EUROLIS Seminar 2017

Fit for purpose: Skills for tomorrow’s information professionals

What changes will the future bring to the library and information profession? © Public Domain

Save the date! This year’s seminar is starting to take shape. Here is the theme of the event:

Will your professional skills be fit for purpose in the future? Find out at this year’s seminar where we will debate the future challenges facing information professionals. Chaired by Nick Poole, chief executive of CILIP, the seminar will be held on Friday, 17 November 2017.

We will post further information about the programme over the upcoming months.

EUROLIS seminar 2016

LIBRARIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS – caring for the whole community

Here are some impressions of this year’s EUROLIS seminar.

The seminar took place on Friday 25 November in the Goethe-Institut London. It was organised by EUROLIS and the International Library and Information Group (ILIG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP). It was chaired by Martyn Wade, Chair of the CILIP Board and Chair of FAIFE (Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Advisory Committee) Committee of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).

We would like to thank all speakers, partners and supporters!

Take a look at some of our speaker’s presentations here.

 

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SEMINAR 2016 ‘Libraries and human rights – caring for the whole community’

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LIBRARIES AND HUMAN RIGHTS – caring for the whole community

EUROLIS invites you to a one-day seminar focusing on the role of libraries in the fight for human rights. Libraries have always been about enabling access to information, but how do we guarantee that everyone can benefit? We have invited leading experts from UK, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal and Germany to present current projects and share their experiences and ideas with the audience.

The event is organised by EUROLIS (the consortium of librarians from European cultural institutes in London) and the International Library and Information Group (ILIG) of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

The seminar will be chaired by Martyn Wade, Chair of the CILIP Board and Chair of FAIFE (Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression Advisory Committee) Committee of IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions).

Click here to see photos and biographies of our speakers as well as abstracts of what they want to talk about!

Click here for a timetable of all talks.

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Fri 25 Nov | 9:30am – 4:30pm| £60 (£50 conc.; £25 extra conc. for library science students) including lunch | At the Goethe-Institut London | Tickets are available on Eventbrite

 

EUROTOOLBOX launch 2016/2017

EUROTOOLBOX launch 2016/2017

The launch took place on Tuesday 12 July at Brighton Jubilee Children’s Library. The new collection of children’s books in 7 languages was launched as part of the CILIP Conference in Brighton on Tuesday 12 July. The books including English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and Spanish language books have been on display in the Brighton Jubilee Children’s Library until 26 August.

 

You can download each collection brochure here:

• eurotoolbox-2016-2017-english-collection
• eurotoolbox-2016-2017-german-collection
• eurotoolbox-2016-2017polish-collection
• eurotoolbox-2016-2017-spanish-collection
• eurotoolbox-2016-2017-french-collection
• eurotoolbox-2016-2017-italian-collection
• eurotoolbox-2017-2017-portugese-collection

 

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SEMINAR 2015 ‘Keeping connected – how libraries use social media’

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A one day seminar organised by EUROLIS, the consortium of librarians of European Cultural Institutes in London and CILIP.

The seminar studied how librarians across Europe are making use of social media for public relations and to attract new users. Leading experts, coming from the main European countries, shared their experience and ideas with the audience.

Chair of the Conference and Speaker: Presentation Phil Bradley, United Kingdom

Overview speakers EUROLIS seminar 2015:

– Presentation Cristina Bambini and Tatiana Wakefield, Italy
– Presentation Sina Schröder, Germany
– Presentation Nieves González Fernández-Villavicencio, Spain
– Presentation Rui Zink, Portugal
– Presentation Romain Gaillard, France

Download the EUROLIS seminar 2015 programme. Presentations raised and discussed such questions as:

– What are the different uses of social media for libraries
– Interaction with library members
– Animating communities in public libraries
– Developing social media channels for a library network

COMPETITION: Do you want to join us for this year`s EUROLIS seminar ‘Keeping connected – how libraries use social media’? Show us how creative you can be in 140 characters. Tweet #EUROLIS2015 and tell us your social media strategy for libraries in one tweet. All tweets will go into a draw to win free attendance at the EUROLIS seminar 2015. Good luck!’

Fri 27 Nov | 09.30am – 04.30pm | £60 – conc £50 incl. lunch | La Médiathèque

BOOKINGS

EXHIBITION LAUNCH EUROTOOLBOX 2015

Here are some impressions of this year`s EUROTOOLBOX collection of European children’s fiction. The launch took place on 24 September 2015 at the Pimlico Library. The opening was chaired by French-Ivorian illsutrator, writer, poet, novelist Véronique Tadjo.

EUROTOOLBOX is a free resource available to librarians and teachers in any type of library in the UK. A selection of the best of the last year’s children’s books from Italy, France, Germany, Portugal Spain and the UK are available to borrow from October 2015. Come to the launch and you will have the opportunity to preview this bespoke collection of children books in their original languages.

You can download each collection brochure here: EUROTOOLBOX 2015-16_English Collection, EUROTOOLBOX 2015-16_French Collection, EUROTOOLBOX 2015_German Collection, EUROTOOLBOX 2015_Italian Collection, EUROTOOLBOX – 2015_Portuguese Collection and Eurotoolbox_2015-2016_Spanish Collection

How to book this year`s collection:
You can borrow the exhibition for about 2 – 4 weeks at a time. To book a time slot, please contact Mariella Riccobono at the Italian Cultural Institute.

Contact: Mariella Riccobono maria.riccobono.iic@esteri.it

EUROLIS SEMINAR 2014

Here are some impressions of last year`s Eurolis seminar ‘E-Books – Reading the future’. The seminar took place on Friday 28 November 2014 at the Italian Cultural Institute.

Janene Cox, United Kingdom (Presentation title: “The English e-lending landscape and the four pilot projects”)

Gino Roncaglia, Italy (Presentation title: “E-books, libraries, layers and a new generation of library services”)

Klaus-Peter Böttger, Germany (Presentation title: “The right to e-read: the European campaign for e-books in libraries”)

Böttger said, the growing importance of e-books will have a number of consequences for libraries both academic and public libraries.

Italian lunch

Javier Celaya, Spain (Presentation title: “Upcoming digital experiences in libraries”)

Paulo M. Faria, Portugal (Presentation title: “From new readings to new readers: challenges and opportunities to teachers and students”)

Presentations raised such questions as eBooks accessibility in EU libraries, developing new strategies for eBooks and best practices.

Mélanie Le Torrec, France (Presentation title: “Making e-reading easier”)

Ian Stringer, UK, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals)

EUROLIS seminar 2014