[Elnoksegi2023-2027] Fwd: IFLA President’s Message: July 2024

[Judit Gerencsér]

Tisztelt Elnökség!

Egy friss hír, ami meglepetés is egyben.

Az IFLA elnöke kihirdette, hogy 2025-ben Kazahsztán lesz a WLIC helyszíne.

Alább megküldöm a legfrissebb IFLA elnöki tájékoztató levelet, benne a
hírrel.

Az IFLA facebook oldalán is már megjelent.

Kérem Sanyit és Katit, hogy osszuk meg majd a hírt mi is.

Üdvözlettel,

Judit



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Subject: IFLA President’s Message: July 2024
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Gamba Daru* Judit Gerencsér,



I’m happy to be writing to you again to share an update on my work as
President, as well as on the work of the Governing Board (GB) and IFLA as a
whole.



The message is coming right at the end of the month, but I was keen to make
sure I could talk about the outcome of our GB meeting, held on Monday 29
July. The meeting covered a number of key issues which I know really matter
to our members and volunteers.



It has been a very full month. In addition to the GB and work around the
Information Futures Summit (more on this later), I was very glad to attend
ALA’s annual conference in San Diego, alongside Leslie Weir, IFLA
President-elect. I also participated remotely in conferences in China,
Argentina and Singapore.



These opportunities matter. They provide me as President  an opportunity to
meet with IFLA members and volunteers, to share more about what we are
doing for the field, and to make sure I’m up to speed on the issues you are
facing. I know that other GB members also value the chance to engage and
support IFLA’s work, for example in the context of our engagement in the UN
High-Level Political Forum
<https://www.ifla.org/news/libraries-heard-successful-ifla-engagement-at-the-2024-un-high-level-political-forum/>
this month attended by two of our GB members, Loida Garcia-Febo and
Alejandro Santa.



Looking back to the *Governing Board meeting on 29 July 2024*, before
which, for the first time, we shared advance details of our agenda
<https://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-governing-board-upcoming-meeting-and-staying-in-touch/>,
the topic that raised most interest was IFLA’s 2025 Congress, and in
particular whether and where it will take place.



I’m very glad to say that following a site visit including GB member
Kirsten Boelt and members of our Headquarters team, the GB has decided that
we will be holding the *2025 World Library and Information Congress in
Astana, Kazakhstan. *



We will be sharing more about plans for this shortly, including key dates,
but I believe that going to Astana will be a great way to bring engagement
in international librarianship to a new part of the world for IFLA. It will
also offer international participants insights into a fascinating culture
and a library field with really ambitious plans for the future. See our press
release
<https://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-selects-astana-kazakhstan-to-host-the-2025-world-library-and-information-congress>
for more.



We also made important progress on the * IFLA Strategy* *2024-2029*. I
thank everyone who responded to our six surveys or participated in our
consultation sessions. Your contributions have helped us  move much closer
to the goal of a Strategy that makes a clearer connection between the work
of IFLA, the work of the library field as a whole, and the world we want to
see. It is also  easier to adapt and adopt by others, and as you requested,
speaks more directly to the contributions libraries make to development and
the communities we serve.


Crucially  it gives us a much stronger focus on sustainable futures for our
communities, and a roadmap for how we  ensure that as a Federation, we are
able to support our members and the wider field to grow and deliver on
their potential.



Over the coming weeks, the Governing Board will work with the IFLA HQ team
to finalise the Strategy. It will be formally launched at the Information
Futures Summit in Brisbane. We will also share it with members and
volunteers in advance, together with supporting materials.  We recognise
the need for our units in particular, to have the time to read and consider
the new Strategy ahead of updating action plans in October.



The GB meeting also looked ahead to the IFLA *Information Futures
Summit, *which
will take place in Brisbane, Australia – my home town! – from 30 September
to 3 October. This event is a  priority for me, and I am very grateful to
the colleagues in our Australian advisory committee and at IFLA HQ for the
intensive work that is going into making the summit a truly exciting and
innovative experience.



