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Do you know what ICT mean? ACURIL LXII HAITI will address its
impact in
HAITI.
Monday, May, 14, 2012 From June 4 to June 8, 2012 at the Karibe
Hotel and Convention Center located in
Ption-Ville, Haiti, will take place the 42nd
Annual Conference of the Association of the Caribbean
University,
Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL).
This is the first time that the conference is taking place in
Haiti and lead organizers Franoise Beaulieu Thybulle,
President of ACURIL 2011-2012 and Executive Director of the
Haitian American Institute, and Dr. Elizabeth Pierre-
Louis, Chair of the local Organizing Committee and Director of
Programs at FOKAL (Fondasyon Konesans Ak Libt
| www.fokal.org ) are spearheading the conference.
Folks will be coming from various parts of the world to attend
the conference, and world acclaimed author
Edwidge Danticat will be the keynote speaker. The theme for the
conference is 365 doors opened on the
technological revolution: economic, cultural, social and
political impacts. The theme plays on the reminiscence of
a beautiful palace built by self-proclaimed King Henri
Christophe in the North of Haiti in 1813. The palace that had
365 doors. The conference will address the digital era and the
consequences of the rapid developments in ICT
(information and communications technology) for the information
profession. It will also focus on the social,
cultural and economic and political aspects of the information
society. Commercial vendors and exhibitorsconfirmed areEbsco,
Springer, Gaylord, System, Link, SirsiDynix, and the National
Archives, the Ministry of Culture,
and local banks are also expected pending their
confirmation.
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About ACURIL:
The Association of Caribbean University, Research and
Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) originated as part of a movement
for
Caribbean cooperation at the university level, initiated in the
late l960s by the Association of Caribbean Universities
(UNICA).
At that moment Sir Philip Sherlock, of the University of the
West Indies, at Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, was its Secretary
General
http://acuril.uprrp.edu/
About FOKAL:
One of the challenges in Haiti is the development of information
in order to give populations access to books and document,
new technologies as well as quality information. FOKAL's focus
on participation to regional and international professional
associations enable it to implement support networks and do
advocacy for this sector at a national level. Access to
information
is FOKAL's third strategic priority.www.fokal.org
ForGeneral Information on the conference:
www.acuril2012-haiti.blogspot.com
For General Information about FOKAL and Friends of FOKAL:
www.fokal.org; www.fokal-usa.org
ForSponsorship from the US email: [email protected] or
[email protected]
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