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Subject: ...and the Winner for IFLA 2011 is San Juan, Puerto Rico

Yesterday, Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the afternoon, more or less at 4:00 o’clock, in Room 2000 of the Québec Convention Centre, scheduled for the Closing Session of the 77th IFLA World Congress of Libraries and Information, with IFLA (http://www.ifla.org) delegates, members of the IFLA 2008 Québec National Committee, colleagues and friends, IFLA President, Claudia Lux, announced: …and the Winner is: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It was a most precious moment. We had already distributed many little Puerto Rican flags among the delegates and friends attending the session and the joy filled the air manifesting itself with a strong applause.

The World Congress of Libraries and Information is held traditionally every year in a country, selected by IFLA’s Governing Board, after visiting the prospective countries, study its infrastructure, and consulting with information professionals that could be in charge of the event organization. The organization of the Congress is really in the hands of IFLA Headquarters and the National Committee of the selected country. IFLA has hired a Professional Conference Organiser who handles all the arrangements and also takes care of the on-site management of the event. This structure and collaborative effort ensures the total success of the library and information world event.

At the request of IFLA’s President Claudia Lux we presented the acceptance message that follows:

Acceptance Message to IFLA for the Selection of the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as site for the World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011

Québec, Canadá
IFLA 2008, Closing Session,
Qu´Ebec Convention Centre Thursday, August 14, 2008

Distinguished Members of the IFLA Governing Board, Madam President Claudia Lux, Executive Secretary Peter Lor, Designated Executive Secretary Jennefer Nicholson, Delegates, Colleagues, Friends convened at this Closing Session,

Good Afternoon,

The Capital City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been selected by IFLA to host the 77th World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011, and we are highly honored.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico: librarians, archivists, documentalists, educators in the information field, representatives of the information industry, and others related, express our humble and rejoiced gratitude to IFLA’s Governing Board for the gentle deference bestowed upon us.

For a country within the Caribbean region, the smallest within the Greater Antilles, to be selected as site for IFLA’s World Congress is a special challenge. For a long time, we had been dreaming how all IFLA members could come to our country, to our region, to share experiences. And, today, when the dream really comes true we accept the challenge, filled with emotion.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico commit ourselves to work proactively and continuously, with lots of enthusiasm, to contribute to the organization of this professional event, that we envision will allow us to share knowledge, develop skills, exchange experiences, share new theories and trends with all colleagues in the world; to propiciate the establishment of collaborative agreements, fostering the cultural and linguistic diversity, aligned with the requirements of the information profession in the 21st Century, and geared to benefit all the communities that we serve globally.

Our goal, from now on, will be to work continuously to generate the required synergistic environment, that will contribute to the effective development of a professional program for IFLA 2011 that will be of interest and of benefit to all. Our efforts will be devoted to stimulate the development of learning communities and communities of practice in such a way to achieve the international understanding desired by IFLA and for all of us IFLA members.

We anticipate that this global encounter of librarians, archivists, documentalists, library and information science educators, representatives of the information industry, will open new avenues to undertake joint studies, research, teaching and continuing education, and trigger the motivation for a higher level of shared creativity and collaborative innovation.

We hope that the new innovative avenues developed by all of us, together, will enrich and strengthen our raison d’être of our profession, allowing all libraries, archives, mediathèques, and other information units related, be placed and recognized in the corresponding key place where they belong, in an effort to stimulate achieving the highest well being and the sustainability of our countries, within a global brotherhood endeavor: our library and information global agenda.

The libraries, archives, documentation centers and other information units related, in San Juan and in all of Puerto Rico, will open its doors to all colleagues attending the IFLA-Puerto Rico2011, to share our experiences and best practices.

Puerto Rico is a humble country, friendly, proud of its Indian, African and Spanish roots. Our country values hospitality, the exchange of ideas, the rescuing, preservation and conservation of the patrimony; we treasure the cultural diversity, the solidarity, the equitable access to and use of documentation and information.

