CiberNotas-ACURIL-CyberNotes BLOG: 2008

Friday, August 15, 2008

...and the Winner for IFLA 2011 is San Juan, Puerto Rico

Yesterday, Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the afternoon, more or less at 4:00 o’clock, in Room 2000 of the Québec Convention Centre, scheduled for the Closing Session of the 77th IFLA World Congress of Libraries and Information, with IFLA (http://www.ifla.org) delegates, members of the IFLA 2008 Québec National Committee, colleagues and friends, IFLA President, Claudia Lux, announced: …and the Winner is: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It was a most precious moment. We had already distributed many little Puerto Rican flags among the delegates and friends attending the session and the joy filled the air manifesting itself with a strong applause.

The World Congress of Libraries and Information is held traditionally every year in a country, selected by IFLA’s Governing Board, after visiting the prospective countries, study its infrastructure, and consulting with information professionals that could be in charge of the event organization. The organization of the Congress is really in the hands of IFLA Headquarters and the National Committee of the selected country. IFLA has hired a Professional Conference Organiser who handles all the arrangements and also takes care of the on-site management of the event. This structure and collaborative effort ensures the total success of the library and information world event.

At the request of IFLA’s President Claudia Lux we presented the acceptance message that follows:

Acceptance Message to IFLA for the Selection of the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as site for the World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011

Québec, Canadá
IFLA 2008, Closing Session,
Qu´Ebec Convention Centre Thursday, August 14, 2008

Distinguished Members of the IFLA Governing Board, Madam President Claudia Lux, Executive Secretary Peter Lor, Designated Executive Secretary Jennefer Nicholson, Delegates, Colleagues, Friends convened at this Closing Session,

Good Afternoon,

The Capital City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been selected by IFLA to host the 77th World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011, and we are highly honored.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico: librarians, archivists, documentalists, educators in the information field, representatives of the information industry, and others related, express our humble and rejoiced gratitude to IFLA’s Governing Board for the gentle deference bestowed upon us.

For a country within the Caribbean region, the smallest within the Greater Antilles, to be selected as site for IFLA’s World Congress is a special challenge. For a long time, we had been dreaming how all IFLA members could come to our country, to our region, to share experiences. And, today, when the dream really comes true we accept the challenge, filled with emotion.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico commit ourselves to work proactively and continuously, with lots of enthusiasm, to contribute to the organization of this professional event, that we envision will allow us to share knowledge, develop skills, exchange experiences, share new theories and trends with all colleagues in the world; to propiciate the establishment of collaborative agreements, fostering the cultural and linguistic diversity, aligned with the requirements of the information profession in the 21st Century, and geared to benefit all the communities that we serve globally.

Our goal, from now on, will be to work continuously to generate the required synergistic environment, that will contribute to the effective development of a professional program for IFLA 2011 that will be of interest and of benefit to all. Our efforts will be devoted to stimulate the development of learning communities and communities of practice in such a way to achieve the international understanding desired by IFLA and for all of us IFLA members.

We anticipate that this global encounter of librarians, archivists, documentalists, library and information science educators, representatives of the information industry, will open new avenues to undertake joint studies, research, teaching and continuing education, and trigger the motivation for a higher level of shared creativity and collaborative innovation.

We hope that the new innovative avenues developed by all of us, together, will enrich and strengthen our raison d’être of our profession, allowing all libraries, archives, mediathèques, and other information units related, be placed and recognized in the corresponding key place where they belong, in an effort to stimulate achieving the highest well being and the sustainability of our countries, within a global brotherhood endeavor: our library and information global agenda.

The libraries, archives, documentation centers and other information units related, in San Juan and in all of Puerto Rico, will open its doors to all colleagues attending the IFLA-Puerto Rico2011, to share our experiences and best practices.

Puerto Rico is a humble country, friendly, proud of its Indian, African and Spanish roots. Our country values hospitality, the exchange of ideas, the rescuing, preservation and conservation of the patrimony; we treasure the cultural diversity, the solidarity, the equitable access to and use of documentation and information.

And, as a preamble, to bring you just a gist of what is, in part, the treasure of Puerto Rico: its people, its environment and ecology, its culture and economy, its art and music, its tropical flavor, allow me to introduce to you my friend Rosa Luke, from the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, presenting the video Puerto Rico at a glance.

It will certainly be an honor and a pleasure to greet you all with a warm brotherhood embrace in IFLA-Puerto Rico 2011, to share the diversity of knowledge and experiences.

Allow me to express again, our gratitude to you All.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies University of Puerto Rico luisa.vigo@upr.edu

Executive Secretary Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institute Libraries (ACURIL) executivesecretariat@acuril.org

Sunday, July 20, 2008

ALA Reaccredits the GSIST/UPR Master's Program until 2015

On June 29, 2008, the American Library Association (ALA) reaccredited the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies (GSIST), of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), for 7 more years. As stated by ALA, the accreditation of a master’s program in library and information sciences is “a voluntary, non-governmental system of evaluation used to protect the public interest and to verify the quality of service provided by member institutions." The next comprehensive review of the School is scheduled to occur in 2015.

ALA assigns a standing Committee on Accreditation (COA), the responsibility "for the implementation of the accreditation of library and information studies programs. The COA develops and formulates standards of education for library and information studies and policies and procedures for ALA accreditation."

The ALA Committee on Accreditation (COA), chaired by Dr. Richard B. Rubin, based its decision to reaccredit the GSIST/UPR's master's program on the Program Presentation submitted by the School on February 2008, the site visit and report made by the COA External Review Panel, the Response to the Report of the External Review Panel, all of the reports the program submitted to the Committee since the last comprehensive review, and the June 28th meeting with Prof. Edward Erazo, Chair of the External Review Panel, and the School’s Director, Dr. Nitza Hernández. The School’s Program Presentation Committee Chaiperson was Dr. Susan Jane Freiband.

The continued accreditation action was taken by COA at the 2008 ALA annual conference in Anaheim, California. A complete list of programs and degrees accredited by ALA can be found at http://www.ala.org/lisdir You may also view the distribution of Library and Information Science Schools accredited by ALA in a Google map.

COA/ALA based its decision on the School’s "totality of the accomplishments and the environment for learning...". The GSIST/UPR evaluation was made with the ALA 1992 Standards. The ALA 2008 Standards for accreditation of master’s programs in library and information studies can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/accredstandards/index.cfm

With the reaccreditation action, ALA has validated once again the quality of the Master of Information Sciences (MIS) degree program at the University of Puerto Rico. In the decision letter, COA stimulates the School to culminate with the revision of its goals and objectives, the curricular revision, and to increase its research productivity. Information about the GSIST/UPR can be found in its webpage: http://egcti.upr.edu

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Margot Thomas honoured in St. Lucia

In a report by Kayra Williams, of The Star Online, we learned that Local "heroes" were honoured at the launch of the Students of Heroes gallery guiz championship and

imaginative expression project for Eastern Caribbean Schools. The activity was held at the Bay Gardens Hotel on Wednesday, July 2.

