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Registration now open: 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 Canada from 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:
A dedicated website, draft program, online registration are now available; take advantage of reduced hotel rates until 1 March 2016. 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. |
Official Presidential 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
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
IFLA President Donna Scheeder Acceptance Speech, Cape Town South Africa August 2015
http://www.ifla.org/node/9869
http://www.ifla.org/node/9869
Previous IFLA Presidents' Meetings
2015 Istanbul, Turkey: The Art of Transforming Libraries
http://meetings.ankos.org.tr/ifla2015/
2014 Helsinki, Finland: Strong Libraries, Strong Societies : The Impact of Libraries on Society
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/iflapresidentsmeeting2014/
2013 Mexico: Our Digital Futures
http://iibi.unam.mx/Reunion_IFLA_2013/eindex.html2012
2012 Vancouver, Canada: Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts: Libraries - A Force for Change
http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca/
2011 The Hague, Netherlands: Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Action for Europe
http://www.ifla.org/president/programme/2011
2010 Stellenbosch, South Africa: Knowing is not enough: engaging in the knowledge economy
http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Sym2010/
2007-9 Berlin, Germany: Libraries on the Agenda
http://www.ifla.org/past-presidents/archive/lux
2015 Istanbul, Turkey: The Art of Transforming Libraries
http://meetings.ankos.org.tr/ifla2015/
2014 Helsinki, Finland: Strong Libraries, Strong Societies : The Impact of Libraries on Society
http://blogs.helsinki.fi/iflapresidentsmeeting2014/
2013 Mexico: Our Digital Futures
http://iibi.unam.mx/Reunion_IFLA_2013/eindex.html2012
2012 Vancouver, Canada: Indigenous Knowledges: Local Priorities, Global Contexts: Libraries - A Force for Change
http://iflaindigenousknowledges2012.ok.ubc.ca/
2011 The Hague, Netherlands: Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Action for Europe
http://www.ifla.org/president/programme/2011
2010 Stellenbosch, South Africa: Knowing is not enough: engaging in the knowledge economy
http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/Sym2010/
2007-9 Berlin, Germany: Libraries on the Agenda
http://www.ifla.org/past-presidents/archive/lux