Dear colleagues,
We want to thank you for your presence at the open session of the section Library Theory and Research (LTR), the sunday 14th of August 2016.
W-Y. Lin, A. Wyman, S. Crawford Barniskis, R. Bats, D. Dijana Sabolović-Krajina
IFLA’s Library Theory and Research Section LTR invites you to submit a proposal for its satellite meeting, in link with the 81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress, Cape Town South Africa.
12-13 August 2015. University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa (Day 1) ; Robben Island, South Africa (Day 2)
Theme : Digital preservation as a site of contestation: national heritage, memory, politics and power – beyond technology and management
Please refer to the IFLA WLIC 2015 website for full details.
Deadline : 21 February 2015
IFLA’s Library Theory and Research Section LTR) joint with Statistics and Evaluation Section SSE) invites you to submit a proposal for its open programme at the 81st IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Cape Town South Africa, 15-21 August 2015.
Theme : The Lyon Declaration in Action: Measuring the Impact of Access to Information and Development
Please refer to the IFLA WLIC 2015 website for full details.
Deadline : 28th February 2015
The Education and Training Section joint with Library Theory and Research Section and LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group invite proposals for our joint open session at the next IFLA Congress in Cape Town, South Aftrica.
Theme: Quality assurance of Library and information science (LIS) programs
See the full call for papers on the IFLA WLIC 2015 website.
Deadline : 18th January 2015
Dear followers,
today we present you a second article on the 2014 IFLA Congress. Yesterday we had the opportunuity to attend the LTR Conference on the theme : Libraries in the political process: benefits and risks of political visibility
It was a very interesting conference with four different contributions. Originally there had to be six presentations, but unfortunately, two of the speakers had to cancel their venue to the congress. Nevertheless here is a little overview of what the speakers have presented to the audience. If you are interested and you could not attend this conference, the papers are on the IFLA Library website
The speakers
Chers lecteurs,
aujourd’hui nous vous présentons notre deuxième article sur le congrès IFLA 2014. Hier nous avons eu l’opportunité d’assister à la conférence LTR sur le thème suivant : Libraries in the political process: benefits and risks of political visibility
The theme “Libraries in the political process: Benefits and risks of political visibility” reflects the global theme of the IFLA 2014 Congress, “Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge”, in many respects. Librarians often complain that libraries are overlooked or taken for granted. But when libraries appear in the headlines, it may be a mixed blessing.
This LTR program will focus on the contemporary roles of libraries and librarians in turbulent political environments: including cases where libraries are damaged or burned in violent protests, and at the other extreme, cases where the public mobilizes in response to the closing of a library. In these times of financial crisis, identity crisis, democracy crisis, managerial crisis…these questions challenge us to rethink our roles in relation to the public we serve.
Our Session will look in a scholarly way at these phenomena, not limiting the session to descriptions of the incidents or the defense of libraries, but at the profession’s responses and at what it says about the way the profession is conceptualising its role in society. Papers exploring research on political roles of libraries will be invited. Indeed, this question includes sociological, professional, educational, philosophical and historical issues, all of which have the potential to contribute to the confluence for knowledge.
More information (in English, in Spanish and soon in French) : click here
Deadline : 15th February 2014