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      Welcome to Ontario Library Association (OLA) Super Conference 2020! For over 25 years, this conference has delivered innovative and inspirational experiences for those who work, or are interested in libraries, across our province. Our conference has grown over the years. OLA Super Conference is the largest library conference in Canada, …

      Welcome, Bienvenue, Aaniin to Super Conference 2018! Every year Super Conference, the largest library conference in Canada hosted by the largest library association in Canada, brings together library and information professionals to experience exciting and stimulating programs in supports of professional development, networking and social events. Definitely the place to …

      Think It, Do It. This year’s conference theme is about the hard work of creativity – taking great ideas and translating them into reality. It’s about the synergy between thinking and doing. This conference is about rolling up our sleeves and getting things done. Super Conference is an engine that …

      Welcome to Super Conference, the largest library conference in Canada from the largest library association in Canada. Bienvenue! Aaniin! Every year, Super Conference delivers and exciting and stimulating package of education, networking, and social gathering that makes it the place to be for library professionals of all types. If you're …

      OLA Super Conference 2016: Library Lab: The Idea Incubator. Welcome to OLA's 2016 Super Conference. Every year the conference delivers a stimulating and inspiring experience and this year is no exception. While "library" and "lab" may seem like an incongruous pairing of words, together they spark an array of interesting …

      Welcome to the Ontario Library Association's 100th Anniversary Super Conference celebration. In October 1900, the decision was made to form the Ontario Library Association and here we are a century later celebrating an extraordinary history of growth and leadership. Milestone anniversaries are special times. Super Conference attracts of 3,000 people …

      Our annual conference has borne the title Super for 10 years now. It is a title that this conference continues to earn. Each year the program is stronger, the attendance is higher, and the warm response from the library community is louder. It is a time for celebration as well …

      Welcome to the fourteenth annual Super Conference. last February, we explored how the future belongs to right-brain thinkers- the creative ones, the inventive ones. From coast to coast, 2006 was a year in which the rightbrain thinkers of the library community were given platforms for their creativity and invention. And, …

      Welcome to Super Conference 2008 Each Super Conference is planned around a theme and organizers this year are focusing on the enormous transformation we continue to go through. For library institutions, and for us as library workers, our transformation is happening through the reinvention of our institutions, the regeneration of …

      We are all well aware that the current state of affairs makes for very stressful times for libraries and our partner organizations across Canada and indeed globally. How many times have we heard: “We have the Internet, why do we need libraries??” With increasing frequency, libraries and sister cultural institutions …

      On behalf of the OLA Board, the conference planning committee under the leadership of Co-Chairs, Lita Barrie and Richard Reid, along with OLA’s Executive Director, Shelagh Paterson, it is my honour to welcome you to the 2014 Ontario Library Association Super Conference. As we celebrate the 20th anniversary of this …

      Welcome to the Ontario Library Association's Super Conference for 2004! We are celebrating Super Heroes and that means you and me and the wonderful speakers with whom we will interact and draw our inspiration. As a profession, we have always pursued learning with a great passion. Whether you are new …

      Welcome to Super Conference. A long time ago I selected librarianship as a career after a friend described a job satisfaction survey in which librarians were ranked as the group most satisfied with their employment. That convinced me to file away my letter of acceptance to the School of Physical …

      Welcome to Super Conference 2012 I am very proud to be the President welcoming you to the 2012 Super Conference. The event gets better every year and is a success thanks to the enormous amount of work done by so many people. So what exciting things should you expect this …

      We live in a world that is at once complex and seamlessly simple. One thing is certain. Our world is powered by the convergence of enormous collaborative effort. Libraries, more than ever, know the importance and transformative capacity of collaboration within and beyond our domain, working with multiple, diverse professions …

      We live in a time of wonder, innovation and imagination. In counterpoint to this reality, we also live in a time where 80% of the population does not have access to a steady, safe source of drinking water, and where the developing world, in an effort to climb out of …

      Learning is a passion. Learning is a human drive. Learning belongs on the base of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs along with breathing, food, sex, sleep, warmth and water. Many of our human institutions have usurped our sense of learning in a manner similar to how sexual repression led to the …

      Welcome to the best that the Ontario Library Association has to offer-Super Conference 2003! Great speakers, great programs, great networking and great social events. This event caps a year where your association has found its voice deep within itself- within our members. OLA and its divisions tapped into the things …

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      OLA's 99th Year and Counting! We are now beginning the final countdown to the Year 2000 and to the new millennium in 2001. Significantly, the Ontario Library Association is also making plans to mark its 100th Anniversary from October 2000 to October 2001. If there was ever a year to …