Ingrid Parent | |
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| President of the International Federation of Library Associations | |
| Assumed office 2011 [1] | |
| Succeeded by | Sinikka Sipilä |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Canada[ citation needed ] |
| Occupation | Librarian |
Ingrid Parent is a Canadian-based librarian who was President of the International Federation of Library Associations
Parent was the University Librarian at the University of British Columbia from July 1,2009 to June 30,2016. [2] From 1994 to 2004 she was Director General of Acquisitions and Bibliographic Services at the former National Library of Canada,then became Assistant Deputy Minister for Documentary Heritage,Library and Archives Canada,responsible for the development,description and preservation of Canada's documentary heritage,from 2004 to 2009.
Parent has represented Canada with the International Federation of Library Associations. In June 2009 IFLA announced that Ms Parent was chosen as President-elect for the term 2009-2011 and President for the term 2011–2012,taking 895 votes to 844 votes for the Mexican candidate Jesus Lau. [1]
She is the second UBC University Librarian to have had a career at the national level after William Kaye Lamb.
Robert Wedgeworth is an American librarian who was the founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide,an adult literacy organization. He is also a former executive director of the American Library Association,served as president of IFLA,served as Dean of the School of Library Service at Columbia University,and was university librarian at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also authored and edited several major reference works,and has won many awards over the course of his career. In 2021 the American Library Association awarded him Honorary Membership,its highest award.
Foster Edward Mohrhardt was a United States librarian. He had a long and illustrious career in library and information science as a scholar,organizer and diplomat,and was listed by American Libraries among "100 Leaders we had in the 20th Century". Mohrhardt is also known for his work to have the United States Department of Agriculture Library re-designated as a national library.
Marianne Florence Scott is a Canadian retired librarian and educator. She has held several positions in her career,the most notable being the third National Librarian of Canada (NLC). She was not only the first woman to be appointed to the position but also the first professionally educated librarian to hold the post.
Loriene Roy is an American scholar of Indigenous librarianship,professor and librarian from Texas. She was the first Native American president of the American Library Association when she was inaugurated in 2007.
Guy Berthiaume is Librarian and Archivist of Canada Emeritus. A Canadian historian specialized in the study of Classical Antiquity,he served as Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec from June 22,2009 to June 21,2014,and,from June 23,2014 to August 29,2019,he served as Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
Jesus Lau is a Mexican librarian,and a contributor to the fields of information science and library and information science since 1977;his research focuses on information literacy and the development of information competencies. He is a member of several organizations related to the library field,such as the American Library Association,the Mexican Library Association,the Border Regional Library Association,the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA),and the Special Libraries Association. He has facilitated nearly 150 courses,including workshops and seminars on library and information science,with special emphasis on information literacy and management and leadership at several institutions in Botswana,Brazil,Colombia,Estonia,Guatemala,Mexico,Peru,USA,Venezuela,among others.
Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan is a Ghanaian librarian who is the present Executive Director of African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA),the Board Chair for the Ghana Library Authority and the Secretary General of African Regional Memory of the World Committee
Loida Garcia-Febo is a Puerto Rican American librarian and library consultant. Garcia-Febo served on the Governing Board of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) 2013-2015 and 2015-2017 and she was a member of the Executive Board of the American Library Association 2015-2020 serving as a board member and president. She was president of the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking (REFORMA) from 2009-2010.
Nancy E. Gwinn is an American librarian and administrator. She was the director of the Smithsonian Libraries,the world's largest museum library system,from 1997 until her retirement in 2020.
Julius C. Jefferson Jr. is an American librarian who was president of the American Library Association for the 2020-2021 term. In 2022 President Joe Biden appointed him to the National Museum and Library Services Board which advises the agency on general policies with respect to the duties,powers,and authority of the Institute of Museum and Library Services relating to museum,library,and information services,as well as the annual selection of National Medals recipients.Jefferson is additionally a section head of the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress,and served as the president of the Freedom to Read Foundation from 2013 to 2016.
Sinikka Sipilä is a Finnish librarian,president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions - IFLA from 2013–2015 overseeing the Lyon Declaration global petition connecting library associations and librarians with the priorities of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sipiläwas IFLA president elect 2011–2013 and a member of the governing board from 2007–2011 and held the position of secretary general of the Finnish Library Association 1997–2015.
Christine Mackenzie is an Australian librarian,president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2019 to 2021. Mackenzie was the president-elect from 2017 to 2019 and part of the Governing Board from 2011 to 2013. She worked in the Trend Report.
Donna Wills Scheeder was an American librarian who was president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2015 to 2017,under the theme "Libraries:A Call to Action". Scheeder participated in the IFLA Governing Board for 6 years.
Ellen Remona Tise is a South African librarian,president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2009 to 2011,under the theme "Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (A2K)". Her work has focused on library associations and the open access promoted from the library sector.
Helen Kay Raseroka is a librarian who was born in Kwazulu-Natal (Sudáfrica) with Botswana citizenship. She is a former President of The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 2003-2005,under the theme "Libraries for lifelong literacy".
Christine Deschamps is a French librarian. She was president of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) from 1997 to 2003. She wanted to lead the library sector towards a truly international work,and make it more inclusive for those whom English was not their first language. She stated that she wanted her presidency to be remembered as a pragmatic mandate.
William R. Young is a Canadian civil servant,who was the Parliamentary Librarian of Canada from 2005 to 2011. He is a former Canadian academic and public servant. Born in Toronto,Ontario,Young grew up in Woodbridge just outside the city.
Victoria Okojie is a Nigerian librarian,academician and administrator. She is the Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the Librarians' Registration Council of Nigeria,a parastatal of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Okojie is also a past president of the Nigerian Library Association as well as a member of the governing board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). She is a lecturer at the Department of Library and Information Science,University of Abuja,Abuja.
Camille Callison is an Indigenous librarian,archivist,academic,and cultural activist who is a member of the Tseskiye (Crow) Clan of the Tahltan Nation in what is now known as British Columbia,Canada. She is the University Librarian at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford. Callison is an advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples and knowledge,having served as a member of the National Film Board of Canada Indigenous Advisory Group,as member of the Response to the Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Taskforce of the Steering Committee on Canada's Archives,as the Chair of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Indigenous Matters Section Standing Committee (2019-2021),as Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA-FCAB)’s Indigenous Matters Committee (2017-2019),and the Vice-Chair of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO Memory of the World Committee (2017-2019).
Barbara Lison is a German librarian. She has led the Bremen public library service for thirty years. She was elected to lead the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) for 2021–2023.
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