IFLA President’s Meeting 2015

WELCOME

Dear colleagues,
It gives me great pleasure to invite you to my second IFLA President’s Meeting which is being held in Istanbul, Turkey on 3-5 June 2015. While the topic of my first President’s Meeting arranged in May 2014 in Helsinki, Finland focused on the impact of libraries on society, the theme of my second Meeting will be to look at how libraries are being transformed.

Under the title of “The Art of Transforming Libraries”, this President’s Meeting will explore issues related to the changes faced by libraries all around the world today. The IFLA Trend Report as well as the Lyon Declaration on Access to Information and Development will set the scene for the other topics; these will include transforming technologies, legal regulations and their impact on information technologies, transformation of public libraries and knowledge economy.

The program includes distinguished speakers representing many viewpoints and interests. The aim is to advance our understanding of the needs and modes for transforming libraries. The results of the meeting will help libraries to adapt to the new technological, legal and other requirements with which they have to live on a daily basis. This meeting will be an exciting and rewarding experience for all participants. As IFLA President I look forward to welcoming you. Join us for three days of stimulating discussion and reflection, led by several renowned speakers from many countries. On Friday 5 June there will also be an opportunity to participate in study tours designed for different interests, for example you will be able to see some examples of Turkish libraries at first hand.

I look forward to meeting you in Istanbul in June!

Sinikka Sipilä
IFLA President

Dear Distinguished Colleagues,
On behalf of the Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkish Librarians Association (TLA), Turkish library community, and the local Organizing Committee, I am delighted to invite you to Istanbul for the IFLA President’s Meeting on “The Art of Transforming Libraries” on 3-5 June 2015. The Meeting will be held at Istanbul Bilgi University which is in a very historic part of Istanbul.

This Meeting will bring together librarians, researchers and educators from many countries who are engaged in library, education and information technology world. The Meeting will focused on the IFLA Trend Report, first set in Singapore in 2013 and then continue to develop by efforts made in different countries. Together with the TLA and the local Organizing Committee, we are organizing an inspirational program in true Turkish tradition that some of you already experienced during the IFLA Annual Conference in 1995, and some other international conferences we hosted in İstanbul.

Istanbul is one of the world’s most historic and beautiful cities. It is a multicultural metropolis for blending old tradition with a modern life. We hope you will also take opportunities for enjoying the city and its surrounds as well as the Meeting.

We look forward to greeting you at the IFLA President’s Meeting in June 2015.

