1)
Impressions from IFLA (Wed Sept 4 – 12:30pm)
As I am sure many of you know, 3500 librarians and other
delegates from all around the world congregated in Singapore last week for the International Federation of Library Associations Congress.
It was an excellent conference with many high calibre and forward-thinking
presentations. Several of us at the National Library were fortunate to
attend and we invite you to come along and hear our impressions of this
prestigious event. Feel free
to bring a ‘brown bag’ lunch or visit bookplate to pick up a sandwich/coffee
before heading upstairs.
When:
Wednesday Sept 4
12:15pm for 12:30pm
start
Where:
National Library of
Australia
Ferguson Room (Level 1)
2) National Advisory Congress – IFLA Trends Report
and “Future of the Profession” (Tues Sept 10 – 5:30pm)
Many of you will
know that ALIA holds an annual NAC in each State/Territory to help shape the
forthcoming agenda for the Association. This year, the focus of
discussion is the future of our profession in a rapidly evolving world – just a
minor issue J! To kick start
the discussion, ALIA developed a report available on the ALIA Futures wiki and, as it turns out,
IFLA also launched its comprehensive Trends Report
at the conference last week. Don’t worry, you don’t have to read these
comprehensive documents to participate. Just come along, share some
refreshments and have a chat. There are big issues ahead – ebooks,
copyright, ‘big data’, open access – and we’d love to hear your thoughts on how
we best position ourselves to keep librarians ahead of the game. It be
great if you could RSVP,
but also happy if you just turn up on the day.
When:
Tuesday Sept 10
5pm for 5:30pm start
Where:
National Library of
Australia
Ferguson Room (Level 1)
3)
And finally, make sure you
sign up for our Social
Media workshop on Friday September 20. We’ve got a great program
of speakers lined up so you won’t want to miss this very affordable
seminar.
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