Launch of IFLA Trend Report in Singapore, Aug 19, 2013

Trend Report @ World Library & Information Congress (Session 93: Plenary session):

• Trend 1: New technologies will both expand and limit who has access to information

Questions posed by the IFLA Trend Report include:

1. When information is so easy to share – can anyone really own it?
2. “You don't have permission to access that”: Will your Internet stop at the border?
3. The world's information at your fingertips – but what can you do with it?

• Trend 2: Online Education will democratise and disrupt global learning

Questions worth considering:

1. If online education is free, then how much is it really worth?
2. If we’re learning together but studying alone – will online education change the face of learning forever?
3. Will you ever need to remember anything ever again?

• Trend 3: the boundaries of privacy and data protection will be redefined

Questions worth considering:

1.  What are the resulting impacts on privacy, and protection of our personal information?
2. Who’s profiting from your personal information?
3. Does your government know more about you than you do?
4. Who’s to be trusted more: your government or your search engine? Or neither?

• Trend 4: Hyper-connected societies will listen to and empower new voices and groups

Questions worth considering:

1. What impact will hyper-connected societies have on traditional political parties?

• Trend 5: The global information economy will be transformed by new technologies

Questions worth considering:

1. When your phone, your car and your wristwatch know where you are at all times – who runs your life?
2. Ymmärrätkö minua? Will automated translation lead to greater multi-cultural understanding?
3. Will individuals and businesses be able to be economically active from anywhere in the world?

Indian Contributions @ IFLA / WLIC 2013, Singapore

VADODARA: "For the first time in the history of HansaMehta Library, a university librarian has been sponsored by government of another country for World Congress on library.

Dr Mayank Trivedi has been invited by the Singapore government to attend World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2013 which is being held at Singapore by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). .. Trivedi, who will be attending the conference which started from Saturday and will continue till August 23, told TOI. Over 2,000 delegates from across the world are participating in the conference, which is being held on the theme of 'Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities'. " Maharaja Sayajirao University's librarian invited to World Library and Information Congress, The Times of India, Aug 18, 2013.

• AHAS, Shahina P. and BANERJEE, Swapna (2013) The Indian National Bibliography: today and tomorrow. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• BHATTACHARYA, Udayan and ROY, Avik (2013) Digital reference services for people with special needs: what, why and how?. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• CHAKRABORTY, Susmita (2013) Going green or not: realities of the Indian metropolis libraries. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.                   
• DUTTA, Bidyarthi, MAJUMDER, Krishnapada and SEN, Bimal Kanti (2013) Classification of keywords selected from research articles on physics and development of a quantitative subject access tool. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.            
• GAUR, Ramesh C., CHAND, Mahesh, GAUR, Kavita and SINGH YADAV, Amar (2013) Online newspaper clippings & news services for libraries: Experiences in Indian Libraries. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore. 
• GHOSH, Maitrayee (2013) Health literacy for all- an investigation into consortia and partnership amongst libraries to promote health care information in India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• JAIN, Anil Kumar, KUMAR, Sudhir, CHOUDHURY, Subhajit, JAIN, Keerti Bala and SHARMA, Bal Krishna (2013) Rare handwritten manuscript collection in Indic Languages at Scindia Oriental Research Institute (SORI), India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• GOPAL, Nalina (2013) Encounters with the public archives & collective memory: researching the Indian community in Singapore. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• JAIN, P.K., BABBAR, Parveen and PALIWAL, Geeta (2013) Government information sources for economic development: a case study of the Institute of Economic Growth Library, India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• KUMAR, Sudhir, JAIN, Keerti Bala and SHAH, Leena (2013) Education and training for medical librarianship in India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• KUMBAR, Rashmi and PATTANSHETTI, Deepti (2013) Essential competencies of Indian school librarians in the digital age: A study. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• MURARI, Durga and NAGARKAR, Shubhada (2013) Information requirements of women entrepreneurs in Pune City. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• NARAYAN, Uma (2013) Indian initiative to provide free access to authentic legal information. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• NARAYANANKUTTY, Narat (2013) Inspiring library patrons through an open book written quiz: an innovative library marketing tool. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore. Item availability may be restricted.
• RAJU, Jaya (2013) The LIS school in the ICT age: a casualty, or catalyst for making a "cross-border" shift of a different type? - the case of South Africa. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• SINGH, Ajay Pratap and YUVARAJ, Mayank (2013) Scenario of Indian agrarian librarianship: an evaluative study. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.
• VIJ, Rajeev (2013) Government information, publications and information dissemination strategies for the future: a case study of DRDO, India. Paper presented at: IFLA World Library and Information Congress, 17 - 23 August 2013, Singapore.

