BOOK DRIVE Malawi n DONATIONS Disaster Relief n LEGACY Dean Award

INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EDITION AUGUST 2014

THE MAGAZINE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION A Global View

PLUS: n IFLA Recap n ALA Partners with the Sharjah International Book Fair n San Francisco: 2015 ALA Annual Conference n The International Reach of ALA Presidents

CONTENTS AMERICAN LIBRARIES | International Supplement | August 2014 Features WELCOME, INTERNATIONAL THE GLOBAL REACH OF 3 MEMBERS 27 ALA PRESIDENTS ALA membership is not just for librarians in the Throughout history, Association leaders have under- United States stood the importance of international cooperation BY MICHAEL DOWLING 4 LIBRARIES, CITIZENS, SOCIETIES: CONFLUENCE FOR KNOWLEDGE 30 ALA LIBRARY RELIEF EFFORTS The World Library and Information Congress in In the Philippines, Haiti, Chile, and elsewhere, Lyon, France BY LAURIE D. BORMAN member donations are having a positive impact ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ALA MEMBERS MAKE A DIFFERENCE 8 31 Minnesota librarian’s book drive helps bring books, AND EXHIBITION 2015 ­literacy to Africa San Francisco, June 25–30 BULGARIA AND ROMANIA KICK OFF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL, 10 32 NEW CAMPAIGNS ­LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES Campaign for the World’s Libraries helps promote Working with librarians—what’s not to love? the value of libraries BY DIANE E. BOOTON INNOVATIVE INTERNATIONAL ALA E-LEARNING: LEARN WHAT, 12 34 LIBRARY PROJECTS WHEN, AND WHERE YOU WANT The ALA Presidential Citation has been awarded to Join your colleagues from around the world at web- four groups based learning and training sessions THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING FIRST SIBF/ALA LIBRARY 18 36 YEARS LATER ­CONFERENCE THIS FALL A relationship fostered decades ago continues to grow ALA and the Sharjah International Book Fair team up for November meeting 37 BOOKLIST: A GLOBAL REVIEW RDA: A NEW INTERNATIONAL ­RESOURCE 20 Online options provide access to a wide range of STANDARD content for international subscribers Resource Description and Access is being embraced across borders 38 CHOICE REVIEWS ONLINE AIDS NEW TITLES FROM ALA ­ACADEMIC LIBRARIES 22 ALA continues to expand resources for professional Monthly publication simplifies collection develop- development ment and assessment BRINGING E-CONTENT RESOURCES 26 DIRECTLY TO YOU OPINION AND COMMENTARY Digital products and online learning events are 2 ALA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE ­available directly from the ALA Store to customers Join ALA Online, in Person ­anywhere in the world BY COURTNEY L. YOUNG

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3 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | international supplement | august 2014 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | International Supplement Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for Knowledge

The World Library and Information Congress in Lyon, France By Laurie D. Borman

yon—France’s second-largest urban Louis Lumière. The Lumière brothers shot a sequence area—hosted nearly 3,500 attendees from of factory workers in Lyon for this 1895 film, and the more than 130 countries for the Interna- brothers’ Lyon home now houses the Institut Lumière tional Federation of Library Associations’ museum. IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä then welcomed L(IFLA) World Library and Information Congress the delegates, noting the long history of French involve- (WLIC), August 16–22, 2014. The conference theme, ment in IFLA. “Libraries, Citizens, Societies: Confluence for “Our French colleagues were numbered among the Knowledge,” seemed especially appropriate for the founding fathers of our Feder- venue, as Lyon sits at the confluence of the Rhône ation who gathered in Edin- Lyon offered wine and Saône rivers, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, burgh in 1927,” Sipilä said. sampling at the and has played an important role in French his- There have been six other IFLA tory, libraries, and business. The city generously congresses in France, includ- conference and a provided attendees with daily passes for Lyon’s ef- ing Avignon in 1933, Paris in display of the silk trade ficient and extensive transport system, admission 1937, 1957, and 1989, and for which the French city to a number of cultural sites, a cultural evening Grenoble in 1973. at a former sugar warehouse, walking tours, and a “In Lyon, as for many major is famous. choice of 50 library visits. Librarians, exhibitors, French libraries, there is a di- and other information professionals could sample rect link with the French Revolution in 1789, since the from 200 programs and events during the congress. majority of them were founded after the church collec- Lyon, known as France’s gastronomic capital, of- tions and private collections of emigrants were seized august 2014 fered wine sampling at the conference and a dis- and given back to the people by the creation of public

