CDNL 2017 – Wroclaw, Poland

ANNUAL MEETING IN WROCLAW, POLAND 2017

Librarian and Archivist of Canada, Library and Archives Canada

Election of the new Chair of the CDNL for 2018 – 2021.
9:30 – 10:50
3. Introducing the theme of the year: National Libraries Connecting Continents and Communities / Kai Ekholm
Chair: Kai Ekholm
Keynote Address
Cultural Heritage Linked Data on the Semantic Web: Infrastructures and Applications, Eero Hyvönen, Professor, University of Helsinki & Aalto University, HELDIG – Helsinki Centre for Digital Humanities, Finland
Tracing Global Information Networks in Historical Newspaper Repositories, Hannu Salmi, Professor, University of Turku, Finland
Discussion 10.50 – 11.00
4. Break 11.00– 12.30
5. IFLA Global Vision
Gerald Leitner, Secretary General, IFLA Donna Scheeder, President, IFLA Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, President-elect
For mobile voting: bring a laptop, smartphone or tablet with wireless internet access with you.
12:30-14.00 Group photo, then lunch
14.00 – 15.30
6.Digital Unification – Connecting our Documentary Heritage Chair: Guy Berthiaume, Introduction

  • Poland, Dr Tomasz Makowski, Director, National Library of Poland
  • New Zealand, Mr Bill Macnaught, National Librarian, National Library of New Zealand
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  • France, Ms Laurence Engel, Président, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
    Panel discussion
    15:30 -15:45
    Tea/Coffee break
    15:45 – 17.00
    7.Chair: Janne Andresoo
    National Libraries – New Service Solutions
  • Global libraries, Ms Deborah L. Jacobs, Director, Global Libraries Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  • National Libraries’ Survey, Dr. Martijn Kleppe, Researcher, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands
  • Lithuanian National Library, Prof Renaldas Gudauskas, Director General, National Library of Lithuania
    17.00 – 17.15
    8. Next CDNL Annual Meeting 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Hosted by National Library of Malaysia
    Welcome by the Hosting Library, Ms Nafisah Ahmad, Director General, National Library of Malaysia
    9.Any Other Business
    10.Hand over to the New Chair
    17:30
    11. Meeting closes
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