Programme and Proceedings
Thursday 15 August 2013
- 12:00 - 14:00
- Conference Advisory Committee
- 14:00 - 16:00
- Finance Committee
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Executive Committee
Friday 16 August 2013
- 08:30 - 11:00
- Professional Committee
- 11:30 - 17:00
- Governing Board
Saturday 17 August 2013
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Leadership Brief for all Section Officers
- 09:00 - 12:30
- Academic and Research Libraries
- 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 Newspapers
- 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
- Preservation and Conservation Programme (PAC) Core Activity - Business Meeting
- 13:00 - 17:30
- SC I Library Services to Multicultural Populations
- 15:15 - 17:45
- SC I National Libraries
- 15:15 - 17:45
- SC I Public Libraries
- 15:15 - 17:45
- SC I Academic and Research Libraries
- 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 Preservation and Conservation
- 15:15 - 17:45
- CLM Committee Meeting
- 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
- 16:30 - 17:30
- Caucus: Community Across Borders — ASEAN Countries (Association of South East Asian Nations)
- 17:45 - 18:45
- Caucus: Africa, Asia & Oceana and Latin America and the Caribbean
- 17:45 - 18:45
- Caucus: Canada
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Netherlands Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Spanish Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Chinese Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: UK
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: German Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Portuguese Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: USA
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: French Speaking Participants
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Nordic Countries
- 18:30 - 19:30
- Caucus: Korean Speaking Participants
- 19:00 - 22:00
- IFLA Officers Reception
Sunday 18 August 2013
- 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 - 13:45
- President’s Lunch
- 12:15 - 13:30
- IFLA Market: @your library
- 12:15 - 13:30
- IFLA Market: What your Section can achieve – planning and strategy — IFLA Market
- 12:15 - 13:30
- Committee on Standards Meeting I
- 12:15 - 13:30
- IFLA Market: How to get published in journals
- 12:15 - 13:30
- IFLA Market: Haiti three years after the earthquake - the never ending story — Preservation and Conservation
- 13:45 - 14:45
- Caucus: Arab countries
- 13:45 - 15:45
- The library and the city — Library buildings and Equipment
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Building a learning and knowledge sharing organisation — Information Technology, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Knowledge Management
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Journal use statistics: an overview of the COUNTER Usage Factor project — E-metrics Special Interest Group
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Africa – SC I
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Latin America and the Caribbean – SC I
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Re-defining international relations — National Organizations and International Relations Special Interest Group
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Libraries and social movements: a force for change — Social Science Libraries
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Marketing on a shoe string — Management and Marketing
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Asia and Oceania – SC I
- 14:00 - 16:00
- IFLA Strategic Partners’ Meeting
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Exhibition Opening and Opening Party
Monday 19 August 2013
- 08:30 - 09:15
- Plenary Session: IFLA Trend Report
- 08:30 - 18:00
- Rare and special collections in the Asian or Oceanian context — Rare Books and Manuscripts with Asia and Oceania
- 09:30 - 11:30
- National library and information policy as advocacy of future libraries — National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group with National Libraries
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Exploring an e-book future (e-book lending models, copyright and other issues) — Copyright and other Legal Matters with Management of Library Associations
- 09:30 - 12:45
- School Libraries and Information for Civic Literacies — School Libraries with Information Literacy
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Diversity in libraries: research reflecting theoretical approaches and practical experimentation — Library Theory and Research
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Agile management: strategies for achieving success in rapidly changing times — Knowledge Management with Academic and Research Libraries
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Libraries as learning organisations: how to nurture growth in our staff and our communities — Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning with Education and Training
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Accessibility: Hi Tech for Access — Library Services to People with Special Needs
- 10:00 - 11:30
- Future libraries going green — Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
- 10:00 - 17:00
- AV Collections for Non-Specialist Librarians — Audiovisual and Multimedia
- 12:00 - 14:00
- Poster Sessions
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Future Libraries – Future Librarians – Future Skills: Directions for the education and training of children’s and youth librarians - the challenge of identifying competencies and encouraging professional development in the digital age — Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Preserving our past for the future – the importance of long term preservation for the cultural heritage sector — UNESCO
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Exploring an e-book future (e-book lending models, copyright and other issues). World café — Public Libraries with Metropolitan Libraries
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Collaboration in Collections: Libraries, Users and Information Providers — Acquisition and Collection Development
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Inspiring solutions emerging from open source — Information Technology
