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,
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.”
10:30–11:00 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
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
13:30–18:00 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
Room: Salle Acajou
Panelist présentations (call for
papers)
Reading in Haiti
Speaker: Jean Billy Mondesir/Maude Malengrez. Photographs: Josue Azor
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
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
|
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
|
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
|
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
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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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