Future is here: Are we prepared?
New thinking in education for public librarians
Conference in Reykjavík, Iceland
October 22-23, 2008
Upplýsing, The Icelandic Association of Library and Information
Science, The University of Iceland, Department of Library and
Information Studies and The Association of Directors of Public Libraries
in Iceland invite you to a conference on the future of public libraries,
October 22 - 23, 2008. The venue is the well known conference hotel
Grand Hotel in Reykjavík, Iceland.
The main goal of public libraries has always been to serve the general
public and provide easy access to information, education and recreation.
As such, the public library is a social agent that plays an important
role in every society. The public librarians must react to the
developments in society, lead new developments and adjust their services
to the population at each point in time.
Without question it can be said that serious changes are now taking
place in western societies. Technology is affecting the provision of
information by making it easier for people to access necessary
information and recreation from home through the home computer. The flow
of people from one country to another is increasingly becoming the norm
and public libraries have to respond to the needs of a new clientele.
What are the social changes that public librarians need to cope with?
What will be the role of public libraries in the future? How can public
librarians respond to new and ever changing demands and adjust library
activities to fit a changing society? How can library schools and
educational institutions provide public librarians with the necessary
training to enable them to adjust their institutions and offer
appropriate services at each given time? These are some of the questions
that will be addressed at this two day conference.
The conference will focus on three main themes:
Social changes in western societies
The public library as a social agent
Educating public librarians for future roles
The speakers come from the USA, Canada, Great Britain, the Nordic
Countries and Baltic States. By bringing together specialists with
different backgrounds and different roles, it is expected that a
brilliant discussion will take place where people share their views and
experiences, and help us focus on the role of public libraries of the
future.
We look forward to seeing you all in Iceland October 22 and 23, 2008.
Dr. Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir
President of Upplýsing
www.upplysing.is
The Future is here: Are we prepared?
New thinking in education for public librarians
Conference site: Grand Hotel, Reykjavik, Iceland
October 22-23, 2008
www.upplysing.is
Programme
October 21 Reception at the National and University Library of Iceland
October 22
08:00-08:30 Registration
08.30-08.40 Welcome address: Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir, President of
Upplýsing
08.40-08:50 Opening address: Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, Minister
of Culture and Education
Social changes in western societies:
Chair and introduction to the theme:
Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir
09.00-10.00 Ken Haycock: PEST (Political, Economic, Social,
Technological) Controls: The Future is not what it used to be
10.00-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-11.10 Gauti Sigþórsson: Open sourcing the cultural commons
11:10-11.50 Bjarki Valtýsson: The remixable culture of prosumers and
the role of public libraries
11.50-12.30 Chris Batt: Libraries and revolution: Seven challenges for
the 21st century librarian
12.30-13.30 Lunch
The public library as a social agent:
Chair and introduction to the Theme:
Anna Torfadóttir
13.40-14.20 Adie Batt: Everything they never taught me at library
school
14.20-15.0 Pernille Schaltz: Changing the library: From *book temple
libraries* to meeting places with media, learning and cultural
activities - Danish strategies, challenges and developments 2008
15.00-16.30
Short examples of innovative public library work
Kristín Vilhjálmsdóttir: Flying carpet. intercultural get-together
Katti Hoflin: Room for children - constant evolution: A library with a
fully implemented children*s perspective calls for a world of new
skills
Óskar Guðjónsson: Where do you shelve your e-books? The e-factor in
Icelandic public libraries
Conference dinner
October 23
Educating public librarians for future roles:
Chair and introduction to the theme:
Hólmkell Hreinsson
09:00-10:00 Meredith G. Farkas: Librarian 2.0: The future of library
education and the 2.0 organization
10.00-10.30 Aira Lepik: Getting ready: Relationship marketing and
library 2.0
10.30-11.00 Coffee Break
11.00-11.30 Samuli Kunttu: Do librarians need libraries anymore? - A
peek to the future
11:30-12.00 To be announced
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13:00-13.30 Ágústa Pálsdóttir: New age competencies: How can LIS
education support challenges and future prospects of public libraries?
13.30-14.00 Jóhanna Gunnlaugsdóttir: : Broadening the skills of the
librarian: Interdisciplinary training
14.00-15.00 Panel: Issues in library and information science education
Chair: Sveinbjörg Sveinsdóttir.
Ken Haycock, Meredith Farkas, Samuli Kunttu, Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Jóhanna
Gunnlaugsdóttir
Conference closing
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