{"id":1420,"date":"2017-02-09T02:41:23","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T01:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=1420"},"modified":"2017-02-09T02:41:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T01:41:23","slug":"public-libraries-as-place-makers-in-todays-cities-urban-development-resiliency-and-social-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2017\/02\/09\/public-libraries-as-place-makers-in-todays-cities-urban-development-resiliency-and-social-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Public libraries as place makers in today\u2019s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IFLA\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifla.org\/metropolitan-libraries\">Metropolitan Libraries Section<\/a> (MetLib) is seeking submissions for its main program at the 83rd IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland, 19-25 August 2017 with the theme\u00a0<em>Public libraries as place makers in today\u2019s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Section intends to explore how public libraries of large urban areas all over the world are contributing to &#8216;placemaking&#8217;, to place identity and to the design of public spaces which promote the wellbeing and happiness of a community.We are seeking papers addressing how public libraries:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>contribute to urban planning and design, as one the main assets of a lively neighborhood;<\/li>\n<li>attract people as interesting places<\/li>\n<li>innovate in environmental sustainability issues<\/li>\n<li>contribute to local economic regeneration<\/li>\n<li>provide services for the homeless, the poor and other disadvantaged users<\/li>\n<li>manage crisis during disasters (flooding, earthquakes, etc.) and changing conditions<\/li>\n<li>engage communities in planning services<\/li>\n<li>contribute to the city\u2019s diversity and intergenerational equity<\/li>\n<li>contribute to the local community\u2019s learning capacity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MetLib \u00a0provides an international platform for professional communication and understanding of topics related to libraries of cities and urban areas of more than 400.000 inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for submitting a detailed abstract is <strong>28 February 2017<\/strong>. Further details can be found on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/2017.ifla.org\/cfp-calls\/metropolitan-libraries-section\">IFLA WLIC 2017 website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IFLA\u2019s Metropolitan Libraries Section (MetLib) is seeking submissions for its main program at the 83rd IFLA World Library and Information Congress to be held in Wroc\u0142aw, Poland, 19-25 August 2017 with the theme\u00a0Public libraries as place makers in today\u2019s cities: urban development, resiliency and social equity. The Section intends to explore how public libraries of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":723,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16059,22921],"class_list":["post-1420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-metlib","tag-placemaking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/723"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1420\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}