Brazilian libraries: May 2009 Archives

Janete Estevão and Elisangela Alves are the two Brazilian librarians who participated in the IFLA/OCLC Fellowship Program  , which is designated to librarians from countries with developing economies. I had the pleasure to meet and interact with both of them while they were here in Ohio. They also visited places such as the Library of Congress, Chicago Public Library, American Library Association (ALA), and National Library of the Netherlands, where they interacted with librarians and library staff to understand the local workflows in several areas. Now they are getting ready to share their experience as IFLA/OCLC Fellows at the XXIII CBBD  conference in Bonito (Brazil). If you are attending the event, which is organized by the Brazilian Library Association (FEBAB) , and would like to learn the interesting topics both Janete and Elisangela have to share with you, then mark on your calendar the date of July 6 and stay tuned to the announcements of time and room. The preliminary program states that their presentation will take place under the denomination Temática 1 - Redes de Conhecimento (Theme 1- Knowledge Network), with the title Intercultural and Professional Knowledge Network.

Fellows Brasileiras

Janete Estevão e Elisangela Alves são as duas bibliotecárias brasileiras que participaram do Programa IFLA/OCLC de Desenvolvimento Profissional  , o qual é designado para bibliotecários de paises em desenvolvimento. Eu tive o prazer de conhecê-las e interagir com ambas enquanto estiveram por aqui em Ohio. Elas também visitaram lugares como a Library of Congress, Biblioteca Pública de Chicago, American Library Association (ALA) e a Biblioteca Nacional da Holanda, onde elas interagiram com bibliotecários e equipes de biblioteca para entender os fluxos de trabalho locais em várias áreas. Agora elas estão se preparando para compartilhar suas experiências como Fellows IFLA/OCLC na XXIII CBBD em Bonito -MS (Brasil). Se você vai participar do evento, o qual é organizado pela FEBAB, e gostaria de ficar a par dos topicos interessantes que tanto Janete como Elisangela tem para compartilhar com você, então marque em seu calendário o dia 6 de julho e fique ligado aos anúncios de hora e sala. A programação preliminar mostra que a apresentação acontecerá sob a denominação Temática 1 - Redes de Conhecimento, com o titulo Rede de Conhecimento Intercultural e Profissional.

Fellows Brasileñas

Janete Estevão y Elisangela Alves son las dos bibliotecarias brasileñas que tomaron parte en el Programa de Desarrollo Profesional IFLA/OCLC, lo cual es designado a bibliotecarios de países con economía en desarrollo. Yo tuve el placer de encontrar e interactuar con ambas mientras ellas estuvieron aquí en Ohio. Ellas también visitaron lugares como la Library of Congress, Biblioteca Pública de Chicago, American Library Association (ALA), y la Biblioteca Nacional de Holanda, donde ellas interactuaron con los bibliotecarios y el personal de biblioteca para comprender los flujos de trabajo locales en varias áreas. Ahora ellas preparan para compartir sus experiencias como Fellows IFLA/OCLC en las jornadas XXIII CBBD en Bonito (Brasil). Si usted va a participar del evento, que es organizado por la Asociación Brasileña de Bibliotecarios (FEBAB), y desea conocer los temas interesantes que tanto Janete como Elisangela tienen para compartir con usted, entonces marque en su calendario la fecha de 6 de julio y este atento a los anuncios de tiempo y sala. El programa preliminar indica que la presentación de ellas acontecerá bajo la denominación Temática 1 - Redes de Conhecimento (Tema 1- la Red del Conocimiento), con el título la Red Intercultural y Profesional del Conocimiento.

Memory of the World is a program created and managed by UNESCO with the purpose of recognizing valuable holdings worldwide that translate into relevant documentary heritage both locally and globally. The main idea of this project is to facilitate the preservation , safeguard, and dissemination of these materials in order to help preventing that the history of the world is lost. Brazil launched officially its National Committee of the Memory of the World Program in 2007 and has already 20 nominated collections where at least six of them are also nominated by the Regional Committee for the Latin America and the Caribbean of the Memory of the World (MOWLAC). An example is the Carlos Chargas Archive, under Fundação Oswaldo Cruz' custody, which is part of both Brazil and LAC Memory of the World. Carlos Chagas was a physician and pathology researcher whose works provided practices that helped the world to deal with infectious diseases such as malaria outbreaks.

Assessing how people dealt with several issues in the past helps us to figure out how to deal with current problems. Practices that were successful for some cultures might fit to current or future generations. Unfortunately things such as wars and natural disasters, among others, jeopardize the safety of important documents. The Memory of the World Program is an effort to ensure that this information continues available in the future.

The Brazilian National Committee is inviting organizations or people with invaluable documents or groups of documents related to the Brazilian culture and history under their custody to register for the nomination process according to the guidelines stipulated on the 2009 Call for Nominations Announcement . The Brazilian National Archives  is coordinating the registrations for the nomination, and the deadline is June 30.

Memoria del Mundo de Brasil.pdf (Español)

Memória do Mundo do Brasil.pdf (Portugues)