| play on the silk trade for which the city is famous. libraries with state collections (bibliothèques classées),” At the August 17 opening event, delegates watched Sipilä said. “During my visit to Lyon and Paris in April, early clips of the world’s first filmmakers, Auguste and I was introduced to some treasures of these unique collections.” Cochairs of the IFLA WLIC 2014 National Committee Gérard Collomb, the mayor of Lyon, and Bruno Racine, president of the National Library of France, also wel- comed attendees. Opening keynote speaker Bernard international supplement

Stiegler, professor at University of Technology of Com- |

piègne and professorial fellow at Goldsmiths, University of London, spoke on the importance of literacy and libraries, noting that libraries are witnessing a rebirth in the digital age. The session ended with a dance per- formance by the Pockemon Crew. The August 18 Plenary Session featured Her Royal Highness Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands, a

IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä (seated) congratulates award strong advocate for libraries. She is founder and hon- winners at the closing session. orary chair of Stichting Lezen & Schrijven (Reading & americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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A giant “Only Lyon” sign welcomes visitors to France’s second-largest urban area. The city hosted nearly 3,500 attendees for the International Federation of Library Associations’ World Library and Information Congress from August 16–22, 2014.

Writing Foundation), which works that individual librarians need in the Netherlands and internation- to take action. “The key thing is ally to prevent illiteracy among results. Who will you call? What children and adults. “You are doing next?” august 2014 amazing work. You know that,” she MOOCs: Looking Beyond Hype | said. on Monday afternoon drew a But, she noted, libraries have not standing-room-only crowd. The been a top priority for many com- session, moderated by San José munities. “It is up to us to bring the State’s LIS school director Sandra debate,” she said. Librarians should Hirsh, covered an overview of “join hands with other social move- massive open online courses ments, for example, with environ- (MOOCs), and included presen- international supplement

mentalists. Seek out cooperation The Weight of One Self marble sculpture near tations by two librarians about |

the Bridge of the Palace of Justice in Lyon, with nongovernmental organiza- France. their experiences in creating tions. Together we are stronger.” their own LIS MOOC, as well as The princess also encouraged advocacy and activism covering MOOCs in the public library sphere. Panelists in the governmental sphere by learning how to open included Michael Stephens of San José State University, doors to political leaders. Broad support from outside Wendy Newman of University of Toronto, John Szabo of the library community would help bring politicians’ at- Los Angeles Public Library, and Loida Garcia-Febo of tention to library issues. the IFLA Governing Board. She ended her talk by saying that getting signatures The August 19 plenary speaker, Florence Aubenas, is

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Scenes from the exhibit hall at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2014. From left: A pod-like chair helped muffle sounds and was popular among attendees looking for quiet space. International guests visit the American Library Association booth. Coffee, pastries, and free books attracted many visitors to the My French Library exhibit.

