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ACURIL XLII Program



ACURIL XLII HAITI
Message of ACURIL President 2011-2012

Monday June 4, 2012

Dear colleagues and friends

Greetings form Petion-Ville, Haiti.

The 42nd conference of ACURIL will be held from 4-8 June 2012, the beautiful Republic of Haiti. This unique and so expected event is organized for the first time in Haiti, the first Black Republic in the world by a collaborative team of various colleagues and information specialists in Haiti, under my leadership. This activity will be carried out under the benevolent auspices of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Joseph Michel Martelly, music man and great supporter of Haitian culture.

The theme for  this year’s conference is :

365 DOORS OPENED ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL  INFORMATION REVOLUTION. ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPACTS.

As members of the ACURIL professional community, we have combined our efforts to offer a training space, which can foster significant new knowledge and capacity building. For its forty-second birthday, ACURIL will provide a space for enrichment to its members and other information professionals in the Caribbean, while offering critical thinking regarding new technologies and their impact in our daily practice.

Our event will feature key conferences, seminars, practical workshops, and exhibitions about the information industry with important updates to ensure that the training objective is reached. The local organizing committee has worked hard to provide the necessary environment and make your stay in Haiti memorable.

Lets us share our experiences, and let us take advantage of this learning environment and discovery of our dearest Haiti. I am much honored to welcome you personally.

  
Francoise Beaulieu Thybulle
Conservateur



To all Acurileans and information professionals

The celebration of the 42nd annual conference of ACURIL to be held from June 4-8, 2012, in Petion-Ville, Haiti, is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and experiences in new information technologies; it will enable colleagues to learn about the latest advances in the field, interact with suppliers of products and services to libraries, and to exchange ideas with professional colleagues from the Caribbean.


The conference theme this year:
365 DOORS OPENED ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION REVOLUTION. ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL IMPACTS chosen by President Françoise Beaulieu-Thybulle, alludes to the Palais aux 365 portes (Palace with 365 doors) of Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite, built by King Henry Christophe in 1816, 12 years after our independence from France, in 1804. The image on the poster and the logo represents the Palais Sans-Souci (Sans-Souci Palace), another building built by King Christophe in Milot, north of Haiti. This Palace is part of a National Park with the Citadelle, the largest fortress in the Caribbean. These historical landmarks were recorded in 1982 by UNESCO, as world heritage. These constructions were strongly affected by the earthquake of 1842. We have deliberately chosen this mixture of historical monuments, badly shaken by an earthquake but internationally recognized and saved, with the title of the technological revolution. A little of bit of the past, a little bit of the present, and much about the future.

Haitian librarians, through their local organizing committee, have made great efforts to ensure adequate infrastructure to host the conference, and chosen the social and cultural activities to ensure the success of this momentous event. About 300 information professionals participate each year in the conference ACURIL; and, we were very proud to work in the first edition in Haiti.

For us, Haitians, it will be a great honor and pleasure to welcome you all in our country, host of the ACURIL conference for the first time in forty two years. Thank you for the trust and solidarity shown since the terrible earthquake that affected the Haitian nation.

We look forward to see you all.

Dr Elizabeth Pierre-Louis
President of the local organizing committee – Acuril XLII







Executive Council of Acuril 2011-2012



PROGRAM



CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES


New technologies have revolutionized the way we communicate, read, share, and work. Every day, information professionals need to deal with new outlets, media, and vocabularies to address an increasingly demanding audience. The objective of this conference is to understand with an open mind and lucidity the impacts of these changes.


Themes :

Four sub-themes were chosen:

I.               Economic impacts of IT revolution (new media, ecommerce, cost of upgrades, new agricultural technology, transportation, environmental challenges)

II.              Cultural impacts of IT revolution (heritage, archives, digital library, disaster management)

III.            Social impacts of IT revolution (social networks, education, e-learning, professional standards, access to all, and robotics)

IV.            Political impacts of IT revolution (egovernance,  citizenship, public safety, social revolutions, democracy and human rights.)





