IFLA MLAS / FESABID Access to information advocacy workshop

Description

coinciding with MLAS mid term meeting

On 13 March 2014, IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) and the Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística (FESABID), are hosting an all day library advocacy workshop in Seville, Spain.

Location

Facultad de Derecho
Universidad de Sevilla
Campus Ramón y Cajal
C/ Enramadilla, 18-20
C.P: 41018 Seville
Spain
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Programme/Registration

The workshop will take place at the Facultad de Derecho (Law School) on the Universidad de Sevilla Campus Ramon y Cajal, and is free to IFLA members.

• Draft programme [PDF]
• Registration form [MS Word]

Registrations are limited, so if you’re planning to attend please RSVP with your registration form immediately.

Note: the workshop will be held in English

Objectives for the workshop are:

• Promotion of national advocacy as an important tool to effect change for libraries, responding to challenges and new opportunities in the digital environment – identified in the IFLA Trend Report
• Building of advocacy skills and strategies for MLAS members to contribute to national level advocacy efforts
• Sharing of national library advocacy campaigns that have taken place, or are being prepared;
• Identification of possible library coalition members from outside the sector within each country (and wider region) including consumer groups; digital rights groups; civil liberties groups
• Increased understanding of IFLA’s advocacy efforts at the international level, and understanding of the relationship between international and national advocacy