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Ottawa Public Library Board Meeting

Agenda

Monday, 12 May 2014
5:00 p.m.

Champlain Room
110 Laurier Avenue West

Marc Pellerin, Library Board Assistant
(613) 580-2424, x32169
[email protected]

 

Board Members:

Chair: Jan Harder
Vice-Chair: André Bergeron
Trustees: Amelita Armit, Jim Bennett, Keith Egli, Patrick Gauch, David Gourlay, Christine Langlois, Danielle Lussier-Meek, Shad Qadri, Tim Tierney, Marianne Wilkinson, Rose Zeidan

 

*IN CAMERA ITEMS

 

DECLARATIONS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

PUBLIC DELEGATIONS

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES

 

1.

Minutes - April 14, 2014

 

OPLB-2014-0051

 

REGRETS

 

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT

 

REPORTS

 

2.

DIGITAL CONTENT ADVOCACY

 

OPLB-2014-0052

 

WHEREAS the Ottawa Public Library is committed to providing equitable access to information and services regardless of format and customer demand for eBooks and eMagazines is increasing; and

WHEREAS Ottawa Public Library staff are working together with publishers to find mutually beneficial solutions so that public library customers have access to the wide range of eBooks and eMagazines they have available to them in a physical printed copy; and

WHEREAS the specialized market terms for libraries provided by some publishers for the purchase of eBooks and eMagazines restrict the Ottawa Public Library’s ability to purchase these materials for public use, resulting in an inequity of access to electronic content, significant constraints on the Ottawa Public Library budget, and an undermining of the Ottawa Public Library’s ability to fulfill its role;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Ottawa Public Library Board:

1.   request that the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport investigate publishers’ restrictive practices in making eBooks and eMagazines available to public libraries, including the higher prices charged to public libraries; and

2.   request staff bring the issues faced by libraries in obtaining access eBooks and eMagazines to the attention of the Competition Bureau of Canada.

 

ATTENDU QUE la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa s’est engagée à offrir un accès équitable à l’information et à ses services, quel qu’en soit le format et malgré l’accroissement de la demande en livres et en magazines numériques de la part des clients;

ATTENDU QUE le personnel de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa collabore avec les éditeurs à la recherche de solutions mutuellement avantageuses, afin que les clients des bibliothèques publiques puissent avoir accès à toute la gamme de livres et de magazines numériques disponible en version matérielle imprimée;

ATTENDU QUE les conditions du marché spécialisé fixées par certains éditeurs pour l’achat de livres et de magazines numériques limitent la capacité de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa à acheter ces articles à l’intention des membres du public, donnant ainsi lieu à une inégalité d’accès aux contenus électroniques, à des contraintes budgétaires importantes pour la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa et à une diminution de sa capacité à jouer son rôle;

PAR CONSÉQUENT, IL EST RÉSOLU que le C.A. de la Bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa :

1.   demande au ministère du Patrimoine canadien et au ministère du Tourisme, de la Culture et du Sport de l’Ontario d’examiner les pratiques restrictives des éditeurs dans la mise à disposition des livres et des magazines dans les bibliothèques publiques, notamment les prix plus élevés qui leur sont imposés;

2.   demande au personnel de porter à l’attention du Bureau de la concurrence du Canada les problèmes auxquels sont confrontées les bibliothèques pour accéder aux livres et aux magazines numériques.

 

3.

SEMI-ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK REPORT

 

OPLB-2014-0053

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

4.

Q1 2014 FINANCIAL REPORT

 

OPLB-2014-0054

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

5.

ONTARIO LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (OLA) REPORT

 

OPLB-2014-0055

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

6.

MONITORING REPORT: A.3 FINANCIAL PLANNING AND BUDGETING

 

OPLB-2014-0056

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

7.

MONITORING REPORT: A.4 FINANCIAL CONDITION

 

 

OPLB-2014-0057

 

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

8.

MONITORING REPORT: A.6 ASSET PROTECTION

 

OPLB-2014-0058

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

9.

2014 CALENDAR OF REPORTS, OUTSTANDING INQUIRIES, MOTIONS AND UNSCHEDULED REPORTS

 

OPLB-2014-0059

 

That the Ottawa Public Library Board receive this report for information.

 

 

NOTICES OF MOTION

 

OTHER BUSINESS

 

INQUIRIES

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

NEXT MEETING

June 9, 2014

 


 

*Notice

In Camera Items are not subject to public discussion or audience.  Any person has a right to request an independent investigation of the propriety of dealing with matters in a closed session.  A form requesting such a review may be obtained, without charge, from the Chief Executive Officer. Requests are kept confidential pending any report by the Meetings Investigator and are conducted without charge to the Requestor.

Note:   1.   Please note that any written or verbal submissions (including your name but excluding personal contact information) will form part of the public record and be made available to the Ottawa Public Library Board and the public.

 

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