UofWinds 430, Week 05 2026: The Impact of Canadian Public Libraries #olasc, On political power, You are being misled about renewable energy technology

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UofWinds 430, Week 05 2026: The Impact of Canadian Public Libraries, On political power, You are being misled about renewable energy technology

Good morning. I am writing today's newsletter from my bed on about 5 hours sleep on account of a very late VIA train. I've returned for a short trip to Toronto where I attended the Ontario Library Association's annual conference. The conference theme was WE PERSIST and many sessions that

University of Winds
@edbilodeau Challenge accepted :) #olasc

Ahh, there is a hashtag --> #olasc

but aside from this post, I don't expect it will get any use on mastodon. :/

It was so thrilling to see folks using Mastodon in the wild at the #OLASC yesterday. It was the first time I've seen people (okay, **a** person) using the Fedi who I didn't convince to join. I guess if anywhere is going to have a bunch of Fedi people, it will be in the cyberattack sessions at a library conference.

#Libraries #OLA #TheFedi #Librarians

Today's the day! If you're at #OLASC make sure to add the Scholaris Early Adopter panel to your schedule for this afternoon at 2:15pm 💜
Looking forward to meeting up with colleagues I haven't seen in a while at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference this week. Hope to see you there! #OLASC

Heads up, friends at #OLASC 2025! Join SP staff & colleagues from the University of Toronto Libraries & Laurentian University to talk about getting started with Scholaris! https://olasc25.vfairs.com

Thursday, January 30th at 2:15 p.m. We hope to see you there (we'll have stickers)!

OLA Super Conference 2025

OLA Super Conference 2025
Absolutely I’ll get loud #OLASC you don’t have to ask me twice.
Happy to be here in more ways than one.
😌
#GetLoud #OLASC #LibraryTechnician #LibraryJoy #OLASuperConference2024