UK Libraries was well represented at the recent
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World
Library and Information Congress in Columbus. In
addition to hosting a very successful IFLA News
Media Satellite Session and post Bluegrass Library Tour, UK
Libraries faculty and staff participated in business meetings in various IFLA
sections and events.
Stacey
Greenwell participated as a committee member in the
Section on Education and Training. Jennifer Bartlett
presented a poster on behalf of the UK Libraries International Working Group,
“Stamping the Passport: University of Kentucky Libraries as a Partner for
Internationalization on Campus.” She also served as discussion leader for “Continuous
Learning in Libraries & Their Communities” at the Knowledge Café. Bartlett
is a member of the Knowledge Management Section that sponsored the discussion.
Kopana
Terry participated in meetings for the News Media
Section, and is involved with the international planning committee for the
April 2017 conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, and the next World Congress in
Wroclaw, Poland in August 2017.
Eric
Weig presented his upcoming article “Archiving HTML-Based Newspapers Using
XML and CDATA Strings” at the News Media Satellite Session held in Lexington before
the conference. The article
outlines one in-house model for archiving and providing access to HTML-based
news in the Kentucky Digital Newspaper Program at UK.
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