and civil unrest in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Rwanda, and goals in a Development and Access to Information other countries. She was held hostage in Iraq for six (DA2I) report.” months in 2005, and spoke about her experiences as More than 125 institutions and associations (includ- well as how the view of the press as a neutral party has ing the American Library Association) from within and changed. Most recently, she served as president of the beyond the library sector signed the declaration pre- French Observatoire International des Prisons and launch, making it IFLA’s most successful campaign of spoke about the special place for libraries in prisons. its type. “In prison, it’s more than a library. Not everyone is al- ALA President Courtney L. Young and Barbara Lison, lowed. Every prison is like a kingdom. Rules vary from a representative of the German library association Bib- one to another. It’s for the few, not a right for all,” she liothek und Information Deutschland (BID), signed an said. “It’s become a place for writing. Many in prison agreement on August 19 that establishes a collaboration are illiterate.” between the two organizations through 2019. The agree- IFLA launched the Lyon Declaration on Access to In- ment includes a variety of dialogue, networking, and ex- formation and Development following the August 19 change activities. ALA will be participating as host and plenary session. The document outlines the need for ac- partner at the German library conference in Leipzig, cess to information to be recognized in the United Na- Germany, in 2016, and German librarians will attend tions Post-2015 Development Agenda for Sustainable the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition in Chicago Development Goals, and will set a course for develop- in 2017. Topic-specific activities as well as virtual events ment for the next 10 years. The declaration “calls on and resources will be offered in addition to the confer- august 2014 Member States of the United Nations to acknowledge ence exchange as a result of the agreement.

| that access to information, and the skills to use it effec- La Sucrière, a former sugar warehouse on the Saône tively, are required for sustainable development, and River, was the scene of Tuesday’s cultural evening. ensure that this is recognized in the post-2015 develop- French specialties and the region’s Swiss influences ment agenda by: came through in the offerings at each dining station. n acknowledging the public’s right to access infor- Various cheeses, including raclette, beef, sausages, fish, mation and data, while respecting the right to individual local wines, and French pastries were served. A dance privacy; party capped the evening. n recognizing the important role of local authorities, Professor Pierre Dillenbourg, academic director of international supplement

information intermediaries, and infrastructure such as École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s Center for |

ICTs and an open internet as a means of implementa- Digital Education, listed his “Ten Surprises in Our tion; MOOC Experience” in the August 20 plenary session. n adopting policy, standards, and legislation to en- MOOCs can expand a university’s reach and student sure the continued funding, integrity, preservation, and base, as students are no longer required to attend in provision of information by governments, and access by person, he said. “Even a small university can reach a people; wide audience,” Dillenbourg said. “It’s changing the n developing targets and indicators that enable mea- ecosystem of education.” surement of the impact of access to information and He encouraged a number of his university colleagues data and reporting on progress during each year of the to create a MOOC, including a day to record the class americanlibrariesmagazine.org