The project is a new initiative by Eastern Caribbean Bible Society which aims to help students learn more about icons that would
hopefully inspire them to strive for greatness.

Awardees included Acurilean Margot Thomas from St. Lucia National Archives; business executive Michael Chastaner; George James from the Ministry of Physical Development; Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy; musician Ronald Boo Hinkson; first blind student of SALCC and UWI Scholar, Jesica Jabobie; past principal for SMC, and Leon Hess, Rupert Ellis; gospel singer Shirley Ann Cyril Mayers; cultural enthusiast Theresa Hall; and businessman Rayneau Gajadhar. There was also an award for The Star Online Hero, publisher Rick Wayne, for his contribution to journalism and sports.

All recipients of "Eagle" awards were, according to facilitators, great examples of living icons that students could look up to. The competition also features a Bible segment that will focus on heroes within the scriptures.

From The Star Online
http://www.stluciastar.com/NewsHome/LocalNews/tabid/571/newsid1152/4093/Default.aspx

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Le devenir des bibliotheques...

Le devenir des bibliotheques dans le cadre du developpement durable will be ACURIL's theme in 2009.

Guadeloupean librarian Bea Bazile, of the Bibliotheque Departamentale de Pret de la Guadeloupe, was installed as new President on Friday, June 29, 2008, at the XXXVIII ACURIL Conference, Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Mme. Bazile is developing the contents for the conference and can be reached through the following e-mails: acuril39@gmail.com or bea.baz@gmail.com

Mlle.Danielle Renier Deglas is Conference Coordinator of the Local Organizing Committee and can be reached throuh acuril39@gmail.com

Saturday, July 5, 2008

JOB Position Available: Deputy Director/Supervisor of Branch Libraries in Cayman Islands. Deadline: July 30, 2008

CAYMAN ISLANDS. MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Training . Employment
Youth . Sports & Culture

Building Brighter Futures

DEPUTY DIRECTOR/SUPERVISOR OF BRANCH LIBRARIES

VME-0010/08

SALARY: CI$53,412 - CI$71,832 PER ANNUM
TAX FREE (EXCHANGE RATE IS CI$1=US$1.20)

Application forms available from the Cayman Islands Government : http://www.brighterfutures.gov.ky/jobs

APPLICATION DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2008

The postholder will be responsible for:

• Supervising 5 library branches including consulting with branch Library Assistants about community activities.
• Coordinating activities and procedures between the Main Library and the branch libraries.
• Collection development, cataloguing and classification of circulating and reference materials in the adult section of all libraries.
• Compiling bibliographies, reference guides statistics and reports.
• Monitor branch Library Assistants' performance.
• Assist the Director and Accounts Officer with the library's budget.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills:

• Applicants should possess a Masters degree in library science from an accredited library school.
• Must have three to five years supervisory experience in a Public Library setting.
• Ability to communicate; work effectively and tactfully with employees and the public.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Suite of products.
• Working knowledge of cataloguing database systems including Spectrum – Winnebago.

Benefits will be determined in accordance with the Public Services Management Law and Regulations (2005), the Public Service Pensions Law (2004 revision) and CINICO health plan.

PLEASE SUBMIT OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM, RESUME AND COVERING LETTER TO:

Human Resources Operational Manager
Ministry of Education, Training, Employment, Youth, Sports & Culture
3rd Floor, Government Administration Building – Royal Plaza
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Fax: (345) 949-9343 Email:recruitment@brighterfutures.gov.ky

Application forms are available for download from the Cayman Islands Government website, http://www.brighterfutures.gov.ky/jobs

APPLICATION DEADLINE IS : July 31st, 2008

______________________________

CiberNotas-ACURIL-CyberNotes

Editorial Team
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
Executive Secretary
cibernotasacurilcybernotes@acuril.org

Ronny Alders, aruba2006@hotmail.com
Barry Baker bbaker@mail.ucf.edu
Bea Bazile bea.bazile@gmail.com
Eleuterio Ferreira-Calderón, eferreirac@yahoo.es
Adele Merritt Bernard adelemb@gmail.com
Dulce Maria Núñez de Taveras dmaria@pucmm.edu.do
Pedro Padilla-Rosa ppadillarosa@gmail.com
Danielle Renier Deglas acuril39@gmail.com
Shamin Renwick srenwick@ttemail.com

c/o Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies,
University of Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 21906 UPR Station
San Juan, PR 00931-1906
Tel. 787.763.6199 ; Fax 787.764-2311

VISIT: ACURILNET http://acuril.uprrp.edu

Sunday, June 29, 2008

ACURIL Executive Council Members 2008-2009

On Friday, June 6, 2008, at the Closing Ceremony, ACURIL's Executive Council members for 2008-2008 were presented as follows:

Mme. BEA BAZILE, Guadaloupean documentalist of the Bibliotheque Departamentale de Pret, installed as President of ACURIL, will be responsible for ACURIL's strategic direction 2008-2009, and for the organization of the Annual Conference XXXIX, to be held in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe. The 39th Conference theme is: Le devenir des bibliotheques dans le cadre du developpement durable. Her e-mails are: acuril39@gmail.com; bea.baz@gmail.com; beabazile@acuril.org

Prof. CARMEN SANTOS-CORRADA, Director of Special Collections at the Conrado Asenjo Library, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, was installed as Vice-President/President Elect. As part of her responsibilities, she will coordinate the work of Permanent Committes, Special Interest Groups and Content Area Groups. Her e-mails are: csantos@rcm.upr.edu; carmensantos.corrada@gmail.com; carmensantoscorrada@acuril.org

As of July 1, 2008, Dr. LUISA VIGO-CEPEDA serves as ACURIL's New Executive Secretary. Being related to ACURIL since 1968 and as founding member; Chair of the Publications and Public Relations Committee, and Past President of ACURIL in 2002-2003, Dr. Vigo-Cepeda will be instrumental in ACURIL's dynamic renewal and restructure process. Dr. Vigo-Cepeda is professor at the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico. Her e-mails are: executivesecretariat@acuril.org ; acuril@acuril.org

Other ACURIL's Executive Council Members are:

Prof. ILEANA ROSA-SSOTOMAYOR, Treasurer, ACURIL Headquarters/Cataloguer, University of Puerto Rico Library System. E-mails: ileanarosasotomayor@acuril.org ; acurilt@yahoo.com

Mrs. ADELE MERRITT BERNARD, Immediate Past President (JAMAICA). Records Manager, City of Kingston Cooperative Credit Union Ltd. E-mails: adelemb@gmail.com ; adelemerrittbernard@acuril.org

