the Ontario Association of Architects

About OLA:
The Ontario Library Association is a centre of excellence for the library and information sectors. More than five-thousand OLA members who work in or with Ontario’s libraries participate in networking and professional development opportunities, in addition to advancing initiatives that make Ontario’s libraries the best.
http://www.accessola.com


For more information, contact:
Amanda Scriver, Program Coordinator, OLA
ascriver@accessola.com
416 363-3388 x26

The library world lost a leader this week. During his career, Alan MacDonald was a University of Calgary and Dalhousie University librarian. In 2003 he was honoured with the CARL award for distinguished research. He was well known and well respected in the library field and will be greatly missed.
More details about his distinguished career can be found in the 2003 CARL press release:
http://www.carl-abrc...ews_2003-e.html

OLA salutes the best! The following are the 2010 OLA and OLA Divisional Award winners.
All awards will be presented at the OLA Super Conference happening Feburary 24-27, 2010.

OLA’s Awards:

OLA’s Les Fowlie Intellectual Freedom Award
Winner: Book & Periodical Council for Freedom to Read Week

OLA’s Media and Communication Award
Winner: Toronto Public Library – Make Some Noise project

OLA Presidents Award for Exceptional Achievement
Winner: Eric Walters and Deborah Ellis

Forest of Reading Evergreen Award
Winner: The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway

ABO-Franco’s Awards:

ABO-Franco
prix Micheline Persaud
Winner: Louise Godbout-Legault, Service des bibliothèques de l'Ontario-Sud

OCULA’s Awards:

Award for Special Achievement:
Winner: Project Conifer, a consortial implementation of the Evergreen Open Source library system by its project partners:

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

Lifetime Achievement Award:
Winner: Toni Olshen, York University

OSLA’s Awards:

Teacher-Librarian of the Year Award:
Winner: Mary-Beth Snyder, Waterloo Region District School Board

Award for Special Achievement:
Winner: Tim Gauntley, Toronto District School Board
Winner: Marlene Turkington, retired from Thames Valley District School Board

Administrator of the Year Award:
Winner: John Kostoff, Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board

OLITA’s Awards:

OLITA Award for Technological Innovation:
Winner: Project Conifer, a consortial implementation of the Evergreen Open Source library system by its project partners:

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
OPLA’s Awards:

OPLA's Children's Librarian of the Year Award
Winner: Janis Marshall, Milton Public Library

OPLA's Excellence in Youth Services Award
Winner: Christy Geisler, Kitchener Public Library

OPLA's Adult Readers’ Advisory Award
Winner: Richard Ficek, Oshawa Public Library

OPLA’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: Stephen Nelson, Woodstock Public Library

James Bain Medallion / Public Library Trustee of the Year
Winner: Claudette Richardson, Kingston Frontenac Public Library
Winner: Dr. John J. Flynn, Seguin Public Library Board

OLBA’s Award:

W.J. Robertson Medallion / Public Librarian of the Year
Winner: Adele Kostiak, Brampton Public Library

Canada is the only G8 country that does not publicly fund library services for people who have a print disability. The CNIB's recently launched 'Right to Read' campaign focusses on securing sustainable government support and funding, while working in partnership with libraries, to ensure people with vision loss or who are otherwise print-disabled have more equitable access to reading materials.
More information at:
http://www.cnib.ca/

Leona Dombrowsky moves from Agriculture to Education. Ontario Education minister Kathleen Wynne is to move to the Transportation Ministry while Aboriginal Affairs Minister Brad Duguid will be promoted to energy and infrastructure. Michael Chan moves from Citizenship and Immigration to Tourism and Culture. Aileen Carroll was the Minister of Culture.
Details at:

http://www.premier.gov.on.ca/

Name change for 'The Living Library'. Now to be called the Human Library. The concept of what is now known as the Human Library originally began 10 years ago in Denmark. A recent notification from a U.S. based company has claimed that 'The Living Library' is a registered name. The actual correct interpretation from the original Danish is Human Library - thus the name change. Read more at:
http://human-library...p-for-2010.html

January 27 is Family Literacy Day. ABC Canada Literacy Foundation created the day to encourage and celebrate family reading. Libraries across the country have programs featuring literacy. A list can be viewed at:
http://www.abc-canad...ly_literacy_day

Due to popular demand the early bird deadline for registration has been extended to January 12 at 5 pm. Register today to avoid a higher registration fee!

Indigo makes a deal with Kobo to retail digital books. Free ereading apps are at:
http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ebooks

1.8 million titles are available

May 2009 LAC informed libraries of a short term moratorium on purchased acquisitions. A Documentary Heritage Management Framework and and Acquisition Orientation instrument was developed since to navigate the complex world of collection and archiving. Please consider reviewing discussion documents and consider providing feedback. Documents are at:
http://www.collectio...004-2010-e.html