[Sigiii-l] Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries
Michel J. Menou
Michel.Menou at wanadoo.fr
Mon Feb 9 09:57:02 EST 2004
Found in Library Juice 7:3
> 5. Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries
>
>
> Alternative action programs from Latin America for a Knowledge-based
> society
>
>
> Presentation
>
> The 1st. Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries will be
> held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 26-28 and it's a proposal from
> the Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación
> (Argentina) = Social Studies Group in Librarianship and Documentation
> (Argentina) and Círculo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y
> Social (México) = Study Circle on Political and Social Librarianship
> (Mexico)
>
> Every act of production, socialization and preservation of information
> constitutes an act of identity and social responsibility for societies,
> especially for the professionals related to them.
>
> However, the immobility and exclusion of sociopolitical issues from the
> agendas of library associations at both the local level as well as
> international have not allowed the creation of new proposals and the
> reproduction of the world's recent social transformations within our
> profession.
>
> This Forum is a first attempt to create professional activities, develop
> and offer products, and promote initiatives conceived as mechanisms of
> social transformation and improving politics.
>
>
> --- The Forum is free - All are welcome ---
>
>
> Objetives:
>
> 1. To promote the development of theoretical frameworks to analyze problems
> in the social context of document and information services, especially
> those in Latin America and the Caribbean.
>
> 2. To support and disseminate experiences and original types of resolution
> in the areas of circulation, preservation, production and access to the
> informative cultural wealth -in either electronic or print formats- in/from
> Latin America and the Caribbean.
>
> 3. To exchange ideas, theoretical approaches, experiences, methodologies,
> and products that allow the development of new regional strategies for the
> development of document and information services within the context of
> globalization (Knowledge-based society, Information Society)
>
> 4. To establish the basis for the consolidation of a continental network
> directed towards the development of a place dedicated to the permanent
> discussion of political, social and humanistic librarianship.
>
> 5. To define social and political strategies for the profession that
> guarantee free and egalitarian social relations among people, preserving
> their right to self-determination.
>
> 6. To support international solidarity among all kinds of information
> workers and cooperation among libraries based on the Universal Declaration
> of Human Rights and related agreements directed towards the development of
> a democratic framework for the construction of cooperative efforts.
>
> 7. To encourage critical and innovative participation in the solution of
> problems and in the development of theorical proposals for the creation,
> improvement, consolidation and updating of library development.
>
> 8. To set up a permanent forum for the creation of an Information and
> Knowledge World Social Summit.
>
>
> Themes
>
> The themes of the 1st. Social Forum of Information, Documentation and
> Libraries will be those related to the social, political and economic
> perspectives of libraries and information studies. They are divides in six
> broad categories:
>
> 1. Information Public Policies
> Characteristics, Alternatives programs
> International agreements
> Action strategies
>
> 2. Processing, circulation and information production
> Analysis of international rules for information exchange
> Cataloging and classification systems
> Copyright
> Interlibrary cooperation
>
> 3. Document and information services
> Library administration models
>
> 4. Human rights and freedom of access to information
> New knowledge
> Ethical perspectives
> Gender issues
> Right to information
> Users and citizenship
> Hegemony
> Social minorities
>
> 5. Future of Librarianship
> Library practice
> Analysis of syllabi in library schools
> Professional formation and education of socio-political perspectives.
> Analysis and thoughts about leading academic and scientific speeches
> Ethical implications of library administration
> Interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary research in librarianship.
> Circulation of information in institutions
>
> 6. Social and political responsibility of information professionals
> Activism
> Social responsibility
> Labor unions, salaries and equity
> Legal frames and union conflicts
> Librarians and new control models
>
>
> A Coordinator has been selected for each Round Table, made up of the
> following people:
>
> 1. Information Public Policies
> Diego Ferreyra (Argentina)
> Martha Juárez (México)
>
> 2. Processing, circulation and information production
> Silvia Mateo (Argentina)
> Alejandro Bevilacqua (Argentina)
> Celso Martínez (México)
>
> 3. Document and information services
> Rita Candame Argentina)
> Martín Vera (México)
> Lorena Torres (México)
>
> 4. Human rights and freedom of access to information
> Marcel Bertolesi (Argentina)
> Alejandro Bevilacqua (Argentina)
> Felipe Meneses (México)
>
> 5. Future of Librarianship
> María Mercedes MacLean (Argentina)
> Manuel Bello (México)
>
> 6. Social and political responsibility of information professionals
> Diego Ferreyra (Argentina)
> Tatiana Carsen (Argentina)
> Oscar Maya (México)
>
>
> Forum Development
>
> This Forum will be a place for the exchange of ideas exchange and proposals
> for the construction of an alternative librarianship with critical and
> creative perspectives. Based on these premises and looking to establish a
> precedent for future events, the Forum will develop an Action Plant and a
> Work Plan that will guide similar regional initiatives.
>
> The Forum will be developed in a virtual way from January and it will end
> on August 26-28 (Friday-Saturday) with attendees in the city of Buenos
> Aires, Argentina.
