MLA participated in IFLA’s Global Vision Workshop for the Asia and Oceania region held from 23-25 May 2018 in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and represented the Maldives library and information sector. This workshop was part of a larger venture, IFLA Global Vision Discussion, that brings together librarians from all over the world to explore how a connected library field can meet the challenges of the future. More information on this venture can be found at https://globalvision.ifla.org/
The purpose of the meeting was to gather experience and cultural perspectives from librarians representing different countries and engage the library environment to create a global vision of an aligned and connected field able to fulfill the potential of libraries to meet individual and community needs. IFLA launched and facilitated this global discussion at a series of high-level meetings and workshops in different parts of the world.
The Asia-Oceania regional meeting was hosted by the National Library Vietnam. MLA Council member, Aminath Riyaz, joined the workshop on the behalf of MLA.
Day 2 and 3 were dedicated for group activities to identify opportunities for action and ideas for action that will realize those opportunities.
Workshop program can be viewed here.
The participants from this workshop will be facilitating similar sessions in their individual countries in the Asia Oceania region in order to identify the opportunities for their individual countries and also to brainstorm ideas for action. The Maldives’ meeting will be held later in June 2018.
Further information about the workshop can be found on IFLA page https://www.ifla.org/node/47281
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