Mr. ELEUTERIO FERREIRA-CALDERON, Institutional Representative (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC), Director de la Biblioteca, Universidad Católica Tecnológica del Cibao. E-mails: eferreirac@yahoo.es ; eleuterioferreiracalderon@acuril.org

Prof. ARDIS HANSON, Institutional Representative (FLORIDA, USA). Director, The Louis de la Parte Library, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. E-mails: hanson@fmsi.usf.edu ; ardishanson@acuril.org

Dr. ELIZABETH PIERRE-LOUIS, Institutional Representative (HAITI). Library Systems Director, Fokal Osi Foundation. E-mails: epierrelouis@fokal.org ; elizabethpierrelouis@acuril.org

Prof. JUDITH ROGERS, Institutional Representatitve (U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS). University Library, University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix Campus. E-mails: jrogers@uvi.edu ; judithrogers@acuril.org

Mrs. MARGOT THOMAS, Institutional Representative (ST. LUCIA). Archivists, National Archives Authority of St. Lucia. E-mails: mariette900@gmail.com ; margotthomas@acuril.org

Mrs. DORCAS BOWLER, Association Representative (BAHAMAS). Bahamas Library Association. E-mails: dorcasbowler@yahoo.com ; dorcasbowler@acuril.org

Mrs. MARIA DE LOS ANGELES LUGO, Association Representative (PUERTO RICO). Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico. E-mails: um_mlugo@suagm.edu ; mariadelosangeleslugo@acuril.org

Mlle. DANIELE DARIEN. Association Representative. Association des Amis de la Bibliotheque de Pret de la Guadeloupe. E-mails: daniele_dar@carmail.com ; danieledarien@acuril.org

Mr. RONY ALDERS, Personal Representative. Aruba National Library. E-mails: aruba2006@hotmail.com ; ronyalders@acuril.org

GUESTS in Council

Prof. PEDRO PADILLA-ROSA, Past President 2006-2007, Representing Past Presidents. Law Library, University of Puerto Rico. E-mails: ppadillarosa@gmail.com ; pedropadillarosa@acuril.org

Mlle. DANIELLE RENIER DEGLAS, Coordinator, ACURIL XXXIX Local Organizing Committee/Associatin des Amis de la BDP Guadeloupe. E-mails: acuril39@acuril.org

Visit ACURILNET: http://acuril.uprrp.edu

Monday, June 23, 2008

Podcasts for CARIBBEANA at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA

Four students at the University of Puerto Rico Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies: Yumarys Polanco-Almonte (Dominican Republic), Cindy Jiménez-Vera (Puerto Rico), Arelys Fernández-Troche (Puerto Rico) and Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño (Mexico), contributed significantly at this conference. Particularly, the members of the ACURIL’s Dream Web Team, presented a three-sessions workshop on Podcasts to participants at the conference. Participants were avid to learn and share. The experience took place in rooms with computers and the event waas very well attended. Lots of of enthusiasm reigned!

In addition, the Team joined the effort of ACURIL's project CARIBBEANA and conducted 10 interviews of selected information professionals, under the coordination of Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda. Podcasts can be found in ACURILNET's section http://acuril.uprrp.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=53

Being a part of ACURIL’s CARIBBEANA Project, interviews will continue dealing with a variety of topics, technological strategies, conducted by different students and colleagues in the Caribbean.

Professionals interviewed at this time are:

Oneida R. Ortiz, ACURIL Executive Secretary 1971-2008, interviewed by Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño.

Stephney Ferguson (Jamaica), Past Library Director of the University of the West Indies, Jamaica; and one of ACURIL’s Past President, interviewed by Cindy Jiménez-Vera.

Adele Merritt Bernard (Trinidad), ACURIL President 2007-2008; Records Administrator of the City of Kinston Cooperative Credit Union Ltd., in Jamaica, interviewed by Cindy Jiménez-Vera.

Lucero Arboleda de Roa (Dominican Republic), Library Director, Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo; and one of ACURIL’s Past President, interviewed by Yumarys Polanco-Almonte.

Barry Baker (Florida, USA), Director of the University of Central Florida Libraries; and ACURIL Finance Committee Chairperson, interviewed by Cindy Jiménez-Vera.

Marisol Florén-Romero (Florida, USA) College of Law Library, Florida international University; and ACURIL Law Content Area Group Chairperson, interviewed by Arelys Fernández-Troche.

Jerome Agboyi (Bahamas) of the Lillian G. Weir-Coakley Public Library, interviewed by Cindy Jiménez-Vera.

Dulce María Núñez de Taveras (República Dominicana), Library Systems Director, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra; and a Past Executive Council member, interviewed by Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño.

Almaluces Figueroa-Ortiz (Puerto Rico), Director of the Caribbean Regional Library and Latin American Studies, University of Puerto Rico Library System; and a Past Executive Council member, interviewed by Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño; and,

Ardis Hanson (Florida, USA), Director of The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Research Library, University of South Florida; and Institutional Executive Council Member, interviewed by Cindy Jiménez-Vera.

The students, members of the ACURIL Dream Web Team, were distinguished on Friday, June 6, 2008, at the ACURILEANA Evening of Awards with the Young ACURILEANS Stars Award instituted at this Conference. We commend these students for their commitment and dedication towards ACURIL.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda

Friday, June 20, 2008

UNESCO calls on enhancing access to governmental public domain information

Abdul Waheed Khan
UNESCO 20-06-2008 (Seoul)

Countries should “recognize and enact the right of universalonline access to public and government-held records,” said Abdul Waheed Khan, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information. Mr Khan urged action at the Civil Society Forum organized in conjunction with the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the “Future of the Internet Economy” in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on 17 and 18 June 2008.

Speaking at a Roundtable on “Fueling creativity, access to knowledge and the public domain”, Mr Khan said that governments should identify and promote repositories of information and knowledge in the public domain and make them available to all. He stressed that the role and value of public domain information, especially of information produced by the public sector, is not widely enough addressed and is generally poorly understood.

In 2003, the General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace recognizing the importance of promoting multilingualism and equitable access to information and knowledge, especially in the public domain.

The Recommendation proposes measures fostering universal access to digital resources and services, and facilitating the preservation of their cultural and language diversity.

UNESCO also published Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of governmental public domain information, with particular attention to such information in digital form.

UNESCO’s action in this area is an important international instrument promoting public access to information and is a contribution to implementing the Geneva Plan of Action adopted by the World Summit on the Information Society in 2003.

Monday, June 16, 2008

Developing Information Literacy Skills Programmes-ACURIL XXXVIII Jamaica Pre-Conference

As a satellite activity of the 2008 Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA), UNESCO, in collaboration with the University of the West Indies Department of Library and Information Studies and the University Mona Library, organized a 3 days workshop (30 May - 1 June; Montego Bay, Jamaica) aimed at introducing various professional groups to techniques for developing information literacy skills and programmes.

