Daily Programme

Last update: 25 September 2012

Thursday 16 August

Session 187 — Metropolitan Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 08:00 - 09:30 | Room: 206

Session 188 — Science and Technology Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 08:00 - 09:30 | Room: 207

Session 189 — Management of Library Association SC II

16 August 2012 08:00 - 09:30 | Room: 208

Session 189 a — FAIFE Committee Meeting II

16 August 2012 08:00 - 09:30 | Room: 203



Session 190 — Making the case for change through evaluation: post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings — Library Buildings and Equipment

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI

Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.



Session 191 — Empowering Africa's burgeoning population with access to demographic and development information - the world population explosion and access to the information needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in Africa — Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) / Réseau d’accès à l’information en Afrique (RAIA) Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI



Session 192 — Strong libraries = strong societies: democratizing access to knowledge through libraries — President-Elect’s Planning Session

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 6

Opening

Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Chair of the session

Presentation of the theme

Strong libraries = strong societies: democratizing access to knowledge through libraries,
Sinikka Sipilä, President-elect

Speakers from IFLA Regions and from NPSIG (New Professionals)

  • Africa – Ellen Namhila, University Librarian, Library of the University of Namibia
  • Asia and Oceania – Dr Fawz Abdallah, President, Lebanese Library Association
  • Latin America and the Caribbean – Alejandra Martinez, Member of the FAIFE Committee, Chair of the Health Sciences Division of the Mexican Library Association
  • New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) – Sebastian Wilke, Convener, NPSIG

Libraries in the Civil Society

Jukka Relander, President, Finnish Library Association

World Café discussions on the theme

facilitated by Inga Lunden and Christine McKenzie, IFLA GB

Conclusions and closing

Sinikka Sipilä

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Session 193 — The surprising world of government libraries: trends and prospect of new user services — Government Libraries, Government Information and Official Publications, Law Libraries with Library and Research Services for Parliaments

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 4

Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.



Session 194 — Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: 306

Congress track 3: Users driving access and services.

The IFLA SIG on Indigenous Matters will feature examples of library services for indigenous populations including cases gathered in its new online publication. The session also builds on the experiences of the IFLA President Ingrid Parent’s President’s Programme on indigenous knowledge held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in April 2012.



Session 195 — Sister Libraries Programme – new developments and evaluation of an international network for children and libraries — Libraries for Children and Young Adults

16 August 2012 08:30 - 10:30 | Room: Session Room 3

Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.

  • Sister Libraries: background, godmothers and how libraries can get involved
    VIVIANA QUIÑONES (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France) and ANNIE EVERALL (Consultant, Children's Books, Libraries and Reading, Staffordshire, United Kingdom)

Session 196 — National Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 09:45 - 11:15 | Room: 206

Session 197 — Document Delivery and Resource Sharing SC II

16 August 2012 09:45 - 11:15 | Room: 207

Session 198 — Library Services to People with Special Needs SC II

16 August 2012 09:45 - 11:15 | Room: 208

Session 199 — Academic and Research Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 09:45 - 11:15 | Room: 203



Session 200 — Empowering staff through preservation training! How your library and users will reap the benefits — Preservation and Conservation with Education and Training

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI

Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.



Session 201 — Inspiring and empowering women through access to information — Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI

Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.

The four speakers will join quest panelist IFLA President-Elect Sinikka Sipilä for a question and answers session on the role of library and information professionals inspiring and empowering women through access to information.



Session 202 — Findings from the Global Impact Study: what it means for public libraries — ALP with the University of Washington

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 6

Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.

  • How access to ICTs in public libraries make an impact: Findings from the Global Impact Study and how you can use them for advocacy
    MELODY CLARK and CHRIS COWARD (Technology & Social Change Group (TASCHA), University of Washington, Seattle, USA)


Session 203 — Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories — Social Science Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Libraries

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 4

Congress track 3: Users driving access and services.



Session 204 — IFLA library standards and the IFLA Committee on Standards – how can they better serve you? — IFLA Committee on Standards

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 5

  • Overview of the IFLA Committee on Standards (purpose, work done and issues identified so far)
    PATRICE LANDRY (Chair of the IFLA Committee on Standards & Swiss National Library, Bern, Switzerland)
  • Open (moderated) discussion on issues relating to IFLA standards (questions, suggestions, issues to be resolved – feedback for the Committee’s 2012-13 action plan)
  • Report of the IFLA Namespaces Task Group 
    GORDON DUNSIRE (Independent Consultant, Edinburgh, Scotland)


Session 205 — Social networking for agricultural research, education, and extension service: an international perspective — Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 10:45 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 3

Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.

Session 206 — Public Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 11:30 - 13:00 | Room: 206

Session 207 — Genealogy and local History SC II

16 August 2012 11:30 - 13:00 | Room: 207

Session 208 — Literacy and Reading SC II

16 August 2012 11:30 - 13:00 | Room: 208

Session 208 a — CLM Committee Meeting II

16 August 2012 11:30 - 13:00 | Room: 203



Session 209 — Information Coordinators & web-editors (2)

16 August 2012 11:45 - 12:45 | Room: 306

Presenter: Louis Takács (IFLA Communications Officer / Web Content Editor)

Short introduction to editing the IFLA website for new Web Editors or those thinking of becoming one, followed by a more in depth presentation of some of the crucial functions of our content management system (CMS). This will be an informal presentation and question and answer session.

Another session with a similar focus is also available on Tuesday, 14 August from 11:45-12:45 in the same room (306).

Session 209 a — Government Libraries SC II

16 August 2012 13:00 - 14:30 | Room: 203

Session 210 — School Libraries and Resource Centers SC II

16 August 2012 13:15 - 14:45 | Room: 206

Session 211 — Reference and Information Services

16 August 2012 13:15 - 14:45 | Room: 208



Session 212 — Cataloguing standards and special collections — Rare Books and Manuscripts

16 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI

Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.



Session 213 — Building collaboration between LIS educators and practitioners in developing countries: transcending barriers, creating opportunities — LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group

16 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 6

Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.



Session 214 — Libraries for the law and for lawmakers — Law Libraries with Library and Research Services for Parliaments

16 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 4

Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.



Session 215 — What is a national bibliography today and what are its potential uses? — Bibliography

16 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 5

Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.



Session 216 — Continuity in the face of digital disasters: Disaster planning and recovery for digital libraries — Information Technology

16 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 3

Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.

Session 217 — Closing Session

16 August 2012 16:15 - 17:30 | Room: Amfi | SI