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IRRT Programs & Meetings at ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim, California, June 26 - July 2, 2008
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(In chronological order)
IRRT Pre-Conference - Collaboration and Resource Sharing in the Digital Age
Friday, June 27, 2008
9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Marriott Anaheim-Room Platinum 9
Description: Welcome
to Anaheim and the 2008 International Relations Round Table
Pre-Conference! This pre-conference was held on Friday, June 27, 2008
in conjunction with the ALA annual conference, and focused on resource
sharing for international libraries. We provided a continental
breakfast and lunch for attendees. Our speakers were experienced global
librarians who work to provide resources to libraries large and small
around the world. Participants learned how to become part of the
worldwide information network of libraries.
Speakers: HINARI (Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative) – OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) – AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) are sister programs set up to assist developing countries in gaining access to current scientific information. Three of our speakers will explain how their programs help provide access to current scientific journals for developing countries. The fourth presenter will speak about eIFL.net, electronic information for libraries in over 50 countries.
Mary Ochs, Head of Information Services and Collections, Cornell University, will speak about AGORA.
Kimberly Parker, HINARI Programme Manager, World Health Organization will speak about HINARI.
Evviva Weinraub, Technology Librarian, Tufts University, will speak about OARES.
Rima Kupryte, Managing Director, eIFL.net, will speak about eIFL.net.
Please visit the committee's page for a more detailed description.
International Librarian's Orientation
Friday, June 27, 2008
4:30 pm-6:30 pm
Location: Marriott Anaheim-Marquis South
Description: This orientation featured an introduction to the ALA Conference and the city of Anaheim for international librarians and other attendees from abroad. ALA members provided an overview of the conference, including recommended programs and social activities. Attendees were able to learn about conference transportation, the ALA's Exhibit Hall and the meanings of the ALA's many acronyms. They also met mentors and representatives from ALA's many divisions and round tables who help international librarians get the most from the conference experience. (For international librarians outside the U.S.)
IRC/IRRT All Committee Meeting
IRRT Chairs Meeting/IRRT Subcommittee Meetings/IRC Subcommittee Meetings
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 9:00 am IRRT Chairs Meeting; 9:00 am - 11:00 am IRRT Subcommittee Meetings; 9:00 am - 11:00 am IRC Subcommittee Meetings
Location: Marriott Anaheim-Room Platinum 5
Description: The IRRT's All Committee Meeting in the morning provides one location, date and time for all committees to meet during ALA Annual so that members can easily network and make connections. Details TBA.
The Lubuto Library Project
Saturday, June 28, 2008
8:00 am - 10:00 am
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 213 C
Description: The Lubuto Library Project grew from librarian Jane Kinney Meyers’ work with street children in Zambia, Africa, where a library housed in a shipping container dramatically changed the lives of its users. Now Lubuto, with the help of many prominent and talented professionals and support from Brodart and other organizations, builds beautiful indigenously-designed libraries that offer an array of enriching services to Africa’s orphans and vulnerable children, along with carefully selected book collections organized by a specially-developed classification system. Participants learned about these groundbreaking efforts from a panel of some of the many colleagues who guide and contribute to them.
Speakers:
Jane Kinney Meyers, President and founder, Lubuto Library Project, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Dr. Denise E. Agosto, Associate Professor, College of Information Science and Technology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
Tatum Preston, Librarian, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Dr. Laurie Bonnici, Assistant Professor, Univ. of Alabama, School of Library and Information Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL
International Paper Session - Re-Assess, Reassign, and Reinvent: Collection Building Without Global Borders
Saturday, June 28, 2008
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 211 B
Description: The 2008 International Papers Program theme was "Re-Assess, Reassign, and Reinvent: Collection Building Without Global Borders." Librarians have long been interested in resource-sharing and collection enhancement on a worldwide basis. Political turmoil, economic restraints, and lack of professional personnel impede on collection development efforts of many libraries. This program explored global efforts to improve distribution of publications to library collections. The focus was on successful initiatives, and provided helpful advice on assuring that library surplus materials reach their destinations in a timely, cost-effective manner.
IRRT Executive Committee Meeting
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Hilton Anaheim-Ventura Room
Description: The IRRT's Executive Board meets to discuss current business and items raised during the IRRT All Subcommittee Meeting the day before.
International Poster Session
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center - Exhibit Floor
Description: This forum for librarians from around the world provides an opportunity 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.
How to Find an International Partner?
Sponsored by ALA IRRT Sister Libraries Committee.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 208 A
Description: The IRRT Sister Libraries Program helps link libraries around the world. Sister Libraries promote the exchange of information, cultural understanding, programs and resources where possible. Speakers from existing Sister Libraries, State Department American Corner Libraries, and Sister Cities discussed how their partnerships were formed and what made them successful. A Sister Libraries Wiki was demonstrated to show how to get a Sister Library for your library.