This workshop was a regional component of the UNESCO Training-the-Trainers in Information Literacy workshop series, which incorporates twelve geographic regions. The workshop series has as an overall goal “to train a cadre of promising and qualified information literacy trainers in each of the major geographic regions so that they, in turn, can educate other trainers in their respective regions and also begin educating directly the various ultimate beneficiary groups.”

There were 26 participants - library professionals from Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and USA. They represented public library networks, teachers colleges, university libraries, special libraries and other institutions such as the Jamaican Ministry of Education and the Office of the Utility Regulation. The participants received training on topics including an introduction to the concepts of information literacy, conceptualising information needs, evaluation of information sources and experiences in the development of information literacy programmes.

A key output of the workshop was the action plan developed by 10 working groups to implement information literacy programmes in their organizations. Prizes for the best presentation were awarded to Jessica Lewis (Jamaica), Gemma Creighton-Lashley (Trinidad and Tobago) and Erica Davis (Jamaica).

This workshop is expected to result in the development of information literacy programmes in the participating institutions and the establishment of information literacy clubs in these institutions.

From UNESCO 16.06.2008

Friday, June 6, 2008

Closing Day at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA

FRIDAY 6TH JUNE 2008
ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA
e-Librarian: Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – 9:00AM – 3:00PM – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – 9:00AM – 3:00PM – NEGRIL ROOM

8:00AM – 12 NOON
External Lobby Registration

9:00AM – 10:30AM
Rose Hall Ballroom

2ND ACURIL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Chair: Adele Merritt Bernard, ACURIL President

Agenda

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
2. Reports of Standing Committees

2.1 Constitution and By-Laws
2.2 Publications and Public Relations
2.3 Finance
2.4 Membership
2.5 Continuing Education

3. Reports of Special Interest Groups

3.1 Academic Libraries
3.2 Archives and Records Management
3.3 Information Technology
3.4 National and Public Libraries
3.5 Research in the Information Field
3.6 School Libraries
3.7 Special Libraries
3.8 Students Roundtable

4. Reports of the Content Area Groups

4.1 Agriculture and Environment
4.2 Book Trade
4.3 Education and Social Sciences
4.4 Health, Medicine and Natural Science
4.5 Knowledge Management

4.6 Law

5. Report of Elections by Scrutiny Committee
6. Resolutions
7. Any Other Business

COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
Rose Hall Ballroom

Preserving the national audiovisual heritage: AVIN, AVIDA and the Bennett/Coverley Collection of the National Library of Jamaica, Frances Salmon, UWI, Mona, Jamaica and Maureen Webster-Prince, National Library of Jamaica, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Valerie Francis (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Karen Lequay (Barbados)

Falmouth Room

Workshop: Web 2.0 Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA

MODERATOR: Jane Smith (Surinam)
RAPPORTEUR: Angelique Alleyne (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room
CDS ISIS Workshop, PART IV Guilda Asencio, Consultant, Venezuela

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Port Antonio Room
Workshop: Developing a copyright policy for your library, Jacqueline Lynch Stewart, Bob Marley Foundation

MODERATOR: Pedro Padilla-Rosa (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Yulande Lindsay (Jamaica)

Cornwall/Mount Zion Rooms

Records Management within the E-Government Environment in Jamaican Organizations, Special Libraries Section, Library and Information Association of Jamaica, Claudette Thomas, Presenter

MODERATOR: Joanne Georges (Trinidad)
RAPPORTEUR: Matthew Blake (Jamaica)

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM
Rose Hall Ballroom

Examining Patron Behaviour: Maximising the Use of Electronic Resources at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Myrna Douglas and Maureen Kerr Campbell, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: David Drydale (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Kumaree Ramtahal (Trinidad and Tobago)

Cornwall/Mount Zion Rooms
The Use of new communication technologies as tools to develop a model that will increase awareness of information literacy skills in a public library, Juan A. López-Cortés, Citrus Ridge County Library, Florida, USA

MODERATOR: Rosella McCarthy Spencer (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Audrey Saddler (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room
CDS ISIS Workshop. Part V, Guilda Asencio, Consultant, Venezuela

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
* Note – Workshop will end at 4:00PM

Port Antonio Room

Putting the e in Oral History: Creating and Accessing Oral Histories at the University of South Florida Libraries, Mark I. Greenberg and Richard R. Bernardy Jr., University of South Florida Libraries, Florida, USA (Paper and Workshop)

MODERATOR: Nicole Coke (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Lorraine Nero (Trinidad and Tobago)

Falmouth Room

Workshop: Organization and Retrieval of Information, Kisha Sawyers, Caribbean Child Development Centre, University of the West Indies, Mona

MODERATOR: Jane Smith (Suriname)
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

7:30PM – 11:30PM

Rose Hall Ballroom
Closing Ceremony and ACURILEAN Evening of Awards Banquet

Thursday, June 5, 2008

Today at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA

THURDAY 5TH JUNE 2008
e-Librarian: Ideas, Innovation & Inspiration

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM (Upstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – ALL DAY – NEGRIL ROOM

8:00AM – 12 NOON External Lobby Registration

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Falmouth Room

IFLA/FAIFE Workshop. Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Co-ordinator, Special Services, Queen’s Library, New York, USA and Barbara J. Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programmes

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEURS:To be selected from participants on the floor.

9:00AM – 10:30AM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Innovation Begins with “I”. Tony Tallent, Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

MODERATOR: Margaret Rouse-Jones
RAPPORTEURS: Joy Ysaguirre (Belize), Abul K. Bashirullah (Venezuela), Lacroix Jefferson de Dieuseul (Haiti)

10:30AM – 12 NOON
Elections to the Executive Council

COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM

11:00AM – 12:30PM

Rose Hall Ballroom
Libraries: Innovative and Inspiring. Erik Boekesteijn and Jaap van de Geer, Delft Public Library, Netherlands

MODERATOR: Wilfred Jean Bertrand (Haiti)
RAPPORTEUR: Monique Alberts (St. Maarten)

Hanover Room

dLOC Digitization Toolkit – develop your own digital resources. Mark Sullivan, University of Florida, USA

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Allison Phills (St. Kitts)

Port Antonio Room

E-Challenges and Initiatives: an acquisitions perspective, a case study of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago Libraries, Arlene Dolabaille and Mariella Pilgrim, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad

MODERATOR: Valerie G. Francis (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Prisca Ischemo (Jamaica)

Mount Zion

The Changing Face of Serials Collections: the case of the University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Evadne McLean, Margarette Pearce, Judith Rao, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Marva Bradford (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Meerabai Gosine-Boodoo (Trinidad)

Cornwall Room

Energize your Catalogue: the Aquabrowser Experience of Northern Caribbean University. Grace Carr-Benjamin, Northern Caribbean University, Jamaica and Luis Cabrera, RR Bowker

MODERATOR: Ronny Alders (Aruba)
RAPPORTEUR: Stella Sandy (Trinidad)

Trelawny Room

Exploring Virtual Reference: a new horizon for Caribbean Libraries, Kumaree Ramtahal, UWI, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Devika Ramsingh, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, Trinidad

MODERATOR: David Drysdale (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Audrey Saddler (Jamaica)

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:00PM

Rose Hall Ballroom
Academic Libraries SIG

A Forum on E-Libraries, E-Learning and E-Environment: an informal discussion on trends and issues in today’s academic libraries. Focuses on e-services such as virtual reference, e-learning such as distance education and e-literacy, web 2.0 and library 2.0.