>
> The Forum will be organized around the six themes. With this aim,
> participants must send papers with experiences, theoretical proposals and
> testimonies. Each theme will be coordinated by the people named above whose
> function will be gather, analyze and synthesize all relevant proposals.
>
> Once the proposals are condensed for each theme, the Work Documents will be
> discussed and they will be discussed and endorse for the creation of the
> Action Plan and Work Plan.
>
> It's important to point out that ALL papers received will be taken into
> account for the compilation of the Work Plan. They will be published in the
> Forum's Memoirs, thus guaranteeing that all views and work submitted will
> be preserved, forming part of the general documentation. Although the
> author or authors of each paper may not be able to personally attend the
> Forum in Buenos Aires, their work will be available for the rest of the
> attendees.
>
> In addition to the Forum, a Document Exchange Fair will be organized, in
> which attendees can exchange print or electronic items, plans, posters, et
> al. This Fair is being developed for a better understanding in all areas of
> the discipline.
>
> Finally, a Regional Directory of professionals will be issued organized by
> groups and areas of interest.
>
>
> Agenda and characteristics of the Forum
>
> Any information professional or others professionals related to the area of
> information, librarians from Latin America and the Caribbean or librarians
> from the rest of the world who are interested in Latin American
> librarianship and its problems can send printed papers. Any author can
> send up to four (4) papers and register for several Round Tables.
>
> The language for the papers will be Spanish. However papers written in
> Portuguese, French and English are welcomed in order to include non-Spanish
> speaking communities within Latin America
>
> Each paper is to be no longer than 10 pages maximum, doubled spaced, Arial
> type at 11 pts. Please include bibliographic references, citations and
> graphics if applicable.
>
> All participants should send their papers to the following e-mail address:
> inforosocial at latinmail.com
>
> In the email Subject line, participants must indicate the Theme and Round
> Table of their interest.
>
> Professionals who do not have access to electronic communication, can send
> their papers by regular mail to the following addresses:
>
> GESBI
> Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación - Argentina
> Piedras 482 4º Piso "M"
> CP: 1070
> Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
> República Argentina
> Tel. (contestador):(05411) 4785-2668
> Fax: (05411) 4545-7507
> Correo E gesbiforo at yahoo.com.ar
>
>
> CEBI
> Círculo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y Social - México
> Apartado Postal 70-190
> Zona Comercial, Ciudad Universitaria
> Del. Coyoacán
> 04511 México, DF
> México
> Correo E cebimx at yahoo.com.mx
>
>
>
> Forum Schedule
>
> January 26th - May 15th (4 months)
> Call and reception of papers by each theme
> All papers will be available on an electronic site
>
>
> From May 1st
> Electronic discussions between the Coordinators of each Theme and the
> paper's authors. A thematic, electronic discussion list will be created for
> this purpose.
>
> From June 16th.
> Creation of a final Work Document by the Coordinators of each Theme/Round
> Table. Creation of a draft program and statements for each Theme.
>
> From July 15th to August 15th (30 days)
> Discussion of each Work Document among the six Coordinators (one of each
> Theme) in order to develop a draft of the final Work Plan and Action Plan,
> integrated with documents, programmatic documents and/or statements.
>
> August 26, 27 & 28
> The Forum will have a deliberative and determined approach at which the
> attendees will discuss and make final endorsements about the final version
> of the Work Plan and Action Plan.
>
> August 26 & 27 sessions will be held among participants from Latin America
> and the Caribbean as well as participants from other countries with a
> special interest in the problems of Latin American. Everyone is welcome,
> but only librarians from Latin American and the Caribbean librarians can
> vote.
>
> On August 28, information professionals and librarians from any country can
> make statements or commitments related to the Action Plan. On that day
> everyone can vote.
>
>
> This CALL is dedicated to the librarian community, information
> professionals, library science students and persons involved in planning
> and managing information services in Latin America and the Caribbean no
> matter the language. However, we want to emphasize Spanish as a major
> language in the creation of library science theory, the acknowledge of
> Portuguese in a similar sense and a reevaluation and closer relationship to
> French of the American communities.
>
>
> GENERAL INFORMATION
>
> This First Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries 2004 is
> an event with voluntary and democratic participation. There will be no
> registration fees at any time. It is open to all librarians and related
> disciplines. It is not necessary to submit papers in order to attend
> personally to participate at the sessions.
>
>
> This Forum is free
>
> The Organizing Committee is not a registered association. It can not
> provide grants, air travel or any type of financial assistance in Buenos
> Aires. However, the Committee will have a selected list of cheap budget
> accommodations for those interested parties.
>
> Any suggestions, comments or questions, should be sent to The Organizing
> Committee at:
>
> Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación (Argentina)
> gesbiforo at yahoo.com.ar
>
> Circulo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y Social (México)
> cebimx at yahoo.com.mx
> http://www.cebi.org.mx
> ___________________________________________________________________________
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