| New Trends in Libraries | |
| 9.00-9.30 | IFLA Trend Report: the realities for libraries of the evolving Information Environment. Jennefer Nicholson, IFLA Secretary General |
| 9.30-10.00 | Shaped by Change and Shaping Change: A Media and Information Literacy Perspective on Libraries in Knowledge Societies Maria-Carme Torras Calvo, Library Director, Bergen University College, IFLA Governing Board, Norway |
| 10.00-10.30 | IFLA Trend Report and Library Education |
| IFLA Trend Report and the Library Education at Tampere University Teemu Rauhala, Education Manager, School of Information Sciences, Tampere University, Finland |
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| IFLA Trend Report and staff development Rebekka Pilppula, Director, Culture and Library Services, Joensuu Regional Library, Finland |
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| IFLA Trend Report as a tool for reflection in university library context Kimmo Tuominen, University Librarian, Helsinki University Library, Finland |
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| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee / Tea |
| 11.00-11.30 | Privacy and censorship Kai Ekholm, Director, The National Library of Finland, Finland |
| 11.30-12.15 | Trend Report in the library policy and practice, four viewpoints: |
| Denmark Tine Vind, Head of Division for Libraries, Danish Agency for Culture, Denmark Kent Skov Andreasen, Library Director Odense municipality, IFLA Governing Board, Denmark |
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| Estonia Ülle Talihärm, Library Advisor, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Estonia |
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| Lithuania Audrone Balse, Regional Studies and Digitization Department, Klaipeda Country Public, Lithuania |
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| Libraries, Impact and Development | |
| 12.15-12.45 | The importance of culture in development [strong societies] and the important roles of libraries in that [strong libraries] Ellen Tise, Senior Director Library and Information Service, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, Past IFLA President |
| 12.45-13.00 | Libraries: Action to Impact Donna Scheeder, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, IFLA President-elect |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-14.15 | Impact of libraries on society – Namibia and Learning Libraries Ellen Ndeshi Namhila, University Librarian, University of Namibia, IFLA Governing Board |
| 14.15-14.30 | Libraries in Asia : Impact on Society Ngian Lek Choh, Deputy Chief Executive, Archives and Collections, National Library of Singapore |
| 14.30-14.45 | Public libraries – genuine social places Rafał Kramza, President of the Information Society Development foundation, Director of the Library Development Program in Poland |
| 14.45.-15.00 | Libraries, Impact and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean Region Jaime Ríos-Ortega, Dr, Manager of the IFLA Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean, Head of the Institute of Research on Library and Information Science, UNAM, Mexico |
| 15.00-15.15 | What have we learned? Inga Lundén, City Librarian of Stockholm, Stockholm Public Library, IFLA Governing Board |
| 15.15 | Closing of the meeting Sinikka Sipilä, IFLA President |
IFLA President's Meeting 2014
"Strong libraries, strong societies : the impact of libraries on society." Libraries have impact on society by fostering equal opportunities to lifelong learning and education, research and innovation, culture and recreation for all.
