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Educational and Public libraries are mentioned in the 'Proposed Accessibility Requirements' in regards to access of information and materials both in the physical space and electronically. The 'Proposed Compliance Timelines' are also listed. See release message below.



Proposed Integrated Accessibility Regulation

The Government of Ontario is proposing a new Integrated Accessibility Regulation under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.

From September 2, 2010 to October 16, 2010, a summary of the Integrated Accessibility Regulation will be available for public review on the government's Regulatory Registry.

The Regulatory Registry can be accessed through the following link:
http://www.ontarioca...chType=current. All comments on the proposed regulation must be directed through the Regulatory Registry.

Thank you.

Toronto, August 26, 2010 — TVOKids, Authors at Harbourfront Centre and the Ontario Library Association are asking Ontario’s young writers what they would do to make the world a greener place with the second annual Super Stories Contest. Kids in grades K-8 in Ontario can submit a story for the chance to read their story on stage at the Young International Festival of Authors in Toronto!

The contest takes its cue from The League of Super Citizens, the TVOKids’ program for grade school children about a group of superheroes who promote good citizenship. To enter, kids must write, in 75 words or less, a story with the following story starter and it’s up to them to write the ending:

The Super Citizens were wondering what they should do with the garbage that had piled up around them when Enviro Girl said…”

Participating public and school librarians throughout the province will be on hand to give kids help and guidance with their entries.

The contest is open to all children in Ontario and is divided into three categories: Grades K-1; Grades 2-3; and Grades 4-6+. Entries can be submitted online at tvokids.com, handed to a school or public librarian, or mailed in. The address for all mailed submissions can be found at tvokids.com.

The contest carries two types of prizing: the first type is a random draw held Tuesday, October 5 in which three winners, one from each category, will win an electronic reading device. In the second, a Harbourfront/OLA committee will judge entries based on imagination, spelling and punctuation and select three young authors to win a trip to Toronto to read at the YoungIFOA in Toronto taking place October 26, 28 and 29. The three random draw prize winners plus the three YoungIFOA winners will be announced online at TVOKids.com on Tuesday, October 12.

A random selection of all entries will be profiled on Super Citizens Story of the Day on tvokids.com.

For complete rules, submission requirements and prizing info, visit tvokids.com.


About TVO
TVO is Ontario's public educational media organization and a trusted source of interactive
educational content that informs, inspires and stimulates curiosity and thought. TVO's vision
is to empower people to be engaged citizens of Ontario through educational media. For more
information, visit tvo.org.

About YoungIFOA
YoungIFOA is the offshoot of Canada’s premier literary festival: the International Festival of Authors (IFOA). It offers school groups grades K–8 a full-day programme including one author reading/Q&A event and one book-making workshop. This year’s YoungIFOA runs October 26, 28 and 29 at Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto as part of the 31st annual IFOA (October 20–30, 2010). Programme details are available at www.readings.org.


About OLA
The Ontario Library Association (OLA) creates programs, advocacy and promotion for its more than
5,000 members in college, public school and university libraries across Ontario. The mission of the
OLA is to foster free public access to information and to promote Canada’s history and culture
through the programs and services of the libraries of Ontario. For more information about the OLA, please visit www.accessola.com.

Where to find TVO
Cable channel 2 (channel may vary in some areas), Rogers HD channel 580 (in the GTA), Bell TV channel 265, Shaw Direct channel 353.


Media Contacts:
Andrea Fraser
TVO Marketing
416.484.2600 x 2080
anfraser@tvo.org


Lindsay Gulin
International Festival of Authors Communications
416.973.4395
lgulin@harbourfrontcentre.com

2011 Canadian Library Association National Conference & Trade Show, May 25-28, 2011, Halifax, NS
CLA is now accepting proposals for papers to be presented at the upcoming CLA National Conference, to be held in Halifax next May.

Detailed instructions for submitting proposals are available on the CLA website at: http://www.cla.ca/conference/2011/

The deadline for submissions is 1 October 2010.

The run or walk is Sunday October 3, 2010. Team members are in place in Edmonton, Ottawa/Gatineau, Thunder Bay, and Toronto. Be the first to start a group at your run site! Gather a group from your workplace!

Register and select "Join an Existing Team" and search for "Librarians" during the registration process: http://tinyurl.com/2cz4n6j

You can register now and choose to pay the registration fee later. If you raise $150 in donations, the $40 registration fee is waived. All library staff and library supporters are welcome to join the Team.

Join the Facebook Group: http://www.facebook....68208421&ref=ts

Premier Dalton McGuinty today announced changes to his Cabinet and government to "help drive results in Ontario's economy, schools and hospitals". Leona Dombrowsky, Ontario Minister of Education has been assigned to a priorities and planning committee struck by the Premier to deliver these results.
http://www.news.onta...ew-cabinet.html

Nominations for the next two institutes must be received by October 1, 2010.

The eleventh (11) Northern Exposure to Leadership Institute (NELI) will be held in Emerald Lake, British Columbia, from December 2-7, 2010.

The Institute’s mission is to assist professional librarians aspiring to leadership roles to develop, strengthen, and evolve their leadership potential so that they may be better equipped to lead Canada’s libraries or information service organizations or programs in the 21st century.

Based on the premise of experiential learning, the Institute includes group and individual learning experiences, and the opportunity to learn in conversation with mentors, who have been chosen for their own accomplishments and their leadership skills.

Northern Exposure, at this call, will be targeting seventy-two (72) librarians, with the successful participants chosen from the nominees and assigned to participate in one of two Institutes each with a cohort of thirty-six (36) participants. The first will be held, as noted above, in December, 2010 and the second will be held in the latter part of 2011.

