Download - New trends in libraries in USA and Europe: personal experience from OCLC fellowship program
Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career
Development Fellowship Program:
Personal Experience
Mahmoud Khalifa
Presented at:
OCLC/EMEA regional
meeting
Beirut, Lebanon
May 2012
OCLC Fellowship Program
• OCLC with cooperation with IFLA
offer this program for librarians in the
developing countries
• Program period is 5 weeks.
• Fellows spend 4 week in US, and 1
week in Europe.
OCLC Fellowship Program
• The program started in 2001.
• Until 2012, 60 fellows from 33
countries participated in the program.
OCLC Fellowship Program
• In 2008, the first fellow from Arab
countries was selected.
Hanan Erhif, Morocco
OCLC Fellowship Program
• In 2010, I was honored to be the
second fellow from Arab countries,
and the first from Egypt.
OCLC Fellowship Program
• 2010 program included 3 main activities:
1. Sessions about OCLC services, American libraries community, and new technologies in libraries.
2. Attendance the first Global Council Meeting of OCLC members.
3. Visits to 17 libraries and organizations in US, Netherlands, and France.
Visits
• United States
• Ohio State University
• Illinois State University
• Westerville Public Library
• Columbus Public Library
• Chicago Public Library
• Coffman School Library
Visits
• United States
• OCLC Library
• Library of Congress
• American Library Association
• American Theological Libraries
Association
Visits
• The Netherlands
• The Netherlands National Library
• Amsterdam Public Library
• Leiden University Library
• NDB Biblion Company
• IFLA
Visits
• France
• National Library of France
• Information Public Library
Libraries here … and
there
What’s the different?
Philosophy
• Libraries in US and Europe has
different philosophy in the concept of
library services.
• Lake of budgets is common factor
between libraries here and there.
Philosophy
Working hours
• 12 hours is the minimum working
hours.
• Some libraries do not have weekends.
• Libraries work in the official holidays.
• Some libraries work for 24 hours.
Philosophy
Libraries are not a prison
• Foods and drinks allowed inside
libraries.
• Games allowed to be used on
libraries’ computers.
• Free use of internet web sites.
The true meaning of “public”
• Libraries opened for all.
• Residences, visitors, and foreigners are
allowed to use the public libraries.
• No library card need to use the library.
• Library card needed only in case of
circulation.
• Libraries without walls.
Philosophy
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Pre-axioms
• MARC 21
• Information library systems
• Libraries web sites
• Online OPACs
Axioms
• Free use of internet
• Wireless internet
• Databases
• E-journals, and e-books.
Modern Technologies
• Self circulation and return.
• Transportation systems inside
libraries.
• Video games and music studios.
• Equipments circulation.
• Digital reference service.
• Web 2.0 applications.
Modern Technologies
• Transportation systems inside
libraries.
Modern Technologies
Music studios
Modern Technologies
Equipments circulation
• Laptops.
• Digital cameras.
• Video cameras.
• MP3 players
• iPods.
Modern Technologies
Web 2.0 applications
• Libraries’ blogs.
• Content tagging in catalogs.
• Using online social networks.
“User Technology NOT
Library Technology”
Use the technology which user already uses, not
what your library want to apply.
Don W. Barlow
Westerville Public Library
Future technologies
Mobile libraries
• Searching OPAC
• Digital reference service
• Reservation
The treasure
• OCLC Library has one of the most
important treasures in history of libraries:
• The 1st edition of DDC.
• The draft of the 2nd edition written by
Dewey on a printed copy of the 1st
edition.
OCLC work environment
•OCLC is different !!
Benefits of OCLC program
• Promoting library community in your
country.
All fellows asked to prepare a
presentation about library community
in his own country, this presented in
front of OCLC staff, and Jay Jordan.
Benefits of OCLC program
• Professional and scientific benefits
oGet knowledge about recent technologies.
o I got big support from OCLC to finish my PhD.
About the digital reference service.
Benefits of OCLC program
• Building international relationships
• Free membership in IFLA and ALA.
• I was selected by IFLA to attend a workshop
to graduate and accredited trainer at (BSLA)
Building strong library association program.
• I was selected by IFLA to be a refree in the
editorial board of “International Cataloguing &
Bibliographic Control Journal” which
published by IFLA.
