Daily Programme
Last update: 11 October 2012
Monday 13 August
Session 86 — Plenary Session
13 August 2012 08:30 - 09:30 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI
Toute la mémoire du monde - The memory of the entire world
Plenary Speaker: PETER VON BAGH (Professor of film history in the University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland)
Peter von Bagh is a film historian, author of more than 30 books on film, history and popular arts (including The history of World Cinema, 1975 and 1998, and a book about and with Aki Kaurismäki, published in five languages). Doctor in Political Sciences; television and radio producer for all his life; a book publisher (more than 100 books from Balzac to Eisenstein, Meyerhold, Fellini and whatever); a film director, with speciality in compilation films, including large series as Oi kallis Suomenmaa, a history of Finland (1997), and Song of Finland (Sininen laulu), a 12-hour program on the history of arts in Finland - which 2007 became Finlandia prize winning book.
Later films include "Helsinki Forever" and "Sodankylä Forever" that have toured around the world. Scriptwriter (e.g. films by Risto Jarva); editor-in-chief (since 1971) of the "Filmihullu" magazine; curator (1967-70) and program director (1970-85) of the Finnish Film Archive; a professor of film history in The Helsinki University of Arts; artistic director and co-founder (with the Kaurismäki brothers) of The Midnight Sun Film Festival; artistic director of an Italian film festival called Il cinema ritrovato (Bologna, since 2001).
Chair: Kimmo Tuominen
(NC Co-Chair, Chief Librarian of Jyväskylä University Library, President of the The Finnish Research Library Association, Finland)
Session 87 — Marketing of rare and special collections in a digital age — Rare Books and Manuscripts
13 August 2012 09:00 - 18:00 | Off-site
Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.
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Literary heritage of Urdu language: a success story of presenting hidden collections to public
SAIMA QUTAB and RABINA BHATTI (Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Department of library and information science, Bahawalpur, Pakistan) -
Ways of using The Special Collections of Uppsala University Library
LAILA ÖSTERLUND (Uppsala University Library, Uppsala, Sweden) -
Utilizing social media to promote Special Collections: What works and what doesn't
DARYL GREEN (University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, United Kingdom) -
"The face in the fun-house mirror..." how eBooks, apps, and other realities are changing the face of special collections
Translations: [Français]
DENNIS MOSER (University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA) -
The library and the display of text
HELEN VINCENT (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom) -
The Scholar / Librarian goes digital: new times require new skills and aptitudes
GILLIAN M. MCCOMBS (Central University Libraries at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA) -
Curating print collections in the digital age
JENNIFER GARLAND and SEAN SWANICK (McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada) -
"Is this a real library, or a museum?"
Translations: [Français]
JULIA WALWORTH (Merton College, Oxford, United Kingdom)
Location:
National Library of Finland, Auditorio
Yliopistokatu (University street) 1.
Helsinki 17.
Session 88 — IFLA Highlights and News Session
13 August 2012 09:30 - 10:45 | Room: Session Room 5
Major announcements, awards, updates and other important IFLA-related news will be made during this session. Congress delegates and all members of the Press are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Chair: Ingrid Parent, IFLA President
The World Library and Information Congress 2012 in Finland:
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Welcome to Finland and the IFLA WLIC 2012 Helsinki
MAIJA BERNDTSON (Chair of the 2012 Finnish National Committee) -
Highlights and innovations in the Congress Programme
SINIKKA SIPILA (President-elect)
IFLA Advocacy for Libraries and their users - Highlights
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Some highlights of the Presidential year
INGRID PARENT(IFLA President) -
Protecting access to information in the public domain in international treaties
STUART HAMILTON (IFLA Director of Policy and Advocacy) -
FAIFE Research Project on Freedom of Access to Digital Information
TBA (FAIFE) -
IFLA International Leaders Programme
JENNEFER NICHOLSON (IFLA Secretary General)
Partnerships
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Announcement 2013 Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Programme Fellows
JAY JORDAN (CEO, OCLC) -
10th IFLA International Marketing Award
EILEEN BREEN (Publisher Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.) -
De Gruyter/Saur IFLA Research Paper Award 2012 + Publications 2012/2013
ALICE KELLER (Publishing Director - De Gruyter) -
Director, IFLA-CASL and Arabian Advanced Systems (AAS) Conference Grant
DINA YOUSSEF (IFLA Centre for Arabic Speaking Libraries (IFLA-CASL), Bibliotheca Alexandrina Alexandria, Egypt) -
Dr Shawky Salem Conference Grant 2012
SHAWKY SALEM (Chairman Alex Centre for Multimedia and Libraries - ACML) -
IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2012
PETRA HAUKE and BARBARA LISON (ekz library service, Germany). -
Grantees IFLA World Library and Information Congress (+ Aspire Award)
INGRID PARENT (IFLA President)
Photograph and brief interview opportunity on all topics directly after the meeting
Session 90 — Cloud computing: its impact on privacy, jurisdiction, security, lawful access, ownership and permanence of data — Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM)
13 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI
Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.
