Annual Meetings and Programs Schedule
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Annual Conference-International Meetings and Programs
2009 INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS SCHEDULE
Below is a list of meetings and events for the International Relations Committee (IRC), the International Relations Round Table (IRRT), and other ALA Offices hosting programs with an international focus. Please see Final Program Guide to confirm locations.
For registration and hotel information, please visit the International librarians page for general information
IRC MEETINGS
International Relations Committee I
Friday, 7/10/2009
1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Hyatt Regency McCormick - Conference Center 11b
IFLA Update Meeting
Saturday, 7/11/2009
11:00 – 12:00pm
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W-187
International Relations Committee II
Tuesday, 7/14/2009
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Hyatt Regency McCormick - Conference Center 24
IRRT MEETINGS
IRRT Executive Committee Meeting
Sunday, 7/12/2009
8:00 am – 11:00 am
McCormick Place West - W-175a
IRC/IRRT All Subcommittee Meeting
IRRT Chairs Meeting
Saturday, 7/11/2009
8:00 am - 9:00 am
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W-187
IRRT Subcommittee Meetings
Saturday, 7/11/2009
9:00 am - 11:00 am
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W-187
IRC Subcommittee Meetings
Saturday, 7/11/2009
9:00 am - 11:00 am
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W-187
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
“Digitization in Developing Countries”-IRRT Pre-conference
Friday, 7/10/2009
09:00 am - 01:00 pm**
$75 (includes lunch and light refreshments)
Hyatt Regency Chicago - Columbus Hall C/D
Description: Digitization of scholarly information, research materials and cultural heritage achieved a global scale, or did it? Aiming to preserve, document, and provide access to legacy collections; digitization efforts require significant fiscal outlay for infrastructure and technology, as well as human resources. A lot has been written about digitization projects in industrial nations but do we know how (and if) developing countries grapple with the challenges of implementing digitization projects? How are potential partners/funding agencies being identified? What are considerations in selecting material for digitization? Fee: $75 USD. Includes
lunch at a restaurant and materials. **(Lunch will take place after
Preconference.)
Speakers: To be announced
To register online, please visit the ALA Conference Registration page or send a paper form by email or fax.
International Librarians Orientation
Friday, 7/10/2009
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Hyatt Regency McCormick - Conf. Center 12a-c
Description:
An introduction to the ALA Conference and the city of Chicago for
International and other attendees from abroad. ALA members will provide
an overview of the conference, including recommended programs and
social activities. Learn about conference transportation, the ALA's
Exhibit Hall and the Meaning of the ALA's many acronyms. Meet your
mentors and representatives from ALA's many divisions and round tables
who will help international librarians get the most from the conference
experience. (For International librarians outside the U.S.)
Libraries Serving Multicultural Communities - IRRT International Papers
Saturday, 7/11/2009
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
McCormick Place West - W-194a
Description: Societies around the world—both urban and rural—are increasingly multicultural and libraries of all kinds and sizes are adapting their services, programs, and collections to serve culturally diversified communities of users. “Multiculturalism,” as defined by IFLA’s Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, is the “co-existence of diverse cultures, where culture includes racial, religious, or cultural groups and is manifested in customary behaviors, cultural assumptions and values, patterns of thinking, and communicative styles.” Consequently, “multicultural library services include both the provision of multicultural information to all types of library users and the provision of library services specifically targeted to traditionally underserved groups.” This inclusive approach is at the core of this year’s theme, which will explore successful projects and initiatives implemented around the world to improve library services to their evolving communities. The International Papers Program provides librarians with an opportunity to exchange information about library services and collections throughout the world. The program also serves to stimulate the interest of U.S. librarians in international library matters.
Speakers:
"Developing Cultural Competence to Create Multicultural Libraries"
Presenter: Patricia Montiel-Overall, Ph.D., University of Arizona
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"The Role of Genocide in the Development of Libraries and Librarianship in Rwanda"
Presenter: Musa Wakhungu Olaka, University of Missouri, School of Information Science and Learning Technology
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"Masiphumelele Satellite Library – Multipurpose Service in a Poor Multicultural Community”
Presenter: Ms. Sharon Brijmohun, Chief Librarian of Cape Town’s Central Library, South Africa
Author: Susan Alexander, Deputy Librarian, Fish Hoek Library, City of Cape Town, South Africa
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“Identifying the Information Seeking Behaviors of Chinese Undergraduate Students in Canada and the Implications for Canadian Academic Libraries”
Presenters: Guoying Liu, Systems Librarian, University of Windsor, Leddy Library, Canada;
Danielle Winn, Information Literacy Librarian, University of Windsor, Leddy Library, Canada
International Poster Session
Sunday, 7/11/ 2009
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
McCormick Place Convention Center - Exhibit Floor
Description: This is a forum for librarians from around the world to highlight their
libraries and to share their successful ideas with colleagues by
presenting a research study, a practical problem-solving effort or an
innovative library program.
