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Thursday 10 November 2005 |
Session 1 The Information Society & Lifelong Literacies
Chair: Alex Byrne Middle Hall, Conference Center |
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Arrival and Reception of First Lady |
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Welcome-Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Welcome address-Her Excellency Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, The First Lady of Egypt and Chair of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Board of Trustees |
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Welcome-Dr. Alex Byrne, President, IFLA |
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Presentation of Bibliotheca Alexandrina-Dr. Sohair Wastawy, Chief Librarian, Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Lifelong Literacies, WSIS & Libraries-Ms. Kay Raseroka, Immediate Past President, IFLA |
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Presentation of The Alexandria Proclamation [on Information Literacy]-Dr. Patricia Senn Breivik, National Forum on Information Literacy, U.S.A. |
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Coffee Break |
Session 2 The Information Society in Action
Chair: Peter Lor Middle Hall, Conference Center |
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The Information Society in Action and the three pillars of IFLA-Dr. Alex Byrne, President, IFLA |
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Plenary speech-Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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Lunch |
Session 3a Improved Access to Knowledge of the World
Chair: Claudia Lux Middle Hall, Conference Center |
Session 3b Campaigning Lifelong Literacies
Chair: Kay Raseroka
5th Oriental Hall |
14.15-15.25 |
Digitizing material in Bibliotheca Alexandrina-Dr. Noha Adly, ICT and ISIS Director, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Accessing the Cultural Heritage - The European Library-Ms. Jill Cousins, Head of Office, The European Library
OCLC in the Library Ecosystem-Mr. Arthur Smith, Director for Middle East Services, OCLC, Dublin, OH, USA
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14.15-15.25 |
Role of books and libraries in building up international understanding-Dr. Schoefthaler , Executive Director, Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation, Alexandria, Egypt
Library & Reading - social inclusion through reading enhancement
and library projects in Brazil-Ms. Marcia Rosetto, President, FEBAB, and Dr. Sueli Angelica do Amaral, Professor, University of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil
Ask Whatever and SeniorSurf, Finnish ways to spread media literacy-Ms. Tuula Haavisto, Senior Library Adviser, Helsinki , Finland |
15.25-16.00 |
Coffee Break, possibility to see the poster sessions |
15.25-16.00 |
Coffee Break, possibility to see the poster sessions |
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Session 3a to continue: Improved Access to Knowledge of the World
Chair: Claudia Lux Middle Hall, Conference Center |
Session 3d Some Tough Issues
Chair: Tuula Haavisto
5th Oriental Hall |
16.00-17.00 |
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16.00-17.00 |
The Blue Shield action – the Cultural Red Cross & Red Crescent and IFLA's disaster relief and development partnership-Dr. Peter Lor, Secretary General, IFLA |
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Dinner
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Friday 11 November 2005 |
Session 4 Communities, Health and Information
Chair: Sjoerd Koopman
Middle Hall, Conference Center |
9.00-10.10 |
Botswana spreads information on aids/HIV in libraries-Ms. Kay Raseroka, University Librarian, University Library of Botswana |
Access to health information in China-Ms. Hao Jiying and Mr. Zhan Youxiang, Medical Library of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army, Beijing , China (PowerPoint) |
10.10-10.20 |
Presentation of the Success Stories database-Ms. Danielle Mincio, Librarian, Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne
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10.20-11.00 |
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11.00-11.30 |
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11.30-12.00 |
Interview of Ms. Mirja Ryynänen, Vice Chairperson of the Finnish Committee for Development Policy, former MEP and Finnish MP, by Dr. Claudia Lux, President-Elect of IFLA
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Discussion led by Dr. Claudia Lux
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Proclamation of the IFLA Alexandria Manifesto on the Information Society in Action & Close-Dr. Alex Byrne, President, IFLA |
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Lunch |
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Tour of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina |
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