48th Annual Conference – Presentations and Recordings
Saturday May 8, 2021
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
- Land Acknowledgement
- Sudbury Welcome
- Conference Introduction & Opening Reception
Sunday May 9, 2021
- Mother’s Day Crafts
Monday May 10, 2021
- 9:00AM – 9:55 AM – Metadata Done Wrong : how to recognize and learn from metadata mistakes
- Presentation (PDF)
- Links and Resources (Google Doc)
- 10:00AM – 10:45AM – Cataloguing From Home : exploring the transition to remote work at the Children’s International Learning Centre
- Presentation (PDF)
- 10:45AM – 12:00PM – Leveraging circulation data and market research at your library with BookNet Canada
- Presentation (PDF)
- 12:00PM – 12:45PM – Clearly Canadian : All Canadian Settings, eh?
- 12:45PM – 1:30PM – Nuances of Crime : Suspense, Thriller and Noir
- 1:45PM – 3:00PM – Spark Your Creativity with Adobe Spark Video
- Presentation (Web platform)
- Adobe Spark
- Images, Music, Video Clips (prepared by Seneca College)
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM – Library Volunteering During COVID-19
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 4:00PM – 5:00PM – A Seed Library : No Budget and COVID-19
- Video Presentation (Mp4)
Tuesday May 11, 2021
- 9:00AM – 9:55 AM – Indigenizing the Library and Information Technician Program at Algonquin College
- Presentation (PDF)
- 10:00AM – 11:00AM – Videoconferencing and the Creation of Community led programming for Youth
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM – CELA : Making Library Service Accessible for All
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 12:00PM – 12:45PM – The Long and the Short of It : Writing short stories and novellas
- 12:45PM – 1:30PM – Law and Order : Police Procedural
- 1:45PM – 3:00PM – Repairing Old Books
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 3:00PM – 4:30PM – Managing Cultural Change : A framework for assessing whether your library is Traditional, Community Led or Needs Based
- Presentation – Joe Pateman (PowerPoint)
- Presentation – John Pateman (PowerPoint)
- 6:30PM-9:00PM – Games Night
Wednesday May 12, 2021
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- 9:00AM – 10:00 AM – Creative Approaches to Makerspaces
- 10:00AM – 11:00AM – Identifying Gaps, Creating Workflows and Generally Saving the Day
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM – Clay Castle
- 12:00PM – 12:45PM – Killing Them Softly : Cozy Mysteries
- 12:45PM – 1:30PM – Whodunnit : The Mystery Panel
- 1:45PM – 3:00PM – “The Road to Alright”
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM – Revamping Your early Reader CollectionSession postponedWe are currently working on rescheduling this session after the conference.
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM – Clever Techs Are Everywhere : A Panel Discussion on the Variety of Opportunities for Library Technicians
- Video Presentation (MP4)
- Handout (PDF)
- 6:30PM-8:30PM – Awards Night
Thursday May 13, 2021
- 9:00AM – 9:50 AM – Tour & Talk at Ontario’s Legislative Library
- Video Presentation (M4V)
- 10:00AM – 11:00AM – There’s No Place Like Home (Pre-pandemic)
- Video Presentation (MP4)
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM – Virtual Programming at a National Historic Site
- 12:00PM – 12:45PM – Make ‘Em Laugh : Comic Relief to Comic Caper
- 12:45PM – 1:30PM – True Crime – Can Be Stranger Than Fiction
- 1:30PM – 3:00PM – Books with Dewey Diva’s and Dudes
- Handout (PDF)
- 3:00PM – 4:00PM – Indigenous Matters : On First Nation Public Libraries
- 4:00PM – 5:00PM – OALT/ABO Chapter Discussion
Session postponedWe are currently working on rescheduling this session after the conference. - 6:30PM-8:30PM – Crime Writers of Canada – Panel Discussion
Friday May 14, 2021
- 9:00AM – 9:30 AM – Bienvenue à la bibliothèque! Introducing Library Lexique, your one-stop French resource for storytime songs, library-specific terms and more (English)
- Video Recording (MP4)
- 9:30AM – 10:00AM – Bienvenue à la bibliothèque! Introducing Library Lexique, your one-stop French resource for storytime songs, library-specific terms and more (Français)
- Video Recording (FLV)
- 10:00AM – 11:00PM – Programming Through the Pandemic
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM – Introduction to Astronomy
- Resources (Word)
- 12:15PM – 2:30PM – OALT/ABO Annual General Meeting
- 2:30PM – 3:45PM – The Inuvialuit Living History Project : protecting and promoting cultural heritage in the Western Arctic
Saturday May 15, 2021
- 9:00AM – 10:00 AM – Archiving our Association
- 10:00AM – 11:00AM – Libraries that are more virtual than print collection
- Presentation (PDF)
- 11:00AM – 12:00PM – Digital Escape Rooms
- 12:00PM – 12:15PM – Closing Remarks