On the same shelf:

• Indian Contributions @ IFLA 2010, Sweden
• IFLA 2010 - Papers from South Asia
• International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL 2009) at University of Delhi Campus at Delhi, 5 to 8 October, 2009.

The Countries You May Like to Go with your American / Canadian MLIS - A literature survey

PS. What is required to work outside the United States / Canada for Library Science Graduates (aka Working Abroad by American / Canadian LIS), is a question, many ask. The answer to this is not clear to many, and professional bodies don't necessarily post this in their FAQs. As the literature survey, below, shows, there are green signals (wherein ALA accredition is recognized), yellow signals (ALA recognized, but...) and red signals (Stop: and ask the respective country's professional bodies).



Here is a thought for the day: 

"I do feel that the level of LIS education here in American is far superior to many other nations." Extract from the Librarian Alternatives Discussion Linkedin discussion: Michael H. Gelman, MLIS, MBA

"I know someone from a foreign (mideast) country who received an undergraduate degree in library science. Of course, she couldn’t get a professional job, so she went ahead and got the MLIS. Similar to someone with significant work experience in libraries prior to entering the masters program, she didn’t feel she learned anything new in the program. She’d already covered it all. Yet, she needed it. That points out two things… 1.) the MLIS is undergraduate-level work, and 2.) an undergraduate degree in library science is useless despite being essentially the same curriculum."
source: Library Journal's comment @ Library Science Majors as Unemployed as High School Dropouts November 14, 2011 By Annoyed Librarian

Literature Survey (here is a sample ask me for more):

5 Things to Know When Taking a Librarian Job Abroad : 1. The Job Titles Aren’t the Same; 2. The Workplace Culture is Different; 3. Your Responsibilities May Differ; 4. Your Job is to Provide Training;  5. Contracts and Benefits May Be Flexible – or Surprisingly Inflexible. Details are at   Hack Library School

 Oh, the Places You'll Go (with your MLIS)! | Hack Library School

Places where no additional qualifications or knowledge are required: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore

Places where you may need to learn a new language or jump through a few more hoops: Germany, Denmark, Finland, Belgium,

• Librarians need an MLIS: True or false?
• Immigrant Librarians in Britain
• "Employment of Foreign Trained Librarians in the US and Canada: An Enquiry on Behalf of the LED Committee on Equivalencies and Reciprocity, in American Library Association Office for Library Education," (1970) [cited in Encyclopedia of library and information science, 1965. v. 57, p. 262]
• "The evaluation of international credentials and the hiring of internationally trained librarians in Canadian academic and public libraries, Keren Dali and Juris Dilevkoa, The International Information & Library Review Volume 41, Issue 3, September 2009, Pages 146-162
• Assessing the Transferability of Library and Information Science (LIS) Degrees Accredited by the American Library Association (ALA) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), by Dana Goblaskas, Library Student Journal, February 2012 
• "Lucky Seven" in Get Started!: Library and Information Studies Programs in Canada, Canadian Library Association Blog
• ALA Abroad: A Perceived Elite, by Berry, John, Library Journal 8/1/1986, Vol. 111 Issue 13, p4 
• Oh, the Places You'll Go (with your MLIS)! | Hack Library School
• Exchange programs for Librarians@ International and Comparative Librarianship Blog
• Factors in success or failure of foreign-trained librarians in Canada
• Mister Taxman: Why Some Americans Working Abroad Are Ditching Their Citizenships, Time -- Tina Turner says she’s turning Swiss because she’s lived in Switzerland for years now. But there are tax benefits for giving up an American passport
• We move to canada, by Laura Kaminker -- A Librarian's Blog
• A Well-Kept Secret: How to Become an International School Librarian, by Laura Sanders
• Researching Careers in Foreign, Comparative, and International Law (FCIL) Librarianship, Or, It's a Wonderful Life! by Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Slaw: Canada’s online legal magazine
• Factors in success or failure of foreign-trained librarians in Canada

