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56.4/2018 Liz Page (bio) IBBY Elections 2018 East Meets West around Children's Books and Fairy Tales This was the theme of the 36th IBBY Congress that was held in Athens, Greece, from August 30 to September 1, 2018. Approximately 500 participants travelled to Athens to enjoy a rich and varied program of high quality lectures, poster sessions, and IBBY Award events. During the Congress, the IBBY members gathered for the General Assembly. Sixty delegates attended representing sixty-three National Sections. The IBBY General Assembly is the most important meeting place of IBBY members; it is where the main issues facing the organization are presented and the Executive Committee are elected for the following two years until the next Assembly. The 2018 General Assembly elected the IBBY President, the President of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury, ten members of the Executive Committee, and the IBBY Auditor for the term 2018 to 2020. The members of the new Executive Committee certainly reflect the Congress theme of East Meets West. The IBBY Executive Committee 2018–20 comprises Mingzhou Zhang from China as IBBY President; Junko Yokota from the USA as President of the 2020 Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury; and EC members Anastasia Arkhipova from Russia, Carole Bloch from South Africa, Hasmig Chahinian from France, Zohreh Ghaeni from Iran, Sophie Hallam from the UK, Basarat Midhat Kazim from Pakistan, Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairuddin from Malaysia, Shereen Kreidieh from Lebanon, Nora Lía Sormani from Argentina, and Sylvia Vardell from the USA. Urs Fröhlicher from Switzerland was re-elected as IBBY Auditor. These are complemented on the EC by Ellis Vance (USA) as Treasurer, Liz Page (Switzerland) as Executive Director, and Janelle Mathis and Petros Panaou (both from the USA) as Bookbird Editors. At the first meeting of the 2018–20 Executive [End Page 88] Committee, Anastasia Arkhipova and Carole Bloch were chosen as Vice Presidents, and Ahmad Redza Ahmad Khairuddin was elected as the 2020 President of the IBBY Reading Promotion Jury—which will assess the nominations submitted by the members for the IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award as well as the newly established IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award. Click for larger view View full resolution From left to right: E. Vance, J. Yokota, A. Arkhipova, C. Bloch, H. Chahinian, Z. Ghaeni, S. Hallam, M. Zhang, B. Midhat Kazim, S. Kreidieh, R. Khairuddin, N.L. Sormani, and S. Vardell. Not in picture: L. Page, J. Mathis, and P. Panaeou. Another issue raised at the General Assembly was a suggestion from outgoing President Wally De Doncker that an IBBY Vision Statement be adopted. This includes a strategy outline, the six key messages of IBBY's Mission, and a Statement of Purpose. This statement will be discussed by the National Sections of IBBY and will be a subject for further discussion at the 2020 IBBY Congress (Moscow, Russia). Other items at the Assembly were the state of the IBBY Finances and a summary of current IBBY activities. IBBY Palestine presented a banner made by children from the IBBY libraries in Gaza. They had written short passages on the banner to express their gratitude to PBBY and IBBY for the chance of having a library as a place for reading and learning in a calm atmosphere. In addition, Deborah Soria gave a presentation of the current situation of the IBBY Library on Lampedusa. The library is now open for local children as well as migrant children who have arrived on the island. [End Page 89] Click for larger view View full resolution Click for larger view View full resolution IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award A major announcement at the closing ceremony of the 36th IBBY Congress revealed the establishment of the IBBY-iRead Outstanding Reading Promoter Award. This Award has been established by the Shenzhen iRead Foundation and IBBY to encourage a real commitment to the cause of reading promotion in the hope of spreading this dedication to others around the globe. The Award aims to encourage further investment by individuals, organizations, and governments in the promotion of children's reading; it also aims to stimulate educational innovation, give much greater access to children's books, and...

