World Library and Information Congress 85Th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 24-30 August 2019 Athens, Greece
World Library and Information Congress 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 24-30 August 2019 Athens, Greece Full Programme (PDF) Tuesday, 27 August 2019 Congress Programme 08:30 – 10:30 Skalkotas Session 154 Libraries: Create Spaces - Inspire Dialogue - Empower Community - Asia and Oceania Chair: Premila Gamage, Colombo, Sri Lanka Chair: Nor Edzan Che Nasir, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Chair: Cendrella Habre, Beirut, Lebanon The open session of Regional Section for Asia and Oceania plans to contribute to this year’s WLIC theme of “Libraries: Dialogue for Change”, by exploring how libraries have empowered their communities by way of creating trusted space and stimulating dialogue. It aims to demonstrate how all types of librarians/libraries in Asia and Oceania have brought people together in vibrant community hubs, generated dialogue/conversation and helped their communities to figure out/resolve the complexities of life as well as the society they live in. The session includes a keynote, 5 full-paper presentations and 4 Lightning Talks. 1. Keynote: Library leaders: creating, inspiring, empowering our future leaders Allison Dobbie, Former General Manager of Auckland Libraries, New Zealand 2. Serving the Refugees at Kedah Public Library, Malaysia Norshahila Hashim, Library Services and Information Sector, Kedah Public Library, Malaysia Mohamad Rehan Baharom, Corporate Unit, Kedah Public Library, Malaysia Shahizan Affandi Zakaria, Kedah Public Library, Malaysia 3. B@LSH Project: Creating Ubiquitous Reading Environment for Children in Rural China Zizhou Wang, Dept. of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, China Xiaofang Zhang, Dept. of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, China Ge Zhang, Dept. of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, China Lu Qiu, Tianxiaxi Advisory Centre for Education, Beijing, China Jing Dai, National Library of China, Beijing, China 4.
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