6 International Supplement | PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and six days to prepare the homework, which is auto- International Law in Heidelberg, Germany, covered a matically graded. Courses run, on average, about seven bit of history about Amazon using an “extortionist ap- weeks. “The future of MOOCs is not written,” he said. proach” to block book publishers’ ebook sales. And “Just do them.” while the European Union’s 2007 Treaty of Lisbon cov- A popular breakout session, “Hot Topics in Academic ers competition, ebooks are exempt from this provision and Research Libraries,” featured several panelists, in- in many countries. “These laws that came into being in cluding Samantha Adams Becker of the New Media Con- the analog age don’t fit the digital world. We need new sortium, discussing the just-released New Media laws,” he said. Consortium (NMC) Horizon Report: 2014 Library Edition. Leslie Weir of the University of Ottawa in Canada dis- This is the first time library trends have been covered in cussed laws, licenses, and library collections from an a Horizon Report. A panel of 47 library experts repre- academic library perspective. senting 16 countries and five continents identified the Tomas Lipinski of Kent State University in Ohio most important topics that will affect libraries in the covered the incursion of contract law in the library in near, mid, and long range. his presentation. “Contract law trumps copyright law,” The key areas of concern included trends accelerating he said, noting that librarians need to work carefully and impeding technology adoption in academic and re- with vendors on their contracts. “There’s an imbalance search libraries, as well as important developments in that the vendor will give you. It’s your opportunity to technology. Some of the significant challenges identi- negotiate back some of those rights.” In addition, he fied for 2014 included a few solvable challenges, such as said the library community needs to “raise awareness embedding academic and research in our patrons and join us in a libraries in the curriculum and re- Some challenges broader policy debate. Being a thinking the roles and skills of the identified for 2014 included librarian today is more challenging libraries. More difficult challenges, embedding academic and than ever. Added to the plate are le- Becker said, were capturing the digi- gal issues. It’s part and parcel of the tal outputs of research as collection research libraries in the educational process. We need to material and competition from alter- curriculum and rethinking raise awareness (of legal concerns) native avenues of discovery. The most the roles of libraries. at programs like this. It’s part of our difficult challenges? Embracing the professional commitment.” need for radical change while still Hundreds of volunteers for the maintaining integration, interoperability, and collabor- conference, identifiable by their blue vests, sat in a sec- ative projects. tion together at the closing session on August 21, where Poster sessions on August 19–20 were well attended, they were cheered and applauded by the congress at- and more than 200 posters were on display. Delegates tendees for their helpful work. shared projects and solutions to problems that ranged Awards at the closing session included naming Alex from how to get teenage boys to read in Japan to using Byrne of the State Library of New South Wales, Austra- august 2014 recollections and giving patrons cameras to capture lia, as Honorary Fellow, IFLA’s highest award. The award | things they liked and didn’t about the library, to learn noted in part “his leadership to promote freedom of ac- how to design better library services in Finland. cess to information and to fight censorship.” Among Three librarians from the University of Illinois, Chi- other awards, IFLA medals went to Pascal Sanz of the cago, campus presented a poster on using Google Forms, National Library of France; Peter Johan Lor, South Afri- a quiz and survey instrument, to work with college stu- ca’s first national librarian; and Jesus Lau of Universi- dents on assessment and collaboration. Mireille Djenno, dad Veracruzana in Mexico. Glenda Insua, and Annie Pho used the versatile forms to The conference concluded with the meeting of the international supplement

collect information from students in English 161 on how governing board and library tours. The 2015 World | and what they were researching for coursework. “No Library and Information Congress meets in Cape Town, one’s name was associated with it, and as a result, it add- South Africa, August 15–21. z ed another degree of freedom (in sharing),” said Djenno. “I really like how you engage students as it [Google LAURIE D. BORMAN is editor and publisher of Forms] is actively populating.” The tool allowed for real- American Libraries magazine, the flagship publication time, data-driven adjustments and helped provide data- of the American Library Association. base examples with student-supplied keywords. On August 21 Harald Müller, library director of the

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27 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | international supplement | august 2014 28 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | international supplement | august 2014 and securitybroughtupbytheUSAPatriot Actcontinue Duringherpresidency,apartheid. theissuesof privacy unified conference of librariansinSouthAfricapost- In2005 term. 2003, Hayden participatedinthefirst went ontobecomeIFLApresidentduringthe2003– One of her students,KayRaserokafromBotswana, fessor at theUniversity inthelate1980s. of Pittsburgh ternational leadersduringhertenureasalibrarypro presented andconsultedinnearly30countries. countries. Overthecourseof alongcareer, Freedman has speakingonthetopicinmany salary andcompensation, mitment toglobalizeefforts relatedtolibraryworkers’ the computerage.Duringhispresidency, hemadeacom nical services,andautomationaslibrariesmigratedinto side theUStoprovidepresentationsoncataloging,tech FreedmanALA president, hadtraveledmanytimesout University. ­Dominican taught theInternational Librarianshipcourseat Since2010, andSouthAfrica. Russia, China, Berryhas presidency, BerryledPeople toPeople librarytoursto AfterhisJohn Dana PublicRelationsAward. Cotton whoseannualmarketingtion, awardisbasedonALA’s founders of the IFLAManagement andMarketing sec Libraries, whichcontinuestoday. Berrywasoneof the and IFLAthatcreatedtheCampaignfor theWorld’s Berryinitiatedthe partnershipbetweenALABoston, ALA presidentwhentheIFLACongresswasheldin these countries. global reachandcompetitivenessin libraries canhaveinincreasing that accesstoinformation through ­democracies andtheimportance central rolethatlibrariesplayin Mexico, andTaiwan, Serbia, onthe Belarus,France,such asArgentina, expertise andadviceincountries providinginternational engagement, dency, Kranichhascontinuedher andGeorgia).Sinceherpresi jan, Azerbai South Caucasus(Armenia, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | Mitch Freedman n n n