With my warm regards,

Sami Çukadar
President of ANKOS
Chair of the Local Organizing Committee

MEETING PROGRAMME

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PARTICIPANTS

#	Name	Surname	Insitution
1	Emre	Akbayrak	ANKOS
2	Ari	Alkio	FinELib
3	Elenara	Almeida	CAPES – PORTAL PERIODICOS
4	Lluís	Anglada	Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (CBUC)
5	Selma	Aslan	ANKOS
6	Emilija	Banionyte	Lithuanian Research Library Consortium
7	Kosanovic	Biljana	KoBSON – Serbian Consortium of Coordinated Acquisition
8	Lars	Bjørnshauge	SPARC Europe
9	Srečko	Bončina	COSEC, Slovenia
10	Etienne	Catherine	COUPERIN
11	Mustafa	CELEBI	ANKOS
12	Susanne	Christoffersen	DEFF
13	Grégory	Colcanap	COUPERIN
14	Mary	Crowley	Caspur-Ciber
15	Sami	CUKADAR	ANKOS
16	Andre	DAZY	couperin
17	Kirsten	Due	DEFF
18	Lorraine	Estelle	JISC Collections
19	Maurizio	Florio	Cilea
20	Heidi	Fossum	Cristin
21	Maria	Franzin	CAPES – PORTAL PERIODICOS
22	Paola	gargiulo	CASPUR
23	Sharon	Gasser	VIVA (the Virtual Library of Virginia)
24	Tommaso	GIORDANO	Italian National Forum on Electronic Resources (INFER)
25	Eva Margareta	Grahn	CRISTIN
26	Gultekin	GURDAL	ANKOS
27	Elif	GURSES	TUBITAK EKUAL
28	Anita	Hagen	Cristin
29	Yvonne	Halland	SANLiC (South African National Library and Information Consortium)
30	Helmut	Hartmann	Austrian Academic Consortium
31	Kristine	Hillenkötter	Lower Saxony Library Consortium
32	Warren	Holder	OCUL ( Ontario Council of University Libraries )
33	İlkay	Holt	ANKOS
34	Kristiina	Hormia-Poutanen	FinELib
35	Akikazu	Imamura	JUSTICE
36	Ilona	Johansson	BIBSAM
37	Youngim	Jung	KESLI
38	Kerem	Kahvecioğlu	ANKOS
39	Kenji	Kato	JUSTICE
40	Barbora	Katolická	University of West Bohemia
41	Heli	Kautone	National Library of Finland
42	Burcu	Keten	ANKOS
43	Tony	Kidd	SCURL/SHEDL
44	David	Kohl	HEAL-Link
45	Eda	Köse	ANKOS
46	Lilian	Larsson	BIBSAM
47	Linda	Lindstrom	BIBSAM/KIB
48	Norbert	Lossau	Lower Saxony Library Consortia
49	Lisa	Loven	BIBSAM
50	Ross	MacIntyre	JISC
51	Mona	Magnussen	CRISTIN
52	Marika	Meltsas	ELNET
53	Carole	Melzac	ABES
54	Paula	Mikkonen	FinELib
55	Wilma	Mossink	SURFdiensten
56	Michele	Newberry	Florida Center for Library Automation
57	Jan	Nikisch	PFBN
58	Hana	Nová	National Library
59	Bo	Oehrstroem	DEFF
60	EMIDIO	OLIVEIRA FILHO	CAPES
61	Vildan	ORANCI	ANKOS
62	Iina	Peltonen	FinELib
63	Kathy	Perry	VIVA (The Virtual Library of Virginia)
64	Tina	Planck	Max Planck Society
65	Susan	Powelson	HKN, Health Knowledge Network
66	Irina	Razumova	NEICON
67	Jeanne	Richardson	Arizona Universities Library Consortium (AULC)
68	Leena	Salminen	FinELib
69	Tom	Sanville	LYRASIS
70	Kathy	Scardellato	OCUL – Ontario Council of University Libraries
71	Hildegard	Schaeffler	Bavarian Consortium
72	Els	Schaerlaekens	Elektron
73	Sigal	Scher	MALMAD
74	Ralf	Schimmer	Max Planck Society
75	Birgit	Schmidt	Lower Saxony Library Consortium
76	Antonio	Scolari	CIPE
77	Jevgenija	Sevcova	Lithuanian Research Library Consortium
78	Kathleen	Shearer	Confederation of Open Access Repositories
79	Yasuko	Shibata	JUSTICE
80	Pim	Slot	UKB – Netherlands
81	Dana	Smetanova	IAEI
82	Marie- Joëlle	TARIN	COUPERIN
83	John	Teskey	CAUL
84	Dorte	Thuesen	DEFF
85	Kjell	Tjensvoll	Norwegian Health Library
86	Yaşar	Tonta	ANKOS
87	Abdullah	Turan	ANKOS
88	Ata	TURKFIDANI	ANKOS
89	Syun	Tutiya	JUSTICE
90	Handan	Uğur	ANKOS
91	KAAT	VAN WONTERGHEM	SURFservices Netherlands
92	Ausra	Vaskeviciene	Lithuanian Research Library Consortium
93	Nol	Verhagen	UKB/Surfdiensten
94	Inger	Wiborg	Cristin
95	Hazel	Woodward	JISC Collections

ACCOMMODATION

Registrants are required to book their own accommodations directly with the hotel before August 15, 2011, except the Peak Hotel (August 31, 2011), which is indicated in the hotel information below. Please use e-mail or fax for the reservation and indicate that you are attending the ICOLC 2011 Conference at İstanbul Bilgi University when making reservations.

