Libraries today and tomorrow: a force for change in our transforming societies?

Live-stream recording of IFLA 2012 session on 14th of August 2012.

Libraries today and tomorrow: a force for change in our transforming societies?
President’s Theme Session
14 August 2012 09:30 (- 12:45)

Society is rapidly being changed and transformed through many external
influences, such as access to and use of ICT, grass roots democracy movements,
multiculturalism and cultural integration, and economic challenges in the
distribution and use of wealth. This Session will discuss how changes
influencing societies today may impact on democratising digital access in
societies of tomorrow; and the role that libraries can have within that
transformation of society.

Welcome and Opening remarks
Ingrid Parent
IFLA President

Presentations
Moderator: Inga Lundén,
IFLA Governing Board

Media and communications influences transforming societies
Hanna Nikkanen
Finnish journalist and commentator on corporate social responsibility,
technology and social justice

Civil rights in a digital environment
Anna Troberg
President, Swedish Pirate Party

Paul-Andre Baran
Digital Champion, Romania & Director of Biblionet, Bucharest, Romania

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IFLA conference 2012 in Helsinki, Finland

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