Diversity of Data: RDA in the international context

Diversity of Data: RDA in the international context

Thursday 23 August

National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

About the event

This one-day conference is organised by the RDA Board and will be held on 23 August 2018 at the National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Who should attend?

The Conference will benefit both RDA users and non-users and will cover the latest developments in the RDA cataloguing standard, providing a forum for discussion, learning and sharing. There will be a focus on the potential of RDA for libraries in non-English speaking countries and information about the latest developments in the RDA standard and the Toolkit.

Content of the program

There will be sessions on the international uptake and implementation of RDA, with speakers from around the world highlighting different implementation experiences. Acknowledged experts in the RDA world will give an in-depth demonstration of the new RDA Toolkit and explore RDA in a multilingual world where cataloguing traditions and practices may vary from country to country. There will be presentations on features that support translations, RDA’s ability to accommodate local practices in a global context and its potential for use in a linked data environment

The program will feature speakers from around the world with the opportunity to meet and network with experienced RDA implementers.

Program

The full program will be available soon.

Pre-Registrations are invited

Registration details and final conference program will be confirmed soon. Reserve your place by leaving your details at http://www.rdatoolkit.org/form/rda-event-in-kl

  

Interim Conference program – final to be distributed soon

Diversity of Data: RDA in the International Context

Thursday 23 August

National Library of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

8.30-9.00 am	Registration opens at National Library of Malaysia, Level 1, Anjung Bestari, 232 Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur
9.00	Conference Session 1 - RDA in the international context
9.00-9.15	Welcome on behalf of National Library of Malaysia Welcome on behalf of the RDA Board; housekeeping announcements Chris Oliver, University of Ottawa and incoming Chair, RDA Board
9.15-10.15	Tales from the field: RDA implementations around the globe Library leaders share their experiences, challenges and outcomes. Beacher Wiggins, Director of Bibliographic Access, Library of Congress, USA National Library of Malaysia, speaker to be confirmed Additional speakers to be confirmed
10.15-10.45	Implementing RDA in Oceania and Southeast Asia: results of a survey Monika Szunejko, Director, Libraries Australia, National Library of Australia
10.45-11.15	Morning tea including meeting the implementers
11.15-12.00	Building regional RDA organizations Overview of RDA governance - Amelia McKenzie, Assistant Director-General, National Library of Australia Taking the first steps: Latin America - Angela Quiroz, Library of Congress, Chile Additional speaker to be confirmed
12.00-12.30	Question and Answer session, facilitated by Chris  Oliver, incoming Chair, RDA Board The morning’s speakers are invited to join a Q & A panel session to answer questions from the audience
12.30-1.30pm	Lunch
1.30	Conference Session 2 - Accommodating diverse data
1.30-2.00	Toolkit demonstration - James Hennelly, Director ALA Digital Reference
2.00-2.30	Translations – Gordon Dunsire, Chair, RDA Steering Committee How does the new infrastructure of RDA facilitate translations? This presentation highlights the features that support translations and the tools available to benefit RDA communities.
2.30-3.00	Accommodating local cataloguing traditions in a global context – Gordon Dunsire, Ebe Kartus, Wider RDA Community Engagement Officer
3.00-3.30	Afternoon tea with opportunity to try out Toolkit
3.30—4.00	Looking to the future: cataloguing data in the linked data environment  - Ebe Kartus
4.00	Wrap-up and closing remarks (Amelia McKenzie, National Library of Australia and RDA Board member)

The Alan Hopkinson Award

Applications for the 2018 newly established Alan Hopkinson Award are now open.  Following his death, in 2016, a trust fund was set up to enable one CILIP member per year to attend the IFLA annual conference

The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and its International Library and Information Group (ILIG) therefore invite any ILIG member (nb: UK CILIP members can now join ILIG free of charge) or a CILIP member living outside the UK to attend the World Library and Information Congress organised by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) in Kuala Lumpur in 2018. 

Alan Hopkinson was an active member of CILIP ILIG from 2004 until his death.  As well as regularly attending IFLA conferences, he was very interested in assisting young professional librarians from developing countries.  He was involved in the Commonwealth Fellowship scheme and in training young professionals from Eastern Europe.

