Conferences
2017
World Library and Information Congress: 19–25 August 2017, Wrocław, Poland
Session 034 – SC I National Libraries meeting, Saturday 19 August 2017 (12:30–14:30 Conference Room A). See Agenda
Session 186 – National Libraries with Information Technology Open Session, Wednesday 23 August 2017 (9:30–12:45 Main Court, SI)
Theme: A Memory Bank for the Digital Society: National Libraries and Web Archiving
Chairs: Guy Berthiaume (Library and Archives Canada, Canada), May Chang (University of Cincinnati, United States) and Genevieve Clavel (Swiss National Library, Switzerland)
- Memory Entanglements and Collection Development in a Transnational Media Landscape / Eva-Maria Häusner (National Library of Sweden, Sweden) Paper in English
- Access Strategies / Moderator: Peter Webster (Webster Research and Consulting, United Kingdom)
- Access Strategies – 1: Constituer un Réseau d’accès aux Archives de l’internet: L’exemple Français / Ange Aniesa and Ariane Bouchard (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, France) Paper in French
- Access Strategies – 2: Mireille Laforce (Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec, Canada)
- Access Strategies – 3: Julien Masanès (Internet Memory Foundation and Internet Memory Research, France) and Gemma Waterston Batson (Internet Archive)
- Access Strategies – 4: Jason Webber (UK Web Archive, United Kingdom)
- Getting Started in Web Archiving / Moderator: Abbie Grotke (Library of Congress, United States) Paper in English
- Getting Started – 1: Alenka Kavčič-Čolić (National and University Library, Slovenia)
- Getting Started – 2: Aija S. Vahtola (National Library of Finland, Finland)
- Getting Started – 3: Marie-Louise Ayres (National Library of Australia, Australia)
Session 227 – SC II National Libraries meeting, Thursday 24 August 2017 (10:45–13:15 Conference Room C). See Agenda
2016
World Library and Information Congress: 13-19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, United States
Session 201 – National Libraries Open Session, Thursday 18 August 2016 (8:30–10:30 Union Station A/B/C)
Theme: National Libraries and digital collaboration: building connections and communities : Preservation, enhancement and access to shared documentary cultural heritage
Chairs: Guy Berthiaume (Canada) and Genevieve Clavel (Switzerland)
Papers:
1. Digitally reassembling scattered collections: IFLA, the Memory of the World, and the implementation of the new UNESCO’s Recommendation for Documentary Heritage / Julia Brungs (Policy and Research Officer, IFLA, Netherlands) and Vincent Wintermans (UNESCO National Committee, Netherlands) Paper in English
2. Digital reunification of dispersed collections: The National Library of Korea digitization project / Jaesun Lee (National Library of Korea, Republic of Korea) Paper in English
3. Digital preservation and access on collaborative platforms – The Réseau francophone numérique /Driss Khrouz (Bibliothèque nationale du Royaume du Maroc, Morocco) Paper in French
4. The British Library and its international collections / Caroline Brazier (The British Library, United Kingdom) Paper in English
5. Une bibliothèque nationale, un patrimoine universel: quelle responsabilité? La politique internationale de coopération numérique de la Bibliothèque nationale de France / Isabelle Nyffenegger (Bibliothèque nationale de France, France) Paper in French
2015
World Library and Information Congress: 15-21 August 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: Dynamic National Libraries – Innovating to Progress National Information Policy (with the National Information and Library Policy SIG)
Session: 200
Date: Thursday 20 August 2015 (08:30 – 10:30 Roof Terrace Room)
Chair: Bill Macnaught (New Zealand)
Papers:
- Strategic Positioning of the National Library of South Africa (NLSA) as a Change Agent in Social Cohesion and Nation Building / Rocky Ralebipi-Simela (National Library of South Africa, South Africa) Paper in English
- The Twain Shall Meet: 10 Years of Evolution and Innovation at Library and Archives Canada / Guy Berthiaume (Library and Archives Canada, Canada) Paper in English
- Being the National Library for Five Million People: Creating the Idea of the Library for the Whole Century / Aslak Sira Myhre (National Library of Norway, Norway)
- New Legislation for Public Libraries in the Netherlands & the New Role for the Koninklijke Bibliotheek / Jos Debeij (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands) Paper in English
2014
World Library and Information Congress: 16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France
Theme: National libraries and the cultural heritage in the digital age
Session: 107
Date: Monday 18 August 2014 (16:00 - 18:00)
Papers:
- HOCKX-YU, Helen (2014) Archiving Social Media in the Context of Non-print Legal Deposit. Paper in English
- BONNEL, Sylvie (2014) La sélection de sites web dans une bibliothèque nationale encyclopédique: une politique documentaire partagée pour le dépôt légal de l’internet à la BnF. Paper in English; Paper in Franch
- AGUIRRE, Roberto (2014) Biblioteca Nacional Digital: un nuevo paso para la preservación de la memoria de Chile. Paper in Spanish
- SOLBAKK, Svein Arne (2014) Implementation of digital deposit at the National Library of Norway. Paper in English
2013
World Library and Information Congress: 17-23 August 2013, Singapore
Theme: Digital collection strategies at National Libraries: challenges and opportunities
Session: 198
Date: Thursday 22 August 2013 (08:30 - 10:30)
Papers:
- BRAZIER, Caroline (2013) born.digital@british.library: the opportunities and challenges of implementing a digital collection development strategy. Paper in English; Paper in Spanish
- PABÓN CADAVID, Jhonny Antonio, SATHIK BASHA, Johnkhan and KALEESWARAN, Gandhimani (2013) Legal and technical difficulties of web archival in Singapore. Paper in English; Paper in Spanish
- RYDÉN, Jerker (2013) Legal restrictions and the digital library - is digital access to knowledge achievable?. Paper in English; Paper in French; Paper in Spanish
- TANG, Chris (2013) Acquiring, organising and providing access to digital content: The Singapore Memory Project experience.
- YAMADA, Toshiyuki (2013) Digital collection strategies at the National Diet Library. Paper in English; Paper in Spanish
2012
World Library and Information Congress: 11-17 August 2012, Helsinki, Finland
Theme: National libraries and open data: new discovery and access services
2011
World Library and Information Congress: 13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
(with the Literacy & Reading Section)
Theme: Beyond the United Nations Decade of Literacy: What Libraries Can Do
2010
World Library and Information Congress: 10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
(with CLM)
Theme: National libraries promoting open access to knowledge
2009
World Library and Information Congress: 24 August 2009, Milan, Italy
Theme: National libraries in the digital age: leadership and collaboration
2008
World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada
(with the Statistics and Evaluation Section)
Theme: Ensuring quality in national libraries: performance measures and quality evaluation supporting cultural heritage and research
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