Gala Celebration  
in honour of our 75^th anniversary

Hotel Ritz-Carlton
Thursday, May 3, 2007
Invitation

Guest speakers
Peter F. McNally
Professor, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, McGill University, and Director of the History of McGill Project
Jack Rabinovitch
founder of The Giller Prize.

Convenor: 
ABQLA 75th Anniversary Committee

Sponsored by: 
Groupe Archambault
Nicholas Hoare Limited
Paloma: atelier à papeterie exclusive
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, McGill University
MNA: Geoffrey Kelley (P.L.Q./Q.L.P.)

Conference

Holiday Inn Montreal Midtown
Friday, May 4 and Saturday, May 5, 2007

Program (PDF)

Registration form

Conference Keynotes

Challenging times: Changing notions of libraries and literacy - Linda Shohet

Librarians Without Borders - Rebecca Jansen

Sessions
Information literacy skills: training in Canada's public libraries - Heidi Julien
Risk takers and rule makers: meeting the needs of the Millenial generation - 
Jami Schwartzwalder
Virtual reference: from implementation to appraisal - Joe Blonde
Building collaboration with wikis - 
Meredith Farkas
Meaningful measures: defining and pursing performance measures that matter - Rebecca Jones
RDA: A progress report on the future of cataloguing - Chris Oliver
School libraries and learning outcomes: making them a class act - Ross Todd
Strategis and its hidden gems - Helen Katz
Reading becomes you - Catherine 
Sheldrick Ross
Creating a community and collection connection: promoting your readers' advisory service - Sharron Smith
Leadership skills: do we need them? Can we gain them? - France Bouthillier

Photos!