Summary of news on the Sister Libraries Blog

This week at Sister Libraries, we welcome Meath County Libraries, from Navan, Ireland, to the program.

 Visit the Sister Libraries’ blog for further information

NAPLE’s Annual Assembly, 2013. Presentations (III)

Third presentation we publish from NAPLE’s Annual Assembly. Today, it’s about German Public Libraries and e-books. Its authors, Barbara Schleihagen and Miriam Schriefers, from the German Library Association.

E-Books in German Public Libraries

NAPLE’s Annual Assembly, 2013. Presentations (II)

Second presentation we publish from NAPLE’s Annual Assembly. Today, it’s Margarida Oleiro’s paper In Search for e-books in Portuguese Public Libraries Network. Margarida Oleiro is Head of Library Services of the Government of Portugal.

In Search for e-books in Portuguese Public Libraries Network

Summary of news on the Sister Libraries Blog

This week at Sister Libraries, some pictures of  Iisalmi City Library, Finland and Municipal Library Český Těšín, Czech Republic. 

Check it at the Sister Libraries’ blog

NAPLE’s Annual Assembly, 2013. Presentations

NAPLE’s Annual Assembly has taken place in Milan. In the next weeks we’ll be posting the presentations from the different speakers.

We’re starting today with Maria Heijne’s paper about A National Strategy for Public Libraries in the Netherlands. She is Director of the Netherlands Institute for Public Libraries (SIOB).

A National Strategy for Public Libraries in the Netherlands

The Future of the Profession

The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) has published a discussion paper under the title The Future of the Profession, intended to provoke discussion across the sector on the matter. They have created a wiki for everyone who wants to participate to edit and change the paper (the Word document) and return it to advocacy@alia.org.au

 You can check the wiki at this address: http://aliafutures.wikispaces.com/.

Summary of news on the Sister Libraries Blog

This week at Sister Libraries, some pictures of Night with Andersen, an initiative of the Daruvar Public Library (Croatia)  and the Municipal Library Český Těšín (Czech Republic)  for celebrating the International Day of children’s Book.

Check it at the Sister Libraries’ blog

 

The Hosts Directory

It’s a joint venture between the Career Development Goup (CDG) and International Library and Information Group (ILIG), two Special Interest Groups of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals that offers a list of international librarians who are willing to host, for a day or two, a fellow library and information worker who is visiting their city or region.

You can see the Map of hosts at www.tinyurl.com/CILIPHostsMaps and a Guidance for potential Hosts at www.tinyurl.com/CILIPHostsGuide. You can help expand the directory by registering online at www.tinyurl.com/CILIPHostsRegistration.

If you would like to use the Hosts Directory as a guest, please first check the Map of hosts at www.tinyurl.com/CILIPHostsMaps to see there are Hosts in the area you are visiting and email the Hosts Directory Administrator at ciliphostsdirectory@gmail.com with details of who you are, where you want to and how long they want to stay.

EIFL-IP and the Estonia’s new copyright bill

EIFL-IP has worked with the National Library of Estonia, the Consortium of Estonian Libraries Network (ELNET) and the Estonian Librarians Association to actively engage libraries in the planned new copyright law of Estonia, that is expected by September 2014.

They have worked in a plan for actively engage libraries in the copyright law, and to inform the general public about emerging copyright issues that libraries face everyday, such as the lending of e-books.

You can check the case study and the other advocacy campaigns in relation with the matter.

SPARC Europe Open Session

The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) will celebrate a session on the pre-LIBER Conference Tuesday June 25^th in Munich, Germany in which open access will be discussed.

Though the session will have a perspective from University and Research libraries’ point of view, Open Access can also be implemented in Public Libraries to maximize the resources and add new functionality to our catalogs.

You can find all the details at the SPARC Europe’s web page