These sub-themes will be developed through presentations, seminars, and special workshops.
Lundi 4 juin 2012


9:30-11:00 Meeting of the Executive Council
Room : Boardroom

11:00-12:00 Press conference (Executive Council and members of the Press)
Room : Salle pré-fonction

12:00-1:00pm Resolutions Committee
Room : Karibe Gardens

12:00-13:00 Meeting of the moderators and rapporters
Room : Karibe Gardens

13:00-16:00 Registration of participants and exhibitors
Room : Salle pré-fonction

13:00-17:00 Pre conference workshop: Putting the Library in the Spotlight: Practicing Library Advocacy

Librarians are great at helping others find information and documents they need. But, librarians often lack resources to promote their libraries. In this workshop, participants will learn how to develop short public service announcements for their libraries, and how to present these messages in an attractive way. Participants will leave this workshop with a plan, and 2 or 3 activities to implement when they get back home.
Speakers:    Barbara Ford, Director and Distinguished Professor and Susan Schnuer, Associate Director, Mortenson Center for International Library Programs, UIUC.
Room:    Salle FOKAL –UNESCO, 143 av.Christophe                                                            

14:00-15:00     Meeting with the Vice President and the Coordinators of Special Interest Groups.                          
Room: Karibe Gardens

19 :00 Opening ceremony




ACURIL XLII REPUBLIQUE D’HAITI
Ceremonia de Apertura. Opening Ceremony. Cérémonie d’ouverture.
Monday, 4 june 2012
Karibe Convention Center
Room : Salle Acajou, hotel Karibe
Hour : 7pm
Programme

Bienvenida a la XLII Conferencia de ACURIL en Republica De HAITI
Welcoming to ACURIL XLII Haitian Republic Conference
Bienvenue à la Conférence ACURIL XLII en Haïti

Mesaje de Apertura
Opening Message . Message d’Ouverture

Dedicatoria de la Conferencia. Conference Dedication. La Conférence est dédiée à Monsieur Jean Wilfrid Bertrand

The Conference is dedicated to
Sir. Jean Wilfrid Bertrand, Director of National Archives,
First Haitian to chair ACURIL, 1990-1991

Apertura oficial de la Conferencia. Official Opening of the Conference.
Ouverture Officielle de la Conférence.
Recepcion de Bienvenida. Welcome Reception. Soirée d’Ouverture


Tuesday, June 5, 2012

9:00 – 10 :30      Opening of the conference   
Location: Salle Acajou
President's Introduction

Keynote Speech

Edwidge Danticat, Mc Arthur Fellow 2009, National Book Award. (USA)

"I think we’re all a bit nervous, truthfully about what all the technology will mean to writers, readers, publishers, booksellers and books. Which part of the chain will be wiped out first, we wonder? Bookstores? Publishers? Writers? Who knows? All I know is that people have been telling stories since the dawn of time and they will continue to find some way to tell them and even if there is some day enough technology to tattoo a book behind my eyelids, I think I will always want to hold something in my hand and turn a page anyway.”


10:3011:00 Opening of exhibits- Coffee Break.
Room: préfonction and hallways of the Salle Acajou

Opening of Technology Center 
Room: Boadroom

11:00–12:30 Sub-theme 1. Economic impacts of IT revolution 

Panelists presentations
Room : Salle Acajou

The promise of digital libraries against the perils of erasure
Speakers: Laurie Taylor, Brooke Wooldridge, Florida International University

Digital libraries and institutional development of content
Speaker: Anne Pajard, Université Antilles Guyane

Wikipédia and the valorization of digital content in libraries the example of Manioc
Speaker: Frédéric VIGOUROUX, Université des Antilles et de la Guyane.