Pendampingan Optimalisasi Fungsi Perpustakaan Untuk Menumbuhkan Budaya Baca dan Meningkatkan Kemampuan Literasi Siswa Sekolah Dasar Di Kota Parepare

Based on the results of studies on literacy skills, analysis of the empirical situation and condition of libraries in various elementary schools in Kota Parepare, it can be concluded that the problems faced by the majority of primary schools related to library functions to improve reading culture and literacy skills of students are: 1) governance libraries are still low, 2) the competence of human resources library managers are still low and 3) empowerment of library utilization programs in primary schools to improve reading culture and literacy skills of students who are still low too. So this devotional program provides solutions to overcome the problems of partners in the form of assistance to optimize the function of school libraries. Assistance involves implementers of service programs, lecturers and students in course of Pengelolaan Perpustakaan di SD, principals, teachers, staff and students at 6 partner schools. Stages of mentoring is to rearrange the management of libraries both administration and governance of the room and collections, upgrading the ability of library management and library program development activities to improve reading culture and literacy skills of students. Based on the results of assistance, it can be concluded that the mentoring has succeeded in restoring the function of the library as a center of literacy activities in primary schools. Arrangement of administrative, interior and collections make the library in 6 partner schools an interesting and fun place for student literacy activities. Facilities and programs to improve reading culture and literacy skills of students have also been established and implemented in 6 partner schools.

Library infrastructure as predictor of turnover intentions of librarians in university libraries in Nigeria

This study investigated library infrastructure as predictor of turnover intentions of academic librarians in South-South and South-East geopolitical zones of Nigeria.The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Total enumeration method was used since the population comprising 400 academic librarians in the two geopolitical zones were considered appropriate for this study. A test-retest of the measuring instrument was done using Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient and face validity for the reliability. The result of the reliability test 0.85 at 0.05 level of significance. From a total of 400 questionnaires that were administered and retrieved, 334 were found usable given a return rate of 83.5 percent. Findings revealed library infrastructure in academic libraries, such as air conditioners, tables, Internet facilities, library building, power supply, fire extinguishers/smoke detector and fire alarm in Nigeria with particular reference to South-South and South-East geopolitical zones were at different level of dilapidation which affected services. The result revealed that library infrastructure is a predictor of turnover intentions of librarians (r = 0.647, p < 0.05) which indicates that an improvement in library infrastructure will reduce turnover intentions of librarians. The result showed that inadequate/unavailability of library infrastructure increase turnover intentions of academic librarians. It means that the higher the level of infrastructural deterioration in academic libraries, the higher the level of turnover intentions of academic librarians in the South-South and South-East geopolitical zones of Nigeria. This study exposed the precarious situation of academic libraries' infrastructure and its effect on librarians' turnover intentions in Nigeria.

Analysis of Design Philosophy and Utility Function of Library Building

The design of most modern library buildings is based on the characteristics and service objects of library, for which the latest achievements of modern technology are made full use of. Usually, modern libraries are designed to be with various different functional zones and boundaries, and uncrossed reader, book and librarian transportation streamline. The design ideas of “openness, factualism, containment, innovation, and people and service first” are reflected in library services via construction planning and design. Besides, library buildings are given certain functions in combination with the actual situation of library and readers’ needs. This paper is intended to, in combination with the author’s several years of work experience, discuss the design philosophy and utility functions of the library building from the aspects of design of major structure of building, foundation facilities design, furniture design, and color design, which is of certain reference value.

German School Libraries - Requirement and Reality

This article outlines the current situation of German school libraries within the German library system. While on the whole this system functions extremely efficiently, school libraries in particular would seem to suffer from considerable neglect. On the one hand there are too few of them, and on the other a failure to recognize their needs has resulted in wholly inadequate levels of funding, facilities, staffing and resource provision.

The need of strategic – based measures for improving academic law libraries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: a viewpoint

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to suggest strategic-based measures for improving the current situation of academic law libraries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Design/methodology/approachUsing a survey method, this study attempted to explore a strategic-based measure for improving academic law libraries in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data were collected from 43 respondents through semi-structured interviews, including library and information science professionals, academicians and administrative officers of the affiliation awarding institutions and principals of the law colleges.FindingsBased on the interview findings, the study found that most of the law colleges do not pay attention towards the development of their institutional libraries. Outdated collections, scarcity of information and communication technologies and budgetary issues, inactive roles of regulating bodies and professional associations, limited roles of professional library staff, limited access to the Higher Education Commission digital library, absence of proper library setup and moral obligations and responsibilities of institutional administrations towards the development of academic law libraries were the main challenges.Research limitations/implicationsThe scope of this paper covers Constituent Law College of the University of Peshawar and its 18 affiliated law colleges (Total 19), and the geographical area is restricted to the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The scope of this paper can be extended to additional private and public sector universities in Pakistan, as well as abroad.Originality/valueThis study is the first of its kind in Pakistan which will help the stockholders of affiliated and affiliation granting institutions to improve the current situation of academic law libraries in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The study presents a number of suggestions for the improvement of academic law libraries, which may be of value to the local institutions and developing countries with similar situations.

