# Sharon Memis

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'''Sharon Memis''' is a British researcher and administrator who worked for the British Council. She became the [International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)](/source/International_Federation_of_Library_Associations_and_Institutions)'s Secretary General in 2023.

== Life ==
Memis worked for the [British Council in](/source/British_Council) London, India, America and Belgium. She is fluent in French and Spanish.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lison |first1=Barbara |date=16 May 2023 |title=Letter from the President: Welcoming IFLA's new Secretary General, Sharon Memis |url=https://www.ifla.org/news/new-ifla-secretary-general/ |access-date=5 October 2024 |website=IFLA}}</ref> In 2010 she published "Citizen Diplomacy Organizations Throughout The World: Opportunities For Cooperation Roundtable" which included views as the basis for discussion.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Memis |first=Sharon Chair |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EtTmuQEACAAJ&q=sharon+memis |title=Citizen Diplomacy Organizations Throughout The World: Opportunities For Cooperation Roundtable |date=2010 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2021 she was the British Council's Director in America.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Ramey |first1=Lauri |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_5aEAAAQBAJ&q=memis&pg=PA186 |title=Theatres of War: Contemporary Perspectives |last2=Scheyer |first2=Lauri |page=186|date=2021-10-21 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=978-1-350-13292-4 |language=en}}</ref>

She became the IFLA Secretary General in 2023 taking over from Helen Mandl who had been a temporary appointee. Her appointment was announced by the then IFLA President [Barbara Lison](/source/Barbara_Lison).<ref name=":0" /> Lison was succeeded by the Australian librarian [Vicki McDonald](/source/Vicki_McDonald).In October 2023 Memis and [Vicki McDonald](/source/Vicki_McDonald) announced that the 2024 [IFLA World Library and Information Congress](/source/IFLA_World_Library_and_Information_Congress) would be cancelled. This followed a decision by the Emirates Library and Information Association to withdraw their invitation to hold the conference in Dubai.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Gary |date=2023-10-03 |title=Invitation to Host IFLA WLIC (World Library and Information Congress) 2024 in Dubai Withdrawn |url=https://www.infodocket.com/2023/10/03/invitation-to-host-ifla-wlic-world-library-and-information-congress-2024-in-dubai-withdrawn/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Library Journal infoDOCKET |language=en-US}}</ref> That conference was cancelled as there was no immediate offers to host it. The [Mohammed Bin Rashid Library](/source/Mohammed_Bin_Rashid_Library) in Dubai announced that it would be hosting the "First Dubai International Library Conference" in November 2024. Memis was to be one of the speakers.<ref>{{Cite press release |last=Library |first=Mohammed bin Rashid |title=Mohammed Bin Rashid Library Calls All Libraries Experts to Join the First Dubai International Library Conference 2024 From 15-17 November 2024 |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/ae/news-releases/mohammed-bin-rashid-library-calls-all-libraries-experts-to-join-the-first-dubai-international-library-conference-2024-from-15-17-november-2024-302199408.html |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=www.prnewswire.com |language=en}}</ref>

In 2024 the decision was made to hold the 2025 World Library and Information Congress in [Astana](/source/Astana) in Kazakhstan. This followed a successful campaign by the Kazakhstan tourist board to host the first library congress in central Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sakenova |first=Saniya |date=5 August 2024 |title=Astana to Host Central Asia's First Global Library Congress |url=https://astanatimes.com/2024/08/astana-to-host-central-asias-first-global-library-congress/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |work=Asiana Times}}</ref>

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