Coord : Dominique Coulomb
Rapporter.: Vanessa Casséus

12:30–13:30  Lunch Break

12:30–13:30    Past Presidents' Lunch
Room: reserved table in Salle Acajou

14:00-16:00 Panelists presentations  
Economic impacts of IT revolution   
      Room: Acajou Room
Available products and cost of upgrades
Speaker : Juan Jose Gamboa, Elsevier

The introduction of IT’s in Haiti, the expérience of Groupe Croissance
Speaker: Rep. Of Kesner Pharel

The use of open source software in education and record managemetn in Haiti
Speaker: Jean Came Poulard (LOGIPAM)
Coord : Islande Baptiste
Rapporteur: Fausler Ulysse

                                                                                                                              
16:00-17:00     Pause.  Visit of exhibits                       

17:00-18:00 Visit of the National Museum (MUPANAH)
18:00-19:00 Cultural Evening at FOKAL


Wednesday, June 6, 2012


9:00 –10:30 Sub-theme 2.  Cultural Impacts of IT revolution
Room: Salle Acajou
Présentation of panelists (call for papers)
From the Digital Library of the State University of Haiti to the Central Reserve: an integrated approach for a reconstruction of academic library resources in Haiti.
Speaker: Jeremy Lachal, Libraries without borders

Challenges of information circulation in Haiti
Speaker: Emmelie Prophète, PEN club Haiti

The RIBINO project:  the computerized network of libraries in the North of Maritnique
Speaker:  Annique Sylvestre

Coord. : Jude Duranty
Rapporter: Adelyne Pinchinat Moncombe

10:30-11:00  Opening of Poster Sessions/Craft fair  

11:00-12:30  General Assembly of ACURIL

First General Assembly of ACURIL                                                        
Room: Salle Acajou
Président of ACURIL

Agenda:
Welcome speech by the President
Minutes of the XLI Conference in Tampa. Reports.
President
Executive Secretary. Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
Treasurer.
Elected Vice-President
Standing Committees
Special interest groups
Nominations
Special Reports
Other points


  
Wednesday, June 6, 10.00 am
Early submission for the Executive Board applications Location: ACURIL table

 12:30–14:00       Lunch Break

14:00-16:00         Panelist presentations (call for papers sub themes 2 et 3)
Location: Salle Acajou

Elearning in the field of documentation in Dominican Republic
Speaker: Marie France Balasse, Papyrus

Evaluation of the structure of records management and the Jamaican government's ability to manage electronic files.
Speaker : Antonette Harriott, University of West Indies

The RFID technology, new service, new skills                                                                                                                              
Speaker: Gladys Gonfier, Université Antilles-Guyane

Coord:  Kern Belizaire
Rapporteur: James Vangelis
                                                                                                                              
16:00-17:00  Pause. 

17 :00  Troubadour night, typical Haitian music
Dress code white or traditional
Orchid Garden (Karibe)


Thursday, June 7, 2012


Green day in solidarity with ACURIL

9:00–10:00    Sous-Thème 3 Social Impacts of  the IT revolution
Panelist Presentations (call for papers)
Room:  Salle Acajou
The impact of educational technologies on transformative learning in academic libraries: An exploration of the learning outcomes of information used by adult learners in the academic library learning environment
Speaker : Jiselle Alleyne, COSTATT
Higher education in Haiti: place and use of digital content
Speaker : Darline Alexis, Université Quisqueya. Haiti

The social and cultural effects created by the inability of academic libraries in developing countries to make optimum use of the ICT revolution: a case study of Guyana.
Speaker: Simone Bernard, University of Guyana Library.

Coord: Erick Toussaint
Rapporteurs :  Mica Prophète
10-30-10-45 Pause 
10:45–12:00   
Special interest groups. Simultaneous meetings
Academic libraries, National Libraries and Special Libraries
Lieu: Salle Acajou
Electronic reading in Haiti after the January 12thm 2012 earthquake
  Patrick Tardieu.  Bibliothèque Haïtienne des Peres du St Esprit, Haiti.  