List of International Poster Sessions--(Word document)
Complete list of ALA Poster Sessions--(opens a new window)
Libraries of Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing Recent Successes and Challenges
Sunday, 7/12/2009
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Fairmont Hotel - Crystal Room
Description: Join presenters for a
discussion of the successes and challenges involved in library development in
Sub-Saharan African countries. A question-and-answer session will follow their
presentations, which include pictures of the projects they have undertaken in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Sponsored by the International Relations Committee Africa Subcommittee.
Speakers: To be announced
Yes We Can: Support International Sustainable Library Development
Monday, 7/13/2009
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W-181
Description: Find out how you can participate in an international library project. This program will present ways that librarians can connect with international projects. After the presentations on Ethiopia Reads and Books Open the World, there will be discussion groups where attendees can learn more about these and other projects in which they can get involved. (Program sponsored by the International
Sustainable Library Development-ISLD)
Speakers: Susan Schnuer, Mortenson Center for International Programs, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Gail Wilett, South Africa Partners; Jane Mirandette, San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil
Africa's Resources: Funding, Gathering, Digitizing and Providing Access to Cultural Heritage - (IRRT-60th Anniversary Chair’s Program)
Monday, 7/13/2009
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
McCormick Place West (MCP) - W 192c
Description: This program features two international leaders, whose organizations are making significant contributions in gathering, providing access to, and increasing knowledge about Africa’s cultural and scientific heritage. Prior to the program, there will be a presentation of the Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for International Librarianship and the Bogle International Library Travel Fund Award. The work of the 2009 ALA IRRT emerging leaders will also be recognized. Please join us and celebrate our 60th Anniversary. Refreshments will be served.
Speakers: To be announced
International Librarians' Reception
Monday, 7/13/2009
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Harold Washington Library, Winter Garden Atrium (9th Floor)
400 South State Street
*After 7pm, please enter at 401 S. Plymouth (one block west of State Street)
Description: Please join the International Relations Round Table (IRRT) in welcoming
and celebrating IRRT's 60th Anniversary with librarians from more than 80 countries at the ALA
Annual Conference. Open to all conference
attendees, this reception offers a unique opportunity to network with
hundreds of information professionals from around the world. Join us
for a mixing of culture and ideas, regional cuisine, hors d’oeuvres and
open bar (this event is free for international librarians). Advance
registration is required. No tickets will be sold at the Chicago Public Library.
We would like to thank our sponsors for this year's International Librarians Reception:
PARTNER
*OCLC / WebJunction
CONTRIBUTOR
*Blackwell Book Services
*EBSCO
ADDITIONAL MEETINGS/EVENTS - Listed below are programs, discussion groups, and events with an international focus.
MEETINGS
German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) Steering Committee
Friday, 7/10/09
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Palmer House hotel, LaSalle 1 Room
German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) Collection Development Working Group
Saturday, 7/11/09
8:00 - 10:00 am
Palmer House hotel, LaSalle 1 Room
German-North American Resources Partnership (GNARP) Librarian Exchange Working Group
Saturday, 7/11/09
1:30 - 3:00 pm
Palmer House hotel, LaSalle 1 Room
PROGRAMS
Technology and the Developing World
Saturday, 7/11/09
8:00 – 10:00am
McCormick Place West W-179
Description: Matt Keller, Director of Europe, Middle East & Africa, One Laptop per Child; Elizabeth (Beth) Beaudin, Manager, International Digital Projects - Yale University, OACIS (Online Access to Consolidated Information on Serials) and AMEEL (A Middle Eastern Electronic Library); and Randy Ramusack, United Nations Technology Officer, Microsoft Corporation, Research4Life, will discuss their visions, challenges and future of technology in the developing world. All three have extensive experience in this area and have worked through many different situations.
Speakers: Matt Keller, Dir. of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, One Laptop per Child; Elizabeth Beaudin, Manager, Int'l Digital Projects, Yale University, OACIS, AMEEL; Randy Ramusack, UN Technology Officer, Microsoft Corp, Research4Life
Academic Libraries and International Librarianship
Saturday, 7/11/09
10-30- 12:00pm
McCormick Place West W-190a
Description: Well-known academic librarians will be invited to speak on the importance of international librarianship for academic libraries and librarians. The speakers will also discuss the importance and need of cooperation among professionals and libraries in the fast changing world with limited resources and budgets for academic libraries and high inflation. This program is sponsored by the ACRL International Relations Committee.
