Training for Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services

On 18 August, the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, the Italian joint Parliamentary Library and the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, held a one-day training titled "Leveraging Technology for Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services". The training focused on the use of new technologies to enhance the capacity of parliamentary libraries to respond to parliaments' information needs. Special attention was given to existing free and open source solutions for libraries and to the use of Intranet for digital information services. A specific session was dedicated to the negotiation and management of contracts for electronic resources.
The event, held at the Italian joint Parliamentary Library, was directed at Heads of parliamentary libraries and IT staff providing support to the libraries from a number of parliaments in developing countries and economies in transition.

Workshop

Leveraging Technology for Parliamentary Libraries and Research Services

on the occasion of the
25th Annual Pre-Conference
of the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
18 August 2009
Italian Joint Parliamentary Library
Rome, Italy

Programme

08:00 am - 09:00 am	Registration
09:00 am - 09:30 am	Introduction Sandro Bulgarelli, Director, Library of the Italian Senate Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section and Head of the Library of the Parliament of Norway Daniela Giacomelli, Programme Officer, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Presentation of the programme and objectives of the workshop
09:30 am - 10:00 am	Building an ICT-based library (1) Edmund Balnaves, Member of the Standing Committee, IFLA Information Technology Section Introduction of the concepts and practices of ICT-based libraries and library services
10:00 am - 10:20 am	Coffee break
10:20 am - 01:00 pm	Building an ICT-based library (2) *Edmund Balnaves*, Member of the Standing Committee, IFLA Information Technology Section Workshop Handouts Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) The most commonly used open source software for libraries and their most important functions and uses
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm	Lunch break
02:30 pm - 5:00 pm	Digital information services for the Parliament Donna Scheeder, Director of the Law Library Services, Law Library of the US Congress Jane Dysart, Information Coordinator, IFLA Knowledge Management Section Moira Fraser, Information Coordinator, IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section and Chief Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand How to organize well focused digital information services Tools and methods for effective retrieval and delivery of information Intranet management: introduction and best practices
05:00 pm - 05:15 pm	Coffee break
05:15 pm - 6:15 pm	Electronic resources Rima Kupryte, Director, Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) How to negotiate and manage contracts for electronic resources benefiting from library consortia
06:15 pm - 06:30 pm	Concluding remarks and next steps Gherardo Casini, Head, UN/DESA Office in Rome and Executive Coordinator of the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament Gro Sandgrind, Chair, IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section and Director of the Library of the Parliament of Norway Alessandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary-General, Chamber of Deputies of Italy