- 16:00 - 17:00
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: 2013 Access to Learning Award
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Subject access: Infinite possibilities — Classification and Indexing
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Semantic Web and Linked data for libraries : issues, solutions, realizations — Semantic Web Special Interest Group
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Bring out the fun of it! New ways of teaching and communicating statistics — Statistics and Evaluation with Education and Training
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Knowledge Café: taxonomies & metadata rule — Knowledge Management with Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Future libraries going green — Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
Tuesday 20 August 2013
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Latin America and the Caribbean - SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Library Services to Multicultural Populations - SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Management and Marketing –SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Preservation and Conservation – SC II
- 08:30 - 09:15
- Plenary Session
- 08:30 - 18:00
- Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)
- 09:30 - 10:30
- IFLA Highlights
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Libraries as partners for better health outcomes — Health and Biosciences
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Indigenous knowledge and multiculturalism in LIS education and library training: Infinite possibilities — Education and Training with Library Services to Multicultural Populations and Indigenous Matters Special Interest Group
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Macro and micro - ways through the maze. How new methods of indexing and cataloguing can complement traditional cataloguing for audiovisual and multimedia — Audiovisual and Multimedia with Cataloguing
- 09:30 - 12:45
- Open Access to official and authenticated legal information in Asia — Law Libraries, Government Libraries and Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Knowledge Management – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Library Buildings and Equipment – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Classification and Indexing – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Metropolitan Libraries – SC II
- 10:45 - 12:45
- Professional Units Key Initiatives Session
- 11:45 - 12:45
- Information Coordinators & Web Editors (1)
- 11:45 - 12:45
- Presentation of the Digitization Guidelines — Rare Books and Manuscripts
- 11:45 - 13:45
- Search, find and read: three steps to access; what has the future library to offer the print disabled? — Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities
- 12:00 - 14:00
- Poster Sessions
- 12:45 - 13:45
- Presentation of Awards
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Public Libraries – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Library Theory and Research – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Information Literacy – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Reference and Information Services – SC II
- 13:30 - 17:00
- Young adults and libraries : innovation, involvement, self-realization — Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- 13:45 - 14:45
- Libraries and Development in Asia — Beyond Access
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Officers Training Session 1
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Education and training for agricultural library and information professionals: an international perspective — Agricultural Libraries Special Interest Group
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Opening up the bibliography for the future — Bibliography
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Tools developed for a better sharing of religious information — Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group
- 13:45 - 18:00
- Preserving for the future: Integrating physical and digital preservation — Information Technology with Preservation and Conservation, Rare Books and Manuscripts and Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Government Libraries – SC II
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning – SC II
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Law Libraries – SC II
- 15:00 - 16:30
- Education & Training – SC II
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Future libraries - multiple futures — Asia and Oceania
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Change as a constant: infinite possibilities for reference and information services — Reference and Information Services
- 16:00 - 18:00
- National Association Members Meeting
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Hot topics in academic and research libraries — Academic and Research Libraries
- 16:00 - 18:00
- News for the future: dissemination, harvesting, archiving, and retrieving — Newspapers
- 16:45 - 18:15
- Libraries Serving Persons with Print Disabilities SC II
- 16:45 - 18:15
- Acquisitions and Collection Development – SC II
- 19:00 - 23:00
- Cultural Evening
Wednesday 21 August 2013
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Library Services to People with Special Needs – SC II
- 08:30 - 09:15
- Plenary Session
- 09:00 - 12:30
- Crossing boundaries: art libraries, museums and archives in a global context — Art Libraries
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Development initiatives for strong library communities: IFLA ALP — Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA)
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Gold mining! Text and data mining of journals: librarians, publishers and researchers excavating the treasure trove — Serials and Other Continuing Resources
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Future African Libraries: innovation and creativity in services — Africa
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Libraries, readers, and book culture in Asia: New perspectives in Information and global history — Library History Special Interest Group
- 09:30 - 11:30
- Government libraries as voices for open government — Government Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications
