Program
12 – 13 May EURDC Regional Committee Mid-term Meeting (Istanbul)
Theme: Regional Collaboration in the Library Field in Europe
1st day Morning Session:
10:00am -12:00am EURDC Business Meeting (IFLA EURDC members only)
1st day Afternoon Sessions:
2:00pm – 3:00pm Regional collaboration in the library field in Europe
Giorgos Glossiotis, Member - IFLA EURDC, Organisation for Mediation and Arbitration- Moderator
Stuart Hamilton, Acting Treasurer - IFLA, Head, Libraries Development Local Government Management Agency
Dagnija Baltina, Member - IFLA EURDC, Director of Special Collections Department National Library of Latvia
Ilona Kish (PL2030)
3:00pm – 3:30pm Coffee break
3:30pm – 5:00pm Strong Associations Strong Societies – how to build a stronger library community
Julia Konopka-Żołnierczuk, Information Coordinator - IFLA EURDC, Deputy Director National Library of Poland - Moderator
IFLA MLAS (Loida Garcia Febo)
X Library Association in Europe
X Library Association in Europe (EC will send the Associations list to the WG)
Anthi Katsirikou, Chair, Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists “The importance of libraries and the challenges"
... Library Association
2nd day Morning Session:
10:00am – 12:00am Libraries and Democracy in Europe
Antti Sauli, Member - IFLA EURDC, Project Manager Helsinki City Library - Moderator
... - IFLA - Keynote
Public Libraries Section
Stuart Hamilton, Acting Treasurer - IFLA, Head, Libraries Development Local Government Management Agency
FAIFE Committee
2nd day Afternoon Sessions:
2:00pm – 3:30pm Advocacy for Libraries
Marcie Hopkins, Vice-Chair - IFLA EURDC, Director of International British Library - Moderator
... IFLA HQ
EBLIDA Executive Committee
Nick Boxem, Member - IFLA EURDC, Directorate Manager Government of The Netherlands
Pascal Sanz, Member - IFLA EURDC, Honorary Member and Board Member Comité Français International Bibliotèques et Documentation (CFIBD)
3:30pm – 4:00pm Coffee break
4:00pm – 5:00pm Session for IFLA Regional Divisions (Remote Connection)
Alejandro Lorenzo César Santa, Chair IFLA Regional Council - Moderator
Lin Li Soh, Chair IFLA Asia-Oceania Regional Division
Ertuğrul Çimen, Chair IFLA Europe Regional Division
Jeannette Lebrón Ramos, Chari IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Division
Saif Aljabri, Chair IFLA Middle East and North Africa Regional Division
Diane Koen, Chair IFLA North America Regional Division
Ayanda Lebele, Chair IFLA Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division