IFLA Conference at Milan

There will be many important activities and programmes at the IFLA Conference at Milan, 23-27 August 2009. The IFLA Management & Marketing Section Standing Committee will meet on before and and after the Conference at the Conference venue. Like always Apart from SC Members many observers are expected to attend the meeting.

If you are attending the Conference the following sessions might be of interest to you:

24 August, 09.30-12.45

Sections: Management and Marketing and Academic and Research Libraries

Theme: Libraries of the future - Libraries in the future: Where will we stand 10 years from now?

Libraries in Digital Life
KLAUS CEYNOWA (Bavarian State Library, Munich, Germany)

The Future is not far away: the DOK - Library Concept Center
EPPO VAN NISPEN TOT SEVENAER (DOK -- Library Concept Center, Delft, Netherlands)

Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries of the Future: Non-Textual Documents, Considered from a Computer Graphics Perspective
DIETER W. FELLNER (Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Graphics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany)

To reach the Future: forward-thinking Librarians are leading the charge of change
STEFFEN WAWRA (University Library, Passau, Germany)

26 August 09.30-12.45

Sections: Management of Library Associations, Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and ALP

Theme: Librarians on the catwalk: communicating for advocacy to influence policy and practice

The committee for the support of libraries: a model of library networking in Greece ANNA AMENDOLAGINE (Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Athens, Greece)

Advocacy for library development: action plan, policies and practices in India MAITRAYEE GHOSH (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)

Reframing organizations through communication and advocacy MAGGIE FARRELL (University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA) and BARBARA PREECE (Boston Library Consortium, Boston, USA)

To influence the Government Policy: the experience from the Library Society of China TANG GENGSHENG and WU YUE (Library Society of China, Beijing,

Building librarians' capacity to advocate successfully leads to sustainable libraries JANET SAWAYA (Global Libraries initiative, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USA), MONICA GRECU (International Research and Exchanges Board, Romania), KRISTINE PABERZA (Impact Specialist, Father’s Third Son, Latvia), PILAR PACHECO (BiblioRedes Program, Chile) and GRETA SOUTHARD (Public Library Association, USA)

Influence of the collegiate bodies in public politics for the legislation of state and municipal libraries netwok: Chihuahua, Mexico case JAVIER TARANGO (Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico) and GERARDO ASCENCIO (Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Mexico)

Through another pair of eyes: internal alignment for successful advocacy JOSH BILYK, SKYE RODGERS and MARGARET LAW (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

Film on making presentations followed by discussion, and mentoring opportunities SUSAN SCHNUER (The University of Illinois - Mortenson Center, USA), BARBARA FORD (The University of Illinois - Mortenson Center, USA ) and PAUL NIEUWENHUYSEN (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)

Review of making presentation session and wrap-up of programme SYLVIA PIGGOT (Global Information Solutions Group, Montreal, Canada) and SINIKKA SIPILAE (Finnish Library Association, Helsinki, Finland)

27 August 10.45- 12.45

Section: Reference and Information Services

Theme: The pro-active librarian: the how and why

Designing library services based on user needs: new opportunities to re-position the library YOO-SEONG SONG (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA)

The pro-active academic librarian: the how and the why - illustrated by case studies from India and Canada GANGA DAKSHINAMURTI (Albert D. Cohen Management Library, Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada) and KISHOR CHANDRA SATPATHY (Indian Institute of Management Indore, Indore, India)

Librarians and Users Co-operating: user-centred website redesign LOTTA GUSTAFSSON and MATTIAS RIELOFF (Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden)

Marketing Our Reference and Information Services: why and how ÀNGELS MASSÍSIMO I SÁNCHEZ DE BOADO (University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Important:
IFLA International Marketing Award-2009 Winner (s) will be announced at the IFLA Press Conferenceon 24th August during 09.30-11.30 hrs

I will be attending the Conference and look forward to see you there during the Conference. For those who are not attending the conference, I will keep postings on the blog about the lectures, programmes, activities.

I wish a comfortable and safe arrival at the Milan IFLA Conference.