Action for development through Libraries Programme (ALP)
Strategic Plan
2008-2009
Mission
Libraries constitute the basis to give all citizens free access to information. Thereby everyone is given the opportunity to participate in the democratic processes of the society and improve their lives. By furthering library and information services in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean, ALP aims at supporting main human development issues: literacy, lifelong learning, bridging the digital divide and sustainable development.
ALP is mission oriented and not subject oriented like other core programmes. Therefore, co-operation with relevant IFLA professional bodies as well as with regional and international organizations is essential to carry out the programme.
ALP achieves its mission through a carefully planned programme of different activities in close co-operation between the International Focal Point of ALP and IFLA's Regional Offices, IFLA's Regional Division and its three sections, and other partners. This co-operation includes fundraising, scholarships and attachment programmes, conferences, seminars and workshops, publications and databases.
IFLA pursues its priorities within the framework of the three pillars: Society, Profession and Members. ALP covers all the three pillars in its activities.
Goals
1. To provide opportunities for education and development of LIS staff
(Pillars: Profession, Members, Society)
(Professional priorities : (h) Developing library professionals)
Actions
1.1 Support an international workshop on information literacy in Bangladesh , in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
1.2 Provide funding for in-service training for librarians in Asia and Oceania , in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
1.3 Provide funding for a workshop on information literacy in Indonesia , in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
1.4 Support a workshop to review curriculum in library schools in French-speaking Africa to accommodate developments in Information and Communication Technologies, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Africa
1.5 Award and administer a Speakers' grant for younger professionals to present a paper at the IFLA General Conferences
2. To facilitate the establishment of new library associations and the implementation of IFLA Guidelines on the management of library associations
(Pillars: Profession, Members)
(Professional priorities: (h) Developing library professionals ; (j) Supporting the infrastructure of library associations)
Actions
2.1 Support two seminars on management of library associations, in cooperation with IFLA´s RSC for Asia & Oceania and Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS).
2.2 Support a seminar on management of library associations, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Latin America and the Caribbean and MLAS.
3. To promote the function of libraries: information literacy and lifelong learning, and to combat functional illiteracy
(Pillars: Society)
(Professional priorities: (c) Promoting literacy, reading and lifelong learning)
Actions
3.1 Support a training programme for Para-professionals to promote reading, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Africa
3.2 Support an In-service training for public librarians in Latin America, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Latin America and the Caribbean
3.3 Support a workshop on information literacy, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Africa
3.4 Support a training programme in library skills and methods for teachers in the Northern and Southern part of the West Bank and Gaza , in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
3.5 Support a seminar on IFLA/Unesco Manifestos on Public and School Libraries, and Internet in Latin America, with IFLA's RSC for Latin America and the Caribbean
4. To promote the use of ICT and the creation of local electronic resources
(Pillars: Profession)
(Professional priorities: (d) Providing unrestricted access to information; (g) Preserving our intellectual heritage; (h) Developing library professionals; (k) Representing libraries in the technological marketplace)
Actions
4.1 Award librarians scholarships to attend training programmes in information literacy in Asia and Oceania , in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
4.2 Support a workshop on the strategic, methodological and practical issues for Digital Library development in the Arab States, in cooperation with IFLA's RSC for Asia & Oceania
5. To increase publishing activities and the dissemination of information to the communities, with special attention to marginalized groups
(Pillars: Profession, Society, Members)
(Professional priorities: (a) Supporting the role of libraries in society; (b) Defending the principle of freedom of information; (c) Promoting literacy and reading; (d) Providing unrestricted access to information; (g) Preserving our intellectual heritage)
Actions
5.1 Provide funding for a workshop on disaster planning/sustainable libraries, in cooperation with IFLA's PAC Core Activities
5.2 Publish reports in the ALP Project report series
