Presenter: Prof. Carmen M. Santos-Corrada (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suite
Presenters: Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico) and Ms. Christie Mettes (Aruba)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suite
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Conference Registration
Venue: Entrance Convention Center
Set-up Exhibitors and Posters
Venue: Rooms adjacent to Main Conference Hall
Almaluces Figueroa, Kumaree Ramtahal, Ardis Hanson
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
English: Cheryl Peltier-Davis
French: Anne Pajard
Spanish: Jeannette Lebrón-Ramos
Dutch: Ronny Alders
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Chair: Dr. Berthamae Walker (Vice President/ President Elect)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Rapporteur General: Lianne Leonora (Curaçao)
Executive Secretary: Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
Venue: Entrance Conference Hall
IMPORTANT: Kindly please be on time because doors will be closed at 9am sharp.
Michele Brooks, Master of Ceremonies
Astrid Britten, Chair, Local Organizing Committee ACURIL 2019 Aruba
Dr. Armando Lampe, Minister of Education, Science and Sustainable Development of Aruba
Monique Alberts, ACURIL President 2018-2019
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Keynote speaker: Prof. Jesus Lau, University of Veracruz (México)
Moderator: Dulce Maria Nuñez-Collado (Rep. Dominicana)
Rapporteur: Ayanaana Alleyne Cumberbatch (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Important: Nominations from the floor to be placed at the ACURIL Secretariat/Treasure’s table on the Exhibits Pavilion, from June 3, 1:00pm to June 4 12:00 noon.
Deadline: From 1:00pm June 3 to 12.00 noon, June 4.
Place: Executive Secretariat & Treasurer Table
Open all afternoon
Keynote Speaker: Paul Geerders, GO School for Information, The Netherlands
Moderator: Ardis Hanson (Florida, USA); Rapporteur: Ray Ganessing (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Presenter: Eric Kokke (The Netherlands)
Venue: Meeting Room Posters Boulevard
Presenter: Francielle Laclé (Aruba)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Academic Special Libraries and Information Technologies
Chair: Barry Baker (Florida,USA),
Co-chairs: Cheryl Peltier-Davis (Trinidad and Tobago), Anne Pajard (Martinique)
Intellectual Property Rights: considering LAM’s role. Presenter: Arlene Alleyne-Regis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Planning an Audio Digitization Project. Presenter: Laura Perry (Virginia,USA)
The Library’s new role in this new era: a pillar for teaching, learning and research via its literacy programme (IL) – Berbice Campus Library. Presenter: Nalisa Bhagwandin (Guyana)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Archives and Document Management
Chair: Margot Thomas (St. Lucia)
Co-chairs: Lorraine Nero, (Trinidad and Tobago) Izaskun Herrojo-Salas (Dominican Republic)
A Review and Discussion of “Decolonizing the Caribbean Record: An ArchivesReader edited by Jeanette A. Bastian,
John A. Aarons and Stanley H. Gri ns”
Presenter: Margot Thomas (St. Lucia)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
National, Public and School Libraries
Chair: Astrid Britten (Aruba)• Marine Park in Aruba
Presenter: Indra Zaandam (Aruba)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Research in the Information Field / Students Roundtables
Chair: Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Meeting Room Posters Boulevard
Agriculture, Environment and Green Libraries
Chair: Astrid Britten (Aruba)• Aruba, Let’s Plant!
Presenter: Nathalie Maduro (Aruba)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Evidence based practice and continuing professional development
Chairs: Dr. Ardis Hanson (USA), Dr.Elizabeth Pierre-Louis (Haiti) and Jane Smith (Suriname)
Advanced Searching and More in PubMedPresenter: Dr. Ardis Hanson (Florida,USA)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
Virtual Health Libraries in the Caribbean
Chair: Carmen Santos-Corrada (Puerto Rico), Co-Chair: Ayaana Alleyne-Cumberbatch ((Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Conference Hall
Virtual reference services and electronic resources
Chair: Jeannette Lebrón-Ramos (Puerto Rico), Co-Chairs: Kumaree Ramtahal (Trinidad and Tobago) and Mario Torres-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Ethics for digital and social media research: Conceptualizing an information literacy module
Presenter: Lorraine M, Nero (Trinidad and Tobago)
Servicio de Referencia Virtual en bibliotecas del Caribe: El caso de la Biblioteca de Derecho de la Universidad de Puerto Rico
Presenters: Jeannette Lebrón-Ramos and Gretchen M. Carrasquillo-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Meeting Room Posters Boulevard
Musical Entertaiment: Trio Carlos Bislip jr.
