http://ow.ly/2xA550w6OjnThe complete collection of photos from #wlic2019 in Athens, Greece, are now up on Flickr! 51 albums in total. Check them out here: http://ow.ly/2xA550w6Ojn
16Mar
Making Change Happen: Leaders for a United Library Field – eBook launch
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” Charles Darwin Launch of the eBook of the President-Elect Session WLIC 2017 with the content of leading speakers, 277 attendees and 195 Active Participants from 53 different countries….
27Oct
IFLA IAP Train the Trainers Workshop, The Hague
As Chair of the Committee of IFLA’s International Advocacy Programme, on the 12th of October, I participated in the kick-off of the Train the Trainers workshop on the contribution libraries can make to development agendas, principally the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is a new IFLA capacity…
26Oct
Pursuit of a Landmark merger between ISSC and ICSU
On the 24th of October, in Oslo, Norway, I was honoured to attend and take part in an important and interesting Assembly co-chaired by Alberto Martinelli (ISSC President) and Gordon McBean (ICSU President) where main goal was the approach on whether to take an in-principle decision to pursue a merge between the two organizations. Following…
14Sep
OCLC, WLIC 2016’s Diamond Sponsor is now a Platinum Member of the FESABID Cluster
On the 14th of August, I had the honour of opening the commercial exhibition at the IFLA WLIC 2016, IFLA’s annual Congress, which was held in Columbus, Ohio this year, and which included 100m2 of commercial space and 86 exhibitor stands. These exhibitors, are representatives from the industry’s suppliers of library services on regional…
01Aug
Professional Development to Enact Change
As I mentioned a few days ago, over the next couple of weeks I’ll be introducing, on my website, the Guest Keynote Speakers at the President-Elect Session Librarians: The Gears of the Motors for Change at WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio on the 18th of August. The second professional is Dr Maria-Carme Torras, member of the IFLA Professional Committee,…
08Jul
“Librarians: Gears of the Motors for Change” at IFLA World Library and Information Congress
On the 18th of August, in the framework of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress, I will be presenting and mediating a session on how librarians can and should be the gears of the motors for change. During the session called “Librarians: Gears of the Motors for Change”, together with librarians and librarian associations…
01Jul
The ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty by 20 countries has turned it into an International Treaty
This has been a huge step towards achieving universal literacy! A big thanks to the huge effort made by the OMPI (WIPO) and the 20 member states that ratified the Marrakesh Treaty, turning it into an International Treaty. Now, we must work towards implementing it and encouraging other member states to ratify and implement it…
24Jun
Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians
On the 15th of June I had the pleasure of participating in the IFLA/ALA Webinar: “Big Data: new roles and opportunities for new librarians”. Below is a list of videos and presentations from the webinar. Via this link you can access the recordings in Adobe Connect and, by clicking on any of the titles below,…
17May
Copyright: working on exceptions and limitations
IFLA continues to work on the exceptions and limitations of author rights in libraries, documentation centres and archives. The Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights in its thirty-second session (SCCR/32), have discussed extensively the exceptions and limitations of copyright at international level and have prepared reports for IFLA and other members. Since 2014, IFLA…