Programme and Proceedings

Thursday 9 August 2012

12:00 - 14:00

Congress Advisory Committee

14:00 - 16:00

Finance Committee

16:00 - 18:00

Executive Committee

Friday 10 August 2012

08:30 - 11:00

Professional Committee

11:30 - 17:00

Governing Board

Saturday 11 August 2012

08:00 - 09:30

Leadership Brief (All Standing Committee Chairs, Secretaries & Conveners of Special Interest Groups )

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Preservation and Conservation

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Acquisition and Collection Development

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Statistics and Evaluation

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Social Science Libraries

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Information Technology

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Genealogy and Local History

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Libraries for Children and Young Adults

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Serials and Other continuing Resources

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Education and Training

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Cataloguing

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Management and Marketing

09:45 - 12:15

SC I Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

09:45 - 12:15

SC I School Libraries and Resource Centers

09:45 - 12:15

ALP Advisory Committee Meeting

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Academic and Research Libraries

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Art Libraries

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Rare Books and Manuscripts

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Management of Library Associations

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Audiovisual and Multimedia

12:30 - 15:00

FAIFE Committee Meeting

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Science and Technology Libraries

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Bibliography

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Government Information and Official Publications

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Library Services to People with Special Needs

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Literacy and Reading

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Health and Biosciences

12:30 - 15:00

SC I Library Theory and Research

12:30 - 15:00

PAC Business Meeting

15:15 - 17:45

CLM Committee Meeting

15:15 - 17:45

SC I National Libraries

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Public Libraries

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Newspapers

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Library Buildings and Equipment

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Classification and Indexing

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Government Libraries

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Library Services to Multicultural Populations

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Information Literacy

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Reference and Information Services

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Metropolitan Libraries

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Law Libraries

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Knowledge Management

15:15 - 17:45

SC I Library and Research Services for Parliaments

17:30 - 18:30

Caucus: Canada

17:30 - 18:30

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

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: German Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Portuguese Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Nordic Countries

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: USA

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Chinese Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: French Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Netherlands Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: UK

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Spanish Speaking Participants

18:30 - 19:30

Caucus: Korean Speaking Participants and Participants interested in Korea

18:45 - 19:45

Caucus: CIS

Sunday 12 August 2012

08:30 - 10:00

Division Leadership Forum: Div. I - Library Types

08:30 - 10:00

Division Leadership Forum: Div. III - Library Services

08:30 - 10:00

Division Leadership Forum: Div. V - Regions

08:30 - 10:00

Division Leadership Forum: Div. II - Library Collections

08:30 - 10:00

Division Leadership Forum: Div. IV - Support of the Profession

08:30 - 10:00

Newcomers Session

10:30 - 12:00

Opening Session

12:00 - 13:30

IFLA Market: Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) and IFLA ALP

12:00 - 13:30

IFLA Market: Library Boulevard – Finnish Edition

12:00 - 13:30

IFLA Market: How to get published

12:00 - 13:30

IFLA Market: Biblioteca Baltica

12:00 - 13:45

President’s Lunch

13:45 - 15:45

Integrating access to art resources – boon or bane? — Art Libraries

13:45 - 15:45

Innovation in resource sharing: new methods, new technologies — Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

13:45 - 15:45

Africa – SC I

13:45 - 15:45

Latin America and the Caribbean – SC I

13:45 - 15:45

NOIR SIG: the next phase — NOIR SIG Business Meeting

13:45 - 15:45

Crisis? What crisis? The use of statistics and data for libraries at a turning point — Statistics and Evaluation

13:45 - 15:45

Using assessment to drive change: demonstrating the value of health information — Health and Biosciences Libraries

13:45 - 15:45

Inspired moments in cataloguing — Cataloguing

13:45 - 15:45

Asia and Oceania – SC I

13:45 - 15:45

Sleepwalking into a control society? — Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

14:00 - 16:00

IFLA Strategic Partners’ Meeting

16:00 - 18:00

Exhibition Opening and Opening Party

19:00 - 22:00

IFLA Officers Reception

Monday 13 August 2012

08:30 - 09:30

Plenary Session

09:00 - 18:00

Marketing of rare and special collections in a digital age — Rare Books and Manuscripts

09:30 - 10:45

IFLA Highlights and News Session

09:30 - 10:45

Caucus: Arab countries

09:30 - 11:30

Cloud computing: its impact on privacy, jurisdiction, security, lawful access, ownership and permanence of data — Committee on Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM)

09:30 - 11:30

New futures for bibliographic data formats: reflections and directions — UNIMARC Core Activity

