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Wondering what
programs CASLIS Toronto has offered in the past? Visit our
archive of previous programs!
2008 Program
Details
Positive Politics: How Information
Professionals Can Contribute to Building a Healthy Workplace
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Speaker:
Ulla de Stricker
CASLIS Toronto Chapter
is pleased to present Ulla de Stricker giving a talk that was extremely
well received by the Edmonton Chapter of CASLIS earlier in the year. As
one attendee attested, “With her usual high energy, Ulla delivered
compelling content with wit and clarity.”
When a workplace “works” it is no accident. It takes concerted effort -
on the part of everyone - to create an atmosphere that has team members
looking forward to Mondays! Chances are, scant attention was paid to the
matter during our formal education … but fear not. The characteristics
and behaviours going into building a positive workplace are simple and
can easily be learned because they are based on something so fundamental
as “bringing our humanity to work”. Ulla outlines straightforward ways
managers and team members alike can contribute to creating a supportive
and productive environment.
Ulla de Stricker’s consulting practice focuses on strategies for
information and knowledge management. She is a well-known figure in the
Canadian information and library community, having been active in it for
over 30 years. A frequent contributor to the professional literature,
she is a popular conference speaker with a reputation for her inspiring
sessions - check out
www.destricker.com for more information.
Location: Canadian Broadcasting
Centre, 250 Front St. W. (Front & John). Please check in at the John
Street Security Desk. Members of the Executive will be on hand to
escort you to the CBC Conference Centre on the Third Floor, where our
event is being held.
Time: Name tag and receipt pick-up at 5:30 p.m.; program 6:00 - 8:00
p.m.
Cost: $20/member, $30/non-members, $10/students & unwaged,
CLA Student members are free-of-charge; Members can subscribe to all five programs for the price of four!
Register
online
or
download the
program registration form
Deadline for registration or refunds:
September 24, 2008
Tour of the McCarthy Tétrault Art Collection and John J. Robinette
Library
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Please note: Registration is limited. Sign up early for what is sure
to be a sold-out event!
The McCarthy Tétrault Toronto Office art collection is considered to be
one of the pre-eminent corporate collections of "museum-quality"
contemporary art in Canada. It includes works by Ed Burtynsky, Greg
Girard, Roy Arden, Ron Terada, Kim Adams, and Ken Lum, among others. The
Firm's art consultant, Jeanne Parkin, says the collection “has often
been described as fearless - challenging - on the cutting edge - one
which welcomes debate and controversy - bringing together many of the
most interesting artists in Canada today with no limitations as to
regional representation, medium or thematic content..."
CASLIS Toronto Chapter is pleased to offer you the opportunity to attend
a guided tour of this extraordinary collection. In addition, we are
offering a tour of the newly renovated John J. Robinette Library. The
Library renovation is scheduled to be completed by the end of September
2008 as part of a larger renovation of the whole Firm. Be among the
first to see the new library in its new configuration.
Location:
McCarthy
Tétrault LLP, 53rd Floor Reception, Toronto Dominion Bank Tower,
Toronto-Dominion Centre, 66 Wellington St. W.
Time: Name tag and receipt pick-up at 5:30 p.m.; program 6:00 - 8:00
p.m.
Cost: $20/member, $30/non-members, $10/students & unwaged,
CLA Student members are free-of-charge; Members can subscribe to all five programs for the price of four!
Deadline for
registration or refunds: October 29, 2008
Register
online
or
download the
program registration form
CASLIS/SLA Joint Holiday Social
Date:
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Location: Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, Great Hall, 14 Elm Street (Elm & Yonge,
2 blocks north of Dundas W)
2009 Program
Details
Meaningful
Measurements: Why Size Doesn't Matter (nope, volume doesn't either)
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009
Speaker: Rebecca Jones, Dysart & Jones Associates
Libraries and other
information-intensive organizations must identify, manage and
communicate measures that matter to their stakeholders, and that
demonstrate that the information services are making a difference - the
"right" difference. Rebecca leads a discussion focusing on defining,
analyzing, and conveying performance measures that are meaningful to
your situation, and provides a framework to help you really implement it
after the meeting (or the next day...)!