- 09:30 - 12:45
- On the way to Freedom of access — Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Libraries for Children and Young Adults - SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Rare Books and Manuscripts – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Science and Technology Libraries – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Bibliography – SC II
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Genealogy and Local History – SC II
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Social Science Libraries – SC II
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Library and Research Services for Parliaments – SC II
- 11:30 - 13:00
- School Libraries and Research Services – SC II
- 11:45 - 13:15
- OCLC Parallel Symposium: Collective Impact and the Power of Shared Data
- 11:45 - 13:45
- Future standards: infinite possibilities — Committee on Standards
- 11:45 - 13:45
- Officers Training Session 2
- 11:45 - 13:45
- Taking charge of your career: a workshop — Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- 11:45 - 13:45
- Intergenerational Literacies: texto – techno — Literacy and Reading with Information Literacy
- 13:15 - 14:45
- National Libraries – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Academic and Research Libraries - SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Government Information and Official Publications – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Africa – SC II
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Research resources for Parliamentarians — Library and Research Services for Parliaments
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Library and information professionals improving the lives of women in Asia Oceania — Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Project presentations – IFLA International Leaders Programme — Action for Development through Libraries Programme (ALP)
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Bring out the fun of it! New ways of teaching and communicating statistics — Statistics and Evaluation with Education and Training
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Cultural heritage preservation in Asia: Innovation in cooperation — Preservation and Conservation Programme (PAC) Core Activity
- 13:45 - 15:45
- IFLA projects “The World through Picture Books” and “Sister Libraries”: new developments and how to benefit from the project — Libraries for Children and Young Adults
- 14:00 - 16:15
- Literacy and Reading - SC II
- 16:15 - 18:00
- General Assembly
Thursday 22 August 2013
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Newspapers - SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Information Technology – SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Management of Library Associations - SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- Serials and Other Continuing Resources - SC II
- 08:00 - 09:30
- CLM Committee Meeting II
- 08:30 - 10:30
- Education and training for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine) librarianship: an international perspective — Science and Technology Libraries
- 08:30 - 10:30
- Strengthening access to information: the future of resource sharing — Document Delivery and Resource Sharing
- 08:30 - 10:30
- LIS Education in Developing Countries: Collaboration Across Borders as Infinite Possibilities — LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Groups
- 08:30 - 10:30
- Digital collection strategies at National Libraries: challenges and opportunities — National Libraries
- 08:30 - 10:30
- Strong Libraries, Strong Societies: Libraries promoting development — President-Elect’s Session
- 08:30 - 11:30
- Images, lost and found: innovative approaches to discovery and use of visual material found in rare books, manuscripts, and special collections — Art Libraries with Rare Books and Manuscripts
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Cataloguing – SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Committee on Standards Meeting II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- Statistics and Evaluation - SC II
- 09:45 - 11:15
- FAIFE - Committee Meeting II
- 10:45 - 12:45
- Building the future in Latin America and the Caribbean: local priorities and global opportunities / Construyendo el futuro en América Latina y el Caribe: prioridades locales y oportunidades globales — Latin America and the Caribbean
- 10:45 - 12:45
- Open Access in the context of full lifecycle of Knowledge Management — Knowledge Management
- 10:45 - 12:45
- International agreements that influence national policy framework for exceptions and limitations for libraries — Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)
- 10:45 - 13:00
- New librarians global connection: best practices, models and recommendations — New Professionals Special Interest Group with Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Asia and Oceania – SC II
- 11:30 - 13:00
- Document Delivery and Resource Sharing - SC II
- 11:45 - 12:45
- Information Coordinators & Web Editors (2)
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Audiovisual and Multimedia – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Health and Biosciences Libraries – SC II
- 13:15 - 14:45
- Art Libraries – SC II
- 13:45 - 15:45
- The infinite possibilities of family history and genealogy in East and South Asian culture — Genealogy and Local History
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Expanding MARC metadata services with linked open data — UNIMARC Core Activity (UCA)
- 13:45 - 15:45
- Information for development action: governments, civil society and libraries — Government Information and Official Publications with Government Libraries
- 16:15 - 17:30
- Closing Session
Friday 23 August 2013
- 09:00 - 13:00
- Governing Board (Incoming and ongoing including Professional Committee)
IFLA reserves the right to make any changes to the above Congress Schedule and any other details contained in this document.
Abbreviations
- Off-site
- Not in the congress centre; location will be added when known
- SC
- Standing Committee
- SI
- Simultaneous Interpretation (English, Arabic, Chinese, French, 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
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