Introduction and welcome by Victoria Owen, Chair of CLM
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Storage clouds and computing clouds: implications for libraries
CLIFFORD LYNCH (Coalition for Networked Information, Washington DC, USA) -
Privacy on the Internet: looking to the future
CHRISTINE RUNNEGAR (Internet Society, Geneva, Switzerland)) -
Stormy weather: jurisdiction over privacy and data protection in the cloud
PATRICK D. FLAHERTY and GIANCARLO RUSCIO (Litigation Department, Torys LLP, Toronto, Canada)
Session 91 — Knowledge cafe: driving access & services — Knowledge Management with Library and Research Services for Parliaments
13 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: Session Room 3
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
Session 92 — New futures for bibliographic data formats: reflections and directions — UNIMARC Core Activity
13 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Off-site
Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.
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UNIMARC - Understanding the past to envision future
ROSA MARIA GALVÃO and MARIA INÊS CORDEIRO (National Library of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal) -
The functionality of bibliographic records of IRANMARC based on Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) for monographs
SAEIDEH AKBARIDARYAN, SEDIGHEH SHAKERI (National Library and Archives of Islamic Republic of Iran, Tehran, Iran) and SAYYED MAHDI TAHERI (Islamic Sciences and culture Academy, Tehran, Iran) -
Linked data for libraries: benefits of a conceptual shift from library-specific record structures to RDF-based data models
Translations: [中文] [Deutsch]
GETANEH ALEMU, BRETT STEVENS, PENNY ROSS and JANE CHANDLER (University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom) -
Library of Congress Bibliographic Framework Initiative - update
SALLY H. MCCALLUM and BEACHER WIGGINS (Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA)
Location:
Helsinki Public Library
(across the street from the conference centre)
Session 93 — Information literacy meets E-learning: let’s talk about interconnections and outcomes — Information Literacy with E-learning Special Interest Group
13 August 2012 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI
Congress track 3: Users driving access and services.
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An online information literacy course for undergraduates: early experiences
ANNE WADE and JOANNE LOCKE (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada) and PATRICK DEVEY (eConcordia, Montreal Canada) -
Micro-E-Learning in Information Literacy
Translations: [Français]
NICOLE KRÜGER (ZBW - German National Library of Economics, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel/Hamburg, Germany) -
Proliferating Information Literacy - e-Learning delivery mode extends reach to IL learners in Singapore
GEE MIAW MIIN (National Library Board, Singapore) -
Embedding e-learning into Science and Engineering Graduate Information Literacy Course
WU MING, WANG CHUN, WANG LI, JIN YING and MA XIAOMIN (National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China) -
Form@doct: quels apprentissages en ligne pour des doctorants?
