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Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries

Alternative action programs from Latin America for
a Knowledge-based society


Presentation
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The 1st. Social Forum of Information, Documentation and  Libraries will be
held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on August 26-28 and it's a proposal from
the Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación
(Argentina) = Social Studies Group in Librarianship and Documentation
(Argentina) and  Círculo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y
Social (México) = Study Circle on Political and Social Librarianship
(Mexico)

Every act of production, socialization and preservation of information
constitutes an act of identity and social responsibility for societies,
especially for the professionals related to them.

However, the immobility and exclusion of sociopolitical issues from the
agendas of library associations at both the local level as well as
international have not allowed the creation of new proposals and the
reproduction of the world's recent social transformations within our
profession.

This Forum is a first attempt to create professional activities, develop
and offer products, and promote initiatives conceived as mechanisms of
social transformation and improving politics.


--- The Forum is free - All are welcome ---


Objetives
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1. To promote the development of theoretical frameworks to analyze problems
in the social context of document and information services, especially
those in Latin America and the Caribbean.

2. To support and disseminate experiences and original types of resolution
in the areas of circulation, preservation, production and access to the
informative cultural wealth -in either electronic or print formats- in/from
Latin America and the Caribbean.

3. To exchange ideas, theoretical approaches, experiences, methodologies,
and products that allow the development of new regional strategies for the
development of document and information services within the context of
globalization (Knowledge-based society, Information Society)

4. To establish the basis for the consolidation of a continental network
directed towards the development of a place dedicated to the permanent
discussion of political, social and humanistic librarianship.

5. To define social and political strategies for the profession that
guarantee free and egalitarian social relations among people, preserving
their right to self-determination.

6. To support international solidarity among all kinds of information
workers and cooperation among libraries based on the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights and related agreements directed towards the development of
a democratic framework for the construction of cooperative efforts.

7. To encourage critical and innovative participation in the solution of
problems and in the development of theorical proposals for the creation,
improvement, consolidation and updating of library development.

8. To set up a permanent forum for the creation of an Information and
Knowledge World Social Summit.


Themes
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The themes of the 1st. Social Forum of Information, Documentation and
Libraries will be those related to the social, political and economic
perspectives of libraries and information studies.  They are divides in six
broad categories:

1. Information Public Policies
Characteristics, Alternatives programs
International agreements
Action strategies

2. Processing, circulation and information production
Analysis of international rules for information exchange
Cataloging and classification systems
Copyright
Interlibrary cooperation

3. Document and information services
Library administration models

4. Human rights and freedom of access to information
New knowledge
Ethical perspectives
Gender issues
Right to information
Users and citizenship
Hegemony
Social minorities

5. Future of Librarianship
Library practice
Analysis of syllabi in library schools
Professional formation and education of socio-political perspectives.
Analysis and thoughts about leading academic and scientific speeches
Ethical implications of library administration
Interdisciplinary / multidisciplinary research in librarianship.
Circulation of information in institutions

6. Social and political responsibility of information professionals
Activism
Social responsibility
Labor unions, salaries and equity
Legal frames and union conflicts
Librarians and new control models


A Coordinator has been selected for each Round Table, made up of the
following people:

1. Information Public Policies
Diego Ferreyra          (Argentina)
Martha Juárez         (México)

2. Processing, circulation and information production
Silvia Mateo             (Argentina)
Alejandro Bevilacqua     (Argentina)
Celso Martínez        (México)

3. Document and information services
Rita Candame    Argentina)
Martín Vera        (México)
Lorena Torres     (México)

4. Human rights and freedom of access to information
Marcel Bertolesi          (Argentina)
Alejandro Bevilacqua   (Argentina)
Felipe Meneses           (México)

5. Future of Librarianship
María Mercedes MacLean     (Argentina)
Manuel Bello      (México)

6. Social and political responsibility of information professionals
Diego Ferreyra     (Argentina)
Tatiana Carsen    (Argentina)
Oscar Maya         (México)


Forum Development
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This Forum will be a place for the exchange of ideas exchange and proposals
for the construction of an alternative librarianship with critical and
creative perspectives. Based on these premises and looking to establish a
precedent for future events, the Forum will develop an Action Plant and a
Work Plan that will guide similar regional initiatives.

The Forum will be developed in a virtual way from January and it will end
on August 26-28 (Friday-Saturday) with attendees in the city of Buenos
Aires, Argentina.