09:30 - 11:30

Knowledge cafe: driving access & services — Knowledge Management with Library and Research Services for Parliaments

09:30 - 12:45

Creating a culture for innovation and change — Management and Marketing with Academic and Research Libraries

09:30 - 12:45

Strategies for library associations: include new professionals now! — Management of Library Associations with the New Professionals Special Interest Group

09:30 - 12:45

Information literacy meets E-learning: let’s talk about interconnections and outcomes — Information Literacy with E-learning Special Interest Group

11:00 - 12:45

Learning from the past to shape our future—65 years IFLA/UNESCO partnership — UNESCO Open Session

11:45 - 13:45

Picture books in libraries now! — Libraries for Children and Young Adults

11:45 - 13:45

Generation Google needs us: new roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services — Reference and Information Services

12:00 - 14:00

Poster sessions

13:45 - 15:45

Africa libraries now on open access agenda — Africa

13:45 - 15:45

Usability and accessibility – the mobile challenge — Information Technology with Library and Research Services for Parliaments

13:45 - 15:45

Storage and repositories: new preservation and access strategies — Preservation and Conservation Programme (PAC)

13:45 - 15:45

Steps towards a global accessible library — Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities

13:45 - 18:00

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

13:45 - 21:00

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG Workshop

16:00 - 18:00

Libraries across time and space — Library History Special Interest Group

16:00 - 18:00

Gates – Access to Learning Award (ATLA) Session

16:00 - 18:00

Parliamentary libraries: strengthening democracy — Library and Research Services for Parliaments

16:00 - 18:00

Libraries for literacy: linking generations, empowering communities — Literacy and Reading

16:00 - 18:00

Interreligious Dialogue Special Interest Group

18:00 - 21:00

Designing the Future Library

Tuesday 14 August 2012

08:00 - 09:30

Newspapers SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Asia and Oceania SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Art Libraries SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Knowledge Management SC II

08:30 - 09:30

Plenary Session

09:30 - 11:30

Subject access now: inspiring, surprising, empowering — Classification and Indexing

09:30 - 11:30

The role of libraries in data curation, access and preservation: an international perspective — Science and Technology Libraries

09:30 - 12:45

Users and portals: digital newspapers, usability, and genealogy — Newspapers with Genealogy and Local History

09:30 - 12:45

Libraries today and tomorrow: a force for change in our transforming societies? — President’s Theme Session

09:30 - 12:45

Friends or Foes – public and school libraries a force for change for creating smart communities — School Libraries and Resource Centers with Public Libraries

09:30 - 12:45

The dual mode of scholarly communication, challenges and opportunities for librarians, libraries and the profession — Open Access Taskforce

09:45 - 11:15

Preservation and Conservation SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Statistics and Evaluation SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Library and Research Services for Parliaments SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning SC II

10:30 - 11:30

Corporate Partners' Meeting

11:30 - 13:00

Education and Training SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Information Literacy SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Cataloguing SC II

11:45 - 12:45

Information Coordinators & web-editors (1)

11:45 - 13:45

Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Part 2: Europe — Law Libraries with Government Libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Government and Official Publications

11:45 - 13:45

Empowering library services for indigenous people — Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group

12:00 - 14:00

Poster sessions

13:15 - 14:45

Health and Biosciences Libraries SC II

13:15 - 14:45

Library Services to Multicultural Populations SC II

13:15 - 14:45

Library Buildings and Equipment SC II

13:15 - 14:45

Library Theory and Research SC II

13:45 - 15:45

Building strong library associations: results from the first six country projects — Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP)

13:45 - 15:45

In search of inspiring perspectives on National Information and Library Policy — National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group

13:45 - 15:45

OCLC WorldShare: Cloud Computing, Webscale, and Building the Future with Libraries — OCLC Parallel Symposium

13:45 - 15:45

Treating print in an increasing digital collection: issues, dilemmas and directions — Acquisition and Collection Development

13:45 - 15:45

Potential of knowledge management in public libraries — Knowledge Management

13:45 - 15:45

Officers Training 1

15:00 - 16:30

Law Libraries SC II

15:00 - 16:30

Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG Business Meeting

15:00 - 16:30

Government Information and Official Publications SC II

16:00 - 18:00

Copyright law and legal deposit for audiovisual materials — Audiovisual and multimedia with Law Libraries

16:00 - 18:00

The influence of new developments of information technology on professional development in libraries — Information Technology with Education and Training

16:00 - 18:00

National Association Members Meeting

16:00 - 18:00

Library and information services in Latin America and the Caribbean: among the tradition and transition / Bibliotecas y servicios de información en América Latina y el Caribe; entre la tradición y la transición — Latin America and the Caribbean

