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- 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
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- Donna Scheeder, President, IFLA
CALL TO ACTION:
BUILDING THE CHANGE AGENDA FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSION
IFLA President’s Meeting: Donna Scheeder
Thursday/Friday April 7-8 2016 with Welcome Reception; Pre & Post Library Tours, April 6 & 9
BUILDING THE CHANGE AGENDA FOR THE INFORMATION PROFESSION
IFLA President’s Meeting: Donna Scheeder
Thursday/Friday April 7-8 2016 with Welcome Reception; Pre & Post Library Tours, April 6 & 9
A Call to Action: Building the Change Agenda for the Information Profession
IFLA President’s Meeting
April 7-8, 2016
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Toronto, Canada
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.
Preliminary Program
Wednesday, April 6th
University of Toronto, iSchool
4:00 pm Registration
Tours of the Fisher Rare Books Library & the Semaphore Critical Making Lab (20 minute visits at 4:10, 4:40, 5:10 and 5:40)
6:00 pm-7:30 Reception at the iSchool
Thursday April 7th
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
8:30 Registration (coffee & muffins)
9:00 Introductions
9:15 Opening Keynote
President’s introduction of Keynote
Taking Action in a Brave New World
Patricia Martin, Principal at LitLamp Communications, & Author, Renaissance Generation: The Rise of the Cultural Consumer and What it Means to Your Business; and Tipping the Culture: How Engaging Millennials Will Change Things
In her research on the digital culture, author Patricia Martin defines the top priorities essential to a successful transformation for libraries looking to thrive in the 21st century.
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-martin
10:00 Break
10:30 Public Libraries Impact in the Bigger World
Strategies aligning with citizens and societal goals
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Sue Considine, Executive Director, Fayetteville Free Library
Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-presidents-mtg-final-digital-technology-and-innovation2016
Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Director, IFLA Africa Regional Office, & Executive Director,
Library Services, University of South Africa, Unisa
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-presidensts-meeting-2016-buhle
John Szabo, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
12 Lunch (on site)
1:00 Revolution and New Roles in the Online World
MOOCs, new roles for libraries (public and academic), business models for services
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, John Hopkins University
Wendy Newman, iSchool/CULC Public Library Leadership Fellows Program
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-president-program-presentation-2016-04-07-newman
Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian, Library, University of Toronto Scarborough
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/new-roles-for-librarians-ver-for-presentation
Robert Newlen, Chief of Staff, Library of Congress
2:30 Break & Best Strategies Challenge with Lego (Interactive Activity)
M.J. D’Elia, University of Guelph
4:00 Opportunities for the Future
Big data, entrepreneurism, business incubators, museums, and makerspaces are just some of the new areas
for the information profession. This panel discusses some new exciting possibilities.
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Jennefer Nicholson, Secretary General, IFLA
Dr. Claudia Lux, Project Director, Qatar National Library
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/challenges-and-opportunities-lux-slides
Michael Peter Edson, Associate Director/Head of Digital, UN Live Museum for Humanity;
Presidential Distinguished Fellow at CLIR; OpenGLAM advisory board at @OKFN.
Sue Considine, Executive Director, Fayetteville Public Library
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla42016-sc-considine
5:30 Reception
Friday April 8th
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
8:30 Coffee & muffins
9:00 President’s introduction of Keynote
Technology Disruption, Business Revolution & Social Transformation
Don Tapscott, CEO, Tapscott Group, Adjunct
Professor at the Rotman School of Management, Fellow of the Martin Prosperity
Institute at the University of Toronto, and Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/tapscott-libraryassoc-apr8
10:00 Break
10:30 Supporting the Information Profession & Economy
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Michael Crandall, Principal Research Scientist, The Information School, University of Washington
Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director, School of Information, San Jose State University
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-president-forum-hirsh-april2016v2-1
Seamus Ross, Past Dean, Faculty of Information, Interim Director of the Coach House Institute. University of Toronto will talk about Education for Data Analytics & Science and discuss the education of information professionals for data analytics and science focusing on the opportunities, challenges, and the contributions our profession can make.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Advocacy: Building National Policy Agendas
Strategies for moving ahead/action
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Janice Lachance, Interim President, Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Trust
Christopher Cutler, Advisor to the Mayor, Community Relations, City of Hamilton
Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General / Director, Policy & Advocacy, IFLA
Guy Berthiaume, Librarian & Archivist of Canada will talk about Advocacy: The role of national libraries
2:30 Break
3:00 Endnote
4:00 Building the Agenda & Making it Happen!
Donna Scheeder, IFLA President
PDF: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/building-the-agenda-and-making-it-happenasdelivered
Saturday, April 9th
Tours:
1. Take a pre-arranged bus to Scarborough (a suburb of Toronto) to see the Toronto Public Library’s latest state of the art branches; visit the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Library, and have ethnically diverse and exciting food for lunch before returning to the Sheraton hotel.
2. Take a guided walking tour to the Toronto Public Library main branch (Yonge & Bloor) and the spectacular new Learning Commons at Ryerson University
3. Visit the Royal Ontario Museum or Art Gallery of Ontario – volunteers can help you get there!
IFLA President’s Meeting
April 7-8, 2016
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
Toronto, Canada
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.