Even though I am working on  preparation for the summit every day, it is
still really exciting for me to step back and look at the extraordinary
range of speakers who will be coming, as well as the innovative formats we
have planned. I hope you will feel the same when you see the  overviews we
have recently shared of our keynotes
<https://2024.ifla.org/iifs-keynote-speakers-and-you/> and other speakers
<https://2024.ifla.org/iifs-panellists-and-you/>. We’re also sharing
additional details on associated events and library tours in the city,
region and beyond.



In the coming weeks we’ll be sharing a series of short blogs about the
different to be explored at the Summit, and the rich range of perspectives
that will be shared. You can of course already find a lot of information on
the website <https://2024.ifla.org>, with more being added every day.



Outside of these highlights, and looking across the other priorities for
IFLA set out in my first speech as IFLA President, in August 2023 in
Rotterdam, I’m happy to share the following:



*Maximise IFLA’s financial sustainability*: I’m happy to say that after the
agreement of the budget with Stichting IFLA Global Libraries (SIGL), it has
been possible to move quickly to implement plans. You will likely have seen
requests for proposals for research on partnership opportunities. The
results of these will accelerate efforts globally to boost the
sustainability of the global library field and its ability to deliver
positive change, while SIGL support also made possible our engagement at
the UN High-Level Political Forum earlier this month. I acknowledge the
significant contributions of Deborah Jacobs (an IFLA Honorary Fellow) and
Inga Lundén, who have stepped down from the SIGL board.



We also took a large part of the time at our GB meeting on Monday to review
our financial situation after the 2nd quarter of 2024. We’ve made
significant progress in reducing the projected deficit, although will still
be affected by the consequences of not holding a World Library and
Information Congress this year.



*Agree the IFLA Strategy 2024-2029*: as highlighted above, we are almost
ready, with finalisation due in the coming weeks. We are already working on
translations, communication and dissemination, to make it as useful as
possible for our volunteers, members and the wider library field. .



*Deliver the IFLA Trend Report 2024*: this will be the centrepiece of the
IFLA Information Futures Summit in Brisbane, and you will already get a
preview of some of the Trends in the upcoming series of blogs about the
Summit themes . Look out for more about the literature review as well!



*An effective and well-functioning Governing Board*: this is an ongoing
area of focus,. We have already expanded the content of the GB pages on the
website, and shared a forward look at our agenda. At our next meeting, we
will be talking about how to open up relevant discussions to observers. You
will also see more being shared about what other Governing Board members
are doing in their leadership roles within the Federation.



*Closer engagement with members*: as mentioned earlier, I’ve been very
happy to participate in conferences and other events organised by members
over the last month. I see these as central to building closer engagement,
and am looking forward to even more opportunities in the future. More
broadly, we are looking at how to improve the targeting of our multilingual
mailing. I encourage you to sign up
<https://www.ifla.org/news/dates-published-for-next-ifla-townhalls/> for
one of our Townhall sessions in September for more information on work that
is being progressed, in particular around our Strategy, work on
sustainability, and plans for the Information Futures Summit.



*Review our Congress model*: the process for the 2025 WLIC has already
allowed us to test out a revised set of principles for selecting Congress
hosts. Meanwhile, our President-elect, Leslie Weir, is making great
progress with the wider review of our model. The results of a first survey
have been published <https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/3453>,
and a second survey <https://www.ifla.org/news/second-wlic-pulse-survey/>
has just closed. Look out for invitations to a townhall on this, and a note
from Leslie in next month’s message.



Please also look at the latest update my Dashboard
<https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/ifla-presidents-priorities-july-2024.pdf>
for a quick overview!



In the next month I will arrive at the half-way point of my presidency. As
I underlined in my address
<https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/IFLA-GA-2024-Presidents-Address.pdf>
at this year’s General Assembly, we have achieved so much, but there is
still more to do, and we will certainly continue to work hard to deliver on
the priorities I and the GB set for my term.



Kind regards,



*Vicki McDonald*

*IFLA President 2023-2025*

 ”Gamba daru” means “Good day” in the language of the Barunnggam people
from the Darling Downs region of Dalby and Bunya Mountains – the community
where I grew up.
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