Location:
Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, 14 Elm Street (Elm & Yonge,
2 blocks north of Dundas W)
Time: Name tag and receipt pick-up at 5:30 p.m.; program 6:00 - 8:00
p.m.
Cost: $20/member, $30/non-members, $10/students & unwaged,
CLA Student members are free-of-charge; Members can subscribe to all five programs for the price of four!
Deadline for
registration or refunds: January 28, 2009
Register
online
or
download the
program registration form
Librarians Without Borders: Information
Workers Making a Difference
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009
Speakers: Sandra Hodgson and
Erin Fields.
Location:
United Way Toronto, 26 Wellington St. E., 2nd Floor
Librarians Without Borders traces
its origins to the Master of Library and Information Science program at
the
University of Western Ontario. The organization was founded in February
2005 by a group of socially-minded librarians who wanted to address the
vast information resource inequity between different regions of the
world. LWB’s mission is to build sustainable libraries and support their
custodians and advocates -- librarians.
Come out and learn about this
inspiring group, its vision and projects, and how you can get involved.
Deadline for
registration or refunds: February 28, 2009
Why
Copyright? The Fight for Canada's Digital Future
Date:
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Michael Geist
In June 2008, the Canadian government introduced Bill C-61, new copyright legislation that closely followed the
U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The public response to the bill was both immediate and angry - tens of
thousands of Canadians wrote to the Minister and their local Members of Parliament, leading to town hall meetings,
negative press coverage, and the growing realization that copyright was fast becoming a mainstream political and policy issue.
The "Canadian copy-fight", which includes many new advocacy groups and the Fair Copyright for Canada Facebook group that
has over 90,000 members, has attracted considerable attention from the mainstream media, with many wondering how
copyright had emerged as a contentious policy issue. This talk will assess both the legislative proposals and the Canadian
copyfight experience in an effort to answer the oft-asked question – "why copyright?".
Dr. Michael Geist is
a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where he holds the Canada
Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law. He writes a column on
technology law issues that regularly appears in the Toronto Star.
He is the author of the textbook Internet Law in Canada (Captus
Press), now in its third edition, and the editor of In the Public
Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law, published in 2005 by
Irwin Law.
Dr. Geist serves on
the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s Expert Advisory Board and maintains
privacyinfo.ca, a leading privacy law resource. His work has been
recognized with several important awards including the 2008 Electronic
Frontier Foundation Pioneer Award. In 2003, he was named one of Canada’s
Top 40 Under 40.
Deadline for
registration or refunds: April 7, 2009
Annual General Meeting:
a Guided Tour of the Bata Shoe Museum
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Location: 327 Bloor St. W (corner of Bloor St. and St. George)
Time: 5:30-7:45 (registration, meeting, and 1 hour tour)
Cost for Tour: $15 Members, $20 Non-members, $10 Students/CLA
Students/Retired/Unwaged.
Deadline for registration is May 12.
For more information about the museum, please visit
http://www.batashoemuseum.ca
Five for Four:
Members have the opportunity to purchase a subscription to all five
programs for the price of four! Cost for subscription to the 2008-2009
programs is $80. These prices do not include the Holiday Social in
December or the AGM in May. Registration deadline is September
24, 2008.
Email the registrar at
caslis_registrar@yahoo.ca
to register AND send a cheque
payable to CASLIS Toronto Chapter to Eileen Lewis, 26
Wellington St. E., 2nd Floor, Toronto, M5E 1W9)
For more registration information, contact Eileen
Lewis at
caslis_registrar@yahoo.ca.
Do you have a suggestion for a
program topic or a speaker that you'd like to see at a future
CASLIS Toronto event? Please
contact
Michele Melady at
Michele.Melady@cbc.ca.
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