Upcoming IFLA Events

 

DeepFakes: New Frontiers in Disinformation

 

Tuesday, 4 May, 17:00pm - 18:00pm CEST UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KwABJsfQQK4KVfBZB9jEA

 

Deepfakes are the hot topic in the media today. But what are they and why does IFLA need to be concerned with this emerging technology? Deepfakes are manipulated audio visual content created by machine-learning algorithms. For example, a person in an existing image can be replaced with another's likeness and that likeness can be made to say and do things the person never did. This session will provide an overview of the technology and its implications for social trust, discuss examples of deepfakes in entertainment, politics, financial markets, and privacy, and analyze why this problem is so difficult to solve. Finally, it will address the policy, technology, and education solutions required to address malicious deepfakes. Time will be available for chat/Q&A.

 

Speaker: Kathryn Harrison, Founder and CEO of DeepTrust Alliance

 

-Organised by the IFLA News Media Section (NEWS)

 

 

 

Realizing the Potential of Open for Equitable, Resilient Recovery

A side-event to the United Nations Science, Technology and Innovation Forum

 

Wednesday, 5 May – 18:30-20:00 CEST/UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3n6uwKz-R56p540DW3QB9w

 

Open access and open science more broadly have great potential to accelerate the research necessary to deliver on the SDGs, as well as to place high quality information into the hands of citizens, helping them take better decisions.

 

Yet openness alone does not guarantee equity in access to and use of information to support development. Furthermore, the abundance of free information sources online can all too often lead to confusion and the rapid spread of misinformation. The COVID-19 pandemic has only underlined the urgency of finding solutions.

 

This side-event will therefore explore the issues which governments and other stakeholders will need to resolve in order to realise the potential of open access and open science as accelerators of strong, sustainable and equitable development.

 

Speakers:

• Dilara Begum, Chair, Department of Information and Library Sciences, East-West University, Bangladesh
• Ellen Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
• Omo Oaiya, Chief Strategy Officer, WACREN, Ghana
• Thanos Giannakopoulos, Head, Dag Hammarskjold Library
• Jonathan Hernandez Perez, Researcher, UNAM, Mexico

 

-Organised by the IFLA Policy and Advocacy Team

 

 

Environmentally inspiring and engaging: Buildings, research, education and library services

 

Thursday, 6 May, 14:00 - 16:00 CEST/UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Event Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zamagtZgQuWRhSYtnRMUcw

 

Please join Environment, Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) and Preservation & Conservation (P&C) Sections for a joint webinar. Our speakers will present papers on a wide range of sustainability and library issues, such as environmentally sustainable libraries and library services, sustainable library and LIS projects, library educational programs, and sustainable technologies (both digital and physical) for library material preservation and conservation.

 

-Organised by the IFLA Environment Sustainability and Libraries (ENSULIB) and Preservation and Conservation (P&C) Sections

 

 

 

Library Design Matters! Outdoor Spaces as Key Library Assets

 

Thursday, 6 May – 21:00-22:00 CEST/UTC+2

Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/library-design-matters-outdoor-spaces-as-key-library-assets-tickets-148507408657

 

Outdoor Spaces are Key Library Assets, the second in our free webinet series, will showcase the exciting work of two leading architects, Marina Stankovic, Architekten BDA and Stephan Schütz, gmp Gerkan, Marg & Partners, in conversation with Klaus Werner, Freie Universitat Berlin. Library projects from Europe and Asia will be presented: a new library building and campus in a biodiverse setting in Laos and a transformed 1970s building in urban Berlin. Register today and watch the 50 minute webinet "live" on May 6th or view event on the IFLA YouTube channel at your leisure. Don’t miss this stimulating session.

 

- Organised by the IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment Section (LBES)

 

 

 

Be sure to visit IFLA’s Calendar of Events for additional details, and our recordings of previous events playlist located on the IFLA YouTube channel.

 

 

Megan Price Professional Support Officer International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions megan.price@ifla.org www.ifla.org

 

 

IFLA Webinar: Tuesday, May 4th - Deepfakes: New Frontiers in Disinformation

 IFLA's News Media Section is sponsoring this significant and fascinating talk:

Title:  Deepfakes: New Frontiers in Disinformation

Speaker:  Kathryn Harrison, The DeepTrust Alliance

Date:  Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Time & Time Zone:  17:00 - 18:00 Den Haag, Europe; 11:00 US Eastern Time

Register here and get the Zoom Link:  zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-KwABJsfQQK4KVfBZB9jEA

Topic:  Deepfakes are the hot topic in the media today. But what are they, and why does IFLA need to be concerned with this emerging technology?  Deepfakes are manipulated audio-visual content created by machine-learning algorithms.  For example, a person in an existing image can be replaced with another's likeness and that likeness can be made to say and do things the person never did.  This session will provide an overview of the technology and its implications for social trust, discuss examples of deepfakes in entertainment, politics, financial markets, and privacy, and analyze why this problem is so difficult to solve.  Finally, it will address the policy, technology, and education solutions required to address malicious deepfakes.  Time will be available for chat/Q&A.

