{"id":98,"date":"2017-07-17T19:16:24","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-dev.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-24T20:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T20:49:37","slug":"2015-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/","title":{"rendered":"25th Annual Mortenson Distinguished Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Dr. Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg<\/h2>\n<p><em> Programme Specialist, Knowledge Societies Division, <em> Communication and Information Sector, <\/em> United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) <\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-557 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2017\/07\/Irmagarda-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/07\/Irmagarda-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/07\/Irmagarda.jpg 433w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Title: Right to Accessible Information for Global Citizenship: UNESCO&#8217;s Programme for Persons with Disabilities<\/h3>\n<p>Tuesday, October 27, 2015<br \/>\n4:00pm CDT<br \/>\nGraduate School of Library and Information Science, Room 126<br \/>\nUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<br \/>\n<a title=\"Lecture Recording\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/lecture_vid\/\"> Watch<\/a><a title=\"Lecture Recording\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/lecture_vid\/\"> th<\/a><a title=\"Lecture Recording\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/lecture_vid\/\">e<\/a><a title=\"Lecture Recording\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/lectures\/2015-2\/lecture_vid\/\"> Lecture <\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"2015 Lecture Program\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/07\/2015_Program.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Read Lecture Program <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to our co-sponsors: The Illini Union Board, the Center for Global Studies, the European Union Center, the Graduate School for Library and Information Science, the Division of Disability Resources &amp; Educational Services, and the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign.<\/p>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-py-1.5 sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black sh-flex sh-justify-between sh-items-center sh-relative\">\n      <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Biography<\/span><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\"> \n          <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id1_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-caret-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id1_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Biography\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id1\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<p>Ms Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg is a programme specialist working at United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Communication and Information Sector, Knowledge Societies Division in Paris, France. She coordinates UNESCO\u2019s projects related to access to information and knowledge for Persons with Disabilities as contribution to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She also works on the implementation of the UNESCO\u2019s Communication and Information Strategy on Media and Information Literacy, and multilingualism in cyberspace, particularly on the promotion and implementation of the normative instrument \u201cUNESCO Recommendation concerning the Promotion and Use of Multilingualism and Universal Access to Cyberspace\u201d and development of UNESCO\u2019s World Atlas of Languages.<\/p>\n<p>She is also involved in UNESCO\u2019s response within the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and Internet Governance Forum (IGF) international cooperation frameworks. During more than ten years at UNESCO, she also carried out a number of projects on HIV and AIDS issues, contributed to research activities and preparation of numerous publications, reports and articles on wide range of issues. Before joining UNESCO in 2002, she worked as Senior Programme Specialist, Department of Information and Informatics, Ministry of Public Administration Reforms and Local Authorities, Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>She obtained her Doctor\u2019s Degree in Humanitarian Sciences, Communication and Information from Vilnius University (2006), Master\u2019s Degree in Information Management (1999) from Vilnius University and Bachelor of Arts degree (1996) from Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). As a visiting researcher, she conducted her research in Lund University (1999), Helsinki University (2000) and Helsinki Technology University (2001). <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-py-1.5 sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black sh-flex sh-justify-between sh-items-center sh-relative\">\n      <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">Abstract<\/span><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\"> \n          <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id2_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-caret-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id2_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"Abstract\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id2\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\u00a0For several decades, UNESCO has been promoting Education for All (EFA) which aims to provide education for all students regardless of their abilities, ethnicity, age, background or gender. Recently, several important research and assessment reports concluded that a number of countries fail to achieve The Millennium Development Goals (MDG), particularly on education, due the limited inclusion of children and students with disabilities in education.