Prospectus

Come Build Bridges with us at the OLA Super Conference 2025!

Super EXPO 2025

Thank you for your interest in the OLA Super Conference 2025 and the EXPO. It is Canada’s largest annual library and information event. The OLA Super Conference attracted 4,648 attendees (in-person & virtual) in 2024.

The 2025 OLA Super Conference will be returning to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

In the past few years, we have learned the importance of holding event spaces and gatherings that are both flexible and accessible for attendees, and we know how important it is to provide options. We are thrilled to be back in-person for Super Conference 2025, while also curating a Digital Experience that allows OLA members to choose how they attend and participate in the conference.

OLA Super Conference has grown steadily since 1999 and is recognized as a leading event for professional development and networking on the continent. Many vendors come to OLA when they have policies not to attend state/provincial level conferences because of the sheer size and market size that is presented to them.

Please look at the Prospectus below for all the information on the event. Remember that OLA Associate Members receive a discount on space and preference for allocation.

Building Bridges

A bridge is an essential structure. It crosses a divide and allows people to overcome obstacles. A bridge’s purpose is in the connections it creates. When we talk about building bridges, not only are we talking about physical connections, we’re also talking about connecting individuals with issues, identities, and ideas. When we build bridges, we build hope.

The bridges we build connect us and help us understand each other among different library sectors and the broader community. Our libraries are rapidly adapting to challenges while transforming to meet new demands, and making connections has become more vital than ever. Building Bridges underscores this resilience and adaptability.

This year’s conference is special — as when we focus on building bridges, we also focus on bridging gaps. We commit to strengthening the fundamental goal of libraries as welcoming places for all. We commit to upholding our core values while dynamically responding to the changing needs of our communities. We commit to facilitating connections so that knowledge-sharing can take place. These commitments will run through every facet of OLA Super Conference 2025, from carefully considered programming to attendee experience to creative resource sharing.

Libraries are more than just buildings; like bridges, they are essential structures and dynamic spaces that facilitate community building through connection. We invite you to create those connections — build bridges with us — at this year’s Super Conference.

Caroline Goulding, OLA President

EXPO Dates

Thanks again for your interest and we look forward to seeing you in Toronto this January.

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