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International Librarianship: Opportunities For Collaboration in A Networked World
International Librarianship: Opportunities For Collaboration in A Networked World
Outline of presentation
Introduction Definitions Internationalised spaces Opportunities for IL Trends in IL Challenges My explorations Conclusion
Introduction-evolution of libraries
Definitions
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What is it is not....
Charity, book donations, cultural exports Book clubs ...... international employment across borders library?
Digital content
Open access
Is there a difference?
International librarianship is what set out to be international Internationalised is either one that becomes or its very method of operation knows no boundaries Is there a difference?
opportunities
Opportunities for IL
Standards Governance
TLIB
Current trends
IFLAs Trend report GLAs Library of the future Leadership programmes Libraries in development Digital citizenship
content inclusion
challenges
Challenges
Are these spaces really meetings of equals? Digital exclusion
Digital literacy Undigital content
Constraints
Asking questions of concluded research Not scientific, seeking solutions for relevance and succession Time
What is emerging?
Issues beyond one nation National difference but not regional Divergent views Innovation
Not too obvious leaders to step back
Conclusion
Is there an alternative? Local versus global Collaboration scale Kgetsie ya tsie... International Librarianship working together for a greater good.