Translations: [English]
MARIE-LAURE MALINGRE and ALEXANDRE SERRES (URFIST de Bretagne et Pays de la Loire, France) with ALAIN SAINSOT and HERVE LE MEN (Service commun de documentation, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France) -
Information literacy interconnections using a virtual learning environments
DAVID V. LOERTSCHER and BLANCHE WOOLLS (San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA) -
Designing an interactive virtual learning environment (VLE) with a learner centered approach
LI WANG (The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand) -
E-Learning in Information Management Education in Sri Lanka: discussion of the impact of information literacy
NAMALI SURAWEERA, CHERN L. LIEW and JOCELYN CRANEFIELD (School of Information Management, Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand)
Session 94 — Creating a culture for innovation and change — Management and Marketing with Academic and Research Libraries
13 August 2012 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 4
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
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Creating a culture for innovation and change at the University of Technology, Sydney and the State Library of New South Wales
ALEX BYRNE (State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) -
Passion and persistence: some workouts and game plans for library change
REBECCA DAVIES (Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kingdom) -
Techniques to understand the changing needs of library users
Translations: [Français]
SUSAN GIBBONS (Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA) -
Engaging research: libraries in a shifting academic paradigm
Translations: [Français]
RICK E. LUCE and LEAH WEINRYB GROHSGAL (Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA) -
Re-inventing the Library – the role of strategic planning, marketing and external relations, and shared services at the National Library of Scotland
MARTYN WADE (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) -
Nairobi's Premier Innovation Hub
JESSICA COLAÇO and HILDA MORAA (iHub - Nairobi's Premier Innovation Hub, Nairobi, Kenya)
Session 95 — Strategies for library associations: include new professionals now! — Management of Library Associations with the New Professionals Special Interest Group
13 August 2012 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 6
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
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New librarians worldwide: mapping out the future
LOIDA GARCIA-FEBO (Queens Library, Queens, NY, USA) and ROBIN KEAR (University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA) -
Inclusion of New Professionals in the strategy of the Library Association of Latvia
SILVIJA TRETJAKOVA and DACE ŪDRE (Library Association of Latvia, Riga, Latvia) with SANITA MALĒJA and SILVA SUHAŅENKOVA (University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia) -
Inspiring future leaders: empowering New Professionals in the UK
MARIA COTERA-ZUBELDIA, DAVID PERCIVAL and CHRISTOPHER RHODES (CILIP, London, United Kingdom) -
Strategies in action: working at a small but great library community
GARCÍA ACOSTA (Certified Librarians' Association of Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina) MAGDALENA BIOTA (Information and Documentation Center of the Ministry of Economy and Public Finances Buenos Aires, Argentina) -
Locating librarianship's Identity in its historical roots of professional philosophies: towards a radical new identity for librarians of today (and tomorrow)
SARA WINGATE GRAY (Department of Information Studies, University College London, London, United Kingdom) -
Building (new) professional communities
KATE BYRNE (University Library New South Wales, Sydney, Australia) -
Inspiring and empowering: upcoming LIS generation joining IFLA
PETRA HAUKE and SHAKED SPIER (Berlin School of Library and Information Science, Berlin, Germany)
Session 96 — Learning from the past to shape our future—65 years IFLA/UNESCO partnership — UNESCO Open Session
13 August 2012 11:00 - 12:45 | Room: Session Room 5
Welcome
HELENA ASAMOAH-HASSAN (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Library, Kumasi, Ghana)
Keynote I:
The IFLA-UNESCO partnership 1947-2012
PETER JOHAN LOR (Former IFLA Secretary General, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa)
Keynote II:
Information for All – a vision for inclusive knowledge societies
EVGENY KUZMIN (Chair of the Intergovernmental Council, UNESCO Information for All Programme, Paris, France)
Panel:
Current initiatives – Future endeavours
Chair: Helena Asamoah-Hassan
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The Memory of the World in the Digital age: Digitization and Preservation Conference, Vancouver, September 2012
JOIE SPRINGER (Programme Specialist, Memory of the World, UNESCO, Paris, France) -
Media and information literacy
MARIA-CARME TORRAS CALVO (Chair IFLA Information Literacy Section, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway) -
IFLA/UNESCO Manifesto for Digital Libraries
WINSTON ROBERTS (National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand)
Discussion with the audience
Led by Helena Asamoah-Hassan
Summary & Closure
Helena Asamoah-Hassan
Session 98 — Generation Google needs us: new roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services — Reference and Information Services
13 August 2012 11:45 - 13:45 | Room: Session Room 1
Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.
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Information "Lost and Found" - new models for library reference service
RAUHA MAARNO (e-Library Unit, Helsinki City Library, Helsinki, Finland) -
Does GENERATION Google REALLY need us?
Translations: [Français]
PETER SIDORKO (University Library, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) and DIANNE CMOR (Hong Kong Baptist University Library, Hong Kong, China) -
Reference Librarianship on the Fly: taking the Librarian out of the Library
SARA WINGATE GRAY (University College, University of London, San Francisco, California, USA) -
How can we make our digital material more visible in the physical library?