TRAMILOTHEQUE, a database for medicinal plants in the Caribbean
Hervé Chasserieau. Université des Antilles et de la Guyane, Guadeloupe.  

Coord:  Astrid Britten
Rapp : Brooke Wooldridge
  

School Libraries
Lieu : Salle Ginger I
School Libraries in the Caribbean: Experiences and best practices

Coord : Cindy Jimenez Ferrer
Rapp : Marie Ange Sénat


Archives 
Lieu :
Coordination :

ICT
Lieu : Salle Ginger II
Digitization of large historical slides of Public Works from the National Archives
Digital Humanities and digital libraries
Coordination : Mark Sullivan
Rapp : Joseph Meleance

Thursday, June 7, 10 am
Closing date and time to submit nominations for the Executive Board
Location: table ACURIL
Election 10.30 am - 2pm

12:00–13:00   Lunch Break

13:3018:00   Visit of the book fair : Livres en Folie, Parc de la Canne à sucre

18 :00 Free
  
Friday, June 8, 2012

9:00-10:30  Sous-Thème 4.  Political impacts  of the IT revolution
Room: Salle Acajou
Panelist présentations (call for papers)
Reading in Haiti 
Speaker: Jean Billy Mondesir/Maude Malengrez. Photographs: Josue Azor

The experience of eGovernance in Haiti
Speaker : Michèle D. Pierre-Louis, Premier ministre 2008-2009
Coord: Farah Hyppolite
Rapporteur: Sacha Telfort

10:30-10:45 Pause

10:45-12:00     
Special interest groups. Simultaneous meetings
Academic libraries, National Libraries and Special Libraries
Coord:  Astrid Britten
Rapp :

School Libraries
Lieu : Salle Ginger I
The expérience of School Libraries in the Haiti
Coord : Cindy Jimenez Ferrer
Rapp : Marie Ange Sénat


Archives 
Lieu :
Coordination :

ICT
Lieu : Salle Ginger II
Digital Humanities and digital libraries
Coordination : Mark Sullivan
Rapp : Pierre Saint Jean Widler

12:00–13:00 Lunch

13:00 Closing of all exhibits

13:00-14:30 General Assembly of ACURIL
Room: Salle Acajou

1. Welcome. President
Reports of Standing Committees
             Constitution and laws
             Publications and Public Relations
             Finances
             Members
             Long life learning

2. Report of Special Interest Groups
             University Libraries
             School Library / School of Library and Information Science
             National and public libraries
             Special Libraries
             Records management and archives
             Roundtable students
3. Election report by observer committee
4. Resolutions
5. other points


20:00 Closing ceremony

ACURIL XLII Closing ceremony.
20:00  
Gardens of Karibe
ACURILEANA
Noche de Distinciones.  Evening of Awards
Soirée de Remise des Prix.
8:00 p.m.

Institutional awards
  • ·      The Stephney Ferguson award for library programs to the special needs of communities (award of the president of acuril)
  • ·      the award for the creativity in reading programs development for the children or young people (bibliomarketing)
  • ·      the award of leadership in the use of the new information technologies to develop and facilitate access to on-line journals (ebsco)
  • ·      the award for innovative and creative services for the implementation of the information technology.
  • ·      The award for INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT AND/OR RESEARCH SKILLS  (SOCIEDAD DE BIBLIOTECARIOS DE Puerto Rico)
  • ·      the albertina pérez de rosa award for the partnership between the information units and the collaborative projects in the caribbean (acuril porto rico edition)


INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

Medal for academic excellence Albertina Pérez de Rosa 


Young stars of Acuril 2012

Star for the information professionals 2012

ACURILEENS 2012

Former president  ACURILEANA

Information professionals of the Caribbean 2012

Acuril banquet
Semi-formal



Conférences annuelles et présidents 1969-2012

Conférence
Date
Thème
Room
Président
1
June 14-17,
1969
Formation de l’Association
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Conference coord.: Albertina Pérez de Rosa (RIP),
Alma Theodora Jordan,
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
2
Nov. 22-27,
1970
Publications officielles des gouvernements de la Caraïbe
Bridgetown,
Barbados
Alma Theodora Jordan
(Trinidad & Tobago)
3
Nov. 7-12,
1971
Ressources bibliothécaires de la Caraïbe
Caracas,
Venezuela
Albertina Pérez de Rosa (RIP)
(Puerto Rico)
4
Nov. 18-27,
1972
Gestion du personnel
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Michael Gill
(Barbados)
5
Oct. 21-27,
1973
Bibliothèque dans le développement d’un pays
Miami, Fla.,
USA
Cecilia Gaviria de Mendoza
(Venezuela)
6
Oct. 20-26,
1974
Centralisation and Décentralisation dans les bibliothèques universitaires
St. Thomas,
Virgin Islands of the US
Archie McNeal (RIP)
(Miami, Fla., USA)
7
Nov. 6-12,
1975
Education pour les bibliothécaires de la  Caraïbe
Willemstad,
Curaçao
María Elena Argüello de Cardona
(Nicaragua/Puerto Rico)
8
Oct. 24-30,
1976
Planification des bibliothèques et réseaux dans la Caraïbe
Kingston,
Jamaica
Ana Olivia Marín Gómez
(Venezuela)
9
Nov. 6-12,
1977
Ressources de la caraïbes: partage, collaboration et photoduplication
Willemstad,
Curaçao
Kenneth Ingram (RIP)
(Jamaica)
10
Nov. 5-11,
1978
Media aux supports non papier dans la caraïbe
Bridgetown,
Barbados
Gustave Harrer (RIP)
(Gainesville, Fla. USA)

1979
Pas de CONFERENCE. Renvoyée du fait de cyclones


11
May 25-31,
1980
Rôle du bibliothécaire dans une société en développement la caraïbe
República Dominicana
Maritza Eustatia
(RIP)
(Curacao)
12
May 3-9, 1981
Communication et Bibliothèques : mythe et réalités
Miami, Fla.
USA
Mariano Morales-Lebrón
(Puerto Rico)
13
April 25-May 1, 1982
Information et Développement dans la caraïbe
Caracas,
Venezuela
Ermila Elies de Pérez-Perazzo (RIP)
(Venezuela)
14
April 17-23,
1983
Bibliothèque de la caraïbe et la recherche
Oranjestad,
Aruba
Yvonne Stephenson
(Guyana)
15
May 1-12,
1984
Automatisation et information dans la Caraïbe
Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
Próspero Mella-Chavier (RIP)
(Dominican Republic)
16
May 12-17,
1985
Information des usagers dans la Caraïbe
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Daphne Douglas
(Jamaica)
17
May 4-10,
1986
Education continue des bibliothécaires de la Caraïbe
St. Croix,
Virgin Islands of the US
Marie-Françoise
Bernabe
(Martinique)
18
May 10-15,
1987
Collections Caribéennes:
gestion de la crise
Strategies pour les bibliothèques
Miami, Fla.,
USA
Alice Van Romondt
(Aruba)
19
May 15-20,
1988
Technologies de l’information : Ordinateurs et communication dans la Caraïbe
Fort-de-France,
Martinique
Albertina Jefferson
(Jamaica)
20
Apr. 23-29,
1989
L’accès universel a l’information une perspective caribéenne: tendances et questions
Kingston,
Jamaica
Neida Pagán- Jiménez
(Puerto Rico)

