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IFLA Conference

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council

"Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"

10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada


Programme and Proceedings

Abbreviations
CB Coordinating Board
Off-site Not in the QCCC but elsewhere, location will be added when known
SC Standing Committee
SI Simultaneous Interpretation (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Russian and Spanish)
SI-F Simultaneous Interpretation English-French and French-English only
TBA To Be Announced

Friday 08 August 2008

08.30-11.00

1

Professional Committee

11.30-14.30

2

Governing Board

15.00-18.00

3

CB I General Research Libraries (Div I)

4

CB I Special Libraries (Div II)

5

CB I Libraries Serving the General Public (Div III)

6

CB I Bibliographic Control (Div IV)

7

CB I Collections and Services (Div V)

8

CB I Management and Technology (Div VI)

9

CB I Education and Research (Div VII)

10

CB I Regional Activities (Div VIII)

Saturday 09 August 2008

08.30-11.20

11

SC I National Libraries

12

SC I Classification and Indexing

13

SC I Geography and Map Libraries

14

SC I Management of Library Associations

15

SC I Reference and Information Services

16

SC I Newspapers

17

SC I Information Literacy

18

SC I Metropolitan Libraries

19

SC I Library Buildings and Equipment

20

SC I Law Libraries

21

SC I Academic and Research Libraries

22

SC I Knowledge Management

23

SC I Government Libraries

24

SC I Health and Biosciences Libraries

11.30-14.20

25

SC I Serial Publications and other continuing Resources

26

SC I Acquisition and Collection Development

27

SC I Education and Training

28

SC I Libraries for the Blind

29

SC I Cataloguing

30

SC I Statistics and Evaluation

31

SC I Library Theory and Research

32

SC I Management and Marketing

33

SC I Social Science Libraries

34

SC I Rare Books and Manuscripts

35

SC I School Libraries and Resource Centers

36

SC I Preservation and Conservation

37

SC I Genealogy and Local History

38

SC I Libraries for Children and Young Adults

39

FAIFE Committee Meeting

14.30-17.20

40

SC I Science and Technology Libraries

41

SC I Public Libraries

42

SC I Art Libraries

43

SC I Bibliography

44

SC I Audiovisual and Multimedia

45

SC I Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

46

SC I Government Information and Official Publications

47

SC I Information Technology

48a

SC I Library History

48b

SC I Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons

49

SC I Library Services to Multicultural Populations

50

SC I Literacy and Reading

51

Off-site –SC I Library and Research Services for Parliaments

52

SC I Continuing Professional Development & Workplace Learning

53

CLM Business Meeting

18.00-19.00 – Caucus Meetings

54

Caucus: Canada

55

Caucus: French Speaking Participants

56

Caucus: German Speaking Participants

57

Caucus: Netherlands Speaking Participants

58

Caucus: Portuguese Speaking Participants

59

Caucus: CIS

60

Caucus: Nordic Countries

61

Caucus: UK

62

Caucus: USA

63

Caucus: Africa, Asia & Oceania and Latin America & Caribbean

64

Caucus: Spanish Speaking Participants

65

Caucus: Chinese Speaking Participants

66

Caucus: Italian Speaking Participants

66a

Caucus: Arab Librarians

Sunday 10 August 2008

09.30-11.30

67

SI – Opening Session

12.45-13.45

68

SI – Question and Answer Session on Statutes Revision

13.45-15.45

69

SI – Newcomers Session

13.45-15.45

70

SI – UNESCO Session

13.45-15.45

71

SI-F – Art Libraries

Advancing cultural and social diversity through global partnerships: the art library’s role in a world without borders

13.45-15.45

72

Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons

The world is greying: model library programs serving ‘Baby Boomers and older adults

13.45-15.45

73

Academic and Research Libraries

Hot topics in academic and research libraries – discussions with experts

There will be no speakers per se, it will be a cabaret style event where attendees will sit at topic tables and discuss professional issues with experts.

13.45-15.45

74

Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

Global resource sharing across borders: crossing geographical, language and conceptual boundaries in interlibrary loan and document delivery services

13.45-15.45

75

Africa SC I

13.45-15.45

76

Asia and Oceania SC I

13.45-15.45

77

Latin America and the Caribbean SC I

16.00-18.00

78

Exhibition Opening

18.00

79

Cultural Evening

Monday 11 August 2008

08.30-10.30

80

SI – Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons

Going beyond borders – new ways of using ICT to enable greater access to all persons

08.30-10.30

81

SI – Rare Books and Manuscripts

Expanding frontiers of knowledge: documents of exploration, discovery and travel

08.30-10.30

82

IFLA Press Conference

08.30-12.45

83

SI-F – Management of Library Associations, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace learning with ALP

Leadership skills and advocacy for libraries: Best practices in library association management

This session continues at 13.45 in room 205abc, see Session 93.