<\/p>\n<p>The growing number of ratifications of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN, 2006) and other normative instruments show that countries are committed to ensure and promote full exercise of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities as well as make adequate changes in national legislation, policy and strategies in order to establish a favorable and enabling environment for the targeted interventions of various stakeholders. However, lack of awareness and knowledge about the importance of accessibility to information and knowledge for persons with disabilities by many public and private stakeholders not only limits opportunities to enjoy educational, societal, cultural, political and economic opportunities, but conversely creates more new barriers and obstacles.<\/p>\n<p>As a part of UNESCO\u2019s contribution to the implementation of the UNCRPD, UNESCO recognizes a need to promote the right to information through inclusive and accessible Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). The Organization acknowledges the role and impact of ICT in accessing, creating and sharing information and knowledge. ICT has become an important enabler of the inclusion of persons with disabilities which can help to achieve a disability-inclusive development agenda.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the leading United Nations system organizations, the goal of the presentation is to provide insight into the concrete actions taken by UNESCO to ensure that the right to accessible information for persons with disabilities is respected around the world and to contribute to the full empowerment of persons with disabilities. The presentation will also include introduction of key initiatives, research results, policy and capacity building tools developed by UNESCO as well as future plans within the context of building inclusive knowledge societies.\u00a0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n\n  <div id=\"ui_lib_panel\" class=\"shortcode sh-w-full !sh-border !sh-border-gray-300 sh-drop-shadow-sm sh-mb-2\">\n    \n    <div class=\"shortcode sh-w-full sh-px-3 sh-py-1.5 sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black sh-flex sh-justify-between sh-items-center sh-relative\">\n      <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-base sh-font-semibold sh-no-underline\">In Memoriam<\/span><\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"sh-flex sh-flex-col\"> \n          <div><span class=\"shortcode sh-text-xs sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id3_label\" > expand <\/span><\/div>\n          <div class=\"sh-flex sh-justify-center -sh-mt-1\"><i class=\"shortcode fa-solid fa-caret-down sh-text-xl sh-font-semibold sh-transition sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out sh-bg-neutral-200 !sh-text-black !sh-no-underline ui-lib-coll-pan-id3_arrow\" ><\/i> <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <button type=\"button\" id=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" class=\"shortcode sh-absolute sh-top-0 sh-left-0 sh-w-full sh-h-full sh-bg-transparent focus:sh-outline-none focus-visible:sh-ring focus-visible:sh-ring-orange-700\" data-toggle=\"ui_lib_collapse\" data-target=\".ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" aria-controls=\"ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\" aria-expanded=\"false\" title=\"In Memoriam\"><\/button>\n    <\/div>\n  <div class=\"shortcode sh-text-black sh-block sh-h-auto sh-max-h-0 sh-overflow-hidden sh-transition-max-height sh-duration-500 sh-ease-in-out ui-lib-coll-pan-id3\"  inert>\n      <div class=\"shortcode sh-px-2 sh-py-2\">\n<h3><strong>In Memoriam <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-559 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/64\/2017\/07\/Genieva.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Genieva\" width=\"148\" height=\"148\" \/>\u00a0This year&#8217;s lecture will commence with a memorial tribute to Dr. Ekaterina Genieva (April 1, 1946-July 9, 2015), former Director General of the Margarita Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature, by Marianna Tax Choldin. Dr. Genieva received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2001. Read more about Dr. Genieva through the links below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biography <a href=\"https:\/\/iflasatellitelappeenranta2012.wordpress.com\/speakers\/ekaterina-u-genieva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/iflasatellitelappeenranta2012.wordpress.com\/speakers\/ekaterina-u-genieva\/ <\/a><br \/>\nGordeeva, Katerina.<\/li>\n<li><em> Interview with Dr. Ekaterina Genieva <\/em> , July 10, 2015. <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2015\/07\/10\/we-have-reached-a-point-of-no-return\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> https:\/\/meduza.io\/en\/feature\/2015\/07\/10\/we-have-reached-a-point-of-no-return <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ekaterina Genieva passes away aged\u00a069, July 8, 2015. http:\/\/english.gaidarfund.ru\/events\/24<\/li>\n<li>In memory of Dr. Ekaterina Genieva, July 24, 2015. <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ritmanlibrary.com\/2015\/07\/in-memory-of-dr-ekaterina-genieva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/www.ritmanlibrary.com\/2015\/07\/in-memory-of-dr-ekaterina-genieva\/ <\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em\">Ekaterina Genieva, Russian librarian &#8211; obituary, July 16, 2015. <\/span> <a style=\"line-height: 1.3em;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/11744432\/Ekaterina-Genieva-Russian-librarian-obituary.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/obituaries\/11744432\/Ekaterina-Genieva-Russian-librarian-obituary.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Irmgarda Kasinskaite-Buddeberg Programme Specialist, Knowledge Societies Division, Communication and Information Sector, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Title: Right to Accessible Information for Global Citizenship: UNESCO&#8217;s Programme for Persons with Disabilities Tuesday, October 27, 2015 4:00pm CDT Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Room 126 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Watch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"parent":46,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-98","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4146,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/98\/revisions\/4146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/mortenson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}