Programme

Day One

Day One

DAY ONE – 15 December 2009
08.15 - 09.00	Registration of delegate
09.00 - 10.00	Welcome addresses and presentation of the programme and objectives of the workshop Fabio Garella, Deputy Secretary General, Senate of the Republic of Italy Gherardo Casini, Head, UN/DESA Office Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand Assem Genedy, Director of the Information Centre, People’s Assembly of Egypt - APKN a.i. Secretariat
10.00 - 11.00	Current needs and plans of African parliamentary libraries: presentations by participants (1) Facilitator: Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Current needs and plans of African parliamentary libraries: presentations by participants (2) Facilitator: Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand
13.00 - 14.15	Lunch break
14.15 - 15.45	Practical session: building a Directory of African Parliamentary Libraries Facilitators: Raissa Teodori, Secretary, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Head of the Special Collections Office, Library of the Senate of Italy; Daniela Giacomelli, Programme Officer, Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, UN/DESA
15.45 - 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 - 17.00	Examples of existing library and parliamentary networks in Africa Alim Garga, Deputy Director, Library and Information Service, National Assembly of Cameroon and Member of the Standing Committee of the IFLA Africa Section and IFLA Parliamentary Library and Research Services Section Simon Engitu, Assistant Director, Library Services, Parliament of Uganda and Chair of the Association of Parliamentary Libraries of Eastern and Southern Africa (APLESA)
17.00 - 18.00	Building a collaborative network: the example of the “Library, Research and Archives” area of interest of the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD) Elisabeth Dietrich Schulz, Head of the Library , Parliament of Austria and Coordinator of the ECPRD “Libraries, Research and Archives” area of interest
18.00 - 19.00	Visit of the Italian Joint Parliamentary Library

Day Two

Day Two

DAY TWO – 16 December 2009
09.30 - 11.00	Tools, free online learning and information resources available on the APKN website Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, UN/DESA
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	The Bungeni Portal System Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, UN/DESA
13.00 - 14.00	Lunch break
14.00 - 15.30	How to access the online sources and use the digital reference services of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld Library Maria Augustina Paniagua, Senior Reference Librarian, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, Department of Public Information of the United Nations
15.30 - 16.30	Marketing the library and its services Gro Sandgrind, Head of the Library, Parliament of Norway
16.30 - 17.00	Coffee Break
17.00 - 18.30	Managing electronic resources and understanding new media opportunities Fernando Venturini, Head of the Acquisition Department, Library of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy Michela Fonte, Newspapers and Official Publications Office, Library of the Senate of Italy Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand
18.30 - 19.30	Visit of the Chamber of Deputies

Day Three

Day Three

DAY THREE – 17 December 2009
09.00 - 11.00	How to prepare a dossier through available free on line resources Donna Scheeder, Director of the Law Library Services, Library of the US Congress
11.00 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.00	Practical session: preparing a dossier on a chosen topic of shared interest Donna Scheeder, Director of the Law Library Services, Library of the US Congress
13.00 - 14.15	Lunch break
14.15 - 16.00	Building an effective Working Group of Libraries: tools and methods (1) Defining the structure and working modalities of the Group Discussion on the use of collaborative tools Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, UN/DESA
16.00 - 16.30	Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.00	Building an effective Working Group of Libraries: tools and methods (2) Defining the structure and working modalities of the Group Discussion on the use of collaborative tools Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, UN/DESA
17.00 - 17.30	Group discussion on the next common initiatives of the Working Group
17.30 - 18.00	Concluding remarks and next steps Alessandro Palanza, Deputy Secretary General, Chamber of Deputies of Italy Flavio Zeni, Chief Technical Adviser, Africa i-Parliaments Action Plan, UN/DESA Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Librarian of the Parliament of New Zealand Assem Genedy, Director of the Information Centre, People’s Assembly of Egypt - APKN a.i. Secretariat
18.00 - 19.00	Visit of the Senate

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