Keynote presented at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in Helsinki, Finland. August 2012.

1. NEW LIBRARIANS
WORLDWIDE: MAPPING
OUT THE FUTURE
LOIDA GARCIA-FEBO
(Queens Library, New York, USA)
ROBIN KEAR
(University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA)
IFLA Session 95
Management of Library Associations with the New
Professionals Special Interest Group
August 13, 2012

2. Global Survey
488 participants
49 countries
6 continents

3. Results
• 78% members of national library
associations
• 49% didn't know how their library
association included new librarians
• 54% were 35 years old and younger
• 65% had 1-6 years of experience as
librarians

4. Key Result
Do you participate in initiatives for new
librarians developed by groups outside
library associations?
YES

5. Where are they doing this?

6. Name of Group Country Online Tool
ALA Think Tank USA Facebook
Finnish young librarian Finland Ning
movement
*Hack Library School USA Facebook, Twitter, WordPress
Hawaii-Pacific Law Hawaii Google
Library Initiative
IFLA New Professionals Global Facebook, Twitter,
SIG WordPress,YouTube
LIS New Professionals England-based. Open WordPress
Network worldwide.
*New Academic Global LinkedIn
Librarians
New Federals Librarians USA Facebook
Group
*The New York Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Goodreads,
Librarians Meetup USA LibraryThing, LinkedIn, Meetup Blog, Twitter,
YouTube
*Urban Librarians Unite USA Facebook, Twitter WordPress

7. New Librarians Use of Social
Technologies
developing online share establish working
communities to
news relationships with
network, other librarians
brainstorm and nationally and
collaborate internationally
announce
events and
post blog entries contests discuss issues and
about issues of motivate those that
interest find difficult to break
into a library
plan professional and social association
events

9. Plan Discuss
Advocacy Motivate
Collaborate
Brainstorm
Skills
Sharing Announce Events
Contests
Knowledge
News National Sharing
Publish
Network
Social Professional
International Development

10. Many avenues
Hobbies
Online
communities Social
Action
Library
Associations
Library
Schools Non-
Library

11. New Librarians Are:
• Creating change inside and outside
of traditional professional
associations.

12. New Librarians
By connecting online,
new professionals
create their own
opportunities and
develop their own
projects
Example:
Buy India a Library

13. New Librarians Are:
• Rejuvenating our profession through
new ways of connecting and
maintaining relationships.

14. New Librarians Are:
• Making continued progress in our
professional core values of
information access, intellectual
sharing, and readership by their
creative efforts and inspiring projects.

15. Where are they doing this
within Library Associations?

16. Name of Group Country
ALIA New Generation Advisory Committee
Australia
ALIA New Graduates Group
CLA New Librarians and Information Professionals Interest Group Canada
(former group)
YEP! Young European Professionals (LIBER) Europe
LIS Corner
Germany
LIS New Professionals Germany
LLA Section of New Professionals Latvia
UP Future Library and Information Professionals of the Philippines Philippines
New Librarians from Romania Romania
RLA Young Librarians Section Russia
*ARA Section for New Professionals
UK & Ireland
CILIP Career Development Group
ALA Young Professionals Working Group
Music Library Student Group (affiliated with the Music Library USA
Association)

17. Life Issues
Family
Finances
Identity Crisis
Professional Development

18. Growing Leaders
Awesome Current Actions:
 Events for new professionals
 Publications
 Awards
 Mentoring
 Knowledge sharing

19. Growing Leaders
We can do more!
Needed: communication from lib assoc, among librarians
Revolutionazed Mentoring
Crowd-type projects
Knowledge sharing
Empower, Inspire
Transform, Renew, Engage,
Create Opportunities

20. Transfor
Empower
Create
Opportunities
Inspire
Engage

21. New Professionals:
Want to Work + Say YES!
=
AWESOME Measurable Results!

22. Make It Happen!

23. Thank You!
Loida Garcia-Febo
loidagraciafebo@gmail.com
Information New Wave
USA
Robin Kear
rlk25@pitt.edu
University of Pittsburgh
USA