Presenter Information:    Kathryn Harrison is Founder and CEO of The DeepTrust Alliance, non-profit global coalition of stakeholders building the solutions and ecosystem to tackle deepfakes and misinformation.  www.deeptrustalliance.org/about

 

Please join us in exploring this rapidly growing and insidious (and interesting!) subset of fake news, a broad topic that's been pursued by the News Media committee (and partners CLM, FAIFE, and Digital Humanities SIG) over the past year through a series of eight illuminating lectures.  (see:www.ifla.org/news-media/conferences).  

 

Cordially,

Ann Okerson/Chair

IFLA News Media Committee

www.ifla.org/news-media

Africana Librarians Council Spring Meeting Forum

 Africana Librarians Council Spring Meeting Forum

 

Friday April 30, 2021

 

• Building the void to support an African education

12 noon – 12:50 pm CT

Speaker: Reggie Raju, Deputy Director of Research and Learning Services, University of Cape Town, South Africa. 

 

• Presentations: 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm CT

Chair: Chuck Riley

 

1:00-1:15     Yuusuf Caruso, Global Social Responses to COVID-19

1:17-1:32     Erik Ponder, Michigan State University’s Global Librarian Exchange Program

1:35-1:50     Laverne Page, Discovering Africana Materials at Library of Congress

1:52 Q&A

 

Link to join meeting: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/99875458994?pwd=TDlJZjVCbllpSnpkRTUrTGRLdHQ1Zz09; Meeting ID: 998 7545 8994; Passcode: 132214

Join us at one of these upcoming IFLA virtual events!

 Join us at one of these upcoming IFLA virtual events!

 

Webinar Series for and by LIS Students: Getting engaged with library associations

 

Thursday, 22-April – 13:00-14:30 CEST/UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zzt40swmR8GgWEuWZ1jT9Q

 

IFLA Division IV is launching a new project – a webinar series for and by Library and Information Science students. These webinars aim to create a place for students to share their projects, research, and ideas about different topics related to libraries. Each month – April through June 2021 – will address a different theme. All events are held online and are open to everyone (no registration fees).  April’s theme is “Getting Engaged with Library Associations – Benefits, Issues, Factors”.

 

Speakers:

• Catharina Isberg (Library Director, Helsingborg City Libraries, Sweden)
• Loida Garcia-Febo (International Library Consultant, USA)
• Alena Katina (St. Petersburg State University of Culture, Russia)
• Elena Popova (University of Libraries Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria)
• Christine Audrey L. Lu (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
• Ian Dominic P. Sipin (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)
• Ma. Nicole Tacuboy (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

 

Moderators

• Albina Krymskaya (St. Petersburg State University of Culture, Russia)
• Paria Tajallipour (Texas A&M University, USA)

 

-Organised by IFLA Division IV – Support of the Profession

 

 

 

Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage

 

Thursday, 22 April - 20:00-21:00 CEST/UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Event Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NuEwtSKQTsuilisp_rFrLg

 

Libraries of course have an essential role in safeguarding this heritage, but their work doesn’t need to stop there! 

 

The work in cultural heritage can go beyond preservation, enabling communities actively to experience and celebrate culture through access, learning, and storytelling.

 

Keen to find out how to do more? If you would like to learn about how libraries are finding dynamic ways to connect their communities to cultural heritage, join us for our upcoming virtual event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage.

 

Panellists will share their experience and inspire participants to action! Topics discussed will include connecting both local communities and wider audiences with local culture, integrating community needs with conservation practice, Indigenous heritage perspectives, and inspiring (virtual) engagement with family, local, and national heritage.

 

-Organised by the IFLA Policy and Advocacy Team – Strategic Programme on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

 

 

 

Libraries Changing the World: Educating and promoting understanding for Climate Action

 

Monday, 26 April – 17:00-18:30 CEST/UTC+2

Registration Link: https://www.runtheworld.today/app/invitation/20326

 

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13 “Climate Action” is a call for immediate action by all to lower greenhouse emissions, build resilience and improve education on climate change. Affordable, scalable solutions such as renewable energy, clean technologies are available to enable countries to leapfrog to a greener, more resilient economies.

