The library – a bright spot /Biblioteket- en ljuspunkt.
Purpose: to show that – and how – the library can contribute to «sustainable development» and «global justice» and thus be «a bright spot».
The workshop will be in English (the first Zoom part) and in Swedish (the following physical part). Both with time for discussions. Streamed via Zoom, recorded and possibly transcribed (link here in due time)
Program with speakers and approximate times
1700 Welcoming remarks: Mikael Böök (BiblioteketTarSaka.com), Maria Bergstrand, The World Library.
International Zoom panel (in English)
1710 Emily Drabinski, Critical Pedagogy Librarian at the Mina Rees Library at the Graduate Center, City University of New York; elected as president of the American Library Association for 2023-24. Topic: «Labor organizing in the library sector.»
1720 Anriette Esterhuysen, Chair, Internet Governance Forum’s Multistakeholder Advisory Group; Director, Association for Progressive Communications, Johannesburg (-2017). Topic: forthcoming
1730 Kathleen de la Peña McCook, Distinguished University Professor of Librarianship-University of South Florida, School of Information. Maintainer of substack «Ebla to E-Books: The Preservation and Annihilation of Memory». Topic: «Convergence of Libraries and Cultural Heritage Institutions»
1740 Summary of the Zoom panel
Discussion
1755 Pause
Panel i Erlander-salen (panel in the Erlander Room, in Swedish)
1800 Lars Ilshammar, Biträdande nationalbibliotekarie, Kungliga biblioteket (Deputy National Librarian, National Library of Sweden)
1810 Elisabet Rundqvist, bibliotekarie och handläggare, Kungliga biblioteket (Executive officer at the National Library of Sweden). Ämne: Att för en stund få vara människa. (Topic: To be allowed to be a human being for a while.)
1820 Nick Johnson Jones, chef för konst och bibliotek i Huddinge (Head of Art and Libraries, Huddinge, Sweden). Ämne: Folkbiblioteken gör oss verkliga för varandra. (Topic: Public libraries make us real to each other.)
1830 Sammanfattning (Summary) Lena Lundgren (BiS), Anders Ericson (BiblioteketTarSaka)
1835 Slutdiskussion (Final discussion)
Organizers: BiblioteketTarSaka.com, Bibliotek i Samhälle, Världsbiblioteket