Free IFLA/ALA webinar, April 16: “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations”

For the second consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library Association to present a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, library associations and library schools, library-decision makers, and all library workers. This is a great opportunity for membership participation via new worldwide online programming.

Following our tradition of excellence, this year our keynote speakers for each of our quarterly sessions come from different regions of the world. They include IFLA Incoming President, Sinikka Sipilä, and the President of the Library Association of Singapore, Gene Tan. Below, the date and time of the next webinar. Save the date!

April 16, 2013
9:00 a.m. CDT
10:00 a.m. EDT
4:00 p.m. CET
10:00 p.m. Singapore

World Clock

Virtual meeting room

Webinar length is one hour.

Speakers:

Keynote by Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President Elect and Secretary General of the Finnish Library Association. Keynote topics: Strong libraries for equal and innovative societies, advocacy, how IFLA works and how to join.

Susanne Riedel, former President of the German Library Association for Library Professionals, Head of Support Team Publication Services at the Electronic Services Department, Bielefeld University. Topics include professional development, intergenerational librarianship, mentoring, librarians and change.

Kate Byrne, Outreach Team Leader, University of New South Wales and Program Coordinator of International Librarians Network, Australia.

The #newlibgc webinars are archived, therefore you can join them, ask questions and participate in conversations with international colleagues live, or you can listen to them later, anywhere at any time, such as the January webinar with Keynote by Gene Tan, President of the Library Association of Singapore and Director of the National Library of Singapore.

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Series Coordinator
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

recording of NPSIG 2012 Conference Redux now available

Last Thursday, we met for a very special webinar: the NPSIG 2012 Conference Redux. In a relaxed and informal atmosphere, several NPSIG activists reported about conferences they had attended in 2012. Thus, everyone had the chance to learn about the key take aways on various national and international events such as BOBCATSSS 2012, ELAG 2012, the ALA Annual Conference, IFLAcamp, Beyond Access and many more. The recording of the webinar is now available at https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/p10idy8v2lh – enjoy!

Save the date for “New Librarians Global Connection” webinars in 2013!

For the second consecutive year, IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group are partnering with the American Library Association to present a series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, library associations and library schools, library-decision makers, and all library workers. This is a great opportunity for membership participation via new worldwide online programming.

new librarians global connection webinar

Following our tradition of excellence, this year our keynote speakers for each of our quarterly sessions come from different regions of the world. They include IFLA Incoming President, Sinikka Sipilä, and the President of the Library Association of Singapore, Gene Tan.

Below, the date and time of the next webinar. Save the date!

January 15, 2013
9:00 a.m. CST
10:00 a.m. EST
4:00 p.m. CET
11:00 p.m. Singapore
7:00 a.m. Sydney (next day)

World Clock

Virtual meeting room: http://ala.adobeconnect.com/r5jykrkmz66/.

Webinar length is one hour.

Speakers:

Keynote by Gene Tan, Director of the National Library of Singapore. President of the Library Association of Singapore (LAS), Director of Singapore Memory Project. Gene is a renowned international speaker about librarian skills and innovative strategies for libraries and librarians. LAS conference this past September was titled “Librarians for Tomorrow.”  Keynote topics: Librarian skills, knowledge sharing, innovation, professional development, the new library, the unlibrary, library within a library.

Robin Kear, Liaison Librarian at the University of Pittsburgh. International instructor, speaker and writer. Topic: Strategizing Your International Librarianship Career: Redux 2013.

Heikki Marjomaa, Event-coordinator, Department of Events and Marketing, Helsinki City Library. Member of Nordic Gamebrarians. Topics: innovation, creativity, Library 10, new librarians and games in libraries.

The topics for the webinars were compiled from surveys, Proceedings from CPDWL Satellite Conference for WLIC 2012, topics presented by speakers during the NPSIG and MLAs program at the WLIC 2012 in Helsinki, NPSIG working group, and new librarians’ forums, listservs and online spaces.

The quarterly webinars will be presented in January, April, July and October 2013. Our Keynote for April is IFLA Incoming President, Sinikka Sipilä. Stay tuned for more news!