Venue: Festival Plaza Renaissance
Venue: Entrance Main Conference Hall
*Exhibitors Pavilion & Caribbean Research Posters Boulevard – open all day
Keynote Speaker: Maaike Toonen
National Library of the Netherlands (The Netherlands)
Moderator: Yosmar Sneek (Aruba)
Rapporteur: Aleesha Chinnia-Benny (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals: The role of special libraries (Jamaica) for a successful implementation
Presenter: Kay-Ann Marshia Miller (Jamaica)
Community Computing: technological tools that promote equitable access to information in communities
Presenter: Gretchen M. Carrasquillo-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Moderator: Erick Toussaint (Haiti)
Rapporteur: Beverly Adams-Baptiste (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
How to Develop Sustainable Collections for your Community
Presenter: Daniel Boivin (Canada)
Perceptions, Constraints and New Thinking Regarding Food Security: Concepts for Information Seeking by Food Security Policymakers in The English-Speaking Caribbean
Presenter: Shamin Renwick (Grenada)
Moderator: Dr. Berthamae Walker (Bahamas)
Rapporteur: Mario Torres-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Keynote Speaker: Marilyn Alcalá-Wallé
Minister of Education, Science, Culture Sports (Curaçao)
Moderator: Cheryl Peltier-Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Rapporteur: Judith Wright (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Keynote speaker: Dr. Armando LampeMinister of Education, Science and Sustainable Development (Aruba)
Moderator: Cheryl Peltier-Davis (Trinidad and Tobago)
Rapporteur: Judith Wright (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Venue: Exhibitors Pavilion
Showcasing how the University of Guyana uses Digital Technology to Empower its Clientele with Special Needs
Presenters: Clyden Harris, Debra Lowe and Simmone LaRose (Guyana)
Supporting Literacy and Lifelong Learning Strategies through Libraries
Presenter: Joy Ysaguirre (Belize)
The Library’s New Role in this New Era: A Pillar for Teaching, Learning and Research via its Literacy Programme (IL)
Presenter: Nalisa Bhagwandin and Simmone LaRose (Guyana)
El movimiento de Informática Comunitaria con el Proyecto ENLACE de la Comunidad de Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Presenter: Jeannette Lebrón-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Conference Hall
Trends in Caribbean Archives, Libraries and Museums, 1: Acurilean Podcasts and Webinars Program
Please note: Bring your own device (laptop, tablet) Podcasts
David A. Drysdale – University of Technology (Jamaica)Erick Toussaint – Fokal Library (Haiti)
Luis Méndez-Márquez – Agriculture Experiment Station, University of PR, Mayaguez Campus (Puerto Rico)
Webinars
Adele Merritt Bernard – University of the West Indies (Jamaica) – English sector
Anne Pajard – University of the Antilles Libraries (Martinique) – French sector
Gretchen M. Carrasquillo-Ramos – University of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) – Spanish sector
Presenter: Dr. Luisa Vigo-Cepeda, ACURIL Executive Secretary
Rapporteurs:
Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas)
Loyda Nieves-Ayala (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Venue: Entrance Main Conference Hall
*Exhibitors Pavilion & Caribbean Research Posters Boulevard – Open all day
Keynote Speaker: Jemi Laclé, Project Manager and
Partnership Lead, Open Data and Analytics, World Bank Group (Washington,USA)
Moderator: Anne Pajard (Martinique)
Rapporteur: Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Keynote Speaker: Laurent Jean Pierre,Ethnobotanist (St. Lucia)
Moderator: Anne Pajard (Martinique)
Rapporteur: Dorcas Bowler (Bahamas)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Developing Symbiotic Partnerships in Cultural Heritage Preservation and Access: A Small Island Case Study
Presenters: Renwick Heronimo and Peter Scholing (Aruba)
Co-production of SDG Data: a Possibility for Academic Institutions to Close the Gap
Presenters: Jocelyne Croes and Ghislaine Nicolaas(Aruba)