Speakers:
Nancy Bolt, Nancy Bolt & Associates, Overview
Holly Murten, Information Resource Officer, U.S. State Department, American Corners Project, “Finding an International Partner through American Corners”
Jozef Fabrici, American Corner at the State Scientific Public Library in Kosice, Slovakia, “The Reality of an American Corners Partnership”
Karen Jessee, Senior Librarian, Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, FL, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Cities Program”
Patrick Sullivan, Business Librarian, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University, “Experiences of a Partner Library”
Meghan O’Connor, Fellow for International Initiatives, Simmons College, Boston, MA, “Finding an International Partner through the Sister Libraries Wiki”
CALA 2008 Annual Program: Global Outreach: A U.S.-China Experience.
Sponsored by AFL CALA; ALA IRC/IRRT.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Disney Paradise Pier Hotel-Room Pacific C/D
Description: With fast approaching dates of the 2008 Olympic Games to be held in Beijing and a continuously rising economy, China has become a buzzword in the media nowadays. But how much do we know about library services to users in China? This program presented first-hand experience from U.S. librarians in working with the library community in China. One keynote speaker and the four panelists presented several successful ongoing outreach programs to the Chinese libraries.
Speakers:
Beverly Lynch, Professor of Information Studies, UCLA
Haipeng Li, Outreach Coordinator, Oberlin College Library
Trisha Davis, Head of Serials, Electronic Resources and Rights Management Dept., Ohio State University Libraries
Qiang Zhu, Director, Peking University Library, China
Lian Ruan, Director, Illinois Fire Service Institute Library
Alphabet Soup? Librarians in the European Union.
Sponsored by ALA IRC Europe Subcommittee; ALA IRRT International Exchanges Committee.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 203 A
Description: What is it like to be a librarian in the European Union? Is it different from the United States? What is it like for a librarian from the States who wants to study or work there? What about the language problems? Participants heard from librarians from several different types of libraries, including public, academic and school libraries, in Europe and from librarians from the United States who have spent time in European libraries, and a public librarian from Germany.
Speakers:
Johan Koren, Associate Professor, Coordinator, Library Media Program, Murray State University
Richard Sapon-White, Catalog Librarian, Oregon State University
Birgit Lotz, Director of Decentralised Libraries of the Municipal Library, Frankfurt, Germany
Moderator: Mara Saule, Dean of Libraries, University of Vermont
Connecting with an International Project.
Sponsored by the IRRT International Sustainable Library Development (ISLD).
Monday, June 30, 2008
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 209 B
Description: This program presented ways that librarians can connect with international projects.
Speakers:
Jane Kurtz, Ethiopia Reads
Carol McAuliffe, Books Open the World, Uganda
IRRT Chair's Program - Professional Development Around the World: Meeting the Challenge of Rapid Change in the Digital Environment
Monday, June 30, 2008
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Location: Anaheim Convention Center-Room 203 B
Description: An international panel addressed challenges and successes in providing professional development to librarians as they transition through the profession from the beginning to the middle and later in their careers, with an emphasis on technology.
The IRRT also hosted the presentation of the John Humphry/OCLC/Forest Press Award for significant contributions to international librarianship and the presentation of the Bogle Pratt International Travel Fund award at the beginning of the program.
Speakers:
Dr. Gilliam Hallam, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Dr. Antonia Neubauer, President, Myths and Mountains, Inc., Incline Village, NV
Jane Kinney Meyers, President, Lubuto Library Project, Inc., Washington, DC
Jane Mirandette, President, The Hester J. Hodgdon Libraries for All Program, Loveland, CO
Moderator: Joan Weeks, Sr. Instruction Librarian, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
IRRT International Librarians' Reception
Monday, June 30, 2008
6 pm - 8 pm
Location: MUZEO, 241 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Description: The International Relations Round Table (IRRT) welcomed and celebrated with all conference-attending international librarians, from more than 80 countries, at the ALA Annual Conference. The International Librarians Reception was held at the MUZEO, a new museum complex of the arts and culture. Its front entrance is the former Anaheim Public Library, built in 1908. Open to all conference attendees, but free to International Librarians outside the U.S., this reception offered a unique opportunity to network with hundreds of information professionals from around the world. Participants found a mixing of culture and ideas, regional cuisine, hors d'oeuvres and open bar.
Sponsors: We would like to thank our sponsors for the 2008 International Reception:
ADDITIONAL MEETINGS/EVENTS - Listed on the International Relations Office Annual 2008 events page are other programs, discussion groups, and events with an international focus.
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