Articles, presentations, reports by title

All our publications are accessible via the sidebar links in this section, as well as through our topical Clearinghouse of information, where they are indicated by an .

• Bill 168 - An Act to amend the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Fact Sheet 2010  (.doc)
• Bill 211 and Mandatory Retirement: Is Your Library Prepared? (2005) 
• Building Philanthropy: fundraising programs any library can do that will create donors. (.ppt) Presented by Rob Lavery CFRE, Resource Development Consultant, SOLS at the OLA Superconference 2006 (session 1017)
• Calling all Trustees. (.ppt) Presentation by Randee Loucks, Trustee Development Consultant, SOLS. Presented at the OLA Superconference 2005.
• Charting New Territory:  the Library Board’s Role in Planning and Budgeting for a Successful Future. (.ppt) Presentation at OLA Superconference by Anne Marie Madziak, SOLS Consultant 
• Collection assessment using prescribed lists of titles: A case study (.pdf) By Peter Abbott and Peggy Malcolm, Southern Ontario Library Service, December 2004
• Designing Public Libraries as Unique and Vital Public Places (.ppt) Presentation by Stan Skrzeszewski, ASM Consultants; John Knox, Chamberlain Architect; and Anne Marie Madziak, Consultant, SOLS. Presented at the OLA Superconference 2005
• Development Charges By-Law. Fact Sheet 2010   (.doc)
• Fundraising Training Kit 1994.  (.pdf)   Also in French.
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• Getting on Board: Charting Your Course for Accreditation. (ppt)  Presentation by Bill Mitchell, Library Development Director SOLS. Presented at OLA Superconference 2005. Introduction to Strategic Planning (.ppt) OLBA/SOLS/OLS-N training by dmA Planning & Management Services, April 23 and 30, 2005.
• Harmonization Sales Tax. Fact Sheet 2010 (.doc)
• Know Where You Are: by means of a Situational Analysis (.ppt) Overview presented at Trustee Councils, Fall 2005. While SOLS no longer assists libraries undertaking surveys, we have developed a number of resources to assist in the gathering of information useful to a broad based Situational Analysis. 
• Laptop Lending Policy Issues For Public libraries (.doc) July 2009
• Library Building Project Costs. Libraries were asked, via the SOLS listserv, to provide us with information on their recent building projects. Six responses were received from libraries who had either completed a building project in 2002 or would be building in 2003.
  22 Recent and Enduring Design Trends in Ontario Public Libraries (.pdf) By Anne Marie Madziak, SOLS, June 2004
• MARC Coding Decoded. (.pdf) A clinic prepared by Helene Golden, SOLS, April 2002
• Municipal Act, 2001 Requirements (html) (Considerations When Drafting Policies Required by the Municipal Act)
• Ontario Public Libraries Today : A Research Initiative from Southern Ontario Library Service. (2005) (.pdf)  This study takes a long view examining 30 years of changes in the "Ontario Public Library Statistics" and other Ontario municipal statistics.
• Pandemic Planning information for libraries, 2009 (.doc)
• Please Mr. Postman: starting a direct mail program for your library. (ppt) Presented by Ann Andrusyszn, Development Officer, Barrie Public Library and Rob Lavery CFRE, Resource Development Consultant, SOLS, at OLA Superconference 2006 (session 1709)
• Positioning your library for funding success. (.ppt) Presentation by Ann Andrusyszyn, Barrie Public Library and Rob Lavery, Resource Development Consultant, SOLS. Presented at the OLA Superconference 2005.

•  Technology Planning Kit for Ontario Public Libraries.  May, 2001, 38 pages, appendices. (.pdf)  Prepared by Katherine Slimman for SOLS.  While the basic information is dated, the format of the charts, the tables and the checklists could still be useful.