Indian Contributions @ IFLA 2010, Sweden

World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, "Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress"
10-15 August 2010, Gothenburg, Sweden

News update, Post-conference:

A participant says: Exciting and well attended sessions, fruitful standing committee meetings, and a nice dinner: that was Gothenburg WLIC 2010. Christel Mahnke

Updates by:

IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group: Two sides to every gap

Stephen Abram --Stephen's Lighthouse--based on Gary's ResourceShelf

Sheila Webber's Information Literacy Weblog

Peter Scott's Library Blog

more updates

Programme and Proceedings:

Indian contributions:

Bandyopadhyay, Ratna; Majumder, K.P.; Bose, B.; Sengupta, P. "Come to your Library": BLA project for promotion of reading in West Bengal, India. Session 133, IFLA 2010.

Das, Anup Kumar. Library Advocacy in India in the Light of Education for Sustainable Development - Perspectives of an Emerging Economy. Session 87, IFLA 2010.

Dhiman, Anil Kumar. Evolving roles of library & information centres in e-learning environment. Session 107, IFLA 2010.

Singh, Jagtar; Begum, Dilara. Student awareness of health information initiatives of the Governments of India and Bangladesh: a study of Punjabi University, Patiala and East West University, Dhaka. Session 100, IFLA 2010.

See also:

IFLA 2010 - Papers from South Asia

Exchange programs for Librarians

The team of Priscilla K. Shontz, Richard A. Murray and Tiffany Allen is doing an excellent job by posting all LIS career resources that are useful for librarians. Congrats to the team.

And from the same site is an excellent source for exchange programs. I have updated the links in this article: International Librarianship: Getting There from Here by Robin Kear

 Some places to look for short-term positions:

• IFLA LIBJOBS listserv
This listserv lists international jobs, some permanent and others short-term. This is where I found the posting for my internship in Kenya.
• World Library Partnership [link not updated since 2005]
  
• CILIP LIBEX international job exchange scheme
  
• ALA's IRRT INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES COMMITTEE
  The first URL is a librarian exchange program facilitated by the British group, Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals, and the second URL is the exchange committee of ALA-IRRT. Both sites have useful links and ways to look for funding. 
  
• University of Pittsburgh’s Semester at Sea
  The University of Pittsburgh’s worldwide cruising program hires an assistant librarian each semester but you must have professional experience. (The librarian comes from the University.)

Things to Keep in Mind "Living in a foreign country is not all wonderful experiences and friendly people. The choice to work internationally leaves you without a country. Everything familiar disappears, and you miss it terribly at first, but eventually your new surroundings become your home. It is hard to sustain a marriage and family unless your partner has the same type of job or is willing to wait for you to finish your crazy adventures. There is much poverty and suffering in the world and as a resident, not a tourist, you are more likely to see and be affected by these. There are many dangerous places in the world...
Continue reading for jobs, opportunities in other fields, etc. International Librarianship: Getting There from Here

See also books by Priscilla K. Shontz and Richard A. Murray:
See also on the same shelf:

International Librarianship [Fulbright and other exchange programs]

"what are good websites for libriarian international exchange programs?" @ askville.amazon.com/

Google for more

Will tomorrow's libraries become more like museums of today -- A question for the coming decade

Libraries, archives and museums have a common function, i.e., collect information as depositories. To this extent Kathryn Kozak's bibliography IFLA's Public Libraries, Archives and Museums: Trends in Collaboration; Information Organization in Libraries, Archives and Museums: Converging Practices and Collaboration Opportunities by Ingrid Hsieh-Yee, et al., @ 2009 ASIS&T Annual Meeting ... and 'Museums and Libraries ... perfect together From Stephen Abrams' show dependence and relationship of libraries and museums.

The punchline is here: "Libraries may have changed over the years - no longer do pages carry scrolls in wooden buckets - but the need for a repository of knowledge remains." [Survivor: The History of the Library]

Are then, libraries contented with this convergence or is it a trial period? Does such a convergence and synchronization reflect on the ability / inability to continue with the foundations of librarianship? See, the bottomline, below for the foundations as spelled by the Guru of Library Science.

