Estonian Librarians Association (ELA) is organising the 11th Congress of Baltic Librarians “The Impact of Libraries in the Society” on 22 October 2020. This year’s congress focuses mainly on the following topics: impact of the library in the society, cooperation and collaboration, national development programs, trends in using the libraries, the impact of the administrative reform on libraries, new services etc.
The congress of 2020 is web-based; colleagues from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden and Germany are sharing their knowledge via video presentations. Small discussion rounds after the presentations will be live sessions. The congress is always been an important place for colleagues to meet in person and gather in working groups. Hopefully, it is possible to meet face-to-face again in five years.
PROGRAM
Moderators: Ragnar Siil and Jorma Sarv
Opening Session 10.00-11.40
10.00
Tuuliki Tõiste, Māra Jēkabsone, Jolita Steponaitienė
10.10
Barbara Lison. To serve as IFLA President 2021-2023
The Impact of Libraries in the Society
10.20
Silvia Modig. Member of the European Parliament, President of Finnish Library Association
10.40
Prof. dr. Rimvydas Laužikas. Professor of Digital Social Science and Humanities, Faculty of Communication, Vilnius University
11.00
Lars Ilshammar. Deputy National Librarian of National Library of Sweden
11.20-11.40
Nationwide Library Development Projects
Aimed for the Future 12.30-13.50
12.30
Prof. dr. Renaldas Gudauskas. Director General of Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
12.45
Jane Makke. Head of Library Services Development Centre, National Library of Estonia
13.00
Maira Kreislere. Head of the Data and Knowledge Management Department, National Library of Latvia
Vineta Ločmele. Metadata Editor of the Metadata Department, National Library of Latvia
13.20
Alīna Pūce. Chief Librarian of Valmiera Library
13.35-13.50
Cooperation and Collaboration
12.30-13.50
12.30
Ülle Talihärm. Library Adviser at the Estonian Ministry of Culture
12.45
Madara Freivalde. Chief Librarian of Library Development Centre, National Library of Latvia
13.00
Asko Tamme. Deputy Mayor of Tartu City Government
13.15
Inga Davidonienė. Director of Lithuanian Library for the Blind
13.30-13.50
11.40-12.30
Break
13.50-14.30
Break
Trends in the Use of Libraries
14.30-15.35
14.30
Krista Lepik. Lecturer in Information Science, Institute of Social Studies, Tartu University
Ilmar Vaaro. Assistant in Information Science, Institute of Social Studies, Tartu University
14.45
Māra Jēkabsone. Chief Librarian of Library Development Centre, National Library of Latvia. President of Library Association of Latvia
15.00
Giedrė Čistovienė. Head of Project Management Unit, Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania
15.15-15.35
Open Data and Open Science
14.30-15.35
14.30
Marika Meltsas. E-resources Licensing Programme Manager of Estonian Library Network Consortium ELNET
14.45
Jānis Kreicbergs. Open Science project manager, National Library of Latvia
15.00
Gintarė Tautkevičienė. Library Director of Kaunas University of Technology
Ieva Cesevičiūtė. Head of Research Information Services, Kaunas University of Technology
15.15-15.35
15.40-16.00
Summary and final words
SHORT PRESENTATIONS
ESTONIA
Kristi Veeber. Development manager of Tallinn Central Library
Tiina Sulg, Librarian at Fiction Department and Laura Loolaid, Clerk at Computer Lab of Tartu Public Library
Sandra Rohesalu. Marketing Manager of Viimsi Library
Young Professionals Clubs from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
LATVIA
Itija Vespere. Public relations specialist of Kuldiga Main Library
Ilona Vēliņa-Švilpe. Principal Librarian of University of Latvia Library
Ilmārs Latkovskis. Director of the Mediation Room, National Library of Latvia
Māra Jēkabsone. Chief Librarian of Library Development Centre, National Library of Latvia. President of Library Association of Latvia
LITHUANIA
Toma Gergelienė. Head of Book Lending Department, Klaipėda County leva Simonaitytė Public Library
Justė Jablonskienė. Cultural Project and Personnel Manager at the Anykščiai L. ir S. Didžiuliai Public Library
Dalia Mikėnė. Information Specialist at Mykolas Romeris University Library
Gintautas Jazdauskas. Cultural Project Manager at Šiauliai County Povilas Višinskis Public Library
Gintė Medzvieckaitė. Data manager at Vilnius University Library,
New Developments and Services in the Libraries
short presentations (videos) are shown during the break time
SPEAKERS
Asko Tamme
Deputy Mayor of Tartu City Government
SHORT VIDEO PRESENTATORS
SPONSORS
&
ORGANIZERS
