The Faculty’s Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner, Victoria Owen, has received two Ontario Library Association awards – the Larry Moore Distinguished Service Award and the Ken Haycock Award for promoting librarianship.
These OLA awards recognize individuals, organizations, and initiatives that have greatly contributed to Ontario’s libraries. From library advocacy to program development, the recipients of OLA’s 2023 awards have supported school, academic and public libraries with outstanding service to their institutions and communities. The awards were presented this week at the OLA Super Conference in Toronto.
Victoria Owen, Information Policy Scholar-Practitioner, makes her award-acceptance speech at OLA Super Conference 2023 (photo by Ann Ludbrook)
Owen holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Western University and a Master’s in Law with a Specialization in Intellectual Property Law from Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. As a leading national and international expert on Copyright and Information Policy, she is Chair of the Copyright Committee of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations, a Board Member of the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Accessible Book Consortium, Governing Board Member of the International Federation of Library Associations and a member of the Policy Committee of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries.