Whereas, libraries have a distinct function: dissemination, that includes, user-oriented services offered through circulation, reference service, information literacy, bibliographic assistance, etc. (plus providing open access, free for all and open for all--as against touch-me-not museum pieces).

Lest we forget, the Five Laws of Dr. S R Ranganathan-- (see: here and here)--illustrate this distinctiveness of libraries. And, if this distinction is hindered, altered or deleted, libraries may simply fit in a category called touch-me type of museum. This is not to undermine one factor: selection, acquisition, processing, and storage are the common functions of libraries, archives, museums, etc.

Hence, librarians, administrators and library users, are reflecting or at least facilitating to consider whatz up:

"Will tomorrow's libraries become more like museums of today – depositories of cultural artifacts?" says, Brinley Franklin, Vice Provost, University of Connecticut Libraries (ACRL – NEC, Spring 2005 Conference , The Future of College & Research Libraries: The Future is Now May 20, 2005)

"Over time there will only be a few large libraries, much like the museums of today." A comment by a reader (in N.J. libraries face budget crunch, cuts in services By Matt Dowling, The Star-Ledger, January 02, 2009)

"Libraries of yesterday are the museums of today. I do not know what will be the future in this computer age?" says, a library user; he sent me these pictures, depicting the grandeur and the glory of these library buildings (libraries, with hardly any users or privilege to borrow, browse, etc.): Libraries of Europe

"The armories of yesterday must become the museums of today; and our libraries must become the armories of tomorrow." Another user on the Web

Austin Pub Library: Not a Museum ~ Your Story, Your Archive: An Exhibit About the Value of Archives

"Library conservation is not like museum conservation, which aims to make an object fit for essentially passive use, such as exhibition. Library materials can be heavily used and must withstand the risk of misuse." The Evidence in Hand: Report of the Task Force on the Artifact in ..

The London Museum Librarians and Archivists Group 2009 Conference: Not Museum Pieces: the Role of Archivists and Librarians in Museums to be held 10 September 2009, The National Gallery, London, UK

An assessment of inter-indexing consistency among library, archive and museum professionals. Abstract.
See also: An Assessment of Inter-Indexing Consistency ... survey
@ ChristineAngel.org

Bottomline:
“A library is not a museum but a workshop full of life and activity. It is not the books which gets rapidly worn out by constant use that should worry a library according to this view, but it is the book which would seldom leave the shelf that needs anxious attention and effective treatment. This view is now revolutionizing everything connected with the library.” Quoted from A Dictionary of Library and Information Science Quotations. Edited by Mohamed Taher & L S Ramaiah. ISBN: 8185689423 (New Delhi , Aditya, 1994) p. 319

International Conference on Academic Libraries (ICAL 2009) at University of Delhi Campus at Delhi, 5 to 8 October, 2009.

Conference report. By, R. N Sharma, Ph.D. Dean of the Library, Monmouth University and Chair of the International Relations Committee of ACRL.

The University of Delhi, India hosted the first International Conference on Academic Libraries from October 5-8, 2009. It was a smashing success and attracted delegates from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and the Middle East. The speakers included Ellen Tise, President of IFLA; Jay Jordan, President and CEO of OCLC; David Kohl, Dean of the University Libraries; Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati and Editor of the Journal of Academic Librarianship; Carol Tenopir, Guru of Technology, University of Tennessee; Ann Okerson of Yale University, James O’Donnell, Provost George -town University and R N Sharma of Monmouth University and Chair of The International Relations Committee, ACRL, United States. Other Prominent speakers included Ursula Georgy of Germany, Hazel Woodword and Elizabeth Chapman of United Kingdom, Jens Vigen of Switzerland and Joyce Chen of Taiwan.

112 Papers and 20 Poster papers were presented during the conference. A Pre-Conference Tutorial on Virtual Reference including “Question Point” was presented by Susan McGlamery of OCLC and it also attracted a large number of delegates.

The Theme of Conference was “Globalizing Academic Libraries: Vision 2020”. The speakers discussed academic libraries beyond the traditional stream digital libraries, Virtual libraries and the digital repositories and other technological changes which have made a deep impact on academic libraries. Information literacy, stronger working relationship between libraries and teaching faculty, and the changing role of academic libraries as centers of information from the centers of books were also discussed in this important conference.

