IFLA – Section on Information Technology

Giving a worldwide perspective on information technology issues for

libraries

The International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)

• Brief History

• Organizational Structure

• Annual Conference

History of IFLA

• Founded in 1927– First meeting – Edinburgh, Scotland

• Registered in the Netherlands 1971– Housed in the Royal Library

• 1700 members in 150 countries– Regional Office – Rio De Janeiro

• Mrs. Elizabet Maria Ramos de Caralho, Regional Manager

• Five Working Languages – English, French, German, Russian, and Spanish

IFLA Organization

Governing Board

Professional Committee

Divisions (8)

Sections (47)

Management and Technology

Information Technology

World Library and Information Congress

Annual Conference – World Library and Information Congress

• 1999 – Bangkok, Thailand• 2000 – Jerusalem, Israel• 2001 – Boston, USA• 2002 – Glasgow, Scotland• 2003 – Berlin, Germany• 2004 – Buenos Aires• 2005 – Oslo, Norway• 2006 – Seoul, Korea• 2007 – Durban, South Africa• 2008 - Quebec, Canada

August 13-18, 2005

Section on Information Technology (SIT)

• Brief History

• Goals of the Section

• Recent Programs

• Upcoming programs – Oslo, Seoul

• Current Projects

• How to join IFLA –SIT

• Officers/Standing Committee Members

History of the IFLA Section on Information Technology (SIT)

• Founded in 1965 as Committee on Mechanization – Helsinki

• 1960s - Focus on automation reports from various countries –Canada, Germany, Sweden, UK, USA and USSR

• 1970s - Bibliographic standards and data exchange

History of the IFLA Section on Information Technology (SIT)

• 1979 – became the Section on Information Technology

• 1980s – Networking, -microcomputers, electronic document delivery

• 1990s – Internet, WWW, electronic publications• 2000s – Digital libraries• http://www.ifla.org/VII/s21/publications/40Years

OfSIT.pdf

Goals of the SIT

• Investigate new technologies for library services

• Investigate access to information resources

• Identify and promote standards

• Promote interoperability between systems

• Support projects with other IFLA sections and international library associations

RFID in Singapore

Digital Preservation in Scotland

Scholar’s Portals in Czech Republic

Research Portals in Australia

Science and Technology Electronic Library in Argentina

Patron Authorization in the UK

Metadata for Digital Collections in Canada

Mobile Access to Libraries in Japan

Empowering Unreached Populations in India

XML-based Library Services in Portugal

Archiving the World Wide Web in Slovenia

ISO Interlibrary Loan Protocol in USA

Recent SIT Programs

• Managing digital collections as research collections (Boston 2001)

• The Scholar’s Portal – An international perspective (Berlin 2003)

• Wireless technologies for Library services – RFID (Berlin 2003)

• Authentication and authorization for cross-domain e-library services (Buenos Aires 2004)– A Star is Born (Argentina Electronic Library Project)

Upcoming SIT Programs - Oslo

• Course Management Systems and Library Information Systems – Issues for interoperability

• Open Source Software for libraries• Quality issues in libraries• Statistics and evaluation of electronic resources• Bibliotheca Universalis – how to organize chaos

(Satellite meeting in Järvenpää, Finland on FRBR)

(all of these programs are jointly sponsored with other IFLA Sections)

Current SIT Projects

• Conference Watch• Technology Watch• GUI-Icons Project (no longer active)• Authentication and Authorization

publication• 3rd Generation Library System Resource

page• IT Training needs for developing countries

Conference Watch

• Listing dates and locations for many international conferences focusing on technology in libraries

• http://www.ifla.org/VII/s21/confwatch.htm

Technology Watch

• A selection of institutional, association and project studies reports and guides– Browsable by topic and by organization– Courseware, data mining, digital libraries,

digital preservation, metadata, etc

• http://www.ifla.org/VII/s21/techwatch.htm

Authentication and Authorizationpublication

• PAPI project: TERENA Task Force• KUB: SurfNet• ANGEL Project• Enhancing Athens with Permis• The Finnish Electronic Library• University of Freiburg project• Library Systems Vendors – A&A functionality

3rd Generation Library SystemsResource pages

• Vendor links, sample RFI/RFPs, contacts– Link Resolvers– Federated Search Engines– Portals– Electronic Resource Management Systems– Google-related projects

• UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!

Membership - IFLA

• Association Membership– 2 free Section registrations

• Institutional Members – 2 free Section registrations

• School libraries– 1 free Section registration

• Personal and Student Affiliates– 1 free Section registration

(Free registration for Brazilians in Section 27 Latin America & the Caribbean!)

How to Join the Section on Information Technology

• Select Section 21. Information Technology as one of your free Sections -or-

• Pay €48 to join Information Technology as an “extra” Section.

• http://www.ifla.org/III/members/form2a.htm

IFLA Sections

• Members

• Standing Committee

Section on Information TechnologyStanding Committee Members

• Ms Maria Inês Cordeiro, Portugal, Chair

• Larry Woods, USA, Secretary• Ms Gill Hamilton, Scotland• Reinhard Altenhöner, Germany• Ms Sabine Barral, France• Claude Bonnelly, Canada• Ms Mercedes Chacón Fuertes,

Spain• Ms. J.L. de Vries, The

Netherlands• Nazha Hachad, Morocco• Ms Hilde Hoegaas, Norway

• Yuri Hohlov, Russian Federation • Ms Mary E. Jackson, USA• Mats Lindquist, Sweden• Wei Liu, China• Ms Catherine Lupovici, France• Ms Sally H. McCallum, USA• Solomon K. Mutai, Kenya• Per Mogens Petersen, Denmark• Ms Diann Rusch-Feja, Germany• Marinus Swanepoel, South

Africa• Ms Mirna Willer, Croatia• N.U. Yapa, Sri Lanka

New Committee Members Nominated Biennially

• Can have your association nominate you

• Can self-nominate

• Can also become a corresponding member of the Standing Committee

WE’D LOVE TO HAVE MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE FROM

BRAZIL!

Larry WoodsDirector, Information Systems and

Technical ServicesUniversity of Iowa Libraries

USA

larry-woods@uiowa.edu