World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Satellite Conference in Tampere, Finland, 8-10 August 2012

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DETAILED PROGRAMME

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Conference Theme

How can libraries and information centres improve access to women’s information and preserve women’s cultural heritage?

Wednesday 8th August 2012

16:45 – 17:15 Registration at the Linna building, ground floor (Kalevantie 5)
17:15 – 18:45 Sightseeing tour of Tampere by bus (starts from Kalevantie 5, ends at the Old City Hall)
19:00 Welcome reception hosted by the city of Tampere in the Old City Hall

Thursday 9th August 2012

09:30 - 10:00
Registration, coffee and networking

10:00 - 10:15
Welcome: Conference Chair, Maria Cotera, Convener, IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group and Tilly Vriend, WINE Board Member, Aletta, The Netherlands

10:15 - 12:00
Session 1: Presentations, followed by panel discussion facilitated by Maria Cotera, Conference Chair

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS DEMOCRATISING ACCESS TO WOMEN’S INFORMATION

"Library Collections as Indicators of Social and Cultural Transitions in Knowledge: Gender and the Woman’s Collection at Texas Woman’s University"
by Spencer Acadia & K. Elizabeth Sikes, Texas, US

"Towards One Portal for Gender Equality and Women’s Human Rights Resources in Europe”
by Ana Sofia Fernandes, Vilnius, Lithuania

"Bridging the Gender Digital Divide Among Women in Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania: the Role of Libraries”
by Neema Florence Mosha, Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (paper presented by Jenny Bossaller)

"The Library and Social Medi@”
by Annetta Willemse, Amsterdam, Netherlands

12:00 - 13:00
Lunch and networking

13:00 - 14:45
Session 2: Presentations, followed by panel discussion, facilitated by Maria Grönroos, WINE Board Member, Kilden, Norway

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS PRESERVING WOMEN’S CULTURAL HERITAGE

"Preservation and Dissemination of Women’s Cultural Heritage in Nigeria: the Role of Libraries”
by Stella N. I. Anasi, Ahioma Ibegwam & Stella O. Oyediran-Tidings, Lagos, Nigeria (paper presented by Chidi Arunma Kanu)

“Doing Archive and Being Creative – The Potential of Virtual Rooms”
by Anja Thieme, Berlin, Germany

“The Letters of Sculptor Anne Whitney: Building a Collaborative Digital Collection”
by Jenifer Bartle, Massachusetts, US

“Strategies to Preserve the Memories of Refugee Women in India”
by Dr. Trishanjit Kaur & Dr. Nirmal Singh, Punjab, India

14:45 - 15:15
Coffee and networking

15:15 - 17:00
Session 3: Presentations, followed by panel discussion, facilitated by Sari Pikkala, WINE Board Member, Minna Centre for Gender Equality Information, Tampere, Finland

LIBRARY AND INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS WORKING TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY

“Documenting the History of Women’s Library Groups within the American Library Association”
by Cindy Ingold, Illinois, US

“European Feminist Texts Online: the Fragen Project”
by Tilly Vriend, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

“A model Library-based Feminist Knowledge Producer”
by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, Wisconsin, US

19:00
Conference dinner

Friday 10th August 2012

10:00 - 10:15
Welcome: Conference chair, María Cotera, Convener, Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group

10:15 - 12:15
Session 4: Presentations, followed by panel discussion, facilitated by Jenny Bossaler, University of Missouri, US & Advisory Committee, IFLA Women Information and Libraries Special Interest Group

TOOLS TO DOCUMENT AND DISSEMINATE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN

“Visual History Writing”
by Saddie Choua, Brussels, Belgium & Anna Zobnina, Cyprus

“Collection Building through Oral History, from Interview to Online Access: Documenting the Impact and Contribution of Women in Oklahoma”
by Juliana Nykolaiszyn, Oklahoma, US

“KvinnSam and the History of Nordic Women’s Literature on the Web”
by Anna Sjödahl Hayman & Berith Backlund, Gothenburg, Sweden

“Uncovering Hidden Historical Narratives of Village Women in Namibia”
by Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, Windhoek, Namibia

12:15 - 13:00
Open session & closing remarks: Facilitated by conference chair María Cotera Convener, Women Information and Libraries Special Interest Group and Tilly Vriend, WINE, Women’s Information Network Europe

13:00 - 14:00 Farewell lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Guided visit to Tampere City Library Metso
15:30 Possibility to visit the Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley (located in the basement of the City Library)

Updated 16.7.2012