Hello,
If you are planning to attend IFLA WLIC 2023 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, next month, please consider attending the below Satellite meeting in The Hague.
Leslie Weir, Librarian and Archivist of Canada and IFLA President-Elect, will be the keynote speaker, and registration is free! If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me directly.
Thanks,
Jeannie
Dear colleagues,
IFLA Management and Marketing and LGBTQ SIG invite you to the free Satellite « 'The Library is open': creating safe working environments for LGBTQ+ library employees and marketing supportive LGBTQ+ services »
This event aims to explore the challenges and opportunities faced by the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more) communities in the workplace, as well as strategies for improving diversity and inclusion in libraries.
The Library Is Open Tickets, Thu, 17 Aug 2023 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
We are happy to present our Keynote speaker Leslie Weir, incoming President-elect of IFLA!
Leslie Weir is the Librarian and Archivist of Canada leading Library and Archives Canada since August 2019. Ms. Weir is leading LAC through transformation with the development of the LAC strategic plan through 2030 and strategic priorities (2023-2025), transformation of service and IT infrastructure, as well as the reorganization of its structure to support the achievement of LAC's mandate all with a focus on people and access. Ms. Weir has played important roles in many transformative moments at the Canadian Research Knowledge Network and in research libraries and archives in Canada. She is one of the founding architects of Scholars Portal, the state-of-the-art research infrastructure in Ontario universities and served as Chair of the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Ms. Weir served as President of Canadiana.org, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and the Ontario Library Association. She is currently a member of the FAN (Forum of National archivists) Steering Committee, Vice-Chair of CDNL (Conference of Directors of National Libraries) and Professional Division A Chair at the International Federation of Library Associations.
Additional speakers include:
Catharina Isberg, Emma Karlsson, and Karin Morwing, Lund Public Library, Sweden
Marian Ramos-Eclevia and Kelvin Samson, De La Salle University, The Philippines
Cecile Communal, British Library, United Kingdom
Dr. Darra Hofman and Dr. Michele A. L. Villagran, San José State University, USA
Carlos Alberto Della Paschoa and Elisete de Sousa Melo, Brazil
Jesse Carliner and Ben Walsh, University of Toronto, Canada
Anya Feltreuter, Mjölby Public Library, Sweden
More information and link to sign up: The Library Is Open Tickets, Thu, 17 Aug 2023 at 1:00 PM | Eventbrite
Best regards // Med vänlig hälsning
Anya Feltreuter
Bibliotekschef / Library Director
Tfn: 010-234 5104
Anya.Feltreuter@mjolby.se
Kultur- och fritidsförvaltningen
Mjölby kommun
Postadress: 595 80 Mjölby
Stadshuset
Burensköldsvägen 11-13
www.mjolby.se
JEANNIE BAIL (She/Her/Hers)
Liaison Librarian, Faculty of Management and Renaissance College • UNB Libraries
T 506 458-7212
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Jeannie Bail
Liaison Librarian, Faculty of Management and Renaissance College
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton
She/Her/Hers
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