Translations: [Français]
LINDA VIDLUND and CECILIA PETERSSON (Uppsala University Library, Uppsala, Sweden) -
If we build it, will they come? Understanding reference users in the age of texting
LILI LUO (School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA)
Session 99 — Picture books in libraries now! — Libraries for Children and Young Adults
13 August 2012 11:45 - 13:45 | Room: Session Room 3
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
1. The World through Picture Books Project
ANNIE EVERALL (Consultant, Children's Books, Libraries and Reading, Staffordshire, United Kingdom)
2. Country highlights:
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Albums en bibliothèque: un outil de médiation à la lecture en Haïti
Translations: [English]
LOURDINE ALTIDOR MARSAN (Gestion de l'Information et du Document, Université Paris 8, Paris, France) -
Le Monde à travers les albums: le Liban
Translations: [English]
MAHA ALWAN (Mtein Public Library, Mtein, Lebanon) -
Croatian picture books – traditional and modern expression
Translations: [Español] [العربية]
DAJANA BRUNAC (Zadar City Library, Zadar, Croatia) -
The World through Picture Books: United Kingdom
ANNIE EVERALL (Consultant, Children's Books, Libraries and Reading, Staffordshire, United Kingdom) -
The World through Picture Books: U.S. librarians’ choices
Translations: [Español] [Français]
LINDA M. PAVONETTI (Department of Reading and Language Arts Oakland University Rochester, Michigan, USA) -
The picture books in Romania
Translations: [Français] [Español] [العربية]
RUXANDRA NAZARE (The George Baritiu Public Library, Brasov, Romania) -
Picture books in libraries in Senegal, Mali, Benin and Cameroon
VIVIANA QUIÑONES (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France) -
Japanese picture books
Translations: [العربية] [Español] [Français]
KAZUKO YODA (Japan Library Association, Tokyo, Japan)
3. Digital picture books in libraries now!
Translations: [Français]
CÉCILE TREVIAN (Rousselot Library, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France)
4. The power of reading in action: book reading and performance
JIM HØJBERG (Vejle Public Library, Denmark)
Session 101 — Africa libraries now on open access agenda — Africa
13 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI
Congress track 1: Open access and digital resources.
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Libraries for development: partnerships, ICT and making public libraries relevant to communities in Tanzania and Namibia
ALLI MCHARAZO, VENO KAUARIA and MARJATTA LAHTI
Session 102 — Storage and repositories: new preservation and access strategies — Preservation and Conservation Programme (PAC)
13 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 3
Congress track 4: Tools and techniques.
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Introduction to the session
CHRISTIANE BARYLA (Director, IFLA-PAC Core Activity, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France) -
The changing face of storage at the British Library
Translations: [Français]
DEBORAH NOVOTNY (Collection Care, The British Library, London, United Kingdom) -
Automated storage and retrieval system: a time-tested innovation
HELEN HEINRICH and ERIC WILLIS (California State University, Northridge, California, USA) -
Moving to new digital storage: migrating and reloading collections
TANJA DE BOER and MATTHIJS VAN OTEGEM (Royal Library/Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Netherlands) -
Archival and special collections facilities: guidelines for archivists, librarians, architects, and engineers
DIANE VOGT-O'CONNOR (Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA)
Session 103 — Usability and accessibility – the mobile challenge — Information Technology with Library and Research Services for Parliaments
13 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 4
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
Presentation of the Handbook Information and Communication Technologies in Parliamentary Libraries, prepared by the IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the Inter-Parliamentary Union, through the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament.
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Opening presentation/introduction
TBA -
Using LibGuides to track and deliver mobile access
ROCHELLE BALLARD -
Optical character recognition software in library mobile apps
JIM HAHN and NATHANIEL RYCKMAN (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA) -
Global village, library anywhere - mobile access to library resources
Translations: [Français]
JINGRU HOIVIK (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway) -
Evaluation of the functionality and accessibility of E-readers for individuals with print disabilities: phase one
STEPHANIE L. MAATTA (Wayne State University, School of Library & Information Science, Detroit, MI, USA) and LAURIE J. BONNICI (University of Alabama, School of Library & Information Science, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA) -
Complex legislative repository - Parliament of Thailand: development of mobile access
ADISAK SUKUL (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok Thailand), CHARAE PANPRUANG, NISA LUANGTHONGKUM and SIRIPORN HOTHARAPAVANONT (The House of Representatives, Parliament of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand) -
House of Lords Library - looking to a mobile future
SHORAYNE FAIRWEATHER and ANNE MASKELL (House of Lords Library, London, United Kingdom)
Session 104 — Steps towards a global accessible library — Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities
13 August 2012 13:45 - 15:45 | Room: Session Room 6
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
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Solving the "Book Famine"
Keynote speaker: STEPHEN KING (President, Daisy Consortium, Peterborough, United Kingdom) -
Can mainstream e-publishing become accessible? EPUB3, DAISY4 and convergence: Impact on accessible publishing
BILL MCCOY (International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), USA) -
Invitation to the feast: developing accessible e-book services in UK public libraries
HELEN BRAZIER (Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), Manchester, United Kingdom) -
E-reading without screens: summarizing personal experiences from end-users with e-book readers
VARJU LUCENO (Daisy Consortium, Missoula, Montana, USA) and 2 expert users from Finland (Finnish Association of the Blind, Finland)
Session 105 — International and comparative librarianship: toward valid, relevant and authentic research and education — Library Theory and Research, Education and Training and LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group
13 August 2012 13:45 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 2 | SI
Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.
