Header XIX International Conference on University Libraries

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Tuesday, October 26th, 2021

(Central Mexico time)

Time Program Panelists
9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Opening ceremony  
10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Opening lecture
THE LAST DAYS OF THE BOOK?
Raffaele Simone, Università Roma Tre. Italy.

Presenter: Elsa M. Ramírez Leyva, Dirección General de Bibliotecas y Servicios Digitales de Información, UNAM. México.
10:45 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Sponsor talk: Springer Nature  
10:50 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Round table 1:
MULTIPLE READING, TECHNOLOGICAL LITERACY AND CRITICAL THINKING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION COMPETENCIES

Objective: To review the necessary confluence of these three elements as fundamental for the achievement of competencies that allow the management and use of information in an optimal way and with the criteria of selectivity and discernment.

Teaching to read, understand and share in the digital world: a task for everyone
Marina Kriscautzky Laxague, Dirección General de Cómputo y de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación, UNAM. México.

AI and New Competencies: How robots will change the future of information
Jason Griffey, National Information Standards Organization. USA.

Frontier informational structure: an effective alternative for evolving towards an assertive bibliographic search
Rafael Ibarra Contreras, Dirección General de Bibliotecas y Servicios Digitales de Información, UNAM. México.

Chairperson: Juan Daniel Machin-Mastromatteo, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. México.

12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.  Break  
12:45 p.m. to 13:25 p.m.

Keynote lecture 1:
RE-IMAGINING INFORMATION LITERACY IN THE AGE OF EMOTIONS, ALGORITHMS AND QUANTIFICATION

Sonja Špiranec, University of Zagreb. Croatia.

Presenter: Celia Mireles Cárdenas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí. México.
13:25 p.m. to 13:30 p.m. Sponsor talk: Wiley  
13:30 p.m. to 14:50 p.m.

Round table 2:
DIGITAL LITERACY: AN ESSENTIAL COMPETENCE IN THE SOCIAL INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM

Objective: To examine how the mastery and appropriate use of digital technologies and the information architectures built on these platforms are essential to locate and retrieve useful, reliable and timely information and data.

The bibliographies recommended in the university environment: characteristics and digital availability
José Antonio Cordón García, Universidad de Salamanca. Spain.

Skills required for digital literacy as a starting point for the challenges of higher education
Susana García Ávila, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Acatlán, UNAM. México.

Transmedia reading, virtual reading clubs and libraries
Rubén Gonzalo Cabral, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Argentina.

Chairperson: Alexa Milley Gómez Restrepo, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, UNAM. México.

 

 

Wednesday, October 27th, 2021

(Central Mexico time)

Time Program Panelists
10:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m. Keynote lecture 2:
THE LIBRARY AS AN INTERFACE

Carlos A. Scolari, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Spain.

Presenter: Antonio Sánchez Pereyra, Dirección General de Bibliotecas y Servicios Digitales de Información, UNAM. México.

10:40 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Sponsor talk: EBSCO  
10:50 a 12:10 h

Round table 3:
TRANSMEDIA LITERACY: TOWARDS AN INFORMATION EVOLUTION

Objective: To learn and analyze the multiplicity of media and platforms in which information is produced, disseminated, accessed, used and communicated for the development of transmedia literacy skills.

Honing Our Cultural Intelligence: Listening through the Noise of an Overabundance of Transmedia Stories
Sam Ford, Western Kentucky University. USA.

More than technical skills in the training of professionals: reading, analysis and production
Sara Pereira, Universidade do Minho. Portugal.

Transmedia Literacy: one more strategy for the inclusion of the university's youngest population
Diana Rodríguez Palchevich, Información y Tecnologías. Argentina.

Chairperson: María Luisa Zorrilla Abascal, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos. México.

12:10 p.m. to 12:40 p.m.  Break  
12:40 p.m. to a 13:20 p.m.

Keynote lecture 3:
MULTIPLE LITERACY AND TRAINING IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND MEDIA

 

Alfonso Gutiérrez Martín, Universidad de Valladolid. Spain.

Presenter: Brenda Georgina Estupiñán Cuevas, Universidad de Guadalajara. México.

13:20 p.m. to 13:25 p.m. Sponsor talk: IOP  
13:30 p.m. to 14:50 p.m.

Round table 4:
DATA LITERACY AND OPEN SCIENCE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, KNOWLEDGE AND RESEARCH

Objective: To determine the ability to organize, read, study and use data based on the concept of open science and open access, in order to effectively contribute to the advancement of knowledge, its manifestation in scientific information and its utilization without restrictions by readers and users.

The Sweet Spot of Open Science
René Schneider, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland. Switzerland.

Contribution of university libraries to data literacy and open science skills: TU Delft Library experience
Paula Martinez Lavanchy, Delft University of Technology. Netherlands.

A look at the Spanish language on Twitter: understanding the language, the messages, and their authors.
Eric Sadit Téllez Ávila, INFOTEC, Centro de Investigación e Innovación en Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación. México.

Chairperson: Saúl Armendáriz Sánchez, Biblioteca Conjunta de Ciencias de la Tierra, UNAM. México.

 

 

Thursday, October 28th, 2021

(Central Mexico time)

Time Program Panelists
10:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.

Round table 5:
THE COMPETENCIES OF MULTIPLE LITERACY IN LIBRARIAN TRAINING

Objective: To identify the new competencies required by the librarians’ academic and professional training in the environment of digital, multimedia and transmedia information.

Uncertain Paths: Multifaceted Competencies of the Info-Professional
Jesús Lau Noriega, Universidad Veracruzana. México.

Literacies for the 21st Century: What Librarians Need to Know
Laura Saunders, Simmons University. USA.

Librarianship as a data profession and a caring profession
Andrew Cox, The University of Sheffield. United Kingdom.

Chairperson: Perla Olivia Rodríguez Reséndiz, Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información, UNAM. México.

11:20 a.m. to 11:25 a.m. Sponsor talk: Dot.Lib  
11:30 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Keynote lecture 4:
PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES OF THE LIBRARIAN FOR THE WORLD 4.0

Teguh Yudi Cahyono, Malang State University. Indonesia.

Presenter: Brenda Cabral Vargas, Colegio de Bibliotecología y Archivología, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UNAM. México.

12:10 p.m. to 13:30 p.m.

Round table 6:
THE LIBRARY PROFESSIONAL IN THE FACE OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF SOCIETY 4.0

Objective: To identify the roles of the information professional and the competencies that must be developed for the evolution of libraries towards the 4.0 environment.

Opportunities and challenges offered by society 4.0 to academic librarianship
Josiline Phiri Chigwada, Chinhoyi University of Technology. Zimbabwe.

Ethical responsibilities of the information professional as a manager of scientific production in Society 4.0
Javier Tarango Ortiz, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua. México.

Faced with a new profile of Librarian 4.0
Mercy Delgado Cordero, Universidad de Puerto Rico en Bayamón. Puerto Rico.

Chairperson: Sonia Haydée Amaya de López, Universidad Francisco Gavidia. El Salvador.

13:30 p.m. Closing session  

 

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