IFLA 2016 PRESIDENT'S MEETING
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    • 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
James G. Neal

Jim Neal, effective January 1, 2015 is University Librarian Emeritus at Columbia University.  From 2001-2014, he served as Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian at Columbia, providing leadership for university academic computing and a system of 22 libraries. Previously, he served as the Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University and Johns Hopkins University, and held administrative positions in the libraries at Penn State, Notre Dame, and the City University of New York. In addition to his service as a member of the OCLC Board of Trustees, Jim serves on the Council and Executive Board of the American Library Association, and recently completed a three-year term as ALA Treasurer.  He has served on the Board and as President of the Association of Research Libraries, on the Board and as Chair of the Research Libraries Group (RLG), on the Board and as Chair of the National Information Standards Organization (NISO).  He is on the Board of the Freedom to Read Foundation and the Board of the Digital Preservation Network.  He has also participated on numerous international, national, and state professional committees, and is an active member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
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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