Librarians on the catwalk: communicating for advocacy to influence policy and practice

World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly: 23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy

Management of Library Associations, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and ALP

• The committee for the support of libraries: a model of library networking in Greece
  ANNA AMENDOLAGINE (Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Athens, Greece)
• Advocacy for library development: action plan, policies and practices in India
  MAITRAYEE GHOSH (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)
• Reframing organizations through communication and advocacy
  MAGGIE FARRELL (University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA) and BARBARA PREECE (Boston Library Consortium, Boston, USA)
• To influence the Government Policy: the experience from the Library Society of China
  TANG GENGSHENG and WU YUE (Library Society of China, Beijing, China)
• Building librarians' capacity to advocate successfully leads to sustainable libraries
  JANET SAWAYA (Global Libraries initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA), MONICA GRECU (International Research and Exchanges Board, Romania), KRISTINE PABERZA (Impact Specialist, Father’s Third Son, Latvia), PILAR PACHECO (BiblioRedes Program, Chile) and GRETA SOUTHARD (Public Library Association, USA)
• Influence of the collegiate bodies in public politics for the legislation of state and municipal libraries netwok: Chihuahua, Mexico case
  JAVIER TARANGO (Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico) and GERARDO ASCENCIO (Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico )
• Through another pair of eyes: internal alignment for successful advocacy
  JOSH BILYK, SKYE RODGERS and MARGARET LAW (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)
• Film on making presentations followed by discussion, and mentoring opportunities
  SUSAN SCHNUER (The University of Illinois - Mortenson Center, USA), BARBARA FORD (The University of Illinois - Mortenson Center, USA ) and PAUL NIEUWENHUYSEN (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
• Review of making presentation session and wrap-up of programme
  SYLVIA PIGGOT (Global Information Solutions Group, Montreal, Canada) and SINIKKA SIPILAE (Finnish Library Association, Helsinki, Finland)

Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

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