The Standing Committe (SC) of the Section Library Theory and Research (LTR) counts 25 members, from all over the world : Cameroon, France, USA, Serbia, Korea, Germany, Japan, Norway, United-Kingdom, China, Australia, Italy, South-Africa, Russia.

Each member is elected for 4 years, and evntually 8 years.  Every two years, there is some new elections. Next to come in 2015 ! Be ready to joign us !

Some members of the SC in 2012 at IFLA Congress in Helsinki

Members of the SC have to elect their Chair and Secretary. The Chair has to nominate the Information Coordinator. For the term : 2013 to 2017, the Chair is : Anna Maria Tammaro, DILL International Master Digital Library, University of Parma, Italy. The Secretary is Krystyna K. Matusiak, Ph.D. Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver USA. And the Information Coordinator is, since 2011, Raphaëlle Bats, enssib, France.

The others members are :

Jennifer Weil Ams, School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, United States
Eileen Breen, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, United Kingdom
Lynn Silipigni Connaway, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. United States
Petra Hauke, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin School for Library and Information Science, Germany
Yasuyo Inoue, Dokkyo University, Japan
Chu Jingli, National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Science, China
Tae Kyung Kim, National Library of Korea, Republic of Korea

Peter J. Lor, University of Pretoria, Sedgefield South Africa.
Wei Liu, Shanghai Library, China
Xiwen Liu, National Science Library of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Bernd Lorenz, University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Legal Affairs in Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Lavrik Olga Lvovna, Novossibirsk, State Public Library of Scientific and Technical Literature of the Siberian, Russian Federation
Helen Partridge, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Marydee Ojala, ONLINE: Exploring Technology & Resources for Information Professionals, United States
Heidi Kristin Olsen, Vestfold Univeristy College, Norway
Patricia Montiel Overall, University of Arizona-School of Information Resources and Library Science, United States
Carolynn Rankin, Leeds Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Ji Hye Song, National Library of Korea, Republic of Korea
​Terry L. Weech, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
Milan Vasiljevic, National Library of Serbia, Republic of Serbia
Steve W. Witt, Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois, United States.
Simon Jules Koudjam Yameni, Douala University, Main Library, Cameroon
You may find more information on the members of the Standing Committee on our website. We will also give you more chance to know us with our focus about members of SC like those about Peter Lor, Yasuyo  Inoue or Heidi Kristin Olsen.

We can’t forward to meet you this summer at IFLA 2014 in Lyon ! and in xaiting for, don’t hesitate to contact us at the following address : section.IFLA.LTR@gmail.com

raphaelle