Southern Ontario Library Service

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Annual Survey

Annual Survey of Public Libraries - A Survival Guide (.pdf) Presented by the SOLS Consultants at the Winter 2007 Library committee meetings

Children's Services

Innovative Programming for Toddlers, Pre-Schoolers and Families - Spotlight on YOU: Storyteller Entertainer, Facilitator, presented by Beth Maddigan for SOLS, October-November 2006. (.ppt) NOTE: Very slow to load. 37.3 megabytes. Approximately 10 mins to download to desktop.
Handout version in (.pdf)

Collection Development

The Other Official Collection: Yes! You can get buy this in French presented by Marina O'Grady-Lamont, Ottawa Public Library, for SOLS, May 2006. List of links for books discussed. Note these publishers all have Canadian distributors. To access these see our page "Développement des collections et ressources littéraires"
- Les amis de Noémie (Québec-Amérique Jeunesse) Book=based online activities
- Bayard Jeunesse Periodicals and educational books
- Bibliom@nes (SDM) (Québec)
- Collection Alizé (Groupe Beauchemin) Early readers enhanced with activity ideas and basic vocabulary levels
- Dominique et Compagnie Main page in English but everything else still only in French. Download the 2005-2006 catalogue
- Éditions Michel Quintin Specializes in non-fiction for children. Some titles have been translated in English
- Geronimo Stilton (France) For a list of French titles published by Albin-Michel
- Livres de poche jeunesse (France)
- Rageot (France)
- Le trio rigolo
Services to Teens in Public Libraries presented by Lisa Heggum for SOLS, Fall 2005
- Adolescent Development, 3 pages, PDF
- Advisory Groups, 4 pages, PDF
- All Sleek and Slimming, 1 page, PDF
- Booktalking, 1 page, PDF
- CLA YA Book Award, 2 pages, PDF
- Competencies, 6 pages, PDF
- Get with the Program, 2 pages, PDF
- Here Comes Trouble, 5 pages, PDF
- MAS YAG Flyer, 2 pages, PDF
- MAS YAG Minutes, 2 pages, PDF
- MAS YAG Role, 2 pages, PDF
- OLA Intellectual Rights, 1 page, PDF
- Philosophy, 1 page, PDF
- Programming Examples, 1 page, PDF
- Recommended Reads, 4 pages, PDF
- SOLS Presentation - Agenda, 1 page, PDF
- Teen Services Resources, 4 pages, PDF
- Teens and the RoC, 3 pages, PDF
- TP Rules of Conduct, 1 page, PDF
- YAG Interview Questions, 1 page, PDF

Genres

Murder in the Stacks: Further Notes to a Crime Fiction Workshop presented by Cheryl Freedman for SOLS, Fall 2005, 11 pages. Handout

Libraries and the Law

Charity Law Update - Updating Charities and Not-For-Profit Organizations on recent legal developments and risk management considerations. Free monthly newsletter
Libraries and the Law was hosted by the Southern Ontario Library Services at the Burlington Public Library, in Burlington, Ontario, with U. Shen Goh presenting. April 24, 2007
- "Children, Libraries and the Law" and "Protection of Privacy" (.pdf)
Pay Equity for Libraries (Pay Equity Commission) (Fall 2007)
- Notes on the Discussion with PEC responses (.doc)
- Presentation by Lise Lubera (.ppt)
- Pay Equity Act (Office consolidation) Overview
- Pay Equity Commission. A special for the rights of Employees

Libraries and their Websites

Website Makeover - Improving Function and Form - By Rob Kingston - May 2008 The purpose of this workshop was to help libraries whose websites seem to be frozen in time and need to be brought into the 21^st century. This full day session focused on the library’s website as a point of service.
- Getting the Most out of your Website (.pdf) Rob's Powerpoint presentation.