<div dir="ltr">Tisztelt Elnökség!<div><br></div><div>Egy friss hír, ami meglepetés is egyben.</div><div><br></div><div>Az IFLA elnöke kihirdette, hogy 2025-ben Kazahsztán lesz a WLIC helyszíne. </div><div><br></div><div>Alább megküldöm a legfrissebb IFLA elnöki tájékoztató levelet, benne a hírrel.</div><div><br></div><div>Az IFLA facebook oldalán is már megjelent. </div><div><br></div><div>Kérem Sanyit és Katit, hogy osszuk meg majd a hírt mi is. </div><div><br></div><div>Üdvözlettel,</div><div><br></div><div>Judit </div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>Feladó: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">IFLA Headquarters</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ifla@ifla.org">ifla@ifla.org</a>></span><br>Date: 2024. júl. 31., Sze, 13:15<br>Subject: IFLA President’s Message: July 2024<br>To: Judit Gerencsér <<a href="mailto:mkeelnok@gmail.com">mkeelnok@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg7742130800054426375">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Gamba Daru* Judit Gerencsér,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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. <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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
<a href="https://www.ifla.org/news/libraries-heard-successful-ifla-engagement-at-the-2024-un-high-level-political-forum/" target="_blank">
UN High-Level Political Forum</a> this month attended by two of our GB members, Loida Garcia-Febo and Alejandro Santa.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Looking back to the <b>Governing Board meeting on 29 July 2024</b>, before which, for the first time, we shared advance
<a href="https://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-governing-board-upcoming-meeting-and-staying-in-touch/" target="_blank">
details of our agenda</a>, the topic that raised most interest was IFLA’s 2025 Congress, and in particular whether and where it will take place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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
<b>2025 World Library and Information Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan. <u></u><u></u></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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
<a href="https://www.ifla.org/news/ifla-selects-astana-kazakhstan-to-host-the-2025-world-library-and-information-congress" target="_blank">
press release</a> for more.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We also made important progress on the <b>
IFLA Strategy</b> <b>2024-2029</b>. 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The GB meeting also looked ahead to the IFLA
<b>Information Futures Summit, </b>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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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
<a href="https://2024.ifla.org/iifs-keynote-speakers-and-you/" target="_blank">keynotes</a> and <a href="https://2024.ifla.org/iifs-panellists-and-you/" target="_blank">
other speakers</a>. We’re also sharing additional details on associated events and library tours in the city, region and beyond.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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 <a href="https://2024.ifla.org" target="_blank">website</a>, with more being added every day.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">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:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Maximise IFLA’s financial sustainability</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We also took a large part of the time at our GB meeting on Monday to review our financial situation after the 2<sup>nd</sup> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Agree the IFLA Strategy 2024-2029</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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. .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Deliver the IFLA Trend Report 2024</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">An effective and well-functioning Governing Board</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Closer engagement with members</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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
<a href="https://www.ifla.org/news/dates-published-for-next-ifla-townhalls/" target="_blank">sign up</a> 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.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Review our Congress model</span></b><span lang="EN-GB">: 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
<a href="https://repository.ifla.org/handle/123456789/3453" target="_blank">published</a>, and a <a href="https://www.ifla.org/news/second-wlic-pulse-survey/" target="_blank">
second survey</a> has just closed. Look out for invitations to a townhall on this, and a note from Leslie in next month’s message.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please also look at the latest update my <a href="https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/ifla-presidents-priorities-july-2024.pdf" target="_blank">
Dashboard</a> for a quick overview!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In the next month I will arrive at the half-way point of my presidency. As I underlined in my
<a href="https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/IFLA-GA-2024-Presidents-Address.pdf" target="_blank">
address</a> 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.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Vicki McDonald</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB">IFLA President 2023-2025</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> ”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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