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- - - International Supplement International - - - officer forthe USStateDepartment. Herfirstposting ger way, soshehasbecome aninformation resource seas convincedherthatshewantedtogivebackinabig Libraries. Her experiencesworkingwithlibrariesover instrumental inestablishingtheWorld Indigenous Minnesotavation, Anishinabe,Pembina Roywas Band, a positiveimpactintheircommunities. need for publiclibrariestobegintransform andmake andVietnam abouttrends,andtoemphasizethe the UK, Chile,Cyprus,Greece,Italy,Argentina, Malta, Singapore, to libraryassociationleadersandgovernmentofficials in has traveledonbehalfof theUSStateDepartmenttotalk the United she States.Duringherpresidencyandbeyond, mational changetakingplaceinpubliclibrariesacross Public Library, Burgerisattheforefront of thetransfor Institute of LibraryandInformation Professionals. when hebecameanhonoraryfellow of theChartered impact ontheworldof librarianshipwasrecognized been translatedintonumerous languages.Gorman’s hisopus, ianship intheUK, aswellduringhisformative yearsinlibrar in ALA, to promotegloballibrarianshipduringhistenurewith Intionally mindedpresident. additiontomanyefforts in theUnited States,GormanwasabornALAinterna tween LatinAmericaandALA. was inBrazil,whereshefostered newconnectionsbe Michael Gorman n n n

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29 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | international supplement | august 2014 30 americanlibrariesmagazine.org | international supplement | august 2014 ALA Library Relief Efforts Library ALA having apositiveimpact In thePhilippines,Haiti,Chile,andelsewhere, memberdonationsare Culturel Pyepoudre anditslibrary thenew Centre tions throughALA, thanks inpartto$15,000 indona of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. much of theareaaroundcapital a catastrophicearthquake leveled It hasbeenfour andahalfyearssince Haiti in Library renaissance tion Inc. (PLAI)inMarch. the PhilippineLibrariansAssocia a checkfor $6,000 waspresentedto Luxembourg,andAustralia, Canada, members in30USstates,aswell damage. while otherssuffered significant libraries werecompletelydestroyed, damage causedtolibraries.Many of the gion todeterminetheextent to leadadelegationvisitthere of thePhilippines,wasfinallyable director of theNational Librarytos, the longroadtorecovery. displaced bythestorm,began try, asthey,andthethousands and librariansinthecoun a reliefefforttohelplibraries disasters, ALAquicklysetup in theaftermathofotherrecent gest typhoonseverrecorded.As were killedbyoneofthestron nation. Morethan6,000people Visayas regionofthearchipelago pines, slammedintotheEastern O PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT | It hasbeenalengthyeffort, but Thanks todonationsfromALA In February 2014 AntonioSan Yolanda inthePhilip known asTyphoon Typhoon Haiyan, n November8,2013, ------edge andentertainment. packed withkidshungry for knowl thelibraryhasbeenit reopened, library, whichopenedin2012.Since the yearlyrentalfee for thecurrent tions, ALAhasbeenabletocover Library. Throughgenerousdona will bebuildinganewPetit-Goâve tionale d’Haiti announcedthatit to stockthelibrary. acquire thelandfor thecenterand Connaissance etLiberté(FOKAL) ALA’s fundshelpedtheFondation opened attheendof April2014. National Board ofTrustees ofPLAI). member andpastInternationalRelationsRoundTable chair),andSusanPador(treasurer, Region LibrariansCouncilofPLAI),ElizabethPeralejo(PLAIpresident), NancyBolt(ALA From left:LilyEchiverri(formerPLAIpresident), Emma Rey(treasurer, NationalCapital In March, theBibliothèqueNa

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