08.30-12.45

84

Preservation and Conservation, (PAC), Information Technology, IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) and Law Libraries

Session 1: Digital objects on physical carriers
Moderator: Michele Cloonan, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, Simmons College

Session 2: Preservation Infrastructures
Moderator: Hilde van Wijngaarden, National Library of the Netherlands

08.30-12.45

85

Literacy and Reading in co-operation with the Public Libraries and Library Services to Multicultural Populations

The Global Literacy and Reading Fair: sharing good library practices n support of the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012

The half-day session will be organised as an open, interactive, and participatory space for presenters to enable them to display their materials, demonstrate experiences and products to participants and to discuss their projects, programmes and reading campaigns.

10.45-12.45

86

SI – Libraries for the Blind

Achieve more through design for all: how to make your website, buildings, presentations and print materials more accessible to print disabled people

10.45-12.45

87

SI – Copyright and other Legal Matters with FAIFE

Barriers of access to government information

10.45-12.45

88

Officers Training Session

12.45-13.45

89

SI – Plenary Session

Hervé Fisher

Biograpphy: English translation  French translation
Chair: Barbara J. Ford, Governing Board Member of IFLA

13.45-15.45

90

SI – Division VIII – Regional Activities

Indigenous knowledge: language, culture and information technology

  • Joining the circle of indigenous knowledge: supporting indigenous language and technology through IT
    LORIENE ROY (University of Texas, Texas, USA)

  • Conocimiento indígena y el papel de la información en la educación: La Biblioteca Quechua de Ayaviri-Perú
    HUGO MAMANI and CESAR AUGUSTO CASTRO ALIAGA (Colegio de Bibliotecólogos del Perú, Lima, Peru)

  • Indigenous knowledge and the role of information literacy education
    DAN DORNER and G.E. GORMAN (Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand)

  • Harnessing information technologies tools to promote the preservation and effective use of indigenous knowledge systems: a case study of information business traders in Namibia
    ELISHA R.T. CHIWARE (University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia)

  • Small libraries, big impact
    MARY ALICE McCARTHY (The Riecken Foundation, Washington, USA)

13.45-15.45

91

SI-F – Library Theory and Research

Libraries as space and place: theoretical approaches

Facilitator: Ragnar Andreas Audunson

13.45-15.45

92

Officers Training Session

13.45-15.45

93

Management of Library Associations, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace learning with ALP (Part 2)

Leadership skills and advocacy for libraries: Best practices in library association management

Facilitators: Sylvia Piggott and Sinikka Sipilä

13.45-15.45

94

Working Group on Digital Libraries

(Claudia Lux/Ingeborg Verheul)

13.45-18.00

95

SI – Audiovisual and Multimedia, Copyright and other Legal Matters, National Libraries and Bibliography

The legal deposit of audiovisual and multimedia materials: practice around the world

Part 1 – Overview and case studies

Part 2 – Regional Reviews and World Survey

16.00-18.00

96

SI – Division IV – Bibliographic Control

New challenges in bibliographic control in North America

16.00-18.00

97

SI-F – Newspapers

The North American ethnic press

16.00-18.00

98

Library History

Promotion and representation of libraries and librarians in non-textual media

  • Pictorial and graphic representations of early public libraries in Britain
    ALISTAIR BLACK (Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK)

  • From grandiose to green: a history of public library architecture
    ANN CURRY (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

  • Libraries on postcards: historical trends, modern applications and potential
    SJOERD KOOPMAN (IFLA Headquarters, The Hague, Netherlands)

16.00-18.00

99

Women, Information and Libraries Discussion Group

Putting women on the agenda: Empowering women professionals to lead in the information society

  • Modelling transcultural leadership: lifting as we climb
    BARBARA FORD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA)

  • New connection and partnerships: seeking and finding collaborations
    LORIENE ROY (The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas)

  • Developing your leadership potential: some current opportunities
    MICHELE M. REID (North Dakota State University, Fargo, US)

  • Les qualités de chef comme collaborateur: comment un bibliothecaire peut marcher en tete au milieu d'un organisation; le pouvoir de la direction distribuée
    LESLEY FARMER (California State University, Long Beach, USA)

  • What makes a good mentor / mentee: launching the Big Sister-Little Sister Mentorship Scheme
    VERONDA J. PITCHFORD (Urban Libraries Council, Chicago, USA) and LIZ LEWIS (BBC Information & Archives, London, UK)

  • Qu’est ce qui fait un bon mentor / mentoré: lancement due Project Big Sister-Little Sister
    RÉGINE HORINSTEIN (Corporation des bibliothécaires rofessionals du Québec, Montréal, Canada) and SUZANNE PAYETTE (Bibliothèque municipale de Brossard, Brossard, Canada)