And, as a preamble, to bring you just a gist of what is, in part, the treasure of Puerto Rico: its people, its environment and ecology, its culture and economy, its art and music, its tropical flavor, allow me to introduce to you my friend Rosa Luke, from the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, presenting the video Puerto Rico at a glance.

It will certainly be an honor and a pleasure to greet you all with a warm brotherhood embrace in IFLA-Puerto Rico 2011, to share the diversity of knowledge and experiences.

Allow me to express again, our gratitude to you All.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies University of Puerto Rico [1]luisa.vigo@upr.edu

Executive Secretary Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institute Libraries (ACURIL) [2]executivesecretariat@acuril.org




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Yesterday, Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the afternoon, more or less at 4:00 o’clock, in Room 2000 of the Québec Convention Centre, scheduled for the Closing Session of the 77th IFLA World Congress of Libraries and Information, with IFLA (http://www.ifla.org) delegates, members of the IFLA 2008 Québec National Committee, colleagues and friends, IFLA President, Claudia Lux, announced: …and the Winner is: San Juan, Puerto Rico.

It was a most precious moment. We had already distributed many little Puerto Rican flags among the delegates and friends attending the session and the joy filled the air manifesting itself with a strong applause.

The World Congress of Libraries and Information is held traditionally every year in a country, selected by IFLA’s Governing Board, after visiting the prospective countries, study its infrastructure, and consulting with information professionals that could be in charge of the event organization. The organization of the Congress is really in the hands of IFLA Headquarters and the National Committee of the selected country. IFLA has hired a Professional Conference Organiser who handles all the arrangements and also takes care of the on-site management of the event. This structure and collaborative effort ensures the total success of the library and information world event.

At the request of IFLA’s President Claudia Lux we presented the acceptance message that follows:

Acceptance Message to IFLA for the Selection of the City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, as site for the World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011

Québec, Canadá
IFLA 2008, Closing Session,
Qu´Ebec Convention Centre Thursday, August 14, 2008

Distinguished Members of the IFLA Governing Board, Madam President Claudia Lux, Executive Secretary Peter Lor, Designated Executive Secretary Jennefer Nicholson, Delegates, Colleagues, Friends convened at this Closing Session,

Good Afternoon,

The Capital City of San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been selected by IFLA to host the 77th World Congress of Libraries and Information in 2011, and we are highly honored.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico: librarians, archivists, documentalists, educators in the information field, representatives of the information industry, and others related, express our humble and rejoiced gratitude to IFLA’s Governing Board for the gentle deference bestowed upon us.

For a country within the Caribbean region, the smallest within the Greater Antilles, to be selected as site for IFLA’s World Congress is a special challenge. For a long time, we had been dreaming how all IFLA members could come to our country, to our region, to share experiences. And, today, when the dream really comes true we accept the challenge, filled with emotion.

The information professionals in Puerto Rico commit ourselves to work proactively and continuously, with lots of enthusiasm, to contribute to the organization of this professional event, that we envision will allow us to share knowledge, develop skills, exchange experiences, share new theories and trends with all colleagues in the world; to propiciate the establishment of collaborative agreements, fostering the cultural and linguistic diversity, aligned with the requirements of the information profession in the 21st Century, and geared to benefit all the communities that we serve globally.

Our goal, from now on, will be to work continuously to generate the required synergistic environment, that will contribute to the effective development of a professional program for IFLA 2011 that will be of interest and of benefit to all. Our efforts will be devoted to stimulate the development of learning communities and communities of practice in such a way to achieve the international understanding desired by IFLA and for all of us IFLA members.

We anticipate that this global encounter of librarians, archivists, documentalists, library and information science educators, representatives of the information industry, will open new avenues to undertake joint studies, research, teaching and continuing education, and trigger the motivation for a higher level of shared creativity and collaborative innovation.

We hope that the new innovative avenues developed by all of us, together, will enrich and strengthen our raison d’être of our profession, allowing all libraries, archives, mediathèques, and other information units related, be placed and recognized in the corresponding key place where they belong, in an effort to stimulate achieving the highest well being and the sustainability of our countries, within a global brotherhood endeavor: our library and information global agenda.