Questions and requests for information:
Loida Garcia-Febo
Series Coordinator
loidagarciafebo@gmail.com

NPSIG Christmas Special – share your favorite conference experiences in 2012

NPSIG Christmas Special: 2012 Conference Redux

On 13 Dec, we would like to gather for a special webinar with you. Let’s take a look back at a year full of interesting conferences and exciting events! The basic idea behind it is very simple: So many professional events are happening that it becomes almost impossible for an individual to attend all of them at once. Here is a chance to talk about your conference experiences in 2012, what they meant to you and the global LIS community. By sharing our key take-aways with each other, we will all get insights into interesting events, even if we could not make it to a conference.

Instructions

This truly is a collaborative event, so you are all invited to tell your peers about an interesting conference or other event you have been to in 2012. Please list the event(s) you would like to talk about for 5-10 minutes. The webinar is supposed to be relaxed and informal. No PowerPoint is required. However, feel free to share websites, pictures and other material to illustrate your conference experience. Please also feel encouraged to co-present with others on the same event. As a platform, we are going to use Adobe Connect that includes chat (IM, voice/video chat), sharing documents with each other and many more options.

Date and times

13 Dec, 2012
2:00 p.m. CST
3:00 p.m. EST
9:00 p.m. CET  (21:00 Central European Time)
7:00 a.m. EDT (next day)

virtual meeting room: https://webconf.vc.dfn.de/npsig-2012-conference-redux/.

The duration of the webinar will be depending on the final number of presentations.

Register now for upcoming #newlibgc webinar on 10 October!

The fourth and final edition of this year’s “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“, the series of free quarterly webinars on issues of interest to new librarians, is to come soon – save the date and register!

October 10, 2012
10:00 a.m. CST
11:00 a.m. EST
5:00 p.m. CET (17:00 Central European Time)

World Clock

Registration link

Webinar length: one hour

Speakers:

Dr. R. David Lankes, Professor and Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies and Director of the Information Institute of Syracuse. His book, The Atlas of New Librarianship won the 2012 ABC-CLIO/Greenwood Award for the Best Book in Library Literature. Lankes is a passionate advocate for librarians and their essential role in today’s society.

Melanie Chivers, Outgoing National Convener of the ALIA New Graduates Group (since March 2011), Member of the Marketing Committee for the ALIA New Librarians’ Symposium (2013). Learning Content Project Officer, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia; and Tamara Capper, Regional Convener, Western Australia, ALIA New Graduates Group. Featuring a model of library associations working with new librarians.

Annie Pho, Reference and Instruction librarian at Ivy Tech Community College. Managing Editor at Hack Library School. Featuring a group by and for librarians.

See you online on October 10!

26 Aug: NewFeds Virtual Conference Redux – with NPSIG!

NPSIG is happy to contribute to the 2nd Virtual Conference Redux of the NewFeds this Sunday (see announcement below). I will be giving a report on IFLAcamp and the IFLA Congress in Helsinki and share my fresh impressions on both events. You are all invited to join this free webinar!

Times:

10:00 a.m. CST
11:00 a.m. EST
5:00 p.m. CET  (17:00 Central European Time)
3:00 a.m. EDT (next day)

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We hope you can join us for the 2nd Annual NewFeds Virtual Conference Redux!

Who: The NewFeds Professional Development Sub-Committee is coordinating the Redux with participation from several NewFeds and Special Guest, Mr. Sebastian Wilke from IFLA’s New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG).

When: Sunday, August 26 at 11:00AM (Eastern)

Where: Online via AdobeConnect: https://collaboration.fda.gov/r54772385/ AND with conference call dial in: 1-626-677-3000, participant code: 8124885
NOTE: We intend to record the Redux, so if you are not able to join us “live” you will be able to listen to the recording at your leisure.

Why: Learn from your peers about key takeaways and highlights from the conferences they have attended this summer. Join the discussion and Q&A after the presentations to share your own experiences. Alternately, we invite you to write a conference-related guest post on our site (http://newfedsinfo.wordpress.com/). It would be a great way to “re-purpose” a trip report you wrote for work.

Please contact Caralyn Champa if you have questions about the Redux.