Nominees must: (1) have a desire to develop their leadership potential and aggressively aspire to visible leadership roles in library and information service organizations; (2) have received their library degrees, generally, within the past seven years; and, (3) have a minimum of two year’s professional library experience and a maximum of seven years.

Individual nominations will be welcomed from a variety of sources, including employers, associations, library and information studies programs and the corporate information services sector. Nominees will be asked to supply a résumé or curriculum vitae, a one-page synopsis of achievements, a prospective career development program/path and their expectations for the Institute. Those chosen as participants must secure funding to cover the registration fee and transportation to Calgary, Alberta including any pre- or post-NELI accommodations in Calgary. Meals, accommodation as well as program and learning materials will be provided while attending the Institute.

Complete details at:
http://www.ls.ualberta.ca/neli/

New festival reminds kids of the joy of reading just in time for school

Toronto (August 9, 2010) – Just before kids go back to school, Toronto Public Library will host a fun-filled children’s festival featuring an all-star cast of Canadian children’s authors, including some of the most talented and inspiring writers of books for boys. The stellar line-up of authors coming to town includes Eric Walters, Kenneth Oppel, Barbara Reid, Robin Muller and Sarah Ellis. Book Bash also features lots of free entertainment for kids of all ages including storytelling, puppet shows, face painting, and fun crafts and activities.

Book Bash is being held at North York Central Library and Mel Lastman Square on Saturday, August 28, 2010, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Sarah Ellis will also provide a talk Friday evening to dish out some advice for hopeful authors and insight into the world of publishing children’s books.

What: Book Bash, the first annual Canadian Children’s Literature Festival

Where: North York Central Library (Concourse) and Mel Lastman Square
5120 Yonge Street

When: Sarah Ellis - Friday, August 27, 7:00 – 8:00 pm (refreshments at 6:30)
Book Bash - Saturday, August 28, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm


The Canadian Children’s Literature Festival is supported by an endowment fund honouring Lawrence Muller, retired president of Scholastic Canada, gifted to the Toronto Public Library Foundation earlier this year. The annual Canadian Children’s Literature Festival aims to promote reading, and recognize the wealth of Canadian talent writing for children.

Toronto Public Library is the world's busiest urban public library system. Every year, more than 17.5 million people visit our 99 branches and borrow more than 31 million items. To learn more about Toronto Public Library, visit our website at torontopubliclibrary.ca or call Answerline at 416-393-7131.

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Media Contact:
Michelle Leung, Communications Officer, 416-397-5936
mleung@torontopubliclibrary.ca

Deutscher Bibliothekartag (German Library Association Conference - 100th Anniversary)

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the German Library Association Conference, the Goethe-Instituts in North America welcome abstracts from Canadian and American librarians who are interested in participating in the conference. For those whose papers are accepted, an application for financial support can be made to the Goethe-Institut as well as Bibliothek & Information International (http://www.bi-international.de/english). If you care to submit an abstract, please send it to:
Shawn Whatley
Head Librarian
Goethe-Institut Toronto
library@toronto.goethe.org
Tel: +1 416.593.5257

Abstracts should be no longer than 2000 characters and presentations should be 15 minutes in length to allow time for discussion. Abstracts may be submitted in either German or English. Abstracts must be submitted by 15 September, 2010.

CALL FOR PAPERS
Translated from the German

Topics:
Suggestions for presentations are as follows:
Overview of the Information Landscape
• Does society still need libraries? / How are libraries viewed by both users and non-users, how can we react to this? / What are society’s and scholars’ expectations of libraries? / What should libraries offer?
Societal and Political Framework
• Library legislation, copyright / Open Access versus data protection / Libraries coping with the financial crisis / Libraries and publishers / Libraries as cultural and educational institutions, but also the partner of other cultural and educational institutions / Library work involving multicultural populations
Library Careers: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
• Continuing and further education / Changes in skills and tasks
Professional Relations
• Team motivation / Collegial relationships / Information ethics / Privacy
Libraries as a Destination: Real and Virtual
• Interior design / Library buildings / Library as a ‘place of learning’ / Library as a ‘place of communication’ / Library presence on the Internet
Preservation of Cultural Heritage
• Digitization projects: cost and use / Collection development / Cooperation with other libraries
Concepts and Strategies in times of Change
• Acquisition and processing concepts / From the sign out desk to 24 hour chat / Target group-specific collections
Library Management in the 21st Century
• Reorganization models / New demands, skills and tasks for librarians / Demographic changes / Personal management / Accomplishment-based pay
Libraries X.0
• New information and communication technologies / Social networking / Innovative forms of ‘catalogue enrichment’

The Access 2010 Conference is in Winnipeg October 13-16.The program includes keynote speakers Hal Niedzviecki and Michael Geist and topics like mobile technologies, social media, user experience and scholarly publishing. Details at:
http://access2010.li...ca/registration

UWO MLIS Librarians Without Borders team recently built a library in Costa Rica. The team made arrangements including meeting with the town’s citizens to determine the need for a library, arranging host families for the project volunteers, ordering the building supplies for the library and building sightseeing tours for the project volunteers.

Books were ordered from Costa Rica publishers first to support the local economy. Other books for the collection were either donated by Canadian publishers or purchased prior to the trip.

The team built the library from the ground up-leveling the plot of land, digging holes, mixing and pouring cement, building the walls, floor and ceiling and painting the newly-built space. When complete, the actual library space measured about ten by six feet and housed 150 items.
More details at:
http://communication...20100726446625/

Librarians Without Borders was founded in 2005 by a group of socially minded librarians at The University of Western Ontario. The organization is now based in Toronto, and it includes members from libraries and library schools across Canada.