{"id":326,"date":"2014-10-10T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/?p=326"},"modified":"2014-10-10T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:26:00","slug":"global-connections-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ifla.org\/school-libraries\/2014\/10\/10\/global-connections-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Global connections webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are proud to present the fourth session of the 2014 webinar series<\/div>\n
“New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations.\u201d\u00a0http:\/\/www.ifla.org\/node\/6141<\/a>. The theme for this installment of our series is “Information as a Human Right”.<\/div>\n
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For the third consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New\u00a0Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library Association to present a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians,\u00a0library associations and library schools, library-decision makers, and all library workers. This is a great opportunity for membership participation via new\u00a0worldwide online programming.<\/div>\n
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Following our tradition of excellence, this year our keynote speakers for each of our quarterly sessions come from different regions of the world. This year they have included IFLA President Elect, Donna Scheeder and other library leaders.<\/div>\n
Below, the date and time of the next webinar. Save the date!<\/div>\n
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October 14, 2014<\/div>\n
12:00 p.m. CDT<\/div>\n
1:00 p.m. EDT<\/div>\n
7:00 p.m. CET<\/div>\n
World Clock\u00a0http:\/\/www.timeanddate.com\/worldclock\/<\/a><\/div>\n
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Link to access the virtual meeting room:\u00a0<\/b><\/span>https:\/\/ala.adobeconnect.com\/_a1087453682\/r3n7c2cwbg5\/<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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Webinar length is one hour.<\/div>\n
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Speakers:<\/div>\n
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Bridgette Hendrix, NPSIG Convenor<\/b><\/div>\n
Washington, DC<\/div>\n
Topic: An Introduction to the Lyon Declaration.<\/div>\n
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Matthew Vanderwerff, Senior Program Officer, IREX<\/b><\/div>\n
Matthew supports IREX’s Beyond Access program, an initiation advocating to make libraries universally recognized as community development hubs. He’s previously supported the Global Libraries programs in Romania and Ukraine, and will introduce the concept of information as a human right.<\/div>\n
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Ellie Valentine,\u00a0MLIS<\/b><\/div>\n
Chief of Party, USAID Responsive Governance Project<\/b><\/div>\n
Yemen<\/div>\n
Looking for ways to promote citizen access to information, Ellie has spent her career in untraditional library roles. She currently serves as a the Chief of Part to USAID’s Responsive Governance Project in Yemen, and has previously worked on parliamentary strengthening projects in Ukraine, Armenia, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Ellie will discuss how access to information policy impacts access to information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The topics for the webinars were compiled from global surveys,\u00a0topics presented by speakers during the CPDWL and NPSIG programs at the WLIC 2013 in Singapore, NPSIG working group, and new librarians’\u00a0forums, listservs and online spaces.<\/div>\n
The quarterly webinars are presented in January, April, July and October. Stay tuned for more news!<\/div>\n
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The webinars are archived, therefore you can join them, ask questions and participate in conversations with international colleagues live, or you can listen to them later, anywhere at any time. For more information about the 2012 and 2013 series and to listen to a number of webinars, visit the following link\u00a0http:\/\/npsig.wordpress.com\/webinars-2\/past-webinars\/<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Questions and requests for information:<\/div>\n
Bridgette Hendrix<\/div>\n
NPSIG Convenor<\/div>\n
bridgette.hendrix@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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