Glòria Pérez-Salmerón – IFLA President

Gerència de Biblioteques, Diputació de Barcelona

@GPSalmeron @nextlibrarycrew #nextlibrary2019

HOLA NextTies!

... one question

What do you think?

Where do you think lies thevalue of our task as

professionals?

… in the continent?… in the content?

… or in the action we do?

Different Environments, Diverse Cultures...

Which is the situation?

Information is anessential part of our life, our economy, and oursociety

Foto: “Gente esperando en el andén del metro” de Hernán Piñera de Marbella (Locked in his world) via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) bit.ly/2CJwcDH

Alert!Where the Librarians are involved?

• Is the leading international body representing the interestsof library and information services and their users.

• Is the global voice of the library and informationprofession.

1.516members

146countries

The International Federationof Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA

IFLA faces 2 challenges:

1. Libraries’ Global Vision(and their position)

2. IFLA own Transformation

Looking for the lostopportunity!

Global LibrariesBill&Melinda GatesLegacy

IFLA’s New Estrategy2019-2024

... mindset change

the proposal

Our Vision, Our FutureA strong and united library field powering literate, informed and

participative societies

a vision without execution is hallucination

inclusion and participationof the library field and IFLA

technical units

Leadership atGlobal level

regional and nationalwork in cascade

“Ideas Store”

IFLA membership survey

“Library Map of the world”

¡CUENTA TU HIST RIA! librarymap.ifla.org/stories

meaningful accessto information

So often the income poverty is associated to informational poverty

Foto: “Inequality” A. K. Azad's Photography by Crysis Rubel via Flickr (CC BY 2.0) bit.ly/2NIpTRP

access to information can drive growth, development

and equity

IFLA Library Map of the World SDG Story: Coding For Kids in Libraries. Photo: “Coding Ambassador supporting a club member” by Progress Foundation (CC BY 4.0) bit.ly/2yNytaO

Libraries and SDGs

The SDGs state that access to informationis essential for all aspects of development

The SDGs are an opportunity to explain the importance of libraries, and request investment and support

IAP Global ConveningNew York, 28-29 June 2018

A GLOBAL MOVEMENT

IAP CARRIED TO LOCAL LEVELthe case of DIPUTACIÓ de BARCELONA

https://bit.ly/2ztBUGx

ifla.org/libraries-development DA2I@ifla.org

@IFLA_Lib4Dev

#Lib4Dev #DA2I

Every librarian an ADVOCATE!An activist, a motor of change,

Commited to ACCESS to INFORMATION

society will value us as professionals if we know how to satisfy their needs of servicesand demands

strategy + operative = results

the value of libraryprofessionals lies in our abilityto get results

the action!

LibrariesMotors

of Change

LibrariansGears of the

Motors of Change

Thank you nextTies!

Glòria Pérez-Salmerón @GPSalmeronIFLA President