Those who register to attend virtually will receive a link to the zoom of the conference later.
Conference Opening Keynote on May 29:
Sherri Aldis, Director, UN Regional Information Centre for Western Europe
Title: Information Integrity for a Better World: libraries collaborating with the United Nations
Keynote on May 31:
Emily Drabinski, ALA President
Title: Building Connections, Making Change: The Power of Association
MLAS programing for Kazakhstan
Themes for MLAS: Library advocacy, Financial sustainability, Membership Retention, Strategic Planning, Information Integrity
MLAS Sessions
Themes: Library advocacy, Financial sustainability, Membership Retention, Strategic Planning
May 29, 2024
3-5pm Kazakhstan / 12 noon Amsterdam/ Egypt / 6am New York / Brasil 7am / Sri Lanka 3:30pm/ Cote d’Ivoire 10am check your time here.
Building Strong Library Associations: powering libraries and institutions
- Stephen Wyber (Netherlands), IFLA, Director External Affairs. Title: Information Integrity.
- Loy Jyoon Chin (Malaysia), IFLA MLAS Secretary. Past Vice President of the Librarians Association of Malaysia. Title: Librarians Association of Malaysia: Financial Sustainability
- Emily Drabinski (USA), ALA President. Title: Financial Sustainability: best practices and innovations from ALA
- Sara Martinez (USA), REFORMA, Chair of Organizational Development and New Chapters Committee. Title: Strategic Planning
- Ghulzan, President of the Academic Library Association in Kazakhstan. Title: Main activities of the Association of Academic Libraries of Kazakhstan: problems, results and prospects
May 30, 2024
3-5pm Kazakhstan / 12 noon Amsterdam/ Egypt / 6am New York / Brasil 7am / Sri Lanka 3:30pm/ Cote d’Ivoire 10am check your time here.
Building Strong Library Associations: powering libraries and institutions
- Dijana Machala (Croatia), IFLA MLAS Member. Past President of the Croatian Library Association. Leader, MLAS Advocacy Impact Evaluation Project. Theme: MLAS Advocacy Impact Evaluation Project
- Irina Trushina (Russia), IFLA MLAS Member. Executive Director of the Russian Library Association. Ttitle: The Role of Library Association in Social and Normative Regulation of Librarianship in Russia
- Julia Demasi (Uruguay), IFLA MLAS Member. President of the Board of the National Association of Graduate Librarians from Uruguay. Title: Membership Retention
- Loida Garcia-Febo (USA/PR), MLAS Chair. IFLA Governing Board Member. Past President of the ALA. Title: Creative and Systematic strategies for membership retention for associations, organizations and institutions
- Juha Manninen (Finland), Secretary General of the Finnish Library Association. Title: Finnish Library Association: Strategy and its formulation
May 31, 2024
Building Strong Library Associations: powering libraries and institutions
MLAS Business Meeting
3-5pm Kazakhstan / 12noon Amsterdam/ Egypt / 6am New York / Brasil 7am / Sri Lanka 3:30pm/ Cote d’Ivoire 10am check your time here.
Link to join and agenda will be sent by the MLAS Secretary.