IFLA Forum – Inspiring and Empowering Volunteers for IFLA 2012 Helsinki
The IFLA 2012 Helsinki Volunteers Recruiting Group, set up by the Finnish National Committee IFLA 2012 Helsinki, will organize and sponsor in co-operation with the International Relations Group of the Finnish Research Library Association an IFLA information and discussion forum.
The Forum will first briefly highlight IFLA as a global library and information organization, and give fresh insights into its new structures and functions, its core values and current challenges, and will then focus on the issues of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2012 Helsinki, August 11-16; in particular on the roles and responsibilities of the volunteers in the context of the Congress.
Time: January 21st, 2011
Venue: Tieteiden talo – House of Science and Letters, Lecture Hall 104,
Kirkkokatu 6, Helsinki
Programme
10.00-10.05
Welcome
Päivi Pekkarinen, Chair, International Relations Group, Finnish Research Library Association
10.05-12.00
IFLA and its Flagship World Library and Information Congress
Moderator: Tuula Ruhanen, Chair of the IFLA 2012 Helsinki Volunteers Recruiting Group
10.05-10.35
Jennefer Nicholson, IFLA Secretary General
10.35-11.05
The annual conference programme – how does it come together?
Patrice Landry, Chair of the Professional Committee
11.05-11.35
A successful conference – what special procedures to consider ?
Josche Ouwerkerk, Conference Officer
11.35-12.00
Discussion
12.00-12.10
Break
12.10-12.55
IFLA and its Flagship World Library and Information Congress
Finnish organizers’ views and news
Sinikka Sipilä, Co-Chair of the Finnish National Committee IFLA 2012 Helsinki
Maija Berndtson, Chair of the Finnish National Committee IFLA 2012 Helsinki
12.55-13.00
Concluding remarks
Tuula Ruhanen
