NPSIG report, WLIC 2013, Singapore

submitted by NPSIG Convenor Sebastian Wilke & incoming NPSIG Convenor Molly Schwartz

news and recent activities

Molly Schwartz (Washington D.C., USA) incoming NPSIG Convenor – main liaison for the next two years. NPSIG establishing model with two Co-Convenors. Current plan: Sebastian stays Co-Convenor for the next year until next incoming Co-Convenor in 2014 to continue work with Molly.

IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory, international unconference organized by the NPSIG network, 23-25 May, Kaliningrad, Russia. more info: http://npsig.wordpress.com/library-creative-laboratory/.

Cycling for Libraries 2013, 18-26 June, Amsterdam – Brussels. tour videos and detailed program: http://www.cyclingforlibraries.org.

“New Librarians Global Connection” webinar series, July edition with Barbara Jones and Eva Hornung. more info and recording at: http://npsig.wordpress.com/webinars/. next edition in October.

IFLAdial report now available into French, Arabic and Spanish. translations and more info at http://www.ifla.org/publications/70 and http://wp.me/pM3Xt-UZ.

upcoming events

WLIC 2013 joint session with CPDWL section, Thursday 22 Aug, 10.45-13.00: “New Librarians Global Connection: best practices, models and recommendations“. open session with four parallel workshops. more info: http://npsig.wordpress.com/wlic-2013/.

BOBCATSSS 2014, 29-31 January, Barcelona, Spain: http://bobcatsss2014.hb.se. plans to continue series of NPSIG workshops.

preparations started for third IFLAcamp at WLIC 2014 in Lyon. Venue: http://www.enssib.fr/, Enssib, Lyon.

plans for a second IFLAcamp Library Creative Laboratory in 2014. Theme: "A Hero of Our Time in a Library". 25-30 June, St Petersburg, Russia.

update on NPSIG communications

regular virtual NPSIG business meetings with Adobe Connect, started in Sep 2012. intention: give everyone interested the possibility to see what is going on at NPSIG and to become better involved in its internal operations. latest meeting on 1 August. more info and links to recordings of the meetings: http://npsig.wordpress.com/virtual-npsig-business-meetings/.

new intro for the NPSIG website/blog replacing the former mission statement. intention: describing in simple words what NPSIG is about, its basic purpose, structure and connection with IFLA, and how people can get involved. please spread the word to everyone that might be interested in our group: http://www.ifla.org/about-new-professionals.