The libraries, archives, documentation centers and other information units related, in San Juan and in all of Puerto Rico, will open its doors to all colleagues attending the IFLA-Puerto Rico2011, to share our experiences and best practices.

Puerto Rico is a humble country, friendly, proud of its Indian, African and Spanish roots. Our country values hospitality, the exchange of ideas, the rescuing, preservation and conservation of the patrimony; we treasure the cultural diversity, the solidarity, the equitable access to and use of documentation and information.

And, as a preamble, to bring you just a gist of what is, in part, the treasure of Puerto Rico: its people, its environment and ecology, its culture and economy, its art and music, its tropical flavor, allow me to introduce to you my friend Rosa Luke, from the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, presenting the video Puerto Rico at a glance.

It will certainly be an honor and a pleasure to greet you all with a warm brotherhood embrace in IFLA-Puerto Rico 2011, to share the diversity of knowledge and experiences.

Allow me to express again, our gratitude to you All.

Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, Ph.D. Professor, Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies University of Puerto Rico luisa.vigo@upr.edu

Executive Secretary Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institute Libraries (ACURIL) executivesecretariat@acuril.org



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Subject: ALA Reaccredits the GSIST/UPR Master's Program until 2015

[1][2]On June 29, 2008, the American Library Association (ALA) reaccredited the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies (GSIST), of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), for 7 more years. As stated by ALA, the accreditation of a master’s program in library and information sciences is “a voluntary, non-governmental system of evaluation used to protect the public interest and to verify the quality of service provided by member institutions." The next comprehensive review of the School is scheduled to occur in 2015.

ALA assigns a standing Committee on Accreditation (COA), the responsibility "for the implementation of the accreditation of library and information studies programs. The COA develops and formulates standards of education for library and information studies and policies and procedures for ALA accreditation."

The ALA Committee on Accreditation (COA), chaired by Dr. Richard B. Rubin, based its decision to reaccredit the GSIST/UPR's master's program on the Program Presentation submitted by the School on February 2008, the site visit and report made by the COA External Review Panel, the Response to the Report of the External Review Panel, all of the reports the program submitted to the Committee since the last comprehensive review, and the June 28th meeting with Prof. Edward Erazo, Chair of the External Review Panel, and the School’s Director, Dr. Nitza Hernández. The School’s Program Presentation Committee Chaiperson was Dr. Susan Jane Freiband.

The continued accreditation action was taken by COA at the 2008 ALA annual conference in Anaheim, California. A complete list of programs and degrees accredited by ALA can be found at http://www.ala.org/lisdir You may also view the distribution of Library and Information Science Schools accredited by ALA in a Google map.

COA/ALA based its decision on the School’s "totality of the accomplishments and the environment for learning...". The GSIST/UPR evaluation was made with the ALA 1992 Standards. The ALA 2008 Standards for accreditation of master’s programs in library and information studies can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/accredstandards/index.cfm

With the reaccreditation action, ALA has validated once again the quality of the Master of Information Sciences (MIS) degree program at the University of Puerto Rico. In the decision letter, COA stimulates the School to culminate with the revision of its goals and objectives, the curricular revision, and to increase its research productivity. Information about the GSIST/UPR can be found in its webpage: http://egcti.upr.edu


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On June 29, 2008, the American Library Association (ALA) reaccredited the Master’s Program of the Graduate School of Information Sciences and Technologies (GSIST), of the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), for 7 more years. As stated by ALA, the accreditation of a master’s program in library and information sciences is “a voluntary, non-governmental system of evaluation used to protect the public interest and to verify the quality of service provided by member institutions." The next comprehensive review of the School is scheduled to occur in 2015.

ALA assigns a standing Committee on Accreditation (COA), the responsibility "for the implementation of the accreditation of library and information studies programs. The COA develops and formulates standards of education for library and information studies and policies and procedures for ALA accreditation."