The Conference was inaugurated by Ellen Tise, President of IFLA, who spoke about the change, partnership, transformation and the future of academic librarianship. She also discussed information literacy and the new academic librarian of the twenty first century. A special warm welcome was given to her and she was showered with praise for her leadership, and gifts by the organizers of the conference.

Jay Jordan, President and CEO of OCLC, spoke on the topic of “Collaboration in the Cloud – Web Scale for Libraries”. He offered a vision of the cooperative network effects of services and some specific things that OCLC is doing to make such a strategy a practical consideration for libraries.

In the plenary talk, David Kohl spoke on “Towards New Understanding of the Library Mission: Vision and Implementation”. He said redical changes are needed in the profession of librarianship due to the introduction of technology including active participation in the International coalition of library consortia. Availability of journal databases and book digitization of books have changed the profession for the benefit of all users. R.N. Sharma gave his Keynote address on “Technology and Academic Libraries in Developing Nations”. He discussed the challenges and key issues facing academic libraries such as budget, illiteracy, leadership, software, phones and electricity. He emphasized that equal access to information to students and faculty in all developing and under developed countries is a necessity and efforts should be made to remove the hurdles to make it a reality. Ann Okerson of Yale University spoke on the Digital Libraries in the 21st Century Global Environment. A majority of papers were quality papers and will have for reaching impact on the future of academic libraries for years to come. The conference was well organized and a two volume proceedings of the conference were released by Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the National Knowledge Commission of India. Other attractions of the conference were an Exhibition by major national and international companies, and cultural programs of dances and music by the students of the University of Delhi, and Anuradha Singh, a well known Kathak dancer of India. The road map to 2020 was prepared by eminent experts to bring the much needed changes in libraries including introduction of technology and implement the recommendations effectively by 2020.

International Workshop on Information Literacy 2009

International Workshop on Information Literacy (IWIL) 2009
Date: 22-26 June 2009
Organized byIndependent University, Bangladesh
(IUB)Sponsored byThe International Federation of Library Associations
and Institutions (IFLA)
Venue: Independent University, Bangladesh,
Baridhara, Dhaka

The Key resource person for the workshop is:
Professor Gary Gorman, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Click here for more details

Indian Contributions @ IFLA 2008

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council

"Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada

• Access to information by the rural communities in Indian villages: the role of Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF)
  M. SANKARA REDDY (Raja Rammohun Roy Library Foundation, Kolkata, India)
• Course choice and equipage of the professionals: implications for restructuring LIS programmes in developing countries with special reference to India
  M. BAVAKUTTY (Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India), T.P.O. NASIRUDHEEN and K. C. ABDUL MAJEED (Farook College, Calicut, India)
• Creating reading environments: our initiatives in West Bengal, India
  RATNA BANDYOPADHYAY (University of Calcutta, The LIS Department, Calcutta, India)
• Designing of cultural knowledge portal: a South East Asian experiment
  AJAY PRATAP SINGH (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India)
• Development and use of humanities collection in hospital libraries in Hyderabad: a survey
  V. VISHWA MOHAN and VAHIDEH ZAREA GAVGANI (Dept. of Library & Information Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
• From Asian Federation of Library Associations (AFLA) to Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations (REFSALA) and beyond: a journey incomplete
  TRISHANKIT KAUR (Punjabi University, India)
• Knowledge Sharing and Practice. RATNA BANDYOPADHYAY (University of Calcutta, India)
• Medical humanities collection development: policy guidelines for Indian hospital libraries
  MEDHA V. JOSHI (Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India)
• The memories of Chinese Buddhist scholars in connection with Nalanda Monastic International University in India in the 7^th century AD
  R.H.I.S. RANASINGHE (University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka)
• Supportive staff in libraries of Visakhapatnam City: an evaluative study
  R.S.R. VARALAKSHMI (Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India)
• The tele-cottage approach to the community development in the rural Karnataka, India
  S.L. SANGAM (Karnatak University, Dharwad, India)

Picturing the Global Library: A Call for Photos of Libraries Around the World

Calling all globetrotting librarians!