Preliminary Program
Wednesday, April 6th
University of Toronto, iSchool
4:00 pm Registration
Tours of the Fisher Rare Books Library & the Semaphore Critical Making Lab (20 minute visits at 4:10, 4:40, 5:10 and 5:40)
6:00 pm-7:30 Reception at the iSchool
Thursday April 7th
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
8:30 Registration (coffee & muffins)
9:00 Introductions
9:15 Opening Keynote
President’s introduction of Keynote
Taking Action in a Brave New World
Patricia Martin, Principal at LitLamp Communications, & Author, Renaissance Generation: The Rise of the Cultural Consumer and What it Means to Your Business; and Tipping the Culture: How Engaging Millennials Will Change Things
In her research on the digital culture, author Patricia Martin defines the top priorities essential to a successful transformation for libraries looking to thrive in the 21st century.
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-martin
10:00 Break
10:30 Public Libraries Impact in the Bigger World
Strategies aligning with citizens and societal goals
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Sue Considine, Executive Director, Fayetteville Free Library
Vickery Bowles, City Librarian, Toronto Public Library
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-presidents-mtg-final-digital-technology-and-innovation2016
Dr Buhle Mbambo-Thata, Director, IFLA Africa Regional Office, & Executive Director,
Library Services, University of South Africa, Unisa
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-presidensts-meeting-2016-buhle
John Szabo, City Librarian, Los Angeles Public Library
12 Lunch (on site)
1:00 Revolution and New Roles in the Online World
MOOCs, new roles for libraries (public and academic), business models for services
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums, John Hopkins University
Wendy Newman, iSchool/CULC Public Library Leadership Fellows Program
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-president-program-presentation-2016-04-07-newman
Victoria Owen, Chief Librarian, Library, University of Toronto Scarborough
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/new-roles-for-librarians-ver-for-presentation
Robert Newlen, Chief of Staff, Library of Congress
2:30 Break & Best Strategies Challenge with Lego (Interactive Activity)
M.J. D’Elia, University of Guelph
4:00 Opportunities for the Future
Big data, entrepreneurism, business incubators, museums, and makerspaces are just some of the new areas
for the information profession. This panel discusses some new exciting possibilities.
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Jennefer Nicholson, Secretary General, IFLA
Dr. Claudia Lux, Project Director, Qatar National Library
http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/challenges-and-opportunities-lux-slides
Michael Peter Edson, Associate Director/Head of Digital, UN Live Museum for Humanity;
Presidential Distinguished Fellow at CLIR; OpenGLAM advisory board at @OKFN.
Sue Considine, Executive Director, Fayetteville Public Library
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla42016-sc-considine
5:30 Reception
Friday April 8th
Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel
8:30 Coffee & muffins
9:00 President’s introduction of Keynote
Technology Disruption, Business Revolution & Social Transformation
Don Tapscott, CEO, Tapscott Group, Adjunct
Professor at the Rotman School of Management, Fellow of the Martin Prosperity
Institute at the University of Toronto, and Chancellor of Trent University in Ontario
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/tapscott-libraryassoc-apr8
10:00 Break
10:30 Supporting the Information Profession & Economy
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Michael Crandall, Principal Research Scientist, The Information School, University of Washington
Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director, School of Information, San Jose State University
PPT: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/ifla-president-forum-hirsh-april2016v2-1
Seamus Ross, Past Dean, Faculty of Information, Interim Director of the Coach House Institute. University of Toronto will talk about Education for Data Analytics & Science and discuss the education of information professionals for data analytics and science focusing on the opportunities, challenges, and the contributions our profession can make.
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Advocacy: Building National Policy Agendas
Strategies for moving ahead/action
(hour panel followed by ½ hour discussion with table facilitators)
Moderator: Janice Lachance, Interim President, Better Business Bureau Institute for Marketplace Trust
Christopher Cutler, Advisor to the Mayor, Community Relations, City of Hamilton
Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General / Director, Policy & Advocacy, IFLA
Guy Berthiaume, Librarian & Archivist of Canada will talk about Advocacy: The role of national libraries
2:30 Break
3:00 Endnote
4:00 Building the Agenda & Making it Happen!
Donna Scheeder, IFLA President
PDF: http://www.slideshare.net/stephenabram1/building-the-agenda-and-making-it-happenasdelivered
Saturday, April 9th
Tours:
1. Take a pre-arranged bus to Scarborough (a suburb of Toronto) to see the Toronto Public Library’s latest state of the art branches; visit the University of Toronto’s Scarborough Library, and have ethnically diverse and exciting food for lunch before returning to the Sheraton hotel.
2. Take a guided walking tour to the Toronto Public Library main branch (Yonge & Bloor) and the spectacular new Learning Commons at Ryerson University
3. Visit the Royal Ontario Museum or Art Gallery of Ontario – volunteers can help you get there!
- 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
-
Speakers
>
- Registration
- Fees
- Sponsors
- Location: Hotel & Travel
- Contacts
- About
- Donna Scheeder, President, IFLA