iflaconferences august 2012 (2)
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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