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Introduction: Towards excellence in international and comparative research in Library and Information Science
PETER JOHAN LOR (University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa) -
Commonwealth of uncertainty: how British and American professional models of library practice have shaped LIS education in selected former British colonies and dominions
MARY CARROLL (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia), PAULETTE KERR (University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica), ABDULLAHI I. MUSA (Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, USA) and WASEEM AFZAL (Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia) -
Improving the resources for supporting information literacy education in developing countries
DAN DORNER (Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand) -
Faculty perceptions of librarian-led information literacy instruction in postsecondary education
CHRISTINA NILSEN (Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada) -
Assessing the impact of Italian public libraries. A research study supported by the IFLA Researcher-Librarian Partnership
SARA CHIESSI (Consorzio Sistema Bibliotecario Nord-Ovest, Milan, Italy) -
African libraries as centres of e-learning
TORD HØIVIK (Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Oslo, Norway) -
Cataloguing and classification education and training in library and information science/studies in South Africa, Brazil and the USA
DENNIS N. OCHOLLA and LYUDMILA OCHOLLA (University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa); HOPE A. OLSON and JEANNETTE R. GLOVER (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA) and JOSÉ AUGUSTO GUIMARÃES (Sao Paulo State University, Sao Paulo, Brazil) -
Agents of change: international librarianship, development, and globalization theory
STEVE W. WITT (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA) -
Conclusion: lessons from International and Comparative Librarianship
CLARA M. CHU (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, USA)
Session 105 a — Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG Workshop
13 August 2012 13:45 - 21:00 | Off-site
13.45-17.45:
Sustainability at Pasila Library:
- Audio-Visual presentation: "Climate Reality" and debate on deriving challenges for libraries
- Hands-on workshop where volunteers can work and debate on some of the projects the SIG has on the drawing board
Location:
Pasila Library's Auditorium, Helsinki
(across the street from the conference centre)
Contacts:
Venue and logistics: Leila Sonkkanen
E-mail: leila.sonkkanen@hel.fi
Content: Veerle Minner
E-mail: veerle.minner@yahoo.es
18.30-21.00:
Sustainable Evening in Vallila Library:
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Library Jazz - live music from jazz to soul - Piazza (18.30-19.30)
(Open to all, patrons and visitors!) -
Green librarians get together, Gallery (20.00-21.00)
Let's have a little bread and cheese together!
(Librarians and other IFLA participants only)
Location:
Vallila Library, Helsinki
(10 minutes tram ride from the convention centre)
Contact:
Harri Sahavirta
E-mail: Harri.Sahavirta@hel.fi
Session 106 — Parliamentary libraries: strengthening democracy — Library and Research Services for Parliaments
13 August 2012 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 1 | SI
Congress track 3: Users driving access and services.
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Defining effective knowledge management to empower citizens and members of parliament
IRENE KRAFT and ROXANA DONOSO (Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile (BCN), Santiago, Chile) -
The Great East Japan Earthquake disaster and the National Diet Library's Research Services for the Diet (Parliament)
KUNIO YAMADA (National Diet Library, Tokyo, Japan) -
Les actions d'une bibliothèque parlementaire pour le renforcement de la démocratie / The actions of parliamentary library for strengthening democracy
SANGUIA DADJAMA KOFFI (National Assembly of Togo, Lome, Togo) -
How parliamentary libraries can empower citizens: lessons from the development of the Outreach Service, Houses of Parliament, United Kingdom
CLARE COWAN (House of Common, London, United Kingdom) -
The information needs and information use of Malaysia's members of parliament
SZARINA ADBULLAH (Faculty of Information Management, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Campus Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam, Malaysia) and HUSNITA HUSSIN (Library, Office of the Prime Minister, Putrajaya, Malaysia) -
RASAN: Iran's Parliamentary Digital library of manuscripts
AZADEH HEIDARI (Library and Information Science, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran)
Session 107 — Libraries across time and space — Library History Special Interest Group
13 August 2012 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 3
Congress track 2: Policy, strategy and advocacy.
