IFLA 2016 PRESIDENT'S MEETING
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      • M.J. D'Elia, University of Guelph
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      • Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Director, IFLA Africa Regional Office, & Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa, Unisa
      • John Szabo, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
      • Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian, Library, University of Toronto Scarborough
      • Jennefer Nicholson, Secretary General, IFLA
      • Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director, School of Information, San Jose State University
      • Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, John Hopkins University
      • Seamus Ross, Dean, Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto
      • Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General / Director, Policy & Advocacy, IFLA
      • James Neal, University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University
      • Gerald Leitner, Secretary General, Austria Library Association, Secretary General, IFLA
      • Christopher Cutler, Advisor to the Mayor of Hamilton
      • Kristina Virtanen, Project Manager, City of Helsinki Library
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Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession

Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession
IFLA President’s Meeting: 
April 7-8 2016
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This two day summit focuses on the exploration of building the change agenda at the global, national, institutional and personal level.  It brings together leading thinkers, information professionals, and experienced practitioners from different segments of the library and information services community who represent efforts to address new directions needed as a result of societal trends reflecting both regional and library sector perspectives.   Engage with public, academic, and institutional librarians as well as library educators, creative and critical makers, futurists, and others in conversation about the change agenda for the information profession.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.

Founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 30 September 1927 at an international conference, we celebrated our 75th birthday at our conference in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002. We now have 1500 Members in approximately 150 countries around the world. IFLA was registered in the Netherlands in 1971. The Royal Library, the national library of the Netherlands, in The Hague, generously provides the facilities for our headquarters.

IFLA President's Meeting 2016

IFLA President Donna Scheeder invites you to the IFLA President's Meeting 2016, her first president’s meeting. The meeting will be held in Toronto on April 6-9, 2016,
The theme of the program is “A Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession.” The call to action is a response to the societal trends discussed in the IFLA Trend report and our need to change and transform in an every quickly changing world.  Keynotes talks, presentations and discussion will focus on the four central themes of the change agenda:
  • Personal competencies  and library education
  • The institutional agenda building transformative services aligned with community needs
  • Advocacy for a national policy agenda
  • IFLA and the global policy agenda.

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Official Invitation (Link to PDF)

Dear colleagues,

It gives me great pleasure to invite you to my first IFLA President’s Meeting which is being held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 6-9 April 2016. Under the title of “A Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession”, this President’s Meeting explores issues related to the changes faced by libraries all around the world today. The IFLA Trend Report as well as the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development  and the UN’s new sustainable goals set the scene for discussing important topics: personal competencies  and library education, the institutional agenda for libraries building transformative services aligned with their community needs, advocacy for a national policy agenda, as well as IFLA and the global policy agenda.

The program includes distinguished speakers representing many viewpoints and interests. The aim is to advance our understanding of the needs and modes for change in libraries, their strategies and services as well as the change in our national and international agendas and our approach to advocacy. The results of the meeting will help libraries to plan their way forward. This meeting will be an exciting and rewarding experience for all participants. As IFLA President I look forward to welcoming you. Join us for stimulating discussion and reflection, led by several renowned speakers from many countries. On Wednesday 6 April and Saturday, 9 April there is be an opportunity to participate in study tours designed for different interests, including branches of one of the largest library systems in the world, a noted rare books library, a critical making lab, a new university library learning commons, and more.

I look forward to meeting you in Toronto in April 2016!

Donna Scheeder
IFLA President 2015-2017


Location: 
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
123 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 2M9
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  • Home
  • Program
    • Speakers >
      • Dr. Guy Bertiaume, National Librarian and Archivist, Canada
      • Don Tapscott, C.M.
      • Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library
      • Michael Crandall, Principal Research Scientist, The Information School, University of Washington
      • M.J. D'Elia, University of Guelph
      • Honorable Janice R. Lachance, JD, FASAE
      • Patricia Martin, principal, LitLamp Communications,
      • Sue Considine, Executive Director, Fayetteville Free Library
      • Dr. Claudia Lux, Project Director, Qatar National Library
      • Wendy Newman, iSchool/CULC Public Library Leadership Fellows Program
      • Robert Newlen, Chief of Staff, Library of Congress
      • Michael Peter Edson, Associate Director/Head of Digital, UN Live Museum for Humanity; Presidential Distinguished Fellow at CLIR; OpenGLAM advisory board at @OKFN.
      • Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Director, IFLA Africa Regional Office, & Executive Director, Library Services, University of South Africa, Unisa
      • John Szabo, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
      • Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian, Library, University of Toronto Scarborough
      • Jennefer Nicholson, Secretary General, IFLA
      • Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director, School of Information, San Jose State University
      • Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, John Hopkins University
      • Seamus Ross, Dean, Faculty of Information (iSchool), University of Toronto
      • Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General / Director, Policy & Advocacy, IFLA
      • James Neal, University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University
      • Gerald Leitner, Secretary General, Austria Library Association, Secretary General, IFLA
      • Christopher Cutler, Advisor to the Mayor of Hamilton
      • Kristina Virtanen, Project Manager, City of Helsinki Library
  • Registration
  • Fees
  • Sponsors
  • Location: Hotel & Travel
  • Contacts
  • About
  • Donna Scheeder, President, IFLA