Speakers: Jay Jordan, President and CEO, OCLC; Beverly Lynch, Professor, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, Univesity of California-Los Angeles; Winston Tabb, Dean of University Library, The Johns Hopkins University; Robert Wedgeworth, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Moderator, R.N. Sharma, Dean of the Library, Monmouth University
Cuentos de Las Américas: Celebrating Latino Cultures and Dia with Recent Outstanding Latino Children's Books: A program of El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros
Saturday, 7/11/09
10-30am - 12:00pm
Hilton Northwest 1
Description: Do you serve Latino youth in your school or library? Do you know where to find the BEST youth books (children’s and young adult) about Latinos? This session offers suggestions on how to locate and select quality Latino youth literature, and discusses how to create literature-based and library programs that celebrate this diverse population. Examples of recent outstanding Latino youth literature will be highlighted.
Cuentos de las Americas: Celebrating Latino Cultures and Dia with Recent Outstanding Latino Children's Books
ALSC
Saturday, 10-30- 12:00pm
McCormick Place West W-192a
Description: This is a program of El dia de los ninos/El dia de los libros (Children's Day/Book Day). Do you serve Latino youth in your school or library? Do you know where to find the BEST children’s and young adult books about Latinos? Have you ever planned a Dia program? This session offers suggestions on how to locate and select high quality Latino youth literature, and discusses library programs that celebrate this diverse population. Examples of recent outstanding Latino youth literature will be highlighted as well as ways to celebrate Dia in your library program. This program is sponsored by both ALSC and REFORMA.
Speakers: Dr. Jamie Campbell Naidoo, Pauline Foster- EBSCO Endowed Professor, University of Alabama SLIS; Oralia Garza de Cortes, Latino Children's Literature Consultant, Pasadena, CA
Diversity Currents: Redefining the Library in Political Context, the Danish Experience
Saturday, 1:30 – 3:00 pm
Swissotel Montreux
Description: Leaders from the Danish Library Association discuss the national association’s structure which combines local politicians as well as library professionals in a Council comprised of representatives from regional associations. Learn more about the degree to which political consensus is needed in this kind of organizational setup and the shape current issues such as freedom of speech and inclusion of diversity take in this unique landscape.
Speakers: Michel Steen-Hansen, Executive Director, Danish Library Association; Vagn Ytte Larsen, President, Danish Library Association
African, Asian, and Middle Eastern Studies Librarians in Academic Libraries: Challenges, Expectations, and Rewards
Saturday, 1:30 - 5:30 pm
McCormick Place West W-175b/c
Description: Program will cover different aspects of the field including collaborative collection development & library services; digital collection development; innovative reference & information literacy instruction techniques; marketing, advocacy, & future trends; legal & social challenges. The purpose of the program is to share experiences, learn effective strategies to overcome challenges, and bring awareness amongst peers and aspirants to the field of the uniqueness of Area Studies Librarianship.
Speakers: David Magier, Associate University Librarian for Collection Development, Princeton University; ER Tise, Senior Director of Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University; James Simon, Director of International Resources, Center for Research Libraries; Lauran Hartley, Tibetan Studies Librarian, Columbia University; Anchi Ho, Assistant to Chief, Asian Division, Library of Congress; Liladhar R. Pendse, Librarian for Slavic/Eastern European Studies & South Asian Studies, UCLA
USBBY Mixing it Up: The Process of Bringing International Children's Books to the United States
YALSA
McCormick Place West W-470b
Saturday, 3:30 – 5:30 pm
Description: Using the example of Heartsinger by Karlijn Stoffels, this panel will examine the process of bringing international books to the United States. Participants include: Cheryl Klein, senior editor at Arthur A. Levine Books; Dutch author Karlijn Stoffels; Laura Watkinson, Heartsingers English-language translator; and editor Arthur Levine who famously brought Harry Potter to America, and whose eponymous imprint has won the Batchelder Award three times (for Samir and Yonatan, An Innocent Soldier, and for Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit edited by Cheryl Klein). Questions covered include: How do editors and authors connect across oceans? What is the difference between a literal translation and a literary translation? How are linguistic negotiations handled? How are international books edited and marketed in the United States? Together these panelists will discuss the sometimes complicated, but always rewarding process of bringing the worlds literature to American children.
Global Citizenship: A Role for School Librarians?
