Minutes from Management & Marketing Section Mid-Year Meeting held at the Offices of the Swedish Library Association in Stockholm, Sweden on February 14, 2019 were approved at the Management & Marketing Standing Commitee's first Business Meteing the the 2019 World Library and Information Congress.

You can read them here.

At the heart of IFLA’s work are our Professional Units. These groups are made up of experts from around the world and across the library profession. Their work, activities and projects make a real impact in their fields.

There are over 50 Professional Units spread across five Divisions – Library Types, Library Collections, Library Services, Support of the Profession, and Regions – so you’re bound to find a Unit that is involved in your area of interest.

One exciting aspect of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) is the ability for each Unit’s Standing Committees to come together in person to discuss developments, plan activities and organise projects for the coming year. This opportunity to network and have fruitful discussions is one of the many things that make the atmosphere at WLIC buzz with new ideas.

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But did you know all WLIC delegates are invited to observe these meetings? This is the best way to stay informed on the work within Units that are of interest to you.

IFLA Section Standing Committee Business Meetings and IFLA SIG Business Meetings will take place throughout the week in Athens and are colour-coded blue in the WLIC programme.

You are invited to find what topics interest you and attend the meetings as an observer. Enrich your WLIC experience by meeting the committee, networking with others in the field and staying up to date with the work of IFLA across the Library Profession!

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager will give a presentation about open science training at the 9th UNICA Scholarly Communication Seminar, which takes place at Vilnius University in Lithuania.

The 9th UNICA seminar theme is ‘Academic Libraries & Open Science: how to meet the challenges?’ UNICA is an institutional network of 51 universities from 37 capital cities of Europe, combining over 160,000 staff and 1,900,000 students. 

Join us in this webinar to find out more about Coko (the Collaborative Knowledge Foundation) and their community-based approach to developing open and shared publishing infrastructure.

Guided by the vision, ‘better, faster, more open publishing’, Coko facilitates publishers, funders, developers, researchers, service providers, and others to work together to build publishing infrastructure that everyone can benefit from. 

Nine public library trainers from Namibia who recently attended EIFL training in library management and planning new services will pass on their knowledge and skills to their colleagues within the Namibia Library and Archives Service (NLAS).

Five public library trainers from the Kenya National Library Service (KNLS) will train 18 public librarians from 12 KNLS libraries in communications and advocacy skills.

The five trainers learnt training skills as part of a major EIFL-KNLS initiative to strengthen continued professional development of public librarians in Kenya. They attended communications and advocacy training organized by EIFL and KNLS in March 2019, and are now passing on their knowledge and skills to their colleagues.

Our guest blogger, Dr Jane Secker, is Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at City, University of London. EIFL invited Jane and partner, Chris Morrison, Copyright, Software Licensing and Policy Manager at the University of Kent, to the 2019 EIFL General Assembly.

Our guest blogger, Dr Jane Secker, is Senior Lecturer in Educational Development at City, University of London. EIFL invited Jane and partner, Chris Morrison, Copyright, Software Licensing and Policy Manager at the University of Kent, to the 2019 EIFL General Assembly.

We were proud to celebrate our 20th birthday with more than 70 people during the 2019 EIFL General Assembly (GA), which took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, from 8 - 10 August. Participants in the GA included delegates from our network of library consortia in 33 countries, representatives of our partners in the publishing industry, and members of the EIFL management board and staff team.

‘The Marrakesh Treaty: Getting Started’ is a practical, interactive workshop for librarians on how to start using the Marrakesh Treaty for people with print disabilities. It is aimed at countries in Eastern, Central Europe and the Baltic States that have joined the Marrakesh Treaty, and where implementation into national law is completed or advanced. Participants from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia, as well as Finland, Canada, the UK and the US, are expected to attend.

Librarians at the universities of Dagon and East Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar, will take part in a two-day workshop to improve their capacity to make the best use of e-resources provided through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project to support law faculty to deliver newly-developed courses on human rights law.  In addition librarians will be trained to assist students in planning and researching for moot courts.

Librarians at the universities of Dagon and East Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar, will take part in a two-day workshop to improve their capacity to make the best use of e-resources provided through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project to support law faculty to deliver newly-developed courses on human rights law.  In addition librarians will be trained to assist students in planning and researching for moot courts.

All updates to the UNIMARC Bibliographic and Authorities formats, 3rd ed., approved in 2019 are available online (in PDF format).

See all the updates to the UNIMARC Bibliographic format.

See all the updates to the UNIMARC Authorities format.

