Conference Session 164

Libraries, Archives, Museums – exploring the changing landscape

IFLA Governing Board Working Group on Convergence

15 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: Session Room 5

1. Welcome and introduction:
Chair: NANCY GWINN (Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Washington, D.C. USA)

2. Survey presentation:
TONE ELI MOSEID (Tønsberg and Nøtterøy Public Library, Tønsberg, Norway).

3. Convergence out there:

  • How the strategic international large scale digital convergence activities converge with the dismantling of LAMMS initiatives at a national political level
    TBA
  • Large scale digital convergence - the practical level: the Digital Public Library America as an example
    MAURA MARX (Open Knowledge Commons Centre at the Berkman Centre for Internet and Society) and RACHEL FRICK (Digital Library Federation, USA)
  • Indigenous convergence
    LORIENE ROY (School of Information, the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA)
  • Convergence of libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions in LIS schools in research and curriculum offerings 
    TERRY WEECH (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA) and ANNA MARIA TAMMARO (University of Parma, Florence, Italy)

4. Panel discussion:
The Strategic View: how can we promote our common course?
Panel chair: LYNNE M. RUDASILL (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, USA) with representatives of the LAMMS Coordinating Council.

5. Summary and wrap up

Last update: 19 June 2012