 

Libraries have a key role to play to build a more sustainable world. Many libraries are facing crises related to climate change: snow, floods, smoke from fires in the mountains near the community, mould, hurricanes- and many communities they serve are experiencing these crises as well.  As set out in IFLA’s paper on libraries and sustainability, two key roles of libraries are as examples and educators, building an understanding of the issues among citizens, and helping them to learn how to change their own behaviour.

 

Join our event to hear from librarians in different regions of the world who are helping communities. Speakers come from the United Nations, IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the American Library Association’s Sustainability Round Table. 

 

Speakers:

• Sherri Aldis - Chief, United Nations Publications (Outreach Division, Department of Global Communications)
• Harri Sahavirta - Chief Librarian Helsinki City Library, Arabianranta and Vallila libraries, Finland
• Casey Conlin - Library Sustainability Coordinator, Mid-Hudson Library System, New York, United States

 

Moderator: Loida Garcia-Febo, IFLA CPDWL Consultant, International Library Consultant

 

-Jointly Organised by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section (CPDWL), New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) and the American Library Association

 

 

 

Seminario Internacional Virtual en el Año Iberoamericano de las bibliotecas

 

Lunes, 26 – jueves, 29 Abril 2021 - Puede encontrar más información aquí: https://www.ifla.org/ES/node/93735

 

En el marco de la Reunión de Medio Año de IFLA LAC, desarrollará el Seminario Internacional Virtual “Bibliotecas del futuro: inclusivas, innovadoras y resilientes” estará organizado por cuatro mesas de trabajo según tipologías de bibliotecas: públicas y populares; escolares y CRA; académicas y universitarias y especializadas.

 

Cada una de las mesas contará con especialistas abordando aspectos relacionados con las necesidades emergentes de las bibliotecas, junto a los desafíos y oportunidades ante la nueva normalidad su vinculación con los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible, la Cuarta Revolución Industrial y la ciencia al servicio de la sociedad .

 

La modalidad del Seminario y la Reunión de Mitad de Año será virtual trasmitido nuestro canal de YouTube de IFLALAC no es necesaria inscripción previa.

 

-Organised by the IFLA Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Section

 

 

 

World Intellectual Property Day: Libraries mean business

 

Monday, 26-April – 16:00-17:00 CEST/UTC+2 (Live AI Closed Captioning and transcription available)

Registration Link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5-A8PshtTt2zYvdT_a98_A

 

On the 26th of April, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) invites representatives of governments and civil society to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day, under the theme “Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: take your ideas to market”.

 

IFLA will be taking the opportunity to celebrate the importance of the work done by library professionals to support and accompany small and medium-sized businesses. Whether they are family businesses, start-ups or otherwise, small and medium-sized enterprises often have limited resources, and do not always have the opportunity to receive professional and strategic advice on how to work with intellectual property. As a result, access to curated information, resources and services such as coaching, training and guidance provided by library professionals can be crucial for these businesses. This can help them understand how to support the development of a business model related to intellectual property, such as patents, trademarks, trade secrets or copyright.

 

Speakers:

• Jeremy O’Hare, Information Expert: Intellectual Property, Business and IP Center, British Library in United-Kingdom.
• Tara Radniecki, Head of DeLaMare Science & Engineering Library, Patent and Trademark Resource Center Librarian, University of Nevada, in the United-States of America.
• Bernadette Cogan, Divisional Librarian, Central Library Services, Dublin City Council, in Ireland.

 

-Jointly organised by the IFLA Policy and Advocacy Team – Copyright and Other Legal Matters (CLM), Copyright Limitations and Exceptions and EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries)

 

 

Be sure to visit IFLA’s Calendar of Events for additional details, and our recordings of previous events playlist located on the IFLA YouTube channel.

Upcoming IRRT Webinars in June

 Webinar 1: Linked Data and Rare Materials: An Online Discussion

Date/Time: June 10, Thursday at 7 am PT/9 am CT/10 am ET/ 16:00 CEST
Description: This series of 3 webinars from ALA International Relations Round (IRRT) Table Webinar Committee and the Mission Enhancement Project support Croatian Library Association’s interests in linked data projects and work. This webinar will focus on linked data and rare materials and special collections.

Zoom Registration Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FgGH6pejS2W8GkTP3umrxg

Speakers: Paloma Graciani-Picardo is the Metadata Librarian at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin, where she oversees the creation and management of MARC-based cataloging and develops metadata strategies to enhance access and discovery of rare and unique materials. Working collaboratively across departments, her recent work is focused on getting a better understanding of Semantic Web Technologies implementation in a Special Collections setting.