A panel comprising CILIP board member and Ian Stringer Chair ILIG plus Anna Jablkowska Secretary ILIG will consider applications. Their decision will be final and they will not enter into correspondence on it.

The award covers the IFLA conference fee and 200 GBP towards travel and accommodation. You are required to write a reflective report of 2- 4,000 words within six months of their visit, and a version for publication in Focus on International Library and Information Work, the ILIG journal.

You should submit a formal proposal in English of up to 400 words (equivalent to 1–2 pages of A4 paper) detailing how the visit will support your professional development and your organisation Headings such as Visit objectives’‘Planned approach and content' 'Application of learning post-visit’ may be used

You should attach a Curriculum Vitae of up to five pages in length, including the names of two referees in senior posts. You are encouraged to seek the support of your line-manager or organisation, prior to submitting an application. The deadline for the receipt of proposals for the 2018 Alan Hopkinson Award is 31st March 2018.  The successful applicant will be notified by the end of April 2018.

The proposal should be sent: by e-mail to Anna Jablkowska, the ILIG Secretary, at ilig@cilip.org.uk.

Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Privacy

IFLA Journal invites papers for a special issue focused on privacy, libraries, and information professions across all continents. The issue will be published in the summer of 2018 as Volume 44:2. In particular, the main goal of the special issue is to gather the latest theory, research, and practices from libraries and information professions to further the professional discourse on the definition and provision of privacy in the 21st century.

https://www.ifla.org/node/11327

Sixth National Conference on Library Acquisitions held in Wuhan

The Sixth National Conference on Library Acquisitions was successfully held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, May 12-13, 2016.

The conference was jointly sponsored by the National Library of China (NLC) and China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC), and also supported by China Publishing & Media Journal, Library Society of China, Hubei Provincial Library and Library Society of Hubei Province.

The conference included Opening Session, Expert Speeches, Forum, Discussion, Lecture and Closing Session.

Experts from Wuhan University, Xiamen University, Nanjing Library and Chinese Academy of Sciences gave their speeches on different aspects of library acquisitions, and guests from Peking University, Digital Media Company of the China Publishing Group, National Library of China, Shanghai Library, Wuhan University, Gale, The Commercial Press and CNPIEC attended the forum between the library community and the publishing community.

The conference was firstly held in Kunming, Yunnan Province, in 2005, and has become an important conference for the exchange of information among acquisitions librarians, publishers and booksellers.

The conference was also suported by Elsevier, John Wiley & Sons, Cengage Learning Gale, Oxford University Press, OverDrive, Cambridge University Press, Brill, Springer Nature and ProQuest.

Reports about the conference was published by more than 10 media, and has been republished by more than 50 media.

For photos: http://dwz.cn/wuhan2016

For video clips:http://dwz.cn/wuhan2016v

Please see CNTV site for text and video report: http://kejiao.cntv.cn/2016/04/26/ARTIztukcSTXldiwOC4usXul160426.shtml

My Report of the IFLA Conference (WLIC) Published

My report of the 80th IFLA General Conference (WLIC2014, Lyon, France) was published in China Publishing & Media Journal, September 16, p. 8.

The report focuses on my general impressions, ISBD-related activities, IFLA Journal Editorial Committee meeting and the cataloguing-related programme.

http://www.cnepaper.com/zgtssb/html/2014-09/16/content_8_1.htm

News about the Newcomers Session

Today's IFLA Express reports the Newcomers Session and mentions my name.

"Ben Gu, Director of Foreign Acquisitions and Cataloguing Department of National Library of China, spoke of his many past experiences attending IFLA conferences and of the various ways new professionals can share and report on their experiences at the IFLA conference including sharing photos through Flickr, blogging, and creating professional reports and papers to share with colleagues."

Please see the address of the original page:

http://express.ifla.org/node/4848

and the address of the Chinese version:

http://express.ifla.org/node/4900

Please see also the following addresses for the photos:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifla/6041475481/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ifla/6042021654/