IFLA President's Meeting 2015

THE ART OF TRANSFORMING LIBRARIES

Date: June 3-5, 2015 
Time: 9.00-18.00
Place: santralistanbul Campus, ÇSM 403-404

IFLA President's Meeting 2015 organized by Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS) in collaboration with Turkish Library Association (TLA). The Meeting will be hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University in Istanbul between 3-5 June 2015. 

Under the title of “The Art of Transforming Libraries”, there will be five mains sessions with the following themes: IFLA Trend Report and Lyon Declaration; transforming technologies: opportunities and threats; legal regulations and the impact on information technologies; transformation in public libraries; knowledge economy in all aspects. There are 125 participants from 27 countries.

For further information:  http://meetings.ankos.org.tr/ifla2015/ 

PROGRAM

June , 2015 Wednesday 

16:30 Buses Depart from Conference Hotels-Taksim to santralistanbul Campus

17:00 – 18:30 Registration

18:30 – 20:00 Welcome Reception
Welcome by Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President
Sami Çukadar, ANKOS President & İstanbul Bilgi University Library and e-Resources Director

20:30 Buses return to Conference Hotels-Taksim

June 4, 2015 Thursday 

08:50 – 09:20 Registration

09:20 – 10:40 Formal Opening
Welcome by
Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President
Sami Çukadar, ANKOS President & İstanbul Bilgi University Library and eResources Director
Emre Gönen, Advisor to the Rector at İstanbul Bilgi University
Gürcan Türkoğlu, Ambassador and the Vice President of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO

Keynote Speech
The Global Information Economy will be Transformed by New Technologies
Prof. Dr. Erhan Erkut, Vice Rector, MEF University

10:40 – 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30 First Session: IFLA Trend Report and Lyon Declaration
Chair: Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President
Speakers:
IFLA Trend Report – Transforming Library Services?
Jennefer Nicholson, Secretary General, IFLA

Libraries, the Lyon Declaration and the Road to 2030
Stuart Hamilton, Deputy Secretary General & Director, Policy and Advocacy, IFLA

New Trends for Public Libraries and Its Reflection to Turkey
Prof. Dr. Bülent Yılmaz, Head of Information Management Department, Hacettepe University

12:30 – 13:45 Lunch

13:45 – 14:00 Transforming IT for Libraries
Gökhan Fidan, Board Member, ANKAREF

14:00 – 16:00 Second Session: Transforming Technologies: Opportunities and Threats
Chair: Hilmi Çelik, Former Parliamentary Librarian of Turkey & Founding Director of Sabancı University Information Center
Speakers:
New Social Ecology and the Need for New Media Literacy
Prof. Dr. Mutlu Binark, Hacettepe University

Game Over or Solution Based Strategy: How do We Meet Our Digital Customers?
Kai Ekholm, Chair of CDNL

Access to Information and the Enhancement of Civic Engagement
Bas Savenije, Independent Consultant

The Introduction of the FATİH Project
Adnan Gülözer, Ministry of National Education - General Directorate of Innovation and Educational Technologies

16:00-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-18:00 Third Session: Legal Regulations and the Impact on Information Technologies
Chair: Asst. Prof. Erkan Saka, School of Communication, İstanbul Bilgi University
Speakers:
Internet Censorship Alla Turca
Prof. Dr. Yaman Akdeniz, Vice Rector, İstanbul Bilgi University

The Legality of Internet Surveillance and Censorship in Developing and 'Developed' Countries
Assoc. Prof. Melih Kırlıdoğ, Computer Engineering Department, Marmara University

Information Law and Libraries: An International Perspective
Ben White, CLM

18:15 Buses Depart from santralistanbul Campus to Conference Hotels-Taksim

19:30 Group Dinner (Optional)

June 5, 2015 Friday 

09:00 – 10:30 Fourth Session: Transformation in Public Libraries
Chair: Prof. Dr. Bülent Yılmaz, Head of Information Management Department, Hacettepe University
Speakers:
Catalyzing Change in Turkish Public Libraries: The Librar-e Turkey Project
Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Küçük, Director, Librar-e Turkey Project

European Challenges-Connecting Libraries to the Solutions
Ilona Kish, Program Director, Reading & Writing Foundation 

Beyond Access: Libraries as Drivers in Development
Melissa Pailthorp, Senior Program Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Libraries, A Place for Doers in Greece and the Balkansspan 
Dimitris Protopsaltou, Program Manager, Future Library

10:30 – 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 – 12:15 Fifth Session: Knowledge Economy in All Aspects
Chair:Prof. Dr. Hamza Kandur, Head of Information & Record Management Department, Marmara University
Speakers: 
Challenges for Managing Technology
Prof. Dr. Dilek Çetindamar, Academic Director, Sabancı University

Entrepreneurship Committee Libraries Fostering Open Science
Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, President of LIBER

E-government - Pushing the Boundaries of Library Services
Raivo Ruusalepp, National Library of Estonia

12:15 – 13:15 Closing Remarks
Chair: Kristiina Hormia-Poutanen, President of LIBER
Speakers:
Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President
Sami Çukadar, ANKOS President & İstanbul Bilgi University Library and e-Resources Director

13:15 – 14:15 Lunch

14:30 Professional Visits: to Libraries and Archives
Option 1: Atatürk Kitaplığı
Option 2: Koç University Library
Option 3: Ottoman Archives

19:30 Dinner Cruise: Bosphorus by Night

For more information: http://meetings.ankos.org.tr/ifla2015