1990
Pas de CONFERENCE


21
May 19-25,
1991
Le livre dans la Caraïbe
Production et distribution
Caracas, Venezuela
Wilfrid Bertrand
(Haiti)
22
May 17-23,
1992
Gestion des ressources dans bibliothèques et centres de recherche de la Caraïbe
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago
Blanca Hodge
(St. Maarten)
blastrhodge@gmail.com
23
May 23-29,
1993
Perspectives d’Information pour les systèmes et services de la Caraïbe
Bridgetown,
Barbados
Esahack Mohammed
(Trinidad & Tobago)
24
Apr. 24-30,
1994
Diversité et Information dans la caraïbe: systèmes et services
Oranjestad,
Aruba
Arturo Fernández-Ortiz
(Puerto Rico)
25
June 4-10,
1995
Défis de l’accès à l’information dans la Caraïbe: Visibilité, Ressources et Services
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Shirley Yearwood
(Barbados)
26
May 19-25,
1996
Partenariats dans la livraison de l’information : relier le passé, le présent et le futur
St. Maarten
Willamae Johnson
(Bahamas)
27
May 17-24,
1997
Systèmes d’information pour un développement durable
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Odille Broussillon
28
May 16-24,
1998
Partage de ressources : buts communs Stratégies de coopération pour une nouvelle ère
Miami, Fla.,
USA
Sam Boldrick
(Miami, Fl, USA)
29
June 7-12,
1999
Services d’information dans et hors la bibliothèque: Rencontre dans le cyberespace
Oranjestad,
Aruba
Jorge Encarnación
(Puerto Rico)
30
June 4-10,
2000
Bibliothèque de la Caraïbe à l’aube du nouveau millénaire
Bahamas
Stephney Ferguson
(Jamaica)
31
May 27-June 2,
2001
La science de l’information avec les paradigmes du nouveau millénaire : révolution et connaissance des technologies de l’Information
La Habana,
Cuba
Lucero Arboleda de Roa
(Dominican Republic)
32
May 27-June 2,
2002
Les nouvelles bibliotheques.com
développer les habilites, questions de marche et développement communautaire
Ocho Rios,
Jamaica
Elizabeth Watson
(Barbados)
33
June 1-7,
2003
Développement de communautés de formation et de connaissance dans la caraïbe: une  Expérience sans  Frontières
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Luisa Vigo-Cepeda
(Puerto Rico)
34
May 23-29,
2004
Information Electronique dans la Caraïbes : tendances et questions
Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad & Tobago
Shamin Renwick
(Trinidad & Tobago)
srenwick@tstt.net.tt
35
June 5-10,
2005
Identifier les besoins en information afin de fournir un accès public à la connaissance
Fort-de-France,
Martinique
Anique Sylvestre
(Martinique)
asylvestre@voila.fr
36
May 28-June 2,
2006
Information et droits humains: Aspects culturels et sociaux dans une société de l’information
Oranjestad,
Aruba
Astrid Britten
(Aruba)
37
June 2-9,
2007
Accès pour tous à l’information et la connaissance : un droit inaliénable pour tous
San Juan,
Puerto Rico
Pedro Padilla-Rosa
(Puerto Rico)
38
June 1-6.
2008
E-Bibliothécaire: Idées, Innovation et Inspiration
Montego Bay,
Jamaica
Adele Merritt Bernard
(Jamaica)
39
June 1-5,
2009
Le devenir des bibliothèques dans le cadre du développement durable
Gosier,
Guadeloupe
Bea Bazile
(Guadeloupe)
40
June 6-12,
2010
Innovation et Impact de l’Information dans la Caraïbe les protocoles des meilleures pratiques professionnelles pour les spécialistes de l’information
Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic
Carmen Margarita Santos-Corrada
(Porto Rico)
41
May 30-June 3
2011
Le rôle des bibliothèques et archives dans la préparation aux risques et désastres
Tampa, Fla.,
USA
Ardis Hanson
(USA)
42
June 4-8
2012
365 portes ouvertes sur les nouvelles technologies. Impacts économiques, culturels, sociaux et politique
Pétion-ville,
Haïti
Francoise Beaulieu Thybulle
(Haïti)



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