16:00 - 18:00

Evolving serials – managing, discovering and supplying highly innovative and dynamic content — Serials and Other Continuing Resources

16:00 - 18:00

More than you think: hospital patient libraries a surprising and integrated partner of treatment and rehabilitation — Library Services to People with Special Needs

16:45 - 18:00

Rare books and Manuscripts SC II

16:45 - 18:00

Social Science Libraries SC II

19:00 - 22:00

Cultural Evening

Wednesday 15 August 2012

08:00 - 09:30

Bibliography SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Serials and Other Continuing Resources SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Information Technology SC II

08:30 - 09:30

Plenary Session

08:30 - 12:45

Surprising Library! — Public Libraries, Libraries for Children and Young Adults and School Libraries and Resource Centers

09:30 - 11:30

Multicultural Libraries - Inspiring, Surprising and Empowering your Communities — Library Services to Multicultural Populations

09:30 - 11:30

E-journals, use data and negotiations with vendors — E-metrics Special Interest Group

09:30 - 11:30

Hot topics in research support — Academic and Research Libraries

09:30 - 11:30

Libraries and librarians as forces for transformative change: continuing education the fuel — Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

09:30 - 11:30

Libraries, Archives, Museums – exploring the changing landscape — IFLA Governing Board Working Group on Convergence

09:30 - 12:45

Master of contents or How to win the battle over freedom in cyberspace? — Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) with Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)

09:45 - 11:15

Acquisition and Collection Development SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Classification and Indexing SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Africa SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Latin America and the Caribbean SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Audiovisual and Multimedia SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Management and Marketing SC II

11:45 - 12:45

Manifesto on Digital Libraries Working Group Meeting

11:45 - 13:45

Twinning physical learning spaces and new media initiatives - new ways to reach library customers — Metropolitan Libraries

11:45 - 13:45

New Paths for Public Libraries in the Developing World — Beyond Access (Libraries Powering Development)

11:45 - 13:45

Officers Training Session 2

11:45 - 13:45

Campaign for the World’s Library — @ your library

11:45 - 13:45

A global perspective on RFID - a qualitative and quantitative insight into the world of wire - contactless and automatic identification of media — Radio Frequency Identification Special Interest Group

13:15 - 15:45

Libraries for Children and Young Adults SC II

13:45 - 15:45

What does the e-library mean for the public library users? — Public Libraries

13:45 - 15:45

Libraries inspiring and facilitating change towards sustainability — Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group

13:45 - 15:45

Innovative libraries: transforming our communities — Asia and Oceania

13:45 - 15:45

National libraries and open data: new discovery and access services — National Libraries

13:45 - 15:45

Presentation session for new IFLA Database on Organisations and Statistics — Statistics and Evaluation with IFLA World Report Team (MLAS and FAIFE)

13:45 - 15:45

Tutorials and progress reports — Semantic Web Special Interest Group

16:15 - 18:00

General Assembly

Thursday 16 August 2012

08:00 - 09:30

Science and Technology Libraries SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Metropolitan Libraries SC II

08:00 - 09:30

Management of Library Association SC II

08:00 - 09:30

FAIFE Committee Meeting II

08:30 - 10:30

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

08:30 - 10:30

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

08:30 - 10:30

Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group

08:30 - 10:30

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

08:30 - 10:30

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

08:30 - 10:30

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

09:45 - 11:15

National Libraries SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Library Services to People with Special Needs SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Document Delivery and Resource Sharing SC II

09:45 - 11:15

Academic and Research Libraries SC II

10:45 - 12:45

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

10:45 - 12:45

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

10:45 - 12:45

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

10:45 - 12:45

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

10:45 - 12:45

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

10:45 - 12:45

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

11:30 - 13:00

Public Libraries SC II

11:30 - 13:00

Literacy and Reading SC II

11:30 - 13:00

CLM Committee Meeting II

11:30 - 13:00

Genealogy and local History SC II

11:45 - 12:45

Information Coordinators & web-editors (2)

13:00 - 14:30

Government Libraries SC II

13:15 - 14:45

School Libraries and Resource Centers SC II

13:15 - 14:45

Reference and Information Services

13:45 - 15:45

Cataloguing standards and special collections — Rare Books and Manuscripts

13:45 - 15:45

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

13:45 - 15:45

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

13:45 - 15:45

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

13:45 - 15:45

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

16:15 - 17:30

Closing Session

Friday 17 August 2012

08:30 - 13:00

Governing Board and Professional Committee