  • Caracteristicas de la buena mentora / discipula: lanziemiento del proyecto Big Sister-Little Sister
    MARIA COTERA (University College London, London, UK) and LOIDA GARCIA-FEBO (Queens Public Library, New York, USA)

  • Mentoring the mentors
    LORI DRISCOLL (University of Florida Smathers Libraries, Gainesville, USA)

16.00-18.00

100

Indigenous Knowledge

This will be the final meeting of the Presidential Commission on Indigenous Matters. It will discuss recommendations for future means of addressing issues relating to Indigenous peoples.
Chair: Loriene Roy (University of Texas, Texas, USA)

18.30

101

The Hollywood Librarian

Movie showing: 2000bc

A full-length film, made by ANN SEIDL, which explores how Librarians are depicted in the movies, and compares that with the roles of Librarians in the real world today. We will be showing it in a 1600-seater theatre, with popcorn and soda on sale, to try to suggest the real "movie" feel.
It will be followed by a short forum discussion chaired by IFLA President CLAUDIA LUX (whose Presidential theme is "Libraries on the Agenda"), and featuring ANN SEIDL herself. Joining them will be two IFLA experts:
  • MADELEINE LEFEBVRE, Chief Librarian at Ryerson University, Toronto, former president of the Canadian Library Association and author of "The Romance of Libraries", is also a professional movie, theatre and TV actress.

  • HOWARD BESSER, Professor of Cinema Studies at New York University, is also a Professor Emeritus at UCLA's Department of Information Studies. He is a frequent speaker on the social and cultural effects of the media.

Tuesday 12 August 2008

08.30-18.00

102

Off-site – Art Libraries

Art libraries developing partnerships and tools to share knowledge, improve understanding, and discover common treasures

Location:
Théatre de la bordée, Quebec City

08.30-10.30

103

SI – Library and Research Services to Parliaments

Challenges of communication in a parliamentary environment: language issues, communication channels – new tools 2.0, social communication, client communication

08.30-10.30

104

SI-F – Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

IFLA-PAC international and regional centres: a network for training in the preservation field

  • Multicultural issues in training and communication: Things to remember when communication across cultures, languages, and time zones
    CHRISTIANE BARYLA (IFLA PAC Director, Paris, France)

  • Facing Multicultural Issues in training and communication: which tools?
    FREDERICK ZARNDT (President, Planman Consulting, Coronado CA, USA)

  • PAC Regional Centre USA and Canada
    DIANNE L. VAN DER REYDEN (Director for Preservation, Library of Congress, Washington, USA)

  • PAC Regional Centre for The Caribbean
    ANNETTE WALLACE (Director of NALIS - National Library and Information System Authority-, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)

  • PAC Regional Centre for Eastern Europe and the CIS
    ROSA SALNIKOVA (Head of Preservation, Library for Foreign Litterature, Moscow, Russia)

  • PAC Regional Centre China
    CHEN LI (Deputy Director, National Library of China, Beijing)

  • PAC Regional Centre Asia
    NORIKO NAKAMURA (Acquisitions Department, National Diet Libray, Tokyo, Japan)

  • Conclusions
    FREDERICK ZARNDT (President, Planman Consulting, Coronado CA, USA)

Discussion: how to improve PAC network.
Moderator: DANIELLE MINCIO (President of COSADOCA, Department of Manuscripts, Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire, Lausanne Dorigny, Switzerland)

08.30-09.30

105

Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Presenting revised guidelines: Library services for young adults

  • Presentation
    PAT MULLER, USA

08.30-10.30

106

Asia and Oceania

From me to you to us: how libraries in Asia and Oceania contribute to global understanding

08.30-11.45

107

SI – Management and Marketing, Statistics and Evaluation and Library Theory and Research

Managing libraries in a changing environment – legal, technical and organisational aspects

08.30-12.45

108

President-Elect’s Brainstorm Session

Libraries for Access to Knowledge

Ellen Tise

09.30-10.30

108a

IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards

  • Developments in the role and activities of ICABS
    CAROLINE BRAZIER (British Library and Chair of ICABS)

  • Demonstration of the proposed new web presence for ICABS
    PAMELA GATENBY (National Library of Australia, ICABS Advisory Board)

  • Panel based Question and Answer session with the audience

10.45-12.45

109

SI – Science and Technology Libraries

Science across libraries: provision of science and technology information resources and services in diverse settings

10.45-12.45

110

SI-F – Division III – Libraries Serving the General Public

Public library services to indigenous/aboriginal people

  • Public library services to indigenous/aboriginal people
    WENDY SINCLAIR (Albtert Library – Regina Public Library, Regina, Canada)

    Followed by 7 contributions of best practice from each of the Sections of Divisions III.