Latin American and Caribbean Library Associations Advocacy Actions towards the Inclusion of Libraries in the Ful llment of the SDGs
Presenter: Oscar Saveedra (Mexico)
Moderator: Carmen Santos-Corrada (Puerto Rico)
Rapporteur: Jane Smith (Suriname)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Academic Special libraries and Information Technologies
Chair: Barry Baker (Florida,USA),
Co-chairs: Cheryl Peltier-Davis (Trinidad and Tobago),Anne Pajard ( Martinique)
Creating an income-generating culture for sustainability at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus libraries
Presenters: Beverly Adams-Baptiste, Ayaana Alleyne-Cumberbatch, Ray Ganessingh and Aleesha Chinnia-Benny (Trinidad and Tobago)
EBSCO-Fostering library sustainability through collaboration
Presenter: Allison Providence-Lange(Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Archives and Document Management
Co-chairs: Lorraine Nero, (Trinidad and Tobago)
Izaskun Herrojo-Salas (Dominican Republic)
Sustainable Access to Cultural Heritage: The Indian Caribbean Museum of Trinidad and Tobago
Presenter: Kumaree Ramtahal (Trinidad and Tobago)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
National, Public and School libraries
Chair: Astrid Britten
Sustainable Education Symposium of the Biblioteca Nacional Aruba
Presenter: Ronny Alders (Aruba)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Exhibitors Roundtable Meeting
Chair: Luis Joel Crespo (Puerto Rico) and Lourdes Croes (Aruba)
Venue: Meeting Room Posters Boulevard
Demonstrating Real World Impact through your Institution’s Research
Presenter: Valeria Garcia (Brazil)
Venue: Meeting Room, 5th floor Ocean Suites
Health Literacy
Presenters: Pieter Boot and Lianne Pieters (Aruba)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Green Libraries : From a Municipal Media Library in Toulouse to the Caribbean
Presenter: Agnès Faure (Martinique)
Venue: Meeting Room, 3rd floor Ocean Suites
Hour of Code – A hands-on workshop for Libraries and Librarians
Facilitators: Biblioteca Nacional Aruba with Aruban Education and Tech Partners (Team #HoCAruba)
Please note: Bring your own device (laptop, tablet)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Equal access to the French West Indies heritage: cognitive justice and fair representation
Presenter: Isabel Mette (Martinique)
Venue: Meeting Room Posters Boulevard
Busses will depart 4:30 p.m. to San Nicolas in front of the Renaissance Convention Center
Venue: B.v.d. Veen Zeppenfeldtstraat, San Nicolas
Venue: Entrance Main Conference Hall
Executive Council Election Results, Reports and Resolutions
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Venue: Posters Boulevard
Venue:
Venue: Exhibitors Pavilion
Introducing Emerald Open Research, a new open access publishing platform
Presenter: Valerie Robillard (Brazil)
When Lines Are Down: Celebrating Cuba! and the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC)Collaboration, Solidarity, and Mutual Aid
Presenter: Laurie N. Taylor (USA)Moderator: Davis Drysdale (Jamaica)
Rapporteur: Berthamae Walker (Bahamas)
Libraries: sanctuaries for authentic communication
Keynote Speaker: Professor Cees Hamelink, Professor of International Communications, University of Amsterdam(The Netherlands)
Moderator: Shamin Renwick (Grenada)
Rapporteur: Gretchen Carrasquilo-Ramos (Puerto Rico)
Venue: Main Conference Hall
Register at the Hospitality Desk at the Entrance of the Conference Hall
Please note: Busses will depart at 2.00 p.m. in front of the Renaissance Convention Center
Tour 1: Library visit to Main Library Biblioteca Nacional Aruba in Oranjestad
Tour 2: Heritage visit to Aruba National Archives and Arubiana-Caribiana, the National and Special Collections department of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, in Oranjestad
Tour 3: Museum visit to Aruba National Archeological Museum and Aruba Aloe Museum in Oranjestad
Tour 4: Museum and Library visit to Museum of Industry, Community Museum, Cosecha Creative Center and Library Branch Biblioteca Nacional Aruba in San Nicolas
Venue: Ballroom Renaissance Aruba Convention Center