EIFL eLibrary Myanmar Project Capacity Building Manager, Ruth Bird, will facilitate  a three-day workshop for members of the law faculties at the universities of Dagon and East Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar.

The workshop aims to support law faculty members to deliver newly-developed courses in human rights law. Topics to be covered include how to make the best use of the legal e-resources provided through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project, and preparing and conducting moot courts.

EIFL eLibrary Myanmar Project Capacity Building Manager, Ruth Bird, will facilitate  a three-day workshop for members of the law faculties at the universities of Dagon and East Yangon in Yangon, Myanmar.

The workshop aims to support law faculty members to deliver newly-developed courses in human rights law. Topics to be covered include how to make the best use of the legal e-resources provided through the EIFL eLibrary Myanmar project, and preparing and conducting moot courts.

As outlined in the Convening Notice for the IFLA 2019 General Assembly at the World Library and Information Congress, 28 & 29 August 2019, a number of motions are due to be considered at the meeting on Thursday 28th August.

Motion 11.3 proposes to hold an election for the 10th place on the Governing Board. This is due to the original election, held earlier this year, resulting in a draw for this place.  In line with IFLA’s Statutes and Rules of Procedure a second election has been arranged to be held at the General Assembly 2019.

Since the Convening Notice was sent out, one of the two candidates in the election has had to withdraw from the election for personal reasons. Consequently, Jonathan Hernández-Pérez is now standing unopposed. A second election is no longer necessary and Jonathan Hernández-Pérez has been declared the 10th member of the Governing Board.

Motion 11.3 is now withdrawn, and ballot papers for the election will not now be distributed prior to the General Assembly.

Gerald Leitner
IFLA  Secretary General

Please join GIOPS in Athens! You do not need to be a member of our standing committee to attend any of these sessions.

Business Meetings

• Saturday 24 August: 13:30-15:30 – Session 024, SCI – Government Information and Official Publications. Location: Athens College 113
• Wednesday 28 August: 10:45-13:15 – Session 218, SCII -- Government Information and Official Publications. Location: Business Meeting Room 5

Paper Session

• Tuesday August 27: 13:45-15:45 – Session 185: International Financial Institutions, Governments, and Austerity: Banks, Bailouts and Information on the Global Debt Crisis
  • Location: MC3
  • Description: How can libraries best serve populations during a global economic crisis or make sense of government data? This session will explore government information services offered by libraries as well as the actions and initiatives undertaken and synergies developed to help achieve these goals. It will also explore partnerships for sharing knowledge, ideas, best practices and resources to serve user communities experiencing difficult economic conditions, as well as tools and tecniques designed to enhance the transparency and accessibility of official government statistics. Session Chairs: Thanos Giannakopoulos (New York) & James Church, (Berkeley)
    • The Hellenic Economic Library Network (H.E.LI.N.): A Partnership Against the Economic Crisis Anthi Katsirikou, University of Piraeus, Greece.
    • European Documentation Centres in Recent Financial Crisis: Good Practices and Lessons Learned Vasiliki Rigakou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece.
    • Working With Chinese Economic Data Sets: Potential Issues and Solutions Edward Lim Junhao, New York University Shanghai, China

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This year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) will again be live streamed. With an even larger offer than in previous years, you will be able to access 11 key sessions from our diverse and world-class programme.

This way, you can get first-hand updates on major initiatives launched by IFLA to build a stronger and globally united library field, as well as learn more about the ever-changing challenges and opportunities we face, directly from the experts.

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner said:

Once again, IFLA will live stream key sessions of the World Library and Information Congress, and we will make available online an even larger offer than previous years at no cost. We hope library colleagues around the word will welcome this opportunity to connect and engage, as part of our continuous efforts to make IFLA an increasingly more inclusive and participatory organisation.”

The WLIC 2019 live stream offer will include some of IFLA’s most popular sessions:

• Opening Session (Sunday 25 August from 10:30 – 12:00 GMT+3)
• IFLA Highlights Session (Monday 26 August from 08:30 – 09:30 GMT+3)
• IFLA President’s Session (Monday 26 August from 09:30 – 11:30 GMT+3)
• From Vision to Implementation - IFLA's Strategy (Monday 26 August from 11:45 – 12:45 GMT+3)
• Legislators’ Panel: What Lawmakers Think about Libraries (Monday 26 August from 13:45 – 14:45 GMT+3)
• Strengthening the Global Voice: Securing the Future of Libraries (Monday 26 August from 14:45 – 15:45 GMT+3)
• Closing Session (Thursday 29 August from 16:00 – 17:30 GMT+3)