MODERATOR: Barry Baker (Florida, USA)

Port Antonio
National and Public Libraries SIG

MODERATOR: Annette Smith (Barbados)

Trelawny Room
School Libraries SIG

MODERATOR: To be selected at the Conference

Cornwall Room
Special Libraries SIG:

MODERATOR: Ardis Hanson (Florida, USA)

Hanover Room
Research in the Information Field SIG and Student’s Roundtable

Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning , Doing Preserving and Facilitating Access to All. Part III. A seminar-workshop, Graduate students Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator; Team of the ACURIL Caribbeana Project / Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico.

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)

Mount Zion Room
Archives and Records Management SIG

MODERATOR: Margot Thomas (St. Lucia)

3:00PM – ONWARDS FREE AFTERNOON and EVENING

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Do you remember, Oneida?

On Monday evening, May 2, 2008, at the Grand Ballroom of the Rose Hall Resort, in a most calid ceremony, ACURIL paid homage to Mrs. Oneida Rivera de Ortiz, for her services to the organization from Executive Secretary to Executive Director 1971-2008.

Mrs. Adele Merritt Bernard, ACURIL President, chaired the ceremony. Past Presidents Jean Wilfrid Bertrand (Haiti), Astrid Britten (Aruba), Stephney Ferguson (Jamaica) and Lucero Arboleda de Roa (Dominican Republic), representing the French, Dutch, English and Spanish speaking area members of the organization, commended Mrs. Rivera de Ortiz’s work and expressed their sincere appreciation for her commitment and dedication throughout the years. Best wishes for success and happiness in the future were expressed.

A special presentation entitled Mrs. Oneida Rivera de Ortiz, 1971-2008: Do you remember? was made by ACURIL’s CARIBBEANA Team : Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Arelys Fernández-Troche and Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, through a podcast and a slideshow.

In a most emotive response, Oneida Ortiz expressed herself as follows:

My dear ACURILEAN friends. All that I can say is Thank you. I express my gratitude to ACURIL for so many good “things” I have received from ACURIL during all these years I have dedicated to this Association. Among those, just to mention some, I had the opportunity to meet and forge friendship with so many colleagues. I can say that I have friends from all the archipelago. I have learned about the profession far beyond if I had taken courses in comparative librarianship, to know about cultures, historiography, and folklore of the Caribbean; and particularly about one of my hobbies, cooking, since I learned about Caribbean cuisine.

I cannot forget that during my days of extreme sorrow, ACURIL and Acurileans helped me emotionally. I am deeply thankful.

My satisfaction and my privilege is to have contributed to the growth and development of our dear ACURIL from newborn in 1969 to its adulthood, to see most of our goals fulfilled. It is to the young generation to keep it growing further, to evaluate and seek new objectives so that ACURIL will always be the Star of the profession in the Caribbean.

May God bless you all and guide our Association to be that Star in this era of challenges to our information profession. ACURIL will always be in my heart and in my memory, and who is ACURIL? You are.

ACURIL, My gratitude again and love to all.

A bouquet of flowers, an album with different expressions of friends and other gifts were given to Oneida by Executive Councilors Carmen Santos-Corrada and Barry Baker. Tokens of appreciation were presented by ACURIL president Merritt Bernard and past president Pedro Padilla-Rosa. A special reception followed where Acurileans expressed their respects.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Oneida R. Ortiz to be honored today at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA

A reception in honor of Mrs. Oneida R. Ortiz, Executive Director of ACURIL, will be held today, Monday, June 2, 2008, at 6:45 p.m., at the Rose Hall Ballroom, Rose Hall Resort and Country Club.

Mrs. Ortiz has been working with ACURIL Headquarters, from Executive Secretary to Executive Director. She retires at ACURIL XXXVIII Jamaica. Join ACURIL XXXVIII Jamaica to celebrate excellence in ACURIL.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

ACURILEAN AWARDS 2008. Friday, June 6, 2008, Rose Hall Resort, Montego Bay, Jamaica

The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries is pleased to announce the ACURILEAN Awards for 2008.

Awards will be bestowed on Friday, June 6, 2008, at the Rose Hall Resort,
in Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Join us to honor and celebrate the awardees!

THE ACURIL PRESIDENT'S AWARD 2008
Stephney Ferguson Library Programs for Special Information Needs,

is confered for excellence in the endeavor to

The Caribbean Digital Audio Collection devoted to people unable to read at the National Library of Jamaica

______________________________

The EBSCO Leadership in the Use of New Information Technologies to Expand
and Facilitate Access to Serials Content Award 2008

is confered to the

Library of the Metropolitan University, Ana G. Méndez System, in Puerto Rico
___________________________________________________

The Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico for Excellence
in Development of Information Skills Award 2008

is confered to

Juan M. López-Cortés,
of Citrus Ridge County Library, in Florida, USA

for the study

The use of new communication technologies as tools to develop a model
that will increase awareness of information literacy skills in a public library
___________________________________________________

The Albertina Pérez de Rosa Information Units Alliances and Collaborative Projects in the Caribbean Award 2008 (ACURIL, Puerto Rico Chapter)

is bestowed to

AVIN, AVIDA and the Bennet/Coverley Collection
of the National Library of Jamaica in preserving the national audiovisual heritage

for excellence in the endeavor.
___________________________________________________

MEDALS OF EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMIA
Dr. Albertina Pérez de Rosa Excellence in Academia 2008
(ACURIL, Puerto Rico Chapter)

are confered to

Cherry-Ann Smart
Department of Library and Information Studies,
University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Mario Vázquez-Asencio
Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies,
University of Puerto Rico

_____________________________________

YOUNG ACURILEAN STARS 2008
The Association of Caribbean Universities, Research and Institutional Libraries institutes
this Award to stimulate and recognize excellent performance of young students within the information field

For Excellence in Applied Technologies

Yumarys Polanco-Almonte

Cindy Jiménez-Vera

Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño

Arelys Fernández-Roche

ACURILEANA Team /
Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies,
University of Puerto Rico
Podcasts of Information Professionals
of the Caribbeana Project

