2011-2013 Governing Board

IFLA's Governing Board (GB) is responsible for the governance and financial and professional directions of IFLA, and represents the Federation in legal and other formal proceedings.

The Board consists of the President, the President-elect, ten directly elected members, the Chair of the Professional Committee, the Chairs of each IFLA Division, and the Chair of the Management of Library Associations Section's Standing Committee.

Up to three further GB members may be co-opted to provide expertise or represent special interests. IFLA's Secretary General, who serves as the Board's Secretary, is an ex officio member.

President

Ingrid Parent
University Librarian
University of British Columbia, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
1961 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z1
Canada
Work +(1)604-827-3486
ingrid.parent@ubc.ca
www.library.ubc.ca

President Elect

Sinikka Sipilä
Secretary General
Finnish Library Association
Runeberginkatu 15 A 23
00100 Helsinki
Finland
Work +(358)(9)6221399
Fax +(358)(9)6221466
sinikka.sipila@fla.fi

Treasurer

Donna Scheeder
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave. S.E.
Washington D.C., 20546
United States
Work +(1)(202)7078939
Fax +(1)(202)7071820
dscheeder@crs.loc.gov

Member

Kent Skov Andreasen
Director
Odense Central Public Library
Østre Stationsvej 15
5000 Odense C
Denmark
Work +45 6551 4416
ksan@odense.dk

Member

Frédéric Blin
Head of Preservation and Heritage Collections
Bibliothèque Nationale et Universitaire de Strasbourg
5, rue du Maréchal Joffre
B.P. 51029

67070 Strasbourg
France
Work (+33) 388252846
frederic.blin@bnu.fr

Member

Ingrid Bon
Consultant library services for children and young adults and reading promotion
Biblioservice Gelderland
Zeelandsingel 40
6845 BH Arnhem
Netherlands
Work +(31)(26)3860233
ingrid.bon@biblioservice.nl

Member

Genevieve Clavel-Merrin
Senior Manager, National and International Cooperation
Swiss National Library
Hallwylstrasse 15
CH-3007 Bern
Switzerland
Work +(41)(31)3228936
genevieve.clavel@nb.admin.ch

Member

Barbara Lison
Director
Bremen Public Libraries
Am Wall 201
28195 Bremen
Germany
Work (+49) 4213614046
barbara.lison@stadtbibliothek.bremen.de

Member

Inga Lundén
City Librarian of Stockholm
Stockholm Public Library
Odengatan 63, Spelbomskan
113 80 Stockholm
Sweden
Work (+46) 761231190
inga.lunden@stockholm.se

Member

Christine Mackenzie
CEO
Yarra Plenty Regional Library
Bag 65
Bundoora 3083, Victoria
Australia
Work +61 3 9401 0710
cmackenzie@yprl.vic.gov.au

Member

Buhle Mbambo-Thata
Executive Director
UNISA, Library Services
P.O. Box 392
0003 Pretoria
South Africa
Work +(27)(12)4293131 / 4293844
Fax +(27)(12)4292925
mbambtb@unisa.ac.za

Member

Paul Whitney
Retired City Librarian, Vancouver Public Library
3957 West 19th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6S 1C9, Canada
Work +(1) 604-228-0272
paulwhi@telus.net

Chair Professional Committee

Ann Okerson
Special Advisor on Electronic Strategies
Center for Research Libraries
61 Harbour Close
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
United States
Work +(1)(203)7529808
aokerson@gmail.com

Chair Division I

Lynne M. Rudasill
Associate Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
306 International Studies Bldg, MC-402, 910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, Il 61820
United States
Work +(1)(217)2656879
Fax +(1)(217)3336270
rudasill@illinois.edu

Chair Division II

Russell S. Lynch
Collection Developer
Family History Library
50 E. North Temple Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84150
United States
Work +(1) ( 801) 240-1315
lynchrs@familysearch.org

Chair Division III

Tone Eli Moseid
Library Director
Tønsberg and Nøtterøy Public Library
Storgt. 16
N-3126 Tønsberg
Norway
Work +(47)911 58 715
tone@moseid.com

Chair Division IV

Anna Maria Tammaro
Professor, Researcher
University of Parma
Via Montebeni, 9
50014 Fiesole (Florence)
Italy
Work +(39)(055)697585
Fax +(39)(055)902365
annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it

Chair Division V

Filiberto Felipe Martínez-Arellano
Researcher, University Center for Library Science Research
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Torre II de Humanidades, Piso 12
Ciudad Universitaria

04510 Mexico, D.F.
Tel.  +(52)(55)56230343
Fax  +(52)(55)55507461
; felipe@unam.mx

Chair Management of Library Associations Section

Gerald Leitner
Secretary General
Austrian Library Association
Museumstraße 3/B/12
A-1070 Vienna
Austria
Work +(43) 1 406 97 22-11
leitner@bvoe.at

Secretary General

Jennefer Nicholson
IFLA Headquarters
P.O. Box 95312
2509CH The Hague
The Netherlands
Work +31 70 3140884
Fax +31 70 3834827
ifla@ifla.org

Last update: 25 April 2012