There will also be a selection of key sessions organised by IFLA’s Professional Units:

• “Twenty Years of the IFLA Intellectual Freedom Statement: Constancy and Change”, by the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Advisory Committee (Sunday 25 August from 13:45 – 15:45 GMT+3),

• “Innovation in Changing Times” by the IFLA Latin America and the Caribbean Section (Monday 26 August from 16:00 – 18:00 GMT+3),
• “Legal Implications of Disruptive Technologies in Libraries” organised by the IFLA Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM) Advisory Committee (Thursday 29 August from 08:30 – 10:30 GMT+3)
• “Library Love Stories” co-organised by the IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) with the IFLA Management and Marketing Section (Thursday 29 August from 10:45 – 12:45 GMT+3)

Follow #wlic2019 on social media and our WLIC 2019 website for further live streaming announcements and details.

We look forward to engaging with you online!

The IFLA WLIC 2019 Live Stream will be offered via IFLA’s WLIC 2019 Website and IFLA’s YouTube channel. All times are local (Athens, Greece) – check what time this will be in your city (make sure to adjust the time and date to the session you want to watch).

• Access the live stream in the WLIC 2019 website. No registration is required.
• You can also access through this playlist in YouTube, at the dates and times indicated above.
• Recordings will be made available on the WLIC 2019 website and our YouTube channel by the end of each day.

Contact communications@ifla.org if you have any questions regarding live streaming.

The Subject Ananlysis and Access Section will meet on  Saturday 23 August at 15:45-17:45 at the Athens College, room 210.
The second meeting is on Thursday 29 August at 8-10:30 in Megaron Meeting Room 5.

You are welcome to our meetings as an observer.

Agenda for the meetings.

The Marrakesh Treaty continues to be popular: after only a few years, it already has 57 contracting parties, in other words countries that have acceded or ratified the Treaty. Most of these are making or will make changes domestically in order to comply with the provisions of the Treaty and start using it.

This process is ongoing. Today’s fourth update [Word | PDF] to IFLA’s Marrakesh Monitoring Report covers changes that have happened since the January 2019 update. As in previous editions, the document monitors where legislative changes are happening and their main characteristics.

The questions that the monitoring report looks into are whether libraries can make use of Marrakesh provisions:

• without paying remuneration for books or for audio-books
• without needing to check on the commercial availability of the work
• without a registration obligation
• without additional record-keeping requirements
• to serve people with dyslexia
• to serve people with other disabilities

Since the previous update, we have seen several countries acceding or ratifying the Treaty: Bolivia, Cabo Verde, the Cook Islands, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, Morocco, Tajikistan, Thailand and the United States.

Several countries have made updates to their legislation, like New Zealand, where domestic reform should mean that ratification will come soon. Several European Member States have completed transposition of the European Directive (Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and Malta).

While the full potential of cross-border exchanges will only come once new laws and practices are fully in place. There is an example of Canada exchanging books with Kyrgyzstan. Yet it is clear that the Marrakesh Treaty is not only going to open up the door to many cross-border exchanges but is also proving itself extremely useful as a catalyst of reforms nationally which would not have taken place without this international guidance.

The overview continues to offer support to people pushing for reforms in their countries. To simplify the use of Marrakesh provisions in cross-border exchanges, countries should be as aligned as possible in the key aspects covered by the overview.

In particular, since many countries are moving towards a non-remunerated exception for example, this is a very good reason for any new country undertaking a copyright reform to adopt a non-remunerated exception as well.

The overview offers good news:

• A majority of countries from which we have information have not implemented any remuneration schemes for the creation and distribution of accessible format copies;
• we know that 24 countries have no commercial availability checks (only 8 have them);
• in most countries there is no registration obligation for authorised entities;
• it is clear in all countries where we have information that people with dyslexia are considered beneficiaries to the exception;
• of the countries for which we have clear answers, 20 have extended Marrakesh provisions, at least partially, to people with other disabilities, although 19 have not.

While it would be very positive that countries with the same languages align themselves as much as possible to make the cross-border exchanges simpler, there are no clear trends in this regard for now.

We would like to thank the contributions of the European Blind Union, of EIFL, of the Red Iberoamericana de Expertos en la Convención de los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, and of the members of the IFLA Section of Libraries Serving People with Print Disabilities for the input provided.

Comments and further updates are very welcome - contact us.

Access the full report [Word | PDF].

Access the previous updates.