Sunday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
McCormick Place West W-178b
Description: The program will present the results of the Taskforce on International Relations: 1. Develop a toolkit of ideas to promote global understanding in the school library media center. 2. Explore use of technologies to link schools and school library media specialists around the world. 3. Identify and promote opportunities for exchange and international travel for school librarians. 4. Develop ideas for promotion of International School Library Month.
Speakers: Johan Koren, Judi Repman, Linda Veltze, Rocco Staino,Charles O'Bryan
International Outreach and Leadership: The CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series Program
McCormick Place West W-187
Sunday, 1:30 - 3:00 pm
Description: To develop a formal structure within CALA to coordinate the CALA 21st Century Librarian Seminar Series and other training programs in China is the first action area in the goal of “Become a Leader in Global Reach Initiatives” in the CALA 2010 Strategic Plan, approved by CALA Board on June 10, 2007. With four years’ practice, the CALA 21st Century Librarians Seminar Series has conducted training seminars in more than ten academic and public libraries in China. More than 40 CALA members, including former ALA Presidents Barbara Ford, Loriene Roy, and current president Jim Rettig, participated in the program, exchanging their experience and knowledge with Chinese librarians. This program is to review its origin, development, and impact, share the experience from the program with other librarians nationwide, and plan for the future. Our six panelists will present their successful programs in different views to the audience
Speakers: Barbara Ford, Guoqing Li, Donglai Li, Anna Jian Xiong, Hilary Davis, Shu-hua Liu; Mengxiong Liu
Beyond ¡Hola!: Spanish Reference Resources for Non-Spanish Speakers
RUSA RSS
McCormick Place West W-194b
Monday, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Description: Do you have the right tools to help a Spanish-speaker looking for information in your library? Do you know how to purchase the right titles for your Spanish-speaking population? As Latinos become more active library users, what can libraries do to help them become more informed citizens? Join us as we discuss reference resources, Web sites, and collection development, and other ways libraries can serve a growing Latino population. This program is co-sponsored by REFORMA.
Speakers: Jacqueline Ayala, Pincipal Librarian, San Diego County Public Library; Yolanda Cuesta, Lead Consultant, Cuesta MultiCultural Consulting; Roberto Delgadillo, Assistant Librarian, Peter J. Shields Library, University of California-Davis
Dollars, Pounds and Yen: Libraries in a Time of Globalization
RUSA BRASS
McCormick Place West W-190a
Monday, 8:00 – 10:00pm
Description: Identifying the best resources for international business can be overwhelming. Get a grip on the best tools available with help from subject matter experts Terese Terry, business librarian at the Lippincott Library, Wharton School of Business, and Alec Young, international equity strategist at Standard & Poor’s. Terry will share the best resources for locating information on emerging markets, while Young will discuss the global economic outlook and major trends in the global economy as they affect stock, bond, commodity and currency markets around the world.
Speakers: Terese Terry, Business Librarian, Lippincott Library, Wharton School of Business; Alec Young, International Equity Strategist, Standard & Poor's
Situating Area-Studies Librarianship in a Globalised World: New Directions, New Collections
Monday, 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
McCormick Place West W-180
Description: Foreign-language studies share academic space with cultural studies, ethnic studies, and comparative literature. Area-studies programs are morphing into global studies and other inter-disciplines and cross-disciplines. Films, detective fiction, children's literature, and graphic novels have joined the academic and cultural canon. Our speakers will discuss the new canon and help us think through the transition to the new international-studies curriculum as we re-shape our collections and our libraries' support for these new areas of teaching and research.
Speakers: Christopher Bush, Assistant Professor of French, Northwestern University; Christine Ingebritsen, Professor, Department of Scandinavian Studies, University of Washington; Moderator, Stephen Corrsin, Chief of Acquisitions, The New York Public Library
To ensure up-to-date information about meetings, discussion groups, and
programs, we recommend that you use the visit the ALA 2009 Conference WIKI
ALA-Preliminary Listing of Programs-2009
+++Exhibit Hours+++
Saturday, July 11: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, July 12: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, July 13: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, July 14: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
List of Exhibitors attending the ALA Annual conference.
(Note: All panels, programs, and events are conducted in English only.)
LOCATIONS
*McCormick Place Convention Center (opens a new window)
2301 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60616
The Fairmont Chicago
200 N. Columbus Dr.
Chicago, IL 60601
Hyatt Regency McCormick (attached to McCormick Place West)
2233 South Martin L. King Drive
Chicago, Illinois, 60616-9985
Hyatt Regency Chicago
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
FREE SHUTTLE BUSES WILL OPERATE BETWEEN ALL PARTICIPATING HOTELS AND McCORMICK PLACE WEST - Shuttle Bus Schedule (PDF)
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