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9.00: Internal EBLIDA Executive Committee Meeting - preparing the Annual Council Meeting

Seminar Room (1.floor)

 

 

30th EBLIDA Annual Council Meeting

13.30 - 14.00 and 17.00 - 17.30
 Registration desk open
: Entrance area of the Goethe-Institut
(Please pick up your badge which will also indicate whether you will join for dinner on 14th and/or 15th.)

 

14.00 - 16.30 Annual Council Meeting

Conference room

(For EBLIDA Members only)

 

16.30 Celebration of the EBLIDA 30th Anniversary 

Goethe-Institut Terrace

Evening: For those registered VIP Dinner at Restaurant Orizontes Lycabettus (Map)

Meeting point: Goethe Goethe-Institut
Time: 19.30
(Please be on time, coach leaves at 19:30)
 

 

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EBLIDA Conference

 

Watch the recording of the 1st Day!

“Ready to take off: Libraries’ commitment towards a sustainable, democratic and equitable society”

Conference Room

 

8.30 Registration desk open: Entrance area of the Goethe-Institut
(please pick up your badge which will also indicate whether you will join for dinner on the 15th.)

 

9.00-9.35: Welcome session (Chair: Ton van Vlimmeren)

Welcome by Bettina Wenzel, Head of Information Region Southeastern Europe, Goethe-Institut Athens, Greece

Welcome by Kostas Bakoyannis, Mayor of Athens

Keynote speech, Angelos Syrigos, Deputy Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, Greece

Welcome by Tonia ArahovaPresident of the General Council for Libraries, Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affaires

Session 1: Library commitment towards the 2030 Agenda on sustainable development [9.35-12.30]
Chair: Ton van Vlimmeren, EBLIDA President

EBLIDA has a long-lasting commitment towards the attainment of the Agenda 2030 on sustainable development. EBLIDA’s approach is a) European; b) project-oriented; c) funding opportunities builder.

Scenarios and infrastructure

9.40-9.50:  The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development in the European Union policies
(Despina Anagnostopoulou, Associate Professor, University of Macedonia, Greece)and
Anastasia Psallida, PhD Candidate,  University of Macedonia, Greece)

9.50-10.00: Latest developments in European Structural and Investment Funds
(Niki Dandolou, Special Secretary for ESF Programmes at Ministry of Development and Investments, Greece)

What are the current developments of the European Structural and Investment Funds 2021-2027? Niki Dandlou will put emphasis on current priorities and how libraries can fit the ESIF scheme. She will also provide a state of the art description of ESIF at European level and in Greece.

10.00-10.10: How do libraries support the development of European cities? What kind of stimulation could libraries provide for urban areas? Case examples from European cities will be introduced
(Rauha Maarno, Director of Customer relations, Accessibility Library Celia, Finland)

10.10-10.20: Video Presentations: Selection of three projects listed in the 2nd EBLIDA European report on sustainable development and libraries (3’ each project)

Veronica Ceruti, Director Library system, city of Bologna, Italy, will outline the ambitious project set up by the city of Bologna and how the generous funding provided by ESIF has been determinant to achieve the SDGs Bologna is pursuing.

Guillaume Gast, Head Médiathèque Nord, Strasbourg, France, will outline the small, but well-targeted project of the city of Montreuil, where relapse into illiteracy as an SDG was fought with funding provided by ESIF.

Spaska Tarandova, Director Global Libraries Foundation, Bulgaria, will outline the integration of heritage libraries into the Danube Cultural Routes, explaining how cultural heritage can pursue SDGs through funding provided by ESIF.

10.20-10.30: Q&A

10.30-11.00: Creating connections around a cup of coffee

(Greek librarians connect in thee Conference room around the issue “Greek public libraries and 2030 Agenda on sustainable development: how could  Greek public libraries benefit from it”)

 

Three Workshops [11:00-12.30]

Workshop 1.   Room: Conference room
Sustainable development and public libraries

(Moderator: Andrew Cranfield, Library Director, Municipality of Toender, Southern Denmark)

Background to the Workshop: SDG-oriented policies for public libraries based on the 2nd EBLIDA European report on sustainable development and libraries
(Kristine Deksne, National Library of Latvia)

The aim of the workshop is twofold. On the one hand, it aims to gather data describing the diversified framework of SDG applications in libraries. Apart from SDG 4, the 2nd European report clearly illustrates that all SDGs can be implemented. The other aim is to examine whether a policy, or different policies, can be detected which aim to assist libraries in attaining SDGs

Workshop 2.  Room: Seminar room
Sustainable development and university libraries

(Moderator: Giannis Tsakonas, Director, University Library Patras, Greece)

Background to the Workshop: SDG-oriented policies for university libraries based on the 2nd EBLIDA European report on sustainable development and libraries
(Hana Landová, Director, University Library of Life Science, Prague, Czech Republic) and Markéta Bočková (Head of Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts, Library Association of Libraries of Czech Universities)

Are SDGs an exclusively public library business? It does not look so. Apart from giving voice to university libraries actively pursuing SDGs, the aim of this workshop is to demonstrate that SDGs are fully implemented in university libraries and several policies can be actively set up, depending on the relation that university libraries have with their own territory.