10.45-12.45

111

Geography and Map Libraries

Mapping North America: a graphic journey through history

  • Mapping a continent at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
    JEAN-FRANÇOIS PALOMINO (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Montréal, Canada)

  • Mapping the international boundary between British Canada and the United States: the letters and maps of David Thompson, 1817-1826
    French translation
    FRANCES L. POLLITT (Maine Historical Society, Portland, USA)

  • From New Netherlands to New York: exploring unknown shores 1609-2009 (Celebrating the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson’s exploration of the waterways of New York)
    ALICE C. HUDSON (The New York Public Library, New York, USA)

  • The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec online digital map collection
    JEAN-FRANÇOIS PALOMINO (Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québecs, Montréal, Canada)

10.45-12.45

112

Campaign for the World's Libraries- @ your library

  • Canada and the Campaign: Strategies of the Ontario Library Association
    SHELAGH PATERSON (Executive Director, Ontario Library Association)

  • Partnerships Expand Your Campaign
    MEGAN HUMPHREY (Manager, Campaign for America's Libraries)

  • LIANSA and South Africa Initiates It's Campaign: Results and Future Plans
    Speaker TBA

Chair: Michael Dowling (Director, Administrative, policy & procedures, American Library Association)

12.00-14.00

113

Poster Sessions

Exhibition Hall

12.45-13.45 Lunch

114

SI – Plenary Session

"Dying to be counted": Academic research and the fate of undescribed and endangered languages
HERMAN PABBRUWE – CEO Brill, Netherlands

Chair: Nancy E. Gwinn, Governing Board Member of IFLA

12.45-15.45

115

SI – Africa

Globalisation: challenges and opportunities for African libraries

13.45-15.45

116

SI – Library Buildings and Equipment with Metropolitan Libraries

Renovating and renewing libraries: the wow factor

  • A tale of two libraries
    JOHN PATKAU (Patkau Architects, Vancouver, Canada)

  • Restoration and rehabilitation of Palacio Davalos for the public library of the state of Guadalajara, Spain
    JOAQUIN BAU MIQUEL (Ministerio de cultura, Spain)

  • Transforming building renovation to exceed user expectation
    PATRICIA ALBANESE and PETER GENOVESE (Global Library Consulting, Rochester, USA)

  • Wow! Toronto Branch Libraries Transformed
    ANNE BAILEY (Toronto Public Library, Toronto, Canada

  • Followed by an open forum on library design issues with a panel of speakers.

13.45-15.45 Session bilingue/Bilingual session

117

SI-F – Genealogy and Local History with FAIFE

Access to genealogical data: data protection versus unlocking the records

13.45-15.45

118

Library Services to Multicultural Populations

Library services without cultural borders: navigating through demographic realities and best practices in multicultural library services

13.45-15.45

119

IFLA Publications
Launch of new IFLA Publications


Chair: Sjoerd Koopman, IFLA Coordinator of Professional Activities


Authors and editors are presenting the top new titles recently published. The variety is as broad as the IFLA palette of activities: new publications on bibliographic control, information technology in developing countries, information literacy, local history librarianship and library education.


Take this opportunity to meet many of the authors and to learn about the latest state of play and... of course you can place your orders!

13.45-15.45

120

LIS Education in Developing Countries DG

LIS Education in developing countries and the challenges of human resource development

13.45-15.45

121

International Relations in National Organisations – Special Interest Group

Do you work in a national-level organisation (institution or association) and have responsibilities for managing international relations? Then please attend this meeting to establish a new Special Interest Group for IFLA. The Group will provide a forum for investigating how different organisations manage their international affairs and for exchanging expertise and experience. The hope is that those organisations with well-established international relations offices will share with and assist those who are in development or just getting

16.00-18.00

122

SI – Academic and Research Libraries with Management and Marketing

Public and private partnerships

16.00-18.00

123

SI – Education and Training

Recruiting students into LIS programmes: navigating towards global understanding

16.00-18.00

124

SI-F – Health and Biosciences Libraries

The role of humanities in medical education and patient care

16.00-18.00

125

School Libraries and Resource Centres

All aboard at the school library: giving children the tools they need to navigate the future!

16.00-18.00

126

National Association Members Meeting

16.00-18.00

127

New Professionals Discussion Group

Mind the gap: bridging the inter-generational divide

Panel discussion with the following panellists:

  • SUE HUTLEY
    (Australian Library and Information Association, Australia)

  • BARBARA SCHLEIHAGEN and SUSANNE RIEDEL
    (German Library Association, Germany)

  • KEITH MICHAEL FIELS
    (American Library Association, USA)