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The chronology of my chronology: a history of 85 years IFLA: A history and chronology of sessions, 1927-2012
JEFFREY M. WILHITE (University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, USA) -
Exchange of publications in two Finnish museum libraries in the nineteenth and early twentieth century
JOHANNA LILJA (Federation of Finnish Learned Societies, Helsinki, Finland) -
Historical explanations for the success of Finnish public libraries (and Nordic countries in general)
ILKKA MÄKINEN (University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland) -
The first use of moving pictures in promoting public libraries: the Danish case
MARTIN DYRBYE (The Royal School of Library and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark) -
Libraries and reading in a Finnish Canadian Utopia: Sointula 1900-1950
ANN CURRY (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Session 108 — Libraries for literacy: linking generations, empowering communities — Literacy and Reading
13 August 2012 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 4
Congress track 5: Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new.
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Lifelong reading
Keynote speaker: BARBRO WIGELL-RYYNÄNEN (Library Affairs, Ministry of Education and Culture, Helsinki, Finland) -
The National Year of Reading: a case study of librarians as key partners in empowering communities and building a nation of readers
CAROLYNN RANKIN (Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom) -
Promoting inter-generational literacy: the case of Gayaza Family Learning Resource Centre (GFLRC) programme in Central Uganda where mothers read and write with their children
NAPAGI AUGUSTINE TIMOTHY (Gayaza Family Learning Resource Centre, Kampala, Uganda) -
Educating librarians for literacy and building community
WALLACE KOEHLER (Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA) -
Libraries promoting intergenerational dialogue - discussion
IVANKA STRICEVIC (Croatia)
Session 109 — Gates – Access to Learning Award (ATLA) Session
13 August 2012 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 5
Session 110 — Interreligious Dialogue Special Interest Group
13 August 2012 16:00 - 18:00 | Room: Session Room 6
First meeting of the new Interreligious Dialogue Special Interest Group (RELINDIAL)
Two lectures will be given:
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IDEO serving intercultural Islamo-Christian dialogue
Brother RENÉ-VINCENT DU GRANDLAUNAY o.p. (Institut Dominicain d'études orientales, Cairo, Egypt) -
GlobeTheoLib: online theological resources for education and ecumenical dialogue
AMÉLIE VALLOTTON (Globethics, Geneva, Switzerland)
Session 110 a — Designing the Future Library
13 August 2012 18:00 - 21:00 | Off-site
How do librarians and architects envision the Future Library?
In the near future many library buildings in Helsinki will undergo major changes. Helsinki City Library is currently in the midst of the international architectural competition for the proposed new Central Library. In the academic world, the new Helsinki University Main Library will open in September 2012. Furthermore, the National Library is renovating the culturally unique building to meet the user expectations of today.
The keynote speakers are:
- MAIJA BERNDTSON (Helsinki City Library)
- KAISA SINIKARA (Helsinki University Library)
- VESA OIVA (Anttinen Oiva Architects. Architect of the Kaisa House the jury member in the architectural competition of Helsinki Central Library)
- PAUNO NARJUS (LPR Architects, Architect of the National Library renovation)
Hosts: The Helsinki University Library, The National Library and the Helsinki City Library
Location: the new Helsinki University Main Library
(By invitation only)
IFLA reserves the right to make any changes to the above Congress Schedule and any other details contained in this document.
IFLA se reserva el derecho a realizar cambios en el Calendario del Congreso que aparece más arriba y en cualquier otra información contenida en este documento.
Abbreviations
- Off-site
- Not in the congress centre; location will be added when known
- SC
- Standing Committee
- SI
- Simultaneous Interpretation (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish)
- TBA
- To Be announced
Congress tracks (subthemes)
- Open access and digital resources
- Policy, strategy and advocacy
- Users driving access and services
- Tools and techniques
- Ideas, innovations, anticipating the new