The ALA Committee on Accreditation (COA), chaired by Dr. Richard B. Rubin, based its decision to reaccredit the GSIST/UPR's master's program on the Program Presentation submitted by the School on February 2008, the site visit and report made by the COA External Review Panel, the Response to the Report of the External Review Panel, all of the reports the program submitted to the Committee since the last comprehensive review, and the June 28th meeting with Prof. Edward Erazo, Chair of the External Review Panel, and the School’s Director, Dr. Nitza Hernández. The School’s Program Presentation Committee Chaiperson was Dr. Susan Jane Freiband.

The continued accreditation action was taken by COA at the 2008 ALA annual conference in Anaheim, California. A complete list of programs and degrees accredited by ALA can be found at http://www.ala.org/lisdir You may also view the distribution of Library and Information Science Schools accredited by ALA in a Google map.

COA/ALA based its decision on the School’s "totality of the accomplishments and the environment for learning...". The GSIST/UPR evaluation was made with the ALA 1992 Standards. The ALA 2008 Standards for accreditation of master’s programs in library and information studies can be found at http://www.ala.org/ala/accreditation/accredstandards/index.cfm

With the reaccreditation action, ALA has validated once again the quality of the Master of Information Sciences (MIS) degree program at the University of Puerto Rico. In the decision letter, COA stimulates the School to culminate with the revision of its goals and objectives, the curricular revision, and to increase its research productivity. Information about the GSIST/UPR can be found in its webpage: http://egcti.upr.edu



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Subject: Margot Thomas honoured in St. Lucia

In a report by Kayra Williams, of The Star Online, we learned that Local "heroes" were honoured at the launch of the Students of Heroes gallery guiz championship and [1][2]
imaginative expression project for Eastern Caribbean Schools. The activity was held at the Bay Gardens Hotel on Wednesday, July 2.

The project is a new initiative by Eastern Caribbean Bible Society which aims to help students learn more about icons that would
hopefully inspire them to strive for greatness.

Awardees included Acurilean Margot Thomas from St. Lucia National Archives; business executive Michael Chastaner; George James from the Ministry of Physical Development; Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy; musician Ronald Boo Hinkson; first blind student of SALCC and UWI Scholar, Jesica Jabobie; past principal for SMC, and Leon Hess, Rupert Ellis; gospel singer Shirley Ann Cyril Mayers; cultural enthusiast Theresa Hall; and businessman Rayneau Gajadhar. There was also an award for The Star Online Hero, publisher Rick Wayne, for his contribution to journalism and sports.

All recipients of "Eagle" awards were, according to facilitators, great examples of living icons that students could look up to. The competition also features a Bible segment that will focus on heroes within the scriptures.

From The Star Online
http://www.stluciastar.com/NewsHome/LocalNews/tabid/571/newsid1152/4093/Default.aspx



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In a report by Kayra Williams, of The Star Online, we learned that Local "heroes" were honoured at the launch of the Students of Heroes gallery guiz championship and
imaginative expression project for Eastern Caribbean Schools. The activity was held at the Bay Gardens Hotel on Wednesday, July 2.

The project is a new initiative by Eastern Caribbean Bible Society which aims to help students learn more about icons that would
hopefully inspire them to strive for greatness.

Awardees included Acurilean Margot Thomas from St. Lucia National Archives; business executive Michael Chastaner; George James from the Ministry of Physical Development; Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy; musician Ronald Boo Hinkson; first blind student of SALCC and UWI Scholar, Jesica Jabobie; past principal for SMC, and Leon Hess, Rupert Ellis; gospel singer Shirley Ann Cyril Mayers; cultural enthusiast Theresa Hall; and businessman Rayneau Gajadhar. There was also an award for The Star Online Hero, publisher Rick Wayne, for his contribution to journalism and sports.

All recipients of "Eagle" awards were, according to facilitators, great examples of living icons that students could look up to. The competition also features a Bible segment that will focus on heroes within the scriptures.

From The Star Online
http://www.stluciastar.com/NewsHome/LocalNews/tabid/571/newsid1152/4093/Default.aspx



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