_____________________________________

ACURILEAN STARS 2008

For Excellence as ACURIL Webmaster

Edgar Jiménez-Ferrer
ACURILNET Team
Graphic Artist, Library System,
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus

For Excellence in Reference Services

Kumaree Ramtahal
UWI Main Library, Trinidad & Tobago
Exploring Virtual Reference

Devika Ramsingh
Arthur Lok Grad. Sch. of Business, TT
Exploring Virtual Reference

Juan A. López-Cortés
Citrus Ridge County Library, Florida USA
Ask the Librarian

For Excellence in Applied Technologies

Marr Greenberg
University of South Florida Libraries
Using podcasting to promote hidden treasures
in special collections

For Excellence in Services for Special Communities

Ardis Hanson
The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
Research Library
Virtually collaborative: Providing services for geographically dispersed

Kisha Sawyers
The Caribbean Child Development Centre,
UWI, Open Campus, Jamaica
Organization and Retrieval of Information
of the Caribbean Child Development Center

For Excellence in Research

Almaluces Figueroa-Ortiz
Biblioteca Regional del Caribe y Estudios Latinoamericanos,
Sistema de Bibliotecas UPR/RRP
Mapa Conceptual Proceso Avalúo
para el Desarrollo de Bibliotecas

ACURILEANAS

The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries institutes the

ACURILEANA EMERITUS
and confers the first one in 2008
to distinguish

ONEIDA RIVERA DE ORTIZ

For her excellent performance as Executive Secretary
and Executive Director in ACURIL

The Association of Caribbean University, Research
and Institutional Libraries distinguishes

ADELE MERRITT BERNARD

with the
ACURILEANA 2008

for her proactive and excellent work
as ACURIL President 2007-2008

The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries distinguishes

DR. MARGARET ROUSE-JONES

with the
ACURILEANA 2008

as
The Caribbean Information Professional of the Year 2008

for the excellent performance in the information field.

Join us to celebrate the Success of Information Professionals in the Caribbean 2008.

Poster Sessions at ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA

ACURIL XXXVIII JAMAICA
1- 6 June 2008
ROSE HALL RESORT AND COUNTRY CLUB
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

E-Librarian: Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration
E-Bibliotecario: Ideas, Innovación e Inspiración
E-Bibliothécaire: Idées, Innovation et Inspiration

http://nlj.org.jm/acuril/ACURIL08.htm
http://acuril.uprrp.edu
http://cibernotasacurilcybernotes.blogspot.com

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

ACURIL Permanent Posters

ACURIL Milestones 1968-2008. ACURIL Headquarters. Carmen Santos-Corrada and Oneida R. Ortiz

ACURIL, Puerto Rico Chapter, Ileana Rosa-Sotomayor, Library System, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, and Maria de los Angeles Zavala, Learning Resources Center, University of Puerto Rico, at Bayamón.

Caribbeana, Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, ACURIL/Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico

SANITAS, Carmen Santos-Corrada, Conrado Asenjo Library, University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus

Conference Posters

Conceptual map for the assessment of collection development, Almaluces Figueroa-Ortiz, Caribbean Regional Library and Latin American Studies, Library System, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus

The e-librarian: Competencies for the new millennium and beyond, Audrey M. Saddler University of Technology and Maureen Kerr-Campbell, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Identifying, evaluating and selecting audiovisual resources for digitization, Dunstan Newman, Karlene Robinson, Paulette Stewart, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

MC Select: a gateway to free and low-cost online resources for libraries around the world, Barbara J. Ford, The Mortenson Center

Organization and retrieval of information, Kisha Sawyers, Caribbean Child Development Center, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

Repository of learning and information objects in the information field (REOBAI). Research Project by Luisa Vigo-Cepeda and Asim Qayyum, with the research student Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico.

Social Networking: embracing new technologies to transform library communication and build interactive web communities, Devika Ramsingh, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus and Kumaree Ramtahal, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus

The World Computer Exchange, Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser, Inc

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

ACURIL XXXIII JAMAICA PROGRAMME

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

FRIDAY 30TH MAY 2008

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Satellite Workshop

9:30AM – 4:30PM
UWI, School of Continuing Studies, Orange Street, Montego Bay

Satellite Workshop
Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes

Satellite activity coordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica

SATURDAY 31ST MAY 2008

Satellite activity co-ordinated by United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organizations (UNESCO), Information for All Programme (IFAP), University of the West Indies (UWI) Department of Library and Information Studies and University of the West Indies Library, Mona, Jamaica

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Pre-Function Area (Upstairs)
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshop

9:30AM – 4:30PM

Trelawny Room
Pre-Conference Workshop
Ride the New Wave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world. Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.

SUNDAY 1ST JUNE 2008

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Registration – Satellite Workshop

9:30AM – 4:30PM
UWI, School of Continuing Studies, Orange Street, Montego Bay

Satellite Workshop
Developing Information Literacy Skills and Programmes.

8:30AM – 9:25AM
Pre-Function Area (Upstairs)
Registration – Pre-Conference Workshop

8:30AM – 1:00PM

Port Antonio Room
Executive Council Meeting

9:00AM - 4:00PM

Trelawny Room
Pre-Conference Workshop

Ride the NewWave – Web 2.0: Interacting with your users in the digital world. Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting.

9:00AM – 5:00PM

External Lobby
Registration – 38th Annual ACURIL Conference

2:00PM – 4:00PM

Hanover Meeting Room
II OCLC Caribbean Users Meeting.
Mr. Antonio José Alba, Regional Manager, The Caribbean and Central America

Port Antonio Room
ExLibris User Group Meeting
Loralynne Evans, Marketing Manager, North America

3:00PM – 4:00PM

Mount Zion Room
Resolutions Committee Meeting. Almaluces Figueroa, Chair

Cornwall Room
Meeting of Moderators & Rapporteurs with Rapporteur General.
Angelique Alleyne, Chair

4:30PM – 5:30PM

Cornwall Room
Meeting of Vice President/President Elect with Chairpersons of Special Interest & Content Area Groups. Bea Bazile, Chair

Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees,
Carmen Santos Corrada (Spanish) – Port Antonio Room
Dorcas Bowler (English) – Falmouth Room
Elizabeth Pierre-Louis (French) – Mount Zion Room

6:30PM – 7:30PM
Rose Hall Ballroom Opening Ceremony

7:30PM – 10:00PM
Sugar Mills Water Park Welcome Reception

MONDAY 2ND JUNE 2008

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – ALL DAY – NEGRIL ROOM

8:00AM – 5:00PM
External Lobby Registration

8:00AM – 8:30AM
Orientation of New Members and First Time Attendees
Carmen Santos Corrada (Spanish) – Port Antonio Room
Dorcas Bowler (English) – Cornwall Room
Elizabeth Pierre-Louis (French) – Mount Zion Room