Library Profession’s Reflection in the Professional Standards

The article describes staffing situation in the Russian libraries. It is posed the problem of harmonization of the requirements for library professionals between employers, practicing librarians, edu-cational organizations and the government bodies in the library sector. The proposed solution of the pro-blem is the development of professional standards. The paper exposes the experience in the design of professional standards for “Library and Information Work Specialist” and “Teacher-Librarian”. There are characterized the objective prerequisites, the basic conceptual provisions of the standardization of library and information activity, experience in the development of draft documents on a proactive basis and on the basis of the state contract for execution of works. Comparative analysis of two projects in the terms of selection and description of job functions and work activities, requirements to skills and knowledge of specialists, to the educational status of librarians is conducted. There is made the conclusion that libra-rian is a unique and intellectual profession which requires the specialized education. There are defined the prospects of development of additional professional education in the library sphere in accordance with the requirements of professional standards: interaction of educational institutions engaged in training of librarians with libraries in the implementation of programs of improvement of professional skill growth and professional retraining of library staff on the basis of application of information, communication and distance learning technologies.

A New Z39.50 Protocol Client for Searching in Libraries and Research Collaboration

The increasing number of information available at libraries and the necessity to find a way to look for information at several libraries at the same time leaded to the creation of the Z39.50 protocol. Since it has been launched, many Z39.50 clients have been developed, but most of them only have access to a reduced number of libraries catalogues and are focused on the point of view of the library users. We present a Z39.50 client that adds new features focusing on the point of view of researchers and publishing houses. With our proposal the user can add the catalogue of any library whenever he wants in order to facilitate him the process of looking for the desired information. Our Z39.50 client shows as well the situation of the closest libraries where the results of the information searched by the user is located. Finally, we have compared our Z39.50 client with the existing ones.

Digital collection development and sharing on a national scale

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the resource construction mode of the Digital Library Promotion Project, so as to summarize the general characteristics of successful collaborative collection building for digital libraries. Digital Library Promotion Project (DLPP) is a digital culture boosting project launched by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China with National Library of China as its implementing unit. The project aims to build a nation-wide library network that could support and guarantee resource development and sharing among public libraries all over China so as to achieve equalization in public culture service among people from different parts of the country. This paper is a case study of the digital library development in China. The present situation of Chinese public libraries is accounted in this paper, and the developing mode and mechanism in cooperation between libraries of different administrative ranking are discussed along with the future development of the project. This paper may provide references to countries and libraries in their efforts to pursue sustainable development. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a case study of digital collection development and sharing in a developing country where regional differences are large. The paper starts with the environmental scan of the resource situation of public libraries in China, which is the background and significance of the DLPP. The main part of the paper is the introduction and analysis of the collection developing method of the DLPP, including: union catalogue, co-construction of featured resources and joint procurement of databases. Through analyzing the mechanism in collection development and sharing, this paper discusses the measures that guarantees the success of the project. Findings Through analyzing the mechanism in collection development and sharing, this paper discusses the measures that guarantee the success of the project, these are: sustained financial support from the government, scientific mechanism for cooperation, flexible handling of copyright issues unified standards in resource development and targeted training programs. Originality/value This paper is a case study of the digital library development in China. The present situation of Chinese public libraries is accounted in this paper, and the developing mode and mechanism in cooperation between libraries of different administrative ranking are discussed, as well as the future development of the project. This paper may provide references to countries and libraries in their efforts to pursue sustainable development.

Card Sorting in an Online Environment: Key to Involving Online-Only Student Population in Usability Testing of an Academic Library Web Site?

ABSTRACTBased on in-person, task-based usability testing and interviews, the authors' library Web site was recently overhauled in order to improve user experience. This led to the authors' interest in additional usability testing methods and test environments that would most closely fit their library's goals and situation. The appeal of card sorting methods became evident: learning more than users' points of confusion interacting with the site, but learning users' preferences for grouping pages or concepts and naming various library links. The appeal of the online venue for card sorting was first that testing could incorporate input from a larger base of users than in-person testing alone, and, additionally, that testing could include the university's online-only student population.

