IFLA 2019_Congress Programme

256 IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019 24—30 August 2019 | Athens, Greece Congress Programme | Thursday 29 August 2019 Thursday, 29 August Special Session Congress Programme Business Meeting Expo Pavilion/Tech Lab Session 1. World Library – A Nordic project on digital materials for linguistic minorities Marit Vestlie (The National Library of Norway, Norway) 2. Multiple Dimensions of Library Services for Multicultural Populations in West Bengal Ratna Bandyopadhyay (University of Calcutta, India), Anita Basak (Govt. College of Engineering & Leather Technology, India) 3. Project Libero: Libraries as Intercultural Learning Spaces: Setting up an e-Learning Platform for Minor Refugees in Public Libraries Ursula Liebmann (Meeting Point Library – Lower Austrian office for public libraries, Austria) 4. ECHO Mobile Library: A grassroots library servicing nine refugee and migrant communities in and around the Athens area Keira Dignan, Rebecka Wolfe (Echo Mobile Library, Greece) Session 260a United Nations Update - IFLA (SI) 13:00 – 13:30 | Trianti IFLA has placed the United Nations (UN) and its Sustainable Development Goals at the heart of its advocacy work. The UN itself is looking to modernise its own way of doing things in order to deliver on the Goals, including through greater coordination at the national level. Come along to this session in order to get the latest on work taking place at the United Nations in the coming year, and the opportunities this presents for libraries. Session 261 Bibliography Clinic - Bibliography 10:45 – 12:45 | Mitropoulos Come to our “Bibliography Clinic!” A panel of librarians experienced with bibliography will answer questions and propose solutions to challenging problems brought by the audience. We’ll also draw on the collective wisdom of the audience, and invite everyone to lend their expertise in this interactive session. Please come with your questions, and we’ll answer them together! Chairs: Mathilde Koskas and Monika Szunejko