Satellite Meetings

  1. Africa and the United Nations Post 2015 Millennium Development Goals
    Sponsor: Africa Section
    Date: 13–14 August
    Location: Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Rosemary Shafack, roshafack@gmail.com
     
  2. Taking Charge of your LIS Career: Personal Strategies, Institutional Programs, Strong Libraries
    Sponsor: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section
    Date: 12–14 August
    Location: Milnerton Public Library, City of Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Ewa Stenberg, ewa.stenberg@mah.se
     
  3. Towards Harmonization of LIS Education in Developing Countries: Strategy and Leadership
    Sponsor: LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group
    Dates: 12 August
    Location: Library and Information Studies Centre, University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Contacts: Ismail H. Abdullahi, iabdullahi@NCCU.EDU, Felipe Martinez Arellano, felipe@unam.mx
     
  4. How can the Library and Information Services profession contribute to the post-2015 sustainable development goals related to women?
    Sponsors: Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group with the Africa Section
    Date: 11–12 August
    Location: UNISA: University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
    Contact: Beba Stankovic, bebapozarevac@yahoo.com
     
  5. Digital preservation as a site of contestation: national heritage, memory, politics and power — beyond technology and management
    Sponsor: Library Theory and Research
    Date: 12–13 August
    Location: University of the Western Cape (Day 1) ; Robben Island (Day 2), South Africa
    Contact: Anna Maria Tammaro, annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it
     
  6. Knowledge Management and Innovation in 21st Century Library and Information Services in Africa
    Sponsor: Knowledge Management Section
    Date: 14 August
    Location: Goethe Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Eva Semertzaki, esemertzaki@gmail.com
     
  7. The quest for deeper meaning of research support
    Sponsor: Academic and Research Libraries Section
    Date: 13–14 August
    Location: The Range (wine farm) in Tokai, Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Reggie Raju, reggie.raju@uct.ac.za
     
  8. School Libraries and Guided Inquiry: Taking Stock and Taking Action
    Sponsor: Information Literacy Section with School Libraries Section
    Date: 13–14 August
    Location: NLSA Centre for the Book, Cape Town (TBC), South Africa
    Contact: Sharon Mader, smader@uno.edu
     
  9. Transforming libraries with open digital technologies
    Sponsor: Information Technology Section
    Date: 13-14 August
    Location: Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
    Contact: Edmund Balnaves, ebalnaves@prosentient.com.au
     
  10. Managing and Promoting Special Collections in Africa: The Bleek-Lloyd Collection and Beyond
    Sponsor: Rare Books and Special Collections Section
    Date: 14 August 2015
    Location: University of Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: David Farneth, dfarneth@getty.edu

  11. CANCELLED!
    Impact of IFLA standards on the international library community
    Sponsor: Committee on Standards
    Date: TBA
    Location: TBC
    Contact: Patrice Landry, Patrice.Landry@nb.admin.ch

  12. Reference as service and place
    Sponsor: Reference and Information Services
    Date: 11-13 August
    Location: University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana
    Contact: Edwin Qobose, qobose@mopipi.ub.bw

  13. The Role of Libraries and Information Centres in Supporting National Development
    Sponsor: Social Sciences Libraries Section
    Date: 11–12 August
    Location: Safari Hotel, Windhoek, Namibia
    Contact: Chiku Mnubi-Mchombu, cmchombu@unam.na

  14. Development, Transformation and Co-operation in Library and Research services in Parliaments
    Sponsor: Library and Research Services to Parliaments Section
    Date: 12–14 August
    Location: Parliament of South Africa, Cape Town (TBC), South Africa
    Contact: Raissa Teodori, raissa.teodori@senato.it

  15. Planning and preservation in today's libraries 
    Sponsor: Preservation & Conservation Section
    Date: 12-13 August
    Location: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
    Contact: Danielle Mincio, Danielle.Mincio@bcu.unil.ch and Nellie Somers, somers@ukzn.ac.za

  16. Newspaper e-publishing trends: the stewardship role of libraries
    Sponsor: News Media Section & National Library of South Africa, Pretoria
    Date: 12-13 August
    Location: Dinokeng Game Reserve, Pretoria, South Africa
    Contact: Krista Kiisa, krista.kiisa@nlib.ee and Douwe Drijfhou, douwe.drijfhout@nlsa.ac.za

  17. Public Libraries at the Crossroads
    Sponsor: Public Libraries Section with City of Cape Town Library Service and the Western Cape Provincial Library Services
    Date: 13-14 August
    Location: Goodwood Community Hall, Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Marian Morgan-Bindon, mmorganbindon@goldcoast.qld.gov.au

  18. Digital Library Services to Multicultural Populations
    Sponsor: Library Services to Multicultural Populations
    Date: 13-14 August
    Location: University of the Western Cape, BELVILLE, Cape Town, South Africa
    Contact: Adjoa Boateng, ifla.mcultp@gmail.com

Last update: 1 July 2015