Twenty Years After: Scientific Research in the Field of Knowledge Organization in Romania (1993-2012)

PURPOSE/THESIS: The main point that we want to emphasize in this study is that research in the field of knowledge organization in Romania over the last twenty years is unequally distributed among different professional categories ranging from library and Information science faculty members, library professionals, software tools developers to independent researchers. The specific situation of library and Information science functioning as a university department in Romania with an interruption of 20 years (1970-1990) affected the overall situation of scientific research in the specific fields associated with this discipline. APPROACH/METHODS: The study covers three stages: data collection, data recording and data interpretation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: The primary outcomes of the scientific research activities in question are publications (books, book chapters and journal articles). Given this, our interest will be directed towards the analysis to what extent research and publications have made an impact on the evolution of Romanian libraries over this twenty years span.

The role of libraries in cultural centres Abroad: an insight

Purpose This research paper sets up a typology of libraries managed by cultural centers abroad. Nearly 2,200 libraries linked to a tens of different cultural organizations not only provide traditional services such as loan and access to printed and audiovisual materials but also approach local citizens, offering help and services in matters of education, literacy, cooperation, social issues or development. These actions may fit under the label of cultural diplomacy actions. This paper aims to analyze the relevance of those cultural centers and offer a classification through a table including networks of institutions of the 30 most significant cultural centers worldwide. Design/methodology/approach This study includes the analysis of all foreign cultural centers in the world, as well as the situation, description and analysis of libraries belonging to the centers. Enumeration of the 30 largest libraries in the world is also included. Findings The findings help to view and share with the community the importance and necessity of libraries belonging to cultural centers abroad. Library networks are analyzed, and more than 2,000 institutions that help local communities are discovered. Research limitations/implications There is some difficulty to list and describe the dozens of library centers. There is no association that brings together this type of institutions. Practical implications The most important implication, written in the Conclusion section, is need for the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions to help such libraries with a specific section. Social implications Libraries abroad are institutions able to help the local citizens and enable basic and essential services for the growth of society, as you can read in the article, some essential services are limited in some countries. Libraries abroad could work many times as public centers. Originality/value It is the first time that all library networks abroad are analyzed, and, thus, the value and originality of the article is maximum. The author has focused on the 30 most important libraries that more value give to the society and help citizens.

Trends in developing digital resources in libraries

The situation in Russian libraries and digital resources market for the recent 5 years is analyzed. The data on digital reading popularity is given. The dynamics of key indicators of Russian libraries is discussed. New solutions are suggested to change radically the approach to library services. The role of the National Electronic Library in providing population and libraries with access to digitized collections is emphasized.

Library Statistics: in Search for Optimal Solutions

Problems of state statistics in the field of library activities are covered in close connection with transformation of the network of public libraries in the Russian Federation. There are presented results of monitoring of the network of public and municipal libraries for the period of 2012-2015, performed by the National Library of Russia within the framework of the All-Russian project “Corporate Full-Text Database ‘The Central Libraries of the Russian Federation’” (http://clrf.nlr.ru). There are designated the key transformations of the regional library networks: reorganization and liquidation of libraries, disunity and heterogeneity, instability and variability of the network structure. These changes are directly related to the goals and priority tasks of the Federal statistical observation over public libraries; which influence the formation of the objective view on the scope of work, directions of activities and resources of different types of libraries, on the actual level of availability of libraries in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, on the status of library services in the country. There are identified problems of the existing tools of the Federal statistical observation: absence of consolidated data on the activity libraries of all types, the wrong reflection in statistics of the most important indicators, different regional approaches to filling in the forms of the Federal statistical reporting. Taking into account the real situation of libraries, there are formulated the actual proposals on changing the form of Code of Annual report of public libraries administered by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation. The proposed changes are designed to reflect the full scope of library activities of three types of organizations: municipal libraries; state libraries of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation; other organizations engaged in library activities.