9:00AM – 10:30AM
Rose Hall Ballroom

Inspiring and Engaging our Communities and Users.
Stephen Abram, President, Special Libraries Association and Vice President of Innovation, Sirsi/Dynix

MODERATOR: Astrid Britten (Aruba)

RAPPORTEURS: Dulce María Núñez de Taveras (Dominican Republic), Tony Tressor (Guadeloupe)

COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM

11:00AM – 12:30PM
Rose Hall Ballroom

Digital Library Dreams, Real Progress: Creating Value for students and scholars of the Caribbean.
Ms. Karen Calhoun, Vice President, OCLC WorldCat and Metadata Services

MODERATOR: Barry Baker (USA)
RAPPORTEUR: Mark Jean Baptiste (Haiti)

Port Antonio Room

The Internet, Social Networking and Information Literacy. A Panel Discussion by Fay Durrant, Cherrell Shelley-Robinson, Mark Shane Scale and Barbara Gordon, Department of Library and Information Studies, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Marva Bradford (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Norma Livingston (Jamaica)

Hanover Room

Workshop - Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, Part 1. Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa, dLOC

MODERATOR: Judith Rogers (US Virgin Islands)
RAPPORTEUR: Maria de los Angeles Lugo (Puerto Rico)

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Mars and Venus for Information Professionals: are your stakeholders hearing the message you intended to send. Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.

MODERATOR: Margot Thomas (St Lucia)
RAPPORTEUR: Audrey Saddler (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room

Workshop – Look Ma – No Programming! Cool Tips and Tricks with Mashups. Robin Hastings, Information Technology Manager, Missouri River Regional Library, USA

MODERATOR: Pedro Padilla Rosa (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Nicole Bryan (Jamaica)

Hanover Room

Workshop - Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, Part 2, Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa, dLOC

MODERATOR: Judith Rogers (US Virgin Islands)
RAPPORTEUR: Maria de los Angeles Lugo (Puerto Rico)

Falmouth Room

Workshop - Blogs & Wikis, the Basics for ACURIL’s Learning Communities and Communities of Practice. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda and Graduate Students: Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Cindy Jiménez-Vera and Arelys Fernández-Troche, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies, University of Puerto Rico

MODERATOR: Mavis Belasse (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Claudia Sutherland (Jamaica)

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM

Rose Hall Ballroom
Academic Libraries SIG

E-Libraries and the E-Librarian: A Panel Discussion
Presenters: Karen Lequay, University of the West Indies, Main Library, Cave Hill, Barbados. Likely to succeed: profiling the e-librarian, Mark Greenberg, University of South Florida Libraries, USA. Using Podcasting to Promote Hidden Treasures in Special Collections, Ardis Hanson, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute Research Library, Florida, USA. Virtually Collaborative: Providing Services for Geographically Dispersed, Academic Health Services Research Teams

MODERATOR: Barry Baker, University of Central Florida Libraries
RAPPORTEUR: Almaluces Figueroa (Puerto Rico)

Hanover Room
National and Public Libraries SIG

“Are you being served?” How well are public and national libraries in the Caribbean meeting the needs of the blind and the partially sighted? Discussion led by Rosemary Kavanagh, President, ERK Consulting Inc.

MODERATOR: Annette Smith, National Library Service of Barbados
RAPPORTEUR: Winsome Hudson (Jamaica)

Port Antonio Room
School Libraries SIG

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Mount Zion Room
Law Content Area Group: General Meeting

MODERATOR: Marisol Florén Romero, Florida International University, College of Law Library

RAPPORTEUR: Pedro Padilla Rosa (Puerto Rico)

Trelawny Room
Research in the Information Field SIG & Student’s Roundtable

Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning, Doing, Preserving and Facilitating Access to All. A seminar-workshop, Part I, Graduate students: Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator; Team of the ACURIL Caribbeana Project/Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico.

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies
RAPPORTEUR: Francoise Thybulle (Haiti)

Cornwall Room
Archives and Records Management SIG

MODERATOR: Margot Thomas, National Archives Authority of St. Lucia
RAPPORTEUR: Claudette Thomas (Jamaica)

Falmouth Room
Special Libraries SIG

MODERATOR: Ardis Hanson, The Louis de la Parte Library, Florida Mental Health Libraries, University of South Florida
RAPPORTEUR: Matthew Blake (Jamaica)

5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES

6:00PM - 6:30PM Manager’s Reception

6:30PM - 7:30PM Rose Hall Ballroom
ACURIL Reception. Salute to Executive Director, Mrs. Oneida R. Ortiz

TUESDAY 3RD JUNE 2008

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM (Upstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – ALL DAY – NEGRIL ROOM

8:00AM – 12 NOON
External Lobby Registration

8:00AM – 9:00AM
Conference Room Meeting of Past Presidents

9:00AM – 10:30AM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Copyright Issues in the Digital Environment. A Panel Discussion by Isidro Aballi-Fernández, UNESCO; Karen Lequay, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission, USA, Phillipa Davies, Jamaica Intellectual Property Office

MODERATOR: Marisol Florén Romero (USA)
RAPPORTEURS: Margot Thomas (St. Lucia), Marie-Francoise Bernabe (Martinique)

COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM

11:00AM – 12:30PM Rose Hall Ballroom

1st ACURIL General Assembly
Chair: Adele Merritt Bernard, ACURIL President

Agenda

1. Welcome and Opening Remarks
2. Minutes of ACURIL XXXVII
3. Reports
1. President
2. Executive Director
3. Treasurer
4. Vice-President
1. Permanent Committees
2. Special Interest Groups
3. Nominations
4. Any Other Business

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

2:00PM – 3:30PM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Developing a Culture Conducive to E-Library Development-Challenges and Issues from a Bahamian Perspective. Elsie Bain and Berthamae Walker, College of the Bahamas, Bahamas

MODERATOR: Rosella McCarthy Spencer (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Grace Carr-Benjamin (Jamaica)

Cornwall Room

E-librarian: Redefining the roles and challenges in academic libraries in the Caribbean. Dorothy Palmer, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Carmen Santos-Corrada (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Norma Livingston (Jamaica)

Hanover Room
Collaborating in the Cloud – Using Web 2.0 Tools To Get Stuff Done. Robin Hastings, Information Technology Manager, Missouri River Regional Library, USA

MODERATOR: Elizabeth Pierre Louis (Haiti)
RAPPORTEUR: Angelique Alleyne (Jamaica)

Falmouth Room
eBooks for eService – A Tool for Libraries to Stay Relevant. Pauline Nicholas and Thelma White, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Bea Bazile (Guadeloupe)
RAPPORTEUR: Kumaree Ramtahal (Trinidad)

Trelawny Room

The e-environment: Changing the face of Libraries, a Case Study of the Calvin McKain Library. Audrey Saddler, UTECH, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Ronny Alders (Aruba)
RAPPORTEUR: Lorraine Nero (Trinidad and Tobago)