Tim Thompson is the Librarian for Applied Metadata Research at Yale University Library. As a metadata practitioner, his work focuses on the implementation of linked data standards and technologies in academic libraries. With Christine Fernsebner Eslao, he currently cochairs the Linked Data Advisory Committee of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). Since 2016, he has been involved in efforts to develop a BIBFRAME ontology extension for the description of art and rare materials (known as ARM).

 

Webinar 2: Linked Data and Ethics: An Online Discussion

Date/Time: June 17, Thursday at 7 am PT/9 am CT/10 am ET/ 16:00 CEST
Description: This series of 3 webinars from ALA International Relations Round (IRRT) Table Webinar Committee and the Mission Enhancement Project support Croatian Library Association’s interests in linked data projects and work. This webinar will focus on linked data and ethics.

Zoom Registration Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_okfhOvcdRXKLlEWlJiMN3A

Speakers: Brian (Bri) Watson (@brimwats) is a PhD. student at the iSchool at the University of British Columbia and the Director of HistSex.com, a freely-accessible open access resource for the history of sexuality. Additionally, they are the Archivist-Historian of the Consensual Non-Monogamies taskforce of the American Psychological Association and contribute to Homosaurus, an international linked data vocabulary for LGBTQ terms.

Devon Murphy (they/them) is a metadata and digital collections professional, currently working as the TARO Metadata Analyst at the University of Texas at Austin. Murphy develops new controlled vocabularies and metadata standards for Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) and previously created Getty Vocabularies records as a Getty Graduate Intern. Their research areas include information ethics, metadata standards, Indigenous knowledge organization, and linked data.

 

Webinar 3: Linked Data and Discovery: An Online Discussion

Date/Time: June 18, Friday at 7 am PT/9 am CT/10 am ET/ 16:00 CEST
Description: This series of 3 webinars from ALA International Relations Round (IRRT) Table Webinar Committee and the Mission Enhancement Project support Croatian Library Association’s interests in linked data projects and work. This presentation will focus on linked data and discovery.

Zoom Registration Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ByMnx1KbSROkJcqjn0u0Tw

Speakers: Huda Khan works in software development at Cornell University.  Her areas of interest and work include linked data and user-centered design. Astrid Usong is a User Experience Designer for Digital Library Systems and Services at Stanford Libraries. She is currently designing the software for cataloging in a linked data environment and the Stanford Digital Repository. Prior to joining Stanford in 2018, she worked in financial services for 20 years.

Children's Librarianship: International Perspectives Webinar Apr 9

 Children's Librarianship: International Perspectives Webinar Apr 9

Friday, Apr 9, 2021 11:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

Free registration

 

Have you ever wondered what library service to children and families looks like in different countries? Are you interested in learning from children’s library staff across the world? If so, join the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and students from Kent State University’s School of Information for a special event!

During this session, attendees will have an opportunity to connect with youth library staff from Germany, Norway and Russia!

 

 

Michael Dowling

Director

International and Chapter Relations Offices

American Library Association

225 N Michigan Ave

Suite 1300

Chicago, IL 60601

p +1 800-545-2433 ext 3200

www.ala.org

 

Join us on Together From Home: Brave Librarians April 14

 Dear colleagues,

Please, share with your colleagues in your countries and regions.

I am delighted to invite you to join us at "Together From Home: Brave Librarians" Presented by REFORMA, The National Library Association to Promote Library Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking.

This free global and formative event on April 14 features talks and interactive conversations about priority areas brought up by the pandemic. The event seeks to help libraries and librarians serve communities deeply impacted during COVID-19, its aftershocks, and beyond. Honored to moderate this event with guest expert speakers from Australia, Japan, Peru, Romania, Hong Kong, US and Puerto Rico.

April 14

“Together From Home: Brave Librarians”

Link to website:
https://bit.ly/3rRw6ij 

10 AM CST (Mexico City)

11 AM EST (New York)

5 PM CET (Paris)

Check other world times here: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ 

 

Talks:

Building trust in information (Misinformation)- Yasuyo Inoue, JAPAN

Privacy - Fiona Bradley, AUSTRALIA

Broadband as a human right - Patty Wong, ALA President-Elect USA

  

Interactive Conversations:

Academic libraries: Claudia Sebanuta, ROMANIA

Public libraries: Anca Rapeanu, ROMANIA

School libraries: Sara Ulloa, PERU; Helen Chan, HONG KONG

Library Associations: Loida Garcia-Febo, PR/USA

 

Register:  https://tinyurl.com/bravelibrarians