[Bp_localcontent] Call, Tuesday 12th August

[Martha Giraldo]

Dear all,

Having participated of today´s local call, I support Michaels proposal. I
really think that this the orientation we should give to the session in
Istanbul : rather than collecting good initiatives (which criteria?) we
should as Stuart summarized, "move from the discussion of what does exist,
into a concluding section on what really should exist, based on what we do
know".

A policy for local content development that considers effective access by
the end user (ultimate goal) is desirable. 

Regards,

Martha Giraldo


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Enviado el: martes, 12 de agosto de 2014 12:51 p.m.
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Asunto: [Bp_localcontent] Call, Tuesday 12th August

Dear Colleagues

Just a quick update on today’s call on local content. Many thanks to
Michael, Glen, Martha, Sylvain and Wale who participated, and Sorina who
hosted.

We managed a quick recap of where we are with regards to the preparation of
the session in Istanbul, and the forthcoming draft being prepared by John
Laprise on local content. 

In terms of subject talk, an interesting point was raised by Michael
regarding ‘needed’ or ‘potential’ policies as opposed to existing ones -
perhaps we have lost a little bit of momentum at this point in the
conversation as a result of there not being that many policies out there for
enabling the creation of local content. It was suggested that maybe the BPF
session in Istanbul could move through a discussion of what does exist into
a concluding section on what really should exist, based on what we do know.

I made several references to the post on the list this week by Alastair at
the European library, and wondered if, as someone who works in the European
library sector, there might actually be a lot more policies out there than
we realise - perhaps we are looking in the wrong place. After all, the EU
has been funding regional programmes on digitising and making available
national content through libraries and archives for many years, as have
Member States. Glen gave us an example from France - EINA, an archiving
organisation - whereby a government mandate allowed EINA to archive French
video and radio broadcasts. This, coupled with Alastair’s comments on the
phrase ‘local content’ not being recognised in his sector, made me think
there might be policymaking going on in the area we are looking at, but just
using different terminology.

Of course, we should not just limit ourselves to the library and archive
sector. Martha shared that in Colombia there are many more experiences to
choose from regarding the production of local content, but there are not
policies driving them - yet they are happening nonetheless. She raised the
need for more articulation in a policy sense, and also referred back to the
difficulty of defining the issue - which made me wonder: if it can’t be done
easily in a group of experts, how easy will it be for policymakers?

We did limit ourselves to about 30 minutes of chat due to a low turnout. In
terms of next steps, Susan and I will confer with John to give you an update
on the draft outcome document, and we’ll also discuss the session format and
panellists and get back to you on that. More soon.

In the meantime, please do not hesitate if anything more springs to mind in
terms of policies, success stories and unintended consequences. All of the
information we can share will be useful for John’s document.

Kind regards,

Stuart

Stuart Hamilton
IFLA Director, Policy and Advocacy
IFLA Headquarters
The Hague
Netherlands

00 31 70 314 0884
stuart.hamilton at ifla.org



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