The Canadian association for people who have worked in libraries, archives, and information services https://exlibris.ca/ Tue, 05 May 2026 16:24:36 +0000 FeedCreator 1.8 https://exlibris.ca/_media/wiki/logo.png https://exlibris.ca/ https://exlibris.ca/presentations/decline-of-librarianship ELA Panelists Discuss Librarianship, 2002 Theme: Is Librarianship as a Profession Headed for Oblivion? At ELA's 2002 annual meeting, invited panelists discuss the state of librarianship. Librarianship is undergoing many changes. Some insist for the worst. Following a career as a bookseller to North American research libraries, Nicholas Basbanes turned to writing about bookselling and libraries, and in his book, anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:06:25 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/guy-robertson-disaster-planning Guy Robertson on Disaster Planning, June 2024 [guy_robertson.jpg]Libraries have to consider many issues for disaster plans to be successful. Many libraries are damaged by fires, floods, severe storms, electrical outages, and vandalism. Every type of library should have a plan to protect its staff, sites, and collections.Guy Robertson is a senior instructor based in Vancouver at Langara College, where he teaches library history, reference and readers’ advisory services, and records management. H… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:44:24 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/home Ex Libris Presentations ELA is interested in providing resources for retirees and current library workers to share and learn through its conferences and events programs. For almost four decades, ELA has organized talks, round-table discussions, webinars, conference addresses, and lectures. Some of these presentations have been recorded by video, audio, or PowerPoint format, saved as portable document files (PDF), or transcribed as regular web pages. While not every event has been captured for t… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:36:52 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/ken-setterington-childrens-storytelling Ken Setterington and Children's Storytelling Ken Setterington spoke to ELA members in 2010. He is a noted authority on children’s books and has won the Toronto Arts Award for Writing and Publishing for his work with children’s literature. He was named the first Children and Youth Advocate for Library Services by the Toronto Public Library. He published three books with Tundra Books— anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:37:42 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/library-cyberattacks The video is available for a short time only. Press the full screen button at the lower right-hand corner for a larger viewing. [:presentations:video1992146178_cyber_attacks_2024.mp4] anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:20:28 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/mariella-bertelli-storytelling Mariella Bertelli: Telling Stories Mariella spoke at the ELA annual meeting in November 2010. She a storyteller who believes stories can transform and inspire because they connect the present to the past. Mariella explained she often uses stories from her own life experience that includes her newcomer experience from her arrival in Canada as a teenager. While she is an instrumental figure with the Toronto International Storytelling Festival and for Storytellers of Canada – Conteurs du Canada, s… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:33:51 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/shirley-lewis Shirley Lewis Speaks at ELA, November 2010 At the ELA annual meeting in November 2010, Shirley Lewis explained the work of the Older Women's Network in Toronto. OWN strives to empower women to overcome injustices and inequities of gender in the home, the workplace and in society at large. Shirley outlined the organization's history, its current (2010) activities, and the issues it tries to address. During her library career, she co-authored anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:33:05 +0000 https://exlibris.ca/presentations/sidebar Presentations home Heather Turnbull speaks on Library Violence and Safety Michael Dudley on Library Neutrality and Public Libraries Ont. Library Assn. Save Our School Libraries Campaign Guy Robertson on Disaster Planning Kayla Lar-Son on Indigenous Knowledge Richard Ellis on Intellectual Freedom Richard Beaudry: Censorship in Schools Lisa Glandt on Archives and Truth and Reconciliation Ken Setterington on Children's Stories Mariella Bertelli on Storytelling Shirley Lewis on Retirement… anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:57:51 +0000