Workshop 3:  Room: Foyer/Library
Sustainable development and fundraising

(Moderator: Eléonore Clavreul, International relation, Bibliothèque publique d’information, Paris, France)

Background to the Workshop: The Think The Unthinkable experience in Italy
(Anna Bernabè, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, AIB - Associazione Italiana Biblioteche / Italian Library Association (Italy)

Think The Unthinkable. A post-Covid European library policy meeting sustainable development goals to be funded through European Structural and Investment Funds 2021-2027” is a programme set up by EBLIDA which has involved six countries so far. Through input provided by participating countries and, especially, preparatory action undertaken at national level, the workshop will illustrate the most appropriate strategy for approaching and using European Structural Funds for libraries.

12.30-14.00: Lunch

 

Session 2: Library commitment towards democracy

 

[14.00-15.00]

Room: Conference room

Chair: Zélia Parreira, Director, Public Library of Évora, PhD Full Member of CIDEHUS-UE (Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Culture and Societies, University of Evora) Portugal

The Chair will introduce the draft Council of Europe / EBLIDA Guidelines on Library Legislation and Policy in Europe and their five headlines. The session, however, is not about the text of the Guidelines, which will be distributed as background paper to the Conference. It is about living library legislation and how a normative approach can impact on the soundness of the liìbrary system of a country.  

14.00-14.10: What is library legislation and what is library policy
(Barbara Schleihagen, Director, German Library Association, Germany)

There are countries having a library legislation and countries where libraries are not regulated by legislation, but by policy acts (in Germany, for instance, three regional states out of 16). The governance of a library system is, or may be, the result of a savvy combination of legislation and policy.

14.10-14.20: Recent examples of library legislation in Europe: first case study - Oslo public library, Deichman [Video Presentation]
(Knut Skansen, Library Director, Deichman, Norway)

Norway first introduced the concept of libraries as an “independent meeting place and arena for public discussion and debate” (Norwegian Library Act, 2013), which has been determinant to assign new responsibilities to libraries, especially in Nordic countries. Can the Norwegian library act be considered a model for Europe?

14.20-14.30: Recent examples of library legislation in Europe: second case study
(Dragos-Adrian NeaguDirector, Braila “Panait Istrati” Public Library, President Romania National Association of Public Librarians and Libraries, Romania)

Romania is an example of country going from library policy to library legislation. This transformation has provided momentum for the development of the Romanian library system.

14.30-14.40: The status of Council of Europe Guidelines [Video Presentation]
(Kathrin Merkle, Head of Culture and Cultural Heritage Division, Directorate General of Democracy, Council of Europe, France) and Jovana Poznan, Council of Europe - Directorate-General for Democracy (DGII), Project Officer at the Culture and Cultural Heritage Division

What is a Council of Europe Guideline (any Guideline)? What does it mean for the Council of Europe and the civil society? And what is its status in relation to other Council of Europe instruments? Kathrin Merkle will expand upon the process Council of Europe Guidelines have to go through, from their cradle (interrelation with the civil society, ministerial relevance) to the maturity of the CDCPP or Committee of Ministers approval.

14.40-15.00: Q&A

15.00-15.30: Creating connections around a cup of coffee

 

Session 3: Library commitment towards an equitable society

 

[15.30-16.30]

Room: Conference room

Chair: Andrew Cranfield, Library Director, Municipality of Toender, Southern Denmark

The Chair will introduce the EBLIDA First European Report on E-lending in Public Libraries, the other background document to the EBLIDA Conference. This session, however, is not about the EBLIDA study, but intends to expand upon main issues in e-lending in public libraries.

15.30-15.45: The interaction between copyright and its economic foundation
(Giuseppe Vitiello, Director EBLIDA)

What is the role of public policy and copyright in e-lending? And is e-lending a purely legal business? Giuseppe Vitiello will expand upon the narrow scope and shortcomings of a purely legal approach to e-lending.

15.45-16.00: Q&A: What are hot issues in e-lending?