THE MARMARA PERA (ICOLC 2011 Price) 15 Rooms Available
Address: Mesrutiyet Caddesi Tepebasi-Beyoglu İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 212 251 46 46 Fax : +90 212 249 80 33
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.themarmarahotels.com/index.asp
Contact: Gamze Yilmaz / [email protected]

The Hotel is located about 9 km from the conference venue.
Single rooms are available at €160 per night and double rooms at €170 per night.
See view room supplement: €30 per night.
The price doesn’t include VAT (%8).
The price includes breakfast, wireless.

THE PEAK HOTEL (ICOLC 2011 Price) 20 Rooms Available
Address: Mesrutiyet Cad. Oteller Sok. No:1/3 Tepebasi-Beyoglu İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 212 252 71 60 ext. 167 Fax : +90 212 249 75 07
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.thepeakhotel.com.tr/en/
Contact: [email protected]

The Hotel is located about 9 km from the conference venue.
Single rooms are available at €90 per night and double rooms at €90 per night.
Deluxe double rooms available at €115 per night.
Deluxe triple rooms at €155 per night.
The price includes breakfast, wireless.

HOTEL TROYA (ICOLC 2011 Price) 25 Rooms Available
Address : Tepebasi, Mesrutiyet Caddesi No:45 34430 Beyoglu İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 212 251 82 06 Fax : +90 212 249 04 38
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.hoteltroya.com/index.htm
Contact: Ozgur Cicek / [email protected]

The Hotel is located about 9 km from the conference venue.
Single rooms are available at €60 per night and double rooms at €70 per night.
The price includes breakfast, wireless.

OTEL BRISTOL (ICOLC 2011 Price) 15 Rooms Available
Address : Mesrutiyet Caddesi No:101 34430 Beyoglu İstanbul / Turkey
Tel : +90 212 251 38 55 Fax : +90 212 252 59 29
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.otelbristol.net
Contact: [email protected]

The Hotel is located about 9 km from the conference venue.
Single rooms are available at €60 per night and double rooms at €70 per night.
triple rooms €100 per night.
The price includes breakfast, wireless.

HOTEL MONOPOL (ICOLC 2011 Price) 20 Rooms Available
Address : Mesrutiyet Caddesi No:93 34430 Beyoglu İstanbul / Turkey
Tel: +90 212 251 73 26 Fax : +90 212 251 73 33
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.hotelmonopol.net
Contact: [email protected]

The Hotel is located about 9 km from the conference venue.
Single rooms are available at €60 per night and double rooms at €70 per night.
Triple rooms €100 per night.
The price includes breakfast, wireless.

CITY TOUR

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

13:20 Departure from Santral Campus to Sultanahmet Square
(During the journey, guided sightseeing tour will be held and you will see Golden Horn, Tersane-i Amire [Imperial Shipyard], Mosques and churches and other historical places)

Visits:
Topkapi Palace
Hagia Sophia
Blue Mosque
Hippodrome

19:00 Return to the hotels at Taksim by shuttles

Tour fee includes: Guide, Lunch (sandwich, soft drink and water), Museum Entrance Fees and transportation.
Tour Fee*: 40 EUR per person
* Tour fee will be collected during the conference.

Istanbul City Tour Program

Topkapi Palace: This is an extraordinary complex of buildings that extends over one of Istanbul’s seven hills in a splendid position. The palace was a setting for state occasions and royal entertainments and is a major tourist attraction today, containing the most holy relics of the Muslim world such as the prophet Muhammed’s cloak and sword. Topkapı Palace is among those monuments belonging to the “Historic Areas of Istanbul”, which became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985, and is described in Criterion iv as “the best example of ensembles of palaces of the Ottoman period. For further information: http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-19974/istanbul—topkapi-palace-museum.html

Hagia Sophia: The former spiritual heart of the Byzantine Empire, considered to be the 8th Wonder of the World, Hagia Sophia is now a museum.