Port Antonio Room

The Jamaican Legal System and Jamaican Legal Resources. Jeanne O. Slowe, Assistant Librarian, Norman Manley Law School and Winsome Henry, Senior Resident Magistrate, Parish of St. James, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Hermine Salmon (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Pedro Padilla Rosa (Puerto Rico)

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM

Falmouth Room
Second Life and your Library – developing services in the virtual world. Nicholas Cop, President, Nicholas Cop Consulting and Integrated SWETS Wise, SWETS

MODERATOR: Lorraine Nero (Trinidad)
RAPPORTEUR: Angelique Alleyne (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room

Podcasts of Information Professionals in the Caribbean: Learning, Doing, Preserving and Facilitating Access to All. A seminar-workshop, Part II. Graduate students Yumarys Polanco-Almonte, Cindy Jiménez-Vera, Yadira Avendaño-Avendaño, Arelys Fernández-Troche and Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Coordinator; Team of the ACURIL Caribbeana Project / Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies of the University of Puerto Rico.

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Francoise Thybulle (National Library of Haiti)

Hanover Room
Handling Information Overload with Productivity Tools. Cliff Landis, Valdosta State University, USA

MODERATOR: Mavis Belasse (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Audrey Saddler (Jamaica)

5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION UPDATES

7:00PM – 10:00PM
Montego Bay Civic Centre A Jamaican Cultural Extravaganza
Buses begin departing at 6:15pm from the Lobby Entrance

WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE 2008

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM (Upstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – ALL DAY – NEGRIL ROOM

8:00AM – 12 NOON
External Lobby Registration

9:00AM – 10:30AM

Rose Hall Ballroom

E-librarian Evolution: Practical and Successful Approaches to Learning Web 2.0. Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida, USA

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEURS: Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas), Elizabeth Pierre-Louis (Haiti)

9:00AM – 4:00PM

Falmouth Room

IFLA/FAIFE Workshop Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Coordinator, Special Services, Queen’s Library, New York, USA and Barbara J. Ford, Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programmes

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

COFFEE BREAK 10:30AM – 11:00AM

11:00AM – 12:30PM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Participating in the Creative Commons, Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission, USA

MODERATOR: Pedro Padilla-Rosa (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Angelique Alleyne (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room
CDS ISIS Workshop. Part I Guilda Ascencio, Consultant, Venezuela

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Port Antonio Room

Information Literacy as the Driving Engine for Economic Success. Barbie Keiser, Barbie E. Keiser Inc.

MODERATOR: Elizabeth Pierre Louis (Haiti)
RAPPORTEUR: Valerie Francis (Jamaica)

Cornwall/Mount Zion Rooms

Combating Plagiarism: Beyond Information Literacy Skills Instruction. Myrtle Harris, School of Education, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: David Drysdale (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Kumaree Ramtahal (Trinidad)

Hanover Room

Information Literacy through E-Learning: a case study of OPAC Training to undergraduate students at the UWI, Mona. Verna George and Karlene Robinson, Mona Information Literacy Unit, UWI, Mona, Jamaica

MODERATOR: Thierry Cherizard (Haiti)
RAPPORTEUR: María de los Ángeles Lugo (Puerto Rico)

12:30PM
Deadline to submit nominations from the Floor to the Executive Council. Contact the Executive Director, Oneida R. Ortiz at the ACURIL Booth.

LUNCH BREAK 12:30PM – 2:00PM

DLIS ALUMNI LUNCHEON MEETING
GSIST/UPR REOBAI Project Luncheon Discussion

2:00PM – 3:30PM

Trelawny Room
CDS ISIS Workshop. Part II Guilda Ascencio, Consultant, Venezuela

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Rose Hall Ballroom
Health and Medicine Content Area Group

SANITAS’s Ideas, Innovation and Inspiration: A project for the Development of a tool for the organization of Information in Public Health in the Caribbean.

MODERATOR: Carmen Santos-Corrada (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Negril Room
Knowledge Management Content Area Group
Note. Due to this presentation the Internet Café will be temporarily unavailable.

The Changing Face of ACURILNET: The basics of content management and use of Joomla. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Yumarys Polanco-Almonte and Edgar Jiménez-Ferrer, ACURIL Web Team

MODERATOR: Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Mount Zion
Law Content Area Group

Caribbean Law Libraries, Library Collections, Resource Sharing and Use Policies, Miriam Michel, UNIBE, Dominican Republic

MODERATOR: Marisol Florén-Romero (USA)
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Hanover Room

Organization and the Retrieval of Knowledge Content Area Group/Information Technologies Special Interest Group

dLOC Toolkit and Usability Testing: A User-Centered Approach to Improve Electronic Resource Design, Brooke Wooldridge and Marilyn Ochoa, dLOC

MODERATORS: Ileana Rosa-Sotomayor (Puerto Rico) and Judith Rogers (US Virgin Islands)
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Cornwall Room
Agriculture and Environment Content Area Group

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

COFFEE BREAK 3:30PM – 4:00PM

4:00PM – 5:00PM

Rose Hall Ballroom

Strategies for developing, delivering and sustaining e-resources and e-library services to people unable to read print in the Caribbean, Winsome Hudson, National Library of Jamaica and Rosemary Kavanagh, ERK Consulting Inc.

MODERATOR: Carmen Santos (Puerto Rico)
RAPPORTEUR: Marva Bradford (Jamaica)

Trelawny Room
CDS ISIS Workshop. Part III Guilda Ascencio, Consultant, Venezuela

MODERATOR: To be selected from participants on the floor.
RAPPORTEUR: To be selected from participants on the floor.

Hanover Room

Workshop - Creating Your Own Learning 2.0 Based Program – The Fundamentals, Carrie Gits, Nova Southeastern University, Florida

MODERATOR: Hermine Salmon (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas)

Port Antonio Room

Successfully Automate Your Library in 10 Easy Steps – The Experience of the University of Trinidad & Tobago, Dave Stephens, COMPanion Corporation and Diana Madoo, University of Trinidad and Tobago

MODERATOR: David Drysdale (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Juliet Lindsay (Jamaica)

Cornwall/Mount Zion Rooms

Synchronous states: a live demonstration of synchronous technologies in an e-environment, John Fracasso and Catherine Johnson, University of Western Ontario

MODERATOR: Adele Merritt Bernard (Jamaica)
RAPPORTEUR: Nicole Bryan (Jamaica)

5:00PM – 5:30PM TECHONOLOGY UPDATES

7:00 – 9:00PM Poolside. Social Activity

THURDAY 5TH JUNE 2008

EXHIBITIONS OPEN – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM
(Upstairs and Downstairs)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS – ALL DAY – PRE-FUNCTION ROOM (Upstairs)
INTERNET CAFE – ALL DAY – NEGRIL ROOM