16.00-16.10: The EBLIDA report on e-lending: how it responds to e-lending needs in Europe
(Valérie Bouissou, Director, Bibliohèque Municipale Nîmes, France)

Valérie Bouissou, Chair EGIL, will present the EBLIDA “First European Report on E-lending in Public Libraries”. Although it is only focused on nine countries, the Report provides good insights on the e-lending e-book chain and lending models, and shows how digital literacy has gone up in all European states, and e-lending has not.

16.10-16.20: E-lending: should special agencies negotiate on behalf of libraries?
(Erna Winters, Managing Director ABC, Huis, Netherlands)

A key role in the e-lending chain can be played by an intermediate layers of aggregators, either because they negotiate on behalf of libraries, or because they aggregate resources and standardise models and practices.

16.20-16.30: E-lending: cooperation between librarians and publishers in Denmark and elsewhere
(Mikkel Christoffersen, Chief Consultant, Det digitale Folkebibliotek, Denmark)

Publishers are fundamental in the e-lending chain but they are often perceived by libraries as a curb to further expansion of e-lending in libraries rather than propeller. Mikkel Christopheren will explain how cooperation between librarians and publishers in Denmark has provided great momentum to the expansion of e-lending in Denmark.

16.30-16.50 In conclusion:

Libraries’  commitment towards a sustainable, democratic and equitable society
(Chair: Ton van Vlimmeren, EBLIDA President)

The Chair will expand upon the close cooperation between EBLIDA, NAPLE and PL2030 and the joint event on 16th June.

Multiple perspectives on the Topics of the Conference
Hella Klauser (Deputy President, EBLIDA), Marie Østergård (Chair PL2030) and Barbara Schleihagen (Governing Board, NAPLE)

Summing up the Conference and multiple visions in the light of the EBLIDA, NAPLE and PL2030 partnership.

16.50-17.00: Final conclusion: EBLIDA commitment towards a sustainable, democratic and equitable society

Ton van Vlimmeren (EBLIDA President).

 

 Evening: For those registered Conference Dinner at Royal Olympic Ioannis Roof Garden restaurant (Map)

Meeting at the Restaurant at 19.30

 

 

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8.30 Registration desk open: Entrance area of the Goethe-Institut

After having worked together on an informal basis for years, on 24th February 2022 EBLIDA – NAPLE and Public Libraries 2030 announced that they would pool resources and efforts to strengthen library work in Europe.

This initiative brings together over 60 European library services and 68 national library bodies to create a stronger presence for European libraries and closer cooperation in a Europe that is now more connected than ever.

9.00-9.20: Welcome and framing of the day, by Barbara Schleihagen (Governing Board, NAPLE), Marie Østergård (Chair, PL2030) and Ton van Vlimmeren (EBLIDA President)

9.20-10.30: Two parallel Table Talks

Room: Conference Room

Table Talk 1

Libraries for refugees – The Ukrainian case

Room: Foyer/ Library

Table Talk 2

Library Advocacy

Room: Conference room

A short input pitch by Giuseppe Vitiello will ignite the debate around the responsibility of libraries in providing services for refugees.  EBLIDA-NAPLE-PL2030 jointly signed the 24th February European Declaration condemning the barbaric attack of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. They also launched the Libraries for Refugees website. Important and sometimes uncomfortable issues concerning war, misinformation, and librarians’ attitudes will be discussed.

Conclusions: Giuseppe Vitiello (EBLIDA)

A short input pitch by Ilona Kish on library advocacy in Europe will examine how we can build up a methodology based on cooperation and a savvy repartition of library associations’ tasks.

PL2030 will present the joint recommendations of EBLIDA, NAPLE, PL2030 for the new EU Work Plan for Culture

 

Conclusions: Ilona Kish (Pl2030)

 

10.30-11.00: Break - Creating connections around a cup of coffee

11.00-12.30: Parallel tracks

Parallel track 1

PL2030 Event

 Chair: Ilona Kish

Room: Conference room

Parallel track 2

Open to the public

First in-person meeting of
EBLIDA Expert Groups

Chair: Giuseppe Vitiello

Room: Seminar room

Parallel track 3

NAPLE Session

 Chair: Barbara Schleihagen 

Room: Foyer/Library

 

PL2030 will discuss future 2022-2023 initiatives dealing with : Advocacy plan, EU training and Lighthouse Libraries clusters. 

A discussion about the First European report on e-lending in public libraries and EBLIDA’s concept of sustainable copyright. Methodological issues emerging from the First European report will be discussed. 

Preparing NAPLE future activities. 

 

 12.30-13.00: Conclusions of the Parallel tracks

Room: Conference Room

Marie Østergård (Chair PL2030), Barbara Schleihagen (Governing Board, NAPLE), Ton van Vlimmeren (EBLIDA).

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