The Forum will be organized around the six themes. With this aim,
participants must send papers with experiences, theoretical proposals and
testimonies. Each theme will be coordinated by the people named above whose
function will be gather, analyze and synthesize all relevant proposals.

Once the proposals are condensed for each theme, the Work Documents will be
discussed and they will be discussed and endorse for the creation of the
Action Plan and Work Plan.

It's important to point out that ALL papers received will be taken into
account for the compilation of the Work Plan. They will be published in the
Forum's Memoirs, thus guaranteeing that all views and work submitted will
be preserved, forming part of the general documentation. Although the
author or authors of each paper may not be able to personally attend the
Forum in Buenos Aires, their work will be available for the rest of the
attendees.

In addition to the Forum, a Document Exchange Fair will be organized, in
which attendees can exchange print or electronic items, plans, posters, et
al. This Fair is being developed for a better understanding in all areas of
the discipline.

Finally, a Regional Directory of professionals will be issued organized by
groups and areas of interest.


Agenda and characteristics of the Forum
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Any information professional or others professionals related to the area of
information, librarians from Latin America and the Caribbean or librarians
from the rest of the world who are interested in Latin American
librarianship and its problems can send printed papers.  Any author can
send up to  four (4) papers and register for several Round Tables.

The language for the papers will be Spanish. However papers written in
Portuguese, French and English are welcomed in order to include non-Spanish
speaking communities within Latin America

Each paper is to be no longer than 10 pages maximum, doubled spaced, Arial
type at 11 pts. Please include bibliographic references, citations and
graphics if applicable.

All participants should send their papers to the following e-mail address:
inforosocial AT latinmail.com

In the email Subject line, participants must indicate the Theme and Round
Table of their interest.

Professionals who do not have access to electronic communication, can send
their papers by regular mail to the following addresses:

GESBI
Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación  -  Argentina
Piedras 482 4º Piso "M"
CP: 1070
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
República Argentina
Tel.  (contestador):(05411) 4785-2668
Fax: (05411) 4545-7507
Correo E gesbiforo AT yahoo.com.ar


CEBI
Círculo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y Social  -  México
Apartado Postal 70-190
Zona Comercial, Ciudad Universitaria
Del. Coyoacán
04511 México, DF
México
Correo E cebimx AT yahoo.com.mx



Forum Schedule
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January 26th - May 15th (4 months)
Call and reception of papers by each theme
All papers will be available on an electronic site


>From May 1st
Electronic discussions between the Coordinators of each Theme and the
paper's authors. A thematic, electronic discussion list will be created for
this purpose.

>From June 16th.
Creation of a final Work Document by the Coordinators of each Theme/Round
Table. Creation of a draft program and statements for each Theme.

>From July 15th to August 15th (30 days)
Discussion of each Work Document among the six Coordinators (one of each
Theme) in order to develop a draft of the final Work Plan and Action Plan,
integrated with documents, programmatic documents and/or statements.

August 26, 27 & 28
The Forum will have a deliberative and determined approach at which the
attendees will discuss and make final endorsements about the final version
of the Work Plan and Action Plan.

August 26 & 27 sessions will be held among participants from Latin America
and the Caribbean as well as participants from other countries with a
special interest in the problems of Latin American.  Everyone is welcome,
but only librarians from Latin American and the Caribbean librarians can
vote.

On August 28, information professionals and librarians from any country can
make statements or commitments related to the Action Plan. On that day
everyone can vote.


This CALL is dedicated to the librarian community, information
professionals, library science students and persons involved in planning
and managing information services in Latin America and the Caribbean no
matter the language. However, we want to emphasize Spanish as a major
language in the creation of library science theory, the acknowledge of
Portuguese in a similar sense and a reevaluation and closer relationship to
French of the American communities.


GENERAL INFORMATION
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This First Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries 2004 is
an event with voluntary and democratic participation. There will be no
registration fees at any time. It is open to all librarians and related
disciplines. It is not necessary to submit papers in order to attend
personally to participate at the sessions.


This Forum is free
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The Organizing Committee is not a registered association. It can not
provide grants, air travel or any type of financial assistance in Buenos
Aires. However, the Committee will have a selected list of cheap budget
accommodations for those interested parties.

Any suggestions, comments or questions, should be sent to The Organizing
Committee at:

Grupo de Estudios Sociales en Bibliotecología y Documentación (Argentina)
gesbiforo AT yahoo.com.ar

Circulo de Estudios sobre Bibliotecología Política y Social (México)
cebimx AT yahoo.com.mx
http://www.cebi.org.mx
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