Super Conference 2008 is lookingat the library experience around the world. Do you have pictures ofphotos of libraries you've snapped in your travels? If you’ve got somehidden away on your hard drive or in a photo album please help us bysubmitting them to OLA. Photos of any kinds of libraries (or librarians)in any location are good: modern, classic, grand, humble, old, new,familiar, exotic, famous, obscure...all are good!Photos will be used in a gallery on the OLA Super Conference Web site,at plenary sessions throughout the conference and, most particularly, atthe closing plenary on Saturday, Feb. 2nd during the luncheon in whichincoming IFLA President Ellen Tise from South Africa will be speaking.Photos can be submitted in any of the following ways:

* Send digital photos to superconference@accessola.com (in any format but as high a resolution as possible).

* If you are a Flickr (http://www.flickr.com) member, you may submit photos to the “Libraries of the World – OLA Super Conference Pool” Flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/ola_worldlibraries//.

Again, as high a resolution as possible.

* Send print photos to OLA, 50 Wellington St. East, Suite 201, Toronto M5E 1C8.

Photos can be picked up at Super Conference from the Information Desk in the Registration Lobby. Any photos not picked up will be mailed to their owners following the Conference.For each photo, please provide your name, e-mail, the location of thelibrary, its name if appropriate and a sentence or two about anythingyou want to point out, either about the library or about what is in thephoto.----------------------------------------

Mark Robertson, OLA Super Conference 2008 Coordinator

Free Journal Access: Sage Publications

PS. Info courtesy: Rachel @ Beyond the Job Nicole C. Engard @ What I Learned Today, and Tom Wilson @ Information Research Weblog

Free trial access through Sept. 30 to current and back issues
NB. SAGE Publications are pleased to offer free online full text access to the current and back issues of the following selected Information Sciences

IFLA Journal

Journal of Information Science

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Information Development

Business Information Review

Journal of Health Informatics

International Information Literacy Resources Directory

International Information Literacy Resources Directory
The Information Literacy Section of the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA) has created this database to record information literacy materials from different parts of the world, on behalf of UNESCO.



Librarians, educators and information professionals are invited to participate.

If you have developed information literacy materials and would like to share them with the world community, please submit the required data.

See also:

Literacy concepts in the LIS curriculum, C.R. Karisiddappa [karisiddappa@yahoo.com ], Niels Ole Pors [nop@db.dk], and Terry L. Weech [weech@uiuc.edu] -- (LIS) curricula in three different contexts - India, Europe, and the U.S.A.

INFORMATION LITERACY: AN INTERNATIONAL STATE-OF-THE ART REPORT, First Draft, Project Coordinator, Jesus Lau, (Mexico) jlau@uv.mx

IFLA Guidelines on Information Literacy Information Literacy Weblog

Information Literacy: Research Literature Review

Information Literacy in Canada
a place to discuss information literacy in Canada

Canadian Research Libraries Information Literacy Portal

IL in developing countries
See my previous posts:

Information Literacy Programmes

Information Literacy (for all) - A useful gateway

Information Literacy: Presentation, by Mohamed Taher PowerPoint Format


[Thanks to Prof. Neelameghan for identifying this valuable resource]

IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named - Looking for 2008?

Application information for the 2008 Fellowship Program is available on the OCLC Web site

IFLA / OCLC Fellows for 2007 named

The 2007 Fellows are:

Mr. Kodjo Elolo Atiso, Librarian, Animal Research Institute, Achimota, Ghana
Mrs. Alicia Chavarria Esguerra, Instructor/Librarian, Bulacan State University, City of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines
Mrs. Pauline Nicholas, Information Specialist, Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Mrs. Elisangela Alves Silva, Information Assistant, Abrinq Foundation for the Rights of Children and Adolescents, São Paulo, Brazil
Ms. Nevena Tomić, Library Manager, Cultural Centre "Students' City," Belgrade, Serbia continue reading the details

NB. Since its 2001 launch, the program has hosted 28 individuals representing 21 countries.
The IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program supports library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The Fellowship program provides advanced continuing education and exposure to a broad range of issues in information technologies, library operations and global cooperative librarianship. Since its inception in 2001, the program has welcomed 28 librarians and information science professionals from 21 nations. more....

IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2006

IFLA/OCLC Fellows 2005

IFLA/OCLC Fellows For 2004

IFLA/OCLC Fellows for 2003

IFLA/OCLC fellowships 2001