On 12 August, the Global Centre for ICT in Parliament, the Office of Legislative Services of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, held a one-day training titled "Strategies for managing digital library sources" in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Training  focused on the use of new technologies and on international standards to enhance the capacity of parliamentary libraries to develop, manage and deliver digital resources.

The event, held at the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, was directed at heads of parliamentary libraries and research services from parliaments of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was built on the outcome of the International Workshop organized in January 2011 in Valparaiso, Chile, and intended to contribute to the activities of the Exchange Network of Parliaments of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Presentations

Session 1 - Introduction into concepts and practices of managing digital library sources

• Edmund Balnaves, Information Coordinator, IFLA Information Technology Section
• Donna Scheeder, Member of the Governing Board of IFLA, and Deputy Chief Information Officer, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress of the United States of America

Session 2 - Creating a digital library

• Edmund Balnaves, Information Coordinator, IFLA Information Technology Section
• Simone Bastos Vieira, Director of the Library, Federal Senate of Brazil

Session 3 - Capture, management and dissemination of digital resources

• Alenka Kavčič-Čolić, Secretary, IFLA Information Technology Section, and Head of the Research and Development Unit, National and University Library of Slovenia
• Adolfo Furtado, Director del Centro de Documentación e Información, Cámara de Diputados de Brasil

Session 4 - Web 2.0 to increase use of digital resources

• Moira Fraser, Chair, IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments, and Chief Librarian, Parliament of New Zealand
• Soledad Ferreiro, Director of the Library, National Congress of Chile

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