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Welcome to ProfSpeak!

This blog reports and comments on the work of the Professional Committee of IFLA and its divisions and sections.  It is an open site but is meant particularly for members and officers of the divisions...

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Resolution Re. Timing of IFLA Venue Announcement

Dear Colleagues:  Below please find a copy of the message sent last week to the Officers and committee members that submitted at the Helsinki WLIC a resolution entitled, “Announcing venue of future...

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Looking Forward: October 2012 Call for Projects (Starting in 2013)

During a short hiatus from the ProfSpeak blog, IFLA’s Professional Committee and staff have been working on several important guideline and policy documents.  For example, in early October, leaders of...

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Using Skype for IFLA Committee Communications

[THIS USEFUL POSTING COMES FROM CHRISTOPH ALBERS,  Information Coordinator of the Newspapers Section] As a follow-up of two business meetings at the Helsinki Conference our Standing Committee of the...

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IFLA PC Happenings and Holiday Wishes

Dear IFLA Colleagues:  This message comes to give a small update regarding meetings of the Professional Committee held in The Hague earlier this month (about which more in the new year) and to wish...

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Standards and PC’s Skype Call, February 1st 2013

In between its in-person meetings, which happen every December, April, and August at the WLIC, your PC meets once or twice via skype.  The meeting scheduled a couple of weeks ago was postponed, as...

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Standards as an IFLA “Key Initiative”

During last week’s (April 10th) Governing Board meeting, the Professional Committee proposed and succeeded in targeting the area of “Standards and Guidelines” as one of IFLA’s Key Initiatives for...

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Brill/IFLA Open Access Award (monographs)

The PC is sending a last-minute reminder about the new Brill/IFLA Open Access award.  A first call was issued on IFLA-L by Stuart Hamilton on March 14th, 2013 and the IFLA Web site carries a news item...

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Advancing IFLA’s Goals in World Regions (Crimea)

Advancing the Goals of IFLA and Libraries in our Regions From 10-15 June, I had the opportunity to represent IFLA at the 20th annual Crimea International Library Conference, held in Sudak in Ukraine....

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PC Suggested Priorities for 2013-2015

When Patrice Landry completed his term as PC Chair in 2011, he articulated for us a list of suggested priorities, which I came to call “Patrice’s Ten Commandments.”  They were invaluable in launching...

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