iflaconferences august 2012 (2)

IFLA CONFERENCESAUGUST 2012

FINLANDJAYSHREE MAMTORA

• IFLA SATELLITE CONFERENCE, 8-10 August

• IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE, 12-17 August

The road to information literacy: librarians as facilitators of learning

Jointly organised by the IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Information Literacy Sections

Held in Tampere, Finland 120 delegates 3 streams 45 presentations, 7 workshops, 6 posters

IFLA SATELLITE CONFERENCE 8-10 AUGUST

IFLA SATELLITE CONFERENCE

Papers of particular interest:

A partner in research and learning: library staff and PhD students / Eystein Gullbekk and Tove Rullestad

Learning on the job, teaching on the job: CPDWL for the research information-literate librarian /Clare M. Walker

The two way street of learning: how the professional development of solo librarians influences their roles as IL guides / Eva Hornung

PRESENTATIONS

Presented paper:Building an information literate research community

Changing research landscape and challenges for Library

Needs analysis – support required by researchers at all stages, and disciplines

Skills needed by librarians – communication, IL training, evaluation, knowledge of research cycle, marketing, etc.

Skills gap particularly in area of RDM – RLUK study CPD – formal and informal methods, PD Planning Current services to researchers - evaluation and

impact and connection to CPD CPD requirements for meeting changing needs of

researchers

World Library and Information Congress, 12-17 August 2012

Held in Helsinki, Finland 4000 delegates From 119 countries 86 exhibitors 200 presentations Plenary session daily 7 streams, and 5 group meetings daily

IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE

HOT TOPICS FOR RESEARCH SUPPORT Invited to present by IFLA Academic and

Research Libraries section One of three panellists invited to present:

Meeting the needs of high impact researchers /Jayshree Mamtora

The German Academic Library Cloud / Andreas Degkwitz, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

Transliteracy and academic libraries / Ellen Petraits, Rhode Island School of Design, USA.

THEMES/PAPERS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST Keynote: Siva Vaidayathan

Copyright and IP expert Academic and Research libraries –

Creating a culture for innovation and change

Open Access and digital resources – Open Access Forum

Library buildings and equipment –Making the case for change through

evaluation: post-occupancy evaluation of library buildings

IFLA RSCAO

Attended two committee meetings and the main RSCAO session on Innovative libraries: transforming our communities – Asia and Oceania

Chairing Program Committee for IFLA 2013

LIBRARY VISITS

Number of Library visits Helsinki University Library was the most

impressive Tour for IFLA delegates three weeks

before official opening 7 storey building Plus 4 levels below ground for storing

collections Across four campuses