For further information:http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-19960/istanbul—hagia-sophia-museum.html

Blue Mosque: Dating from the 17th century, an architectural masterpiece famed for its exquisite blue tiles and six elegant minarets. This mosque was built by Sultan Ahmet I during 1609-1616 in the square carrying his name in İstanbul. The architect is Sedefhar Mehmet Ağa. It is the only mosque in Turkey with six minarets. The mosque is 64 x 72 m in dimensions. The central dome is 43 m in height and is 33.4 m in diameter. 260 windows surround the mosque. Due to its beautiful blue, green and white tilings it has been named the “Blue Mosque” by Europeans. The inscriptions were made by Seyyid Kasım Gubari. For further information: http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-1904/sultanahmet-mosque.html

Hippodrome: The former center of sportive and political activities of Constantinople. During the visit, you will be able to see the obelisk from Egypt, Serpentine column from Delphi and Fountain of Willhem II. For further information: http://www.kultur.gov.tr/EN/belge/2-19987/monuments-and-squares.html

TRANSPORTATION

Arrival in Istanbul

Istanbul has two international airports; Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Sabiha Gökçen International Airport Mostly the Ataturk Airport is used by major airlines as it is in the European side of Istanbul.

From the Ataturk Airport to the City Centre –Taksim Square (~25 km)

Ataturk International Airport is located 25 km from Taksim Square (city centre)

By Taxi: A taxi from the airport to the Taksim Square costs between 17€ to 20€. The trip takes between 35 and 65 minutes depending on stream of traffic.
Note: The taxi rates are same all day long.

By Shuttles Buses: Shuttle Buses called “Havas” travel between Ataturk Airport and Taksim Square every 30 minutes. It takes approximately 45 and 75 minutes depending on stream of traffic. The ticket costs 5 €.

By Public Buses: The Bus 96T travel between Ataturk Airport and Taksim Square every 50 minutes. It takes approximately 60 and 90 minutes depending on stream of traffic. The ticket costs 1 €. Note: The Public Buses are available between 07:00 – 21:00 hours.

From the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport to the City Centre–Taksim Square (~50 km)

Sabiha Gokcen International Airport is located on the Anatolian shore of Istanbul and 50 km from Taksim Square (city centre).

By Taxi: A taxi from the airport to the Taksim Square costs between 35 € to 40 €. The trip takes between 50 and 90 minutes depending on stream of traffic.

By Shuttles Buses: Shuttle Buses called “Havas” travel between Sabiha Gokcen International Airport and Taksim Square every 1 hour. It takes approximately 70 and 90 minutes depending on stream of traffic. The ticket costs 6 €.

By Public Buses: The Bus E-3 travel between Ataturk Airport and 4.Levent Subway Station. It takes approximately 100 and 120 minutes depending on stream of traffic. The ticket costs 2,5 € . Note: The Public Buses are available between 02:00 – 23:00 hours.

Transportation in Istanbul
Conference buses will operate between the Hotels and Santral Campus, the conference venue.

In addition, there are free Shuttles every 20 minutes from Taksim AKM (Ataturk Cultural Centre) to İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus.

İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus is located at Silahtar, at the upper end of the Golden Horn. Map of İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus

Address: İstanbul Bilgi University Santral Campus Eski Silahtaraga Elektrik Santrali
Silahtaraga Mah. Kazim Karabekir Cad., No: 2/13 34060 Eyup / ISTANBUL / TURKEY

ABOUT ISTANBUL

Istanbul maintains a distinguished position among the metropolis of the world with its unique geographical location and a cultural heritage of thousands of years. As one of the most energetic cities in the world Istanbul continually gets to be an attraction center.

The city offers a huge array of important historic buildings including the Topkapi Palace, the Hagia Sophia and the Blue Mosque. It has a wealth of archaeological monuments as well as a vibrant and colourful local culture of tea gardens, taverns, and markets such as the spice bazaar and Grand Bazaar, ‘the world’s oldest shopping center’.

There is a sense of energy and innovation in the city which is again very fashionable as a world destination. There is a wealth of exciting new art galleries and museums as well as restaurants, bars and nightlife.

On this page, you can get more information about Istanbul, 2010 European Capital of Culture. Most of popular links are below. Hope that all the participants will have a good time…

Istanbul Maps

Transportation in Istanbul