학교도서관 시설개선을 위한 요구조사 도구개발에 관한 연구

이 연구는 학교도서관 시설을 계획하고 개선하는 과정에서 이용자의 요구를 파악할 수 있는 표준화된 조사도구를 개발하는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 이를 위해 한국도서관협회의 기준, IFLA의 학교도서관 가이드라인, AASL의 기준에서 공통적으로 제시하고 있는 학교도서관의 시설특성을 파악하였고, 요구조사 도구에 반영되어야 할 특성으로 교육적 활용성, 시설 접근성, 자료 접근성, 쾌적한 환경, 심미성, 공간성, 편리성, 정보기술, 업무 효율성, 확장성의 10개 특성을 선정하였다. 그리고 각 특성을 측정할 수 있는 요소를 우리 도서관 상황을 고려하여 선택하였다. 이 연구에서 제시한 요구조사 도구는 설문지 방식으로 계량적 데이터를 용이하게 얻을 수 있도록 설계되었고, 학교도서관 상황에 따라 조사도구를 변형하여 사용할 수 있는 방법을 추가적으로 제시하였다.

공공도서관 장애인서비스 기준의 현황 및 과제

도서관 장애인서비스의 중요성이 확산되는 상황에서 수요자 중심의 도서관 장애인서비스 제공을 위해 현실적인 운영기준 마련이 시급하다. 따라서 이 연구는 국내․외 도서관 장애인서비스의 운영기준 등을 조사하여 시사점을 도출하고자 하였다. 국내․외 도서관 장애인서비스 운영기준을 분석한 결과 법적 기준과 관련 기관의 운영기준 모두 현실을 반영한 실질적인 기준으로서 개정이 시급한 상황이었다. 본 연구에서 도출한 과제는 우선 도서관 장애인서비스의 최소기준과 세부기준을 별도로 고려하는 것이다. 그중에서도 최소기준으로 활용할 수 있는 도서관법 시행령의 조속한 개정에 대한 필요성을 제기하였다. 또한 이와 같은 기준이 현실적으로 적용되기 위해서는 도서관장애인서비스 통계 및 평가지표와 연계되어야 하며, 평가업무 연계에 공감대를 형성하기 위해서 기준 적용의 당사자인 장애인도서관 및 장애인이용자의 의견 수렴이 1차적으로 선행되어야 함을 제시하였다.

A Holistic Approach to Supporting Academic Libraries in Resource Allocation Processes

AbstractE-content revolution, technological advances, and ever-shrinking budgets oblige libraries to efficiently allocate their limited resources between collection and services. Unfortunately, resource allocation is a complex process due to the diversity of data sources and formats required to be analyzed prior to decision making, as well as the lack of efficient methods of integration. The contribution of this article is twofold. We first propose an evaluation framework to holistically assess academic libraries. To do so, a four-pronged theoretical framework is used in which the library system and collection are analyzed from the perspective of users and internal stakeholders. Second, we present a data warehouse architecture that integrates, processes, and stores the holistically based collected data. By proposing this holistic approach, we aim to provide an integrated solution that assists library managers to make economic decisions based on a perspective of the library situation that is as realistic a...

Libros electrónicos en las bibliotecas universitarias: recursos, servicios y 20 aspectos clave para su desarrollo

This article describes the current e-books situation in Spanish university libraries, analyzing their distribution and access models. The five stages of an e-book library service are described: selection, acquisition, processing, access and evaluation. The specific aspects that should be taken into account in each phase are explained, and illustrated with some examples.

Rejuvenating Public Library Services in Delta State for National Development

This paper discussed the need to rejuvenate the public library services in Delta State for national development. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study covers sixteen (16) communities where public libraries are established using purposive sampling method to select 480 respondents and the entire 42 library staff. A total of 522 library users and staff were used as samples for this study. The instruments used for data collection were questionnaire and observation through personal visitations by the researchers. The paper highlighted the present situation of public libraries in Delta State of Nigeria which is associated with lack of government financial support for public library development, irregular power supply and inadequate manpower. The paper recommended that adequate personnel, funding, infrastructural development in the aspect of good structural building, facilities and regular power supply that befit public libraries in order to enhance national development should be provided.

Stakeholders o cómo aplicar la teoría de los grupos de interés en las bibliotecas públicas

Stakeholder theory is directly related to disciplines such as marketing and to trends such as citizen participation, both vital to the current situation of the public libraries of the XXI century. Our aim has been to define a relationship model showing the leading stakeholders for these institutions. Having established the theoretical framework, the stakeholder concept is defined and its applicability to the library environment is described. Afterwards the three phases that constitute the model are detailed: identification, prioritization and relationship with stakeholders. Finally, a series of practical examples is presented. The conclusion is that stakeholder models must be based on scientific research, and must adapt and apply interest group techniques and principles that truly build relationships between stakeholders and the library.