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Libraries Engaged in Voluntary National Reviews: Part 8 - Prepare for the High-Level Political Forum
No full textThe eighth step towards successful engagement in a Voluntary National Review (VNR) is to prepare for the High-Level Political Forum at which Reviews will be presented. There is still plenty of uncertainty about how things will work in 2022, and whether in-person participation will be possible. However, after two years of practice, opportunities for online participation have been improved, meaning more people can join more easily
Minutes of Meeting: Library Services to People with Special Needs Section Business Meeting (Teleconference Zoom), 08 October 2021
No full textItems discussed at the meeting include Chair's report on the Division D meeting, Chair's report on emails with Professional Support Officer, LSN-L list, Action Plan, and WLIC Dublin 2022
One Language, Different Romanization Rules: The 20th Anniversary of the Pinyin Conversion Project
No full text2020-21 marks the 20th anniversary of the Pinyin Conversion Project of North American libraries. In 2000, American and Canadian libraries started to use Pinyin as the standard romanization scheme to process Chinese materials in all library operations. In about one year, by the superb leadership of the Library of Congress (LC), the Research Libraries Group (RLG), the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC), and the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL), American and Canadian libraries converted thousands of bibliographic records from Wade-Giles to Pinyin. This has been one of the largest data conversion projects in the modern library history.
Deeply involved in the project was the professional network of East Asian libraries (EALs), which constitutes the backbone to curate and maintain a sound Chinese bibliographic system in America and Canada. Despite the significance of the Project, memories about it are gradually fading away in the EAL community. In 2021, four East Asian librarians started an interview project to meet and talk with library administrators and librarians who had participated in advocating, planning, and carrying out the Project. This poster presentation shares what we have learned about the Project, its complexity, significance and lasting relevance to the profession of East Asian librarianship
IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter, June 2023
No full textThe IFLA ENSULIB Newsletter reviews ENSULIB’s activities and achievements and provides a platform for presenting interesting stories, events or projects from libraries all over the world, which follow a clear green and sustainable commitment. In this issue, it includes: Message from the Chair -- Meet and greet ENSULIB at WLIC
2023 in the Netherlands! -- IFLA Green Library Award: Follow-ups -- Conference Report: Deepening Library Cooperation and Promoting Sustainable Development in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area -- Lecture Series „Green Knowledge – Green Libraries for our Blue Planet” -- From Water Tower to Library : Adaptive Reuse Gives Defunct Building New Life -- Networking “Green Librarians”: An Extraordinary Case from Berlin, Germany -- Developing a virtual Green Collection in a University
Library Network -- BiblioScan: Document scanning service in the University of Florence Libraries -- Green Library Movements in Pakistan -- Global Health Messengers help spread science from the library -- Available now in German and French: Online game Lilu's Library and new guidebook with best practice examples of
sustainability projects in libraries -- Don’t Buy, Just Swap: Consume responsibly for a more sustainable world -- Upcoming Conferences: The Green Shift: An International Conference on Circular Economy and
Sustainable Development in Arts and Culture -- International Days Observed by the United Nations
Minutes of Meeting: School Libraries Section, Teleconference (Zoom), 26 May 2023
No full textMinutes of the Business Meeting of the IFLA School Libraries Section held virtually on May 26, 2023. Inter alia, they concern with the updated situation of the Standing Committee membership (Current Officers; Outgoing members; Continuing members/mentors; Incoming members); major 2021-23 Projects and accomplishments (among which, WLIC 2022, Midyear meetings 2022 & 2023); WLIC 2023, including the joint handover meeting (SCs hybrid) - Open to all incoming and outgoing members; Next steps, including Officer's elections and future duties (e.g., SC meeting in WLIC 2023 and first 2023-25 Standing Committee meeting in September
Open up your digital collection!
No full textThis is not a poster, this is a quick guide to get you enthusiastic to start your own collaboration with creative students and artists. Three years ago the national libraries of Estonia, Austria and the Netherlands started rethinking their position in the digital age. And decided that to move forward we needed to make the digital tangible again. Create immersive experiences through creative installations and exhibitions by collaborating with these new target groups. We put out calls for web-residencies, stepped into the curriculum of an art academy and a technical university and we traveled through Europe to find the lessons learned on how to build a virtual lab. All these separate projects eventually created this big innovating energy that's in its final form a representation of what collaboration can create. Show the creative industry your (digitized) collection and they will give you new stories in many beautiful different forms, from augmented reality, to reflecting walls and satellite blow-ups. In the end its all about the stories behind the library collections and thanks to this experience we found new ways to tell them
Towards Smarter Services: Intelligent Book Storage System and Online Borrowing Platform in Foshan Library
No full textA new service pattern has been built in Foshan Library for online book borrowing with the application of the Intelligent Book Storage System and “Zhishudali” Online Book Borrowing Platform. In the Intelligent Book Storage System, a borrowed book will first undergo automated processes including disinfection, film covering, shelving, positioning, packaging, and express order posting with various intelligent sorting and AGV palletizing robots. Then, it will be delivered to readers through the “Zhishudali” Online Book Borrowing Platform, which has achieved integration with other library systems such as the digital library management system and logistics system to provide the public with a high-quality borrowing experience without closing for 24 hours.
Thanks to this new pattern, readers can place orders on the “Zhishudali” Online Book Borrowing Platform without visiting the library in person while enjoying the “online shopping” experience of book borrowing before receiving the book in only one or two days. Such a new service pattern has not only solved problems such as the slow borrowing speed and readers’ difficulty in finding books, but also reduced their time and travel costs considering a greener library and society
Minutes of meeting: IFLA Regional Council, 9 March 2023
No full textItems discussed at the eight Regional Council meeting include updates from the Regional Council Chair and the Professional Council Chair, Governing Board updates, and Regional Division Committee Updates. Furthermore, a discussion took place about WLIC 2023 and specifically on updates about the plans for regional hubs and planning for regional sessions during WLIC 2023. Subsequently, effective working practices were discussed, especially meeting practices, communications, emerging leaders and sub-groups. Regarding planning for the Committees' transition, discussion took place about how to support the induction of the next Regional Council and Regional Division Committees, including a transition planning, the rerun of IFLA Regional Advocacy Priorities Survey and a brief overview of IFLA nominations results till date. Finally, an update on SDG and Internet Governance work was shared and discussed
Libraries Engaged in Voluntary National Reviews — Part 2: Prepare your stories
No full textThe second step towards engagement in a Voluntary National Review is to prepare materials that you can use in your advocacy. A key ingredient of this is stories which explain how, in human terms, libraries deliver development