{"id":1972,"date":"2021-04-09T10:56:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:56:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T09:56:21","slug":"announcing-a-new-speaker-reflecting-back-and-thinking-forward-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/public-libraries\/2021\/04\/09\/announcing-a-new-speaker-reflecting-back-and-thinking-forward-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing a new Speaker Reflecting Back and Thinking Forward \u2013 Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Join IFLA Public Libraries and Literacy Reading Sections for our Reflecting Back and Thinking Forward Mid-term Seminar from 12-14 April 2021.\u00a0 We look at how public libraries have responded to COVID and how the lessons learnt will impact the future. We will also explore some of the great initiatives around reading and literacy that have emerged during this time and how we can expand on this. There will also be an opportunity to \u2018meet\u2019 the world\u2019s Children\u2019s Laureates\/Ambassadors and hear of their vision for the future.<\/p>\n

Register for the program here: https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_pIoOA9c_T56egeBkYeMjRw<\/a><\/p>\n

Announcing a new speaker for our The Future of Libraries in a Post Covid World Panel<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liz McGettigan,\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Liz is an experienced senior leader with a focus and passion for delivering strategy and results. Passionate about libraries and trusted information, digital and social inclusion, leadership and transformation<\/p>\n

Formerly Head of City of Edinburgh\u2019s Library and Information Services, a trustee CILIP\u00a0 and a Past President\u00a0 of CILIP Scotland\u00a0 Liz founded the Edinburgh EDGE Conference and is\u00a0 Co-Chair of Internet Librarian International London. She has achieved several accolades as a\u00a0 Scotland Women in Technology Finalist and named as\u00a0 one of Scotland\u2019s top 10 Digital Disruptors . She is very proud to have been named as one of HOLYROOD’S TOP TECH 100. An effervescent Speaker with extensive international experience of libraries around the world with strategy, marketing, technology, innovation, and community engagement.<\/p>\n

Liz joins our other knowledgeable panellists listed below.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>Mr Gene Tan, Assistant Chief Executive, National Library of Singapore<\/strong> https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gene-tan-32316b63\/?originalSubdomain=sg\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Gene Tan<\/strong> is an Executive and Creative Director who has helmed 3 national projects working at the highest level of government & across people and private sectors – Singapore\u2019s Bicentennial, SG50 Capstone Exhibition The Future of Us and the Singapore Memory Project. Top librarian who was Director of the National Library and President of the Library Association.<\/p>\n

Ms Liz Jolly, Chief Librarian, British Library<\/strong>.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Liz Jolly<\/strong> has been Chief Librarian at the British Library since September 2018. She is responsible for teams delivering core activities such as collection development; services for researchers, learners, businesses and entrepreneurs; research strategy and digital scholarship; an extensive cultural programme of exhibitions, events, and the Library\u2019s online presence.\u00a0 Liz has over twenty years\u2019 experience in a variety of institutions in the university sector, most recently as Director of Student and Library Services at Teesside University. An Honorary Professor at Teesside, Liz is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow both of the CILIP and the RSA. She was Chair of SCONUL, the UK university library directors\u2019 group, from 2014-16 and is a member of the Board of Governors at the University of Portsmouth. Liz is a Vice Chair of the SCONUL Content Strategy Group and a member of the Editorial Board of the New Review of Academic Librarianship.<\/p>\n

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Margaret Allen, State Librarian, State Library of Western Australia,<\/strong> \"\"<\/a>Chair Public Libraries Section Committee. ALIA President 2011<\/a>, ALIA Fellowship 2014, Public Service Medal 2018<\/p>\n

Through her role as CEO of the State Library of Western Australia, Under Margaret\u2019s leadership the State Library works in partnership with Aboriginal people through the Storylines Project to ‘build and maintain an online database of digitised heritage material from the library\u2019s collections relating to Aboriginal history’ and through its Aboriginal Family History project offers training in information literacy, and research skills to support clients with family history research.<\/p>\n

Margaret a long term contributor to IFLA, was engaged in the 2012 IFLA International Leaders Programme. As Chair of the Australian Libraries Copyright Committee (ALCC) and a member of the Australian Digital Alliance (ADA) Board of Directors Margaret is an active participant in the Australian copyright reform debates committed to copyright reform that enables fair access.\u00a0Margaret was ALIA President for the 2011-2012 term of office. She represented libraries on the government\u2019s Book Industry Collaborative Council and she is a valued member of the ALIA ebooks and elending Reference Group, presenting at think tanks across Australia during 2013.<\/p>\n

Panel Facilitator: Erik Boekesteijn<\/strong>Erik Boekesteijn\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a senior advisor at National Library of the Netherlands as well as a facilitator and consultant for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and a SLIS Fellow. Boekesteijn got his start in the Netherlands\u2019 DOK Library in Delft, recognized as one of the most innovative public libraries in the world.<\/p>\n

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We look forward to seeing you all at our virtual catch up.<\/p>\n

Register Here: https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_pIoOA9c_T56egeBkYeMjRw<\/a><\/p>\n

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