What is the FUTURE of libraries and archives?
Find out more from top library and archives leaders around the world at the Leaders’ Conversations 2021.
The Leaders’ Conversations series is a global digital platform for library and archives leaders to share insights and developments of the field. We are back this year with the theme Visualising Our Future: Masterplans of Libraries and Archives, which is particularly poignant to the library and archives world as we face multiple challenges these two years.
Come on board this journey to imagine and shape the future for all of us.
National Libraries
1 November 2021, SGT 5.30pm – 7.30pm
(Zoom Webinar)
Register here!
Here’s a sneak preview of the top library leaders you will get to see at this session:
- Barbara Lison, President, IFLA & CEO, Bremen Public Library
- Xiong Yuanming, Director, National Library of China
- Marie-Louise Ayres, DG, National Library of Australia
- Ng Cher Pong, CEO, National Library Board, Singapore
- Hoani Lambert, Deputy Chief Executive, Enterprise Partnerships, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand
- Liz Jolly, Chief Librarian, British Library
- Muhammad Syarif Bando, Director, National Library of Indonesia
[Updated as of 19 October 2021]
Public Libraries
9 November 2021, SGT 4.30pm – 6.30pm
(Zoom Webinar)
Register here!
Here’s a sneak preview of the top library leaders you will get to see at this session:
- Barbara Lison, President, IFLA & CEO, Bremen Public Library
- Gerald Leitner, Secretary General, IFLA
- Rashidah Bolhassan, President, Librarians’ Association of Malaysia
- Ng Cher Pong, CEO, National Library Board, Singapore
- Chu Shuqing, Director & Professor of Library Science, Zhejiang Library
- Vicki McDonald, State Librarian & CEO, State Library Queensland
[Updated as of 19 October 2021]
Looking for more?
Mark your calendar today and stay tuned for the registration details:
- Archives | 17 November 2021, SGT 4pm – 6pm
- Academic Libraries | 22 November 2021, SGT 3pm – 5pm
The Leaders’ Conversations series is jointly presented by the National Library Board, Singapore and the IFLA Regional Office for Asia and Oceania, in support of the IFLA Global Vision.