TUESDAY, 23 AUGUST
09:00-11:30
67. Social Sciences Libraries joint with Information Technology and the UDT Core Programme SI
Theme: "New Communications Options in Use: Focus on Social Sciences"
- Entering The New Market Place: On The Role of Traditional Social Science Information
Providers Within The Internet Community
Hobohm, Hans-Christoph (German Social Science Infrastructure Services, Social Science Information Centre, Bonn -
Berlin)
- El papel de las bibliotecas en el desarrollo de las Ciencias Sociales
Ricardo, Yolanda (Instituto de Literatura y Lingüística, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba)
- Internet: Potencial de Servicios en América Latina
Cabezas B., Alberto (Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), Santiago, Chile
68. Research in Reading
- Investigaciones sobre la lectura en Cuba
Setién Emilio (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Cuba)
- Reading and video in libraries of Israel 1970 1990.
Sever Irene & Shmuel (Haifa University Library Studies, Israel)
- The public library and reading by the masses: Historical perspectives on the USA
and Britain 1850 1900
Sturges Paul (Department of Library and Information Studies, Loughborough, UK)
- Five years of freedom in culture in the Polish Experience
Kolodziesjska, Jadwiga (Instytut Ksiazki i Czytelnictwa, The Book and Reading Institute, Poland)
69. Acquisition and Exchange
Theme: "Social Change: Its Effects on Librarians' Ability to Acquire Materials"
- Problèmes rencontrés pour obtenir la littérature grise
Debackère, Marie Claire (Institut français du pétrole, France)
- The new economic situation and its impact on foreign acquisitions in major Russian
libraries
Kiskovskaya, Galina A. (Rudomino Library of Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia)
- The new economic situation and its impact on the acquisition policy and methods in
Russian libraries
Ershova, Tatiana V. (Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia)
70. School Libraries
Theme: "School Libraries in Cooperation with Other Libraries"
- La biblioteca escolar en Cuba: un recurso para la educatión
Alfonso Chomat Mercedes and Rojas Chomat Idelio (Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba)
- La coopération entre bibliothèques scolaires et bibliothèques publiques et un mot sur les
bibliothèques combinées
Bernard Paulette (École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal,
Montréal, Canada)
71. Latin America and the Caribbean joint with Africa and Asia and Oceania Si
Theme: "Conservation and Preservation"
- Preservación de Archivos Históricos: Planos Arquitectónicos Antiguos de la colección
del Ministerio de Desarrollo Urbano de Venezuela
Jiménez Nancy (Jefe División de Conservación de Obras Antiguas, Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela)
- Other speakers to be announced
72. Government Information and Official Publications joint with Women's Issues
Theme: "Government Programmes and Publications on Women"
- Programas de Gobierno y publicaciones sobre la mujer en Cuba
Verdeses Vázquez Mercedes (Centro de Información y Documentación, Federación de Mujeres Cubanas, La
Habana, Cuba)
- Women in Development: Programmes and Publications of the World Bank, the IDB and the OAS
Ross Donald (Joint Library of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA)
- Programas y publicaciones de las Naciones Unidas sobre la mujer en América Latina y el Caribe
Vera Arendt Carmen (U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,
Santiago, Chile)
72A. INTAMEL
Theme: "Public Metropolitan Libraries and the Free Flow of Information: A Panel Discussion by Librarians"
Session moderator: Hanno Jochimsen (Oeffentliche Bucherhallen, Hamburg, Germany)
Speakers to be announced
73. ROTNAC
73A. Executive Board II
11:30-12:30
74. Guest lecture Series SI
- The role of the national libraries of Latin America in the social and economic evolution of its societies
Betancourt Valverde Virginia (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela)
12:00-14:00
75. Poster Sessions
- La acción del Banco del Libro de Venezuela en la promoción de la literatura infantil
Adugo Alvaro and D'Elia Loly (Caracas, Venezuela)
- La práctica pre-profesional en la formación de los técnicos medios de biblioteca (Pre-professional
practice in the training of library intermediate-level technicians)
Antolí Ruiz (Havana, Cuba)
- Influencia de la biblioteca escolar en la preparación de los estudiantes para una vida sana (Influence
of the school library upon the students preparation for a healthy life)
Maria Cabezas Valdivié Olga (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- Modelo matemático del impacto de una bilioteca vicarial (Mathematical model of the impact at a
vicarial library)
Castellanos Alvarez Juan A. (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- Experiencias de servicio de extensión bibliotecaria en consultorios del médico de la familia (Experiences
of library extension's services in family doctor's offices)
Castellanos de la Paz Fadia, Picard Hernandez Martha and Rosa Oliva Prieto Lilia (Sancti Spiritus, Cuba)
- Juego didáctico recreativo instructivo de la Biblioteca Municipal Hermanos Salz Montes de Oca, de
Consolación de Sur
Castillo Bobadilla Estrella and Santos Gonzalez Gladys (Pinar del Río, Cuba)
- Journal coverage of the European Community: a bibliometric study
Fasick Adele (Toronto, Canada) will present the session prepraed by Sandra da Conturbia and Jane A.
Dood, (Sterling C. Evans Libray-Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA)
- Elementos principals de un sistema de catalogación asistida por computadora (Main compnents of a
computer aided cataloguing system)
Bermello Crespo Luis (Departamento de Información Cientifíco-Técnica, La Habana, Cuba)
- Estado de la Catalogación en Cuba
María Margarita León Ortiz (Biblioteca Nacional "Josée Martí", Havana, Cuba)
- Información actualizada con pocos recursos (Updated information with lower cost)
Elinor Dulzaides Iglesias Maria, Morfa Molina Mirey and Belen González Hernándex Raquel (Facultad
de Ciencias Médicas, Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- Perla: una alternativa para el intercambio de información (Perla: an option for information exchange)
Espinosa Roca Alina and Aneiros Sosa Jesus (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- Extensión bibliotecaria y promoción cultural en zonas del Plan Turquino (región oriental)
Margarita Gamboa Gonzalez Maria (Bayamo, Granma, Cuba)
- Diseno curricular para la formación del técnico medio en bibliología y técnicas documentarias (Curricular
design for the training of librarianship and documentary technique of intermediate level technicians)
Victoria Garcia Mateos Esther (Havana, Cuba)
- Libraries without frontiers (Cooperation among Russian libraries in the promotion of books, education and
culture)
Genieva Ekaterina (Rudomino Library for Foreign Literature, Moscow, Russia)
- El plan lector de cajas viajeras
Gonzalez Viloria Norma (Caracas, Venezuela)
- La función de la biblioteca en un complejo agroindustrial y su evolución
Angela Iglesias Alonso Barbara (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- Presencia de la Biblioteca Provincial de Cienfuegos en el desarrollo sociocultural de su población
(Presence of Clienfuegos Provincial Library in the population's social and cultural development)
Iglesias García Danilo (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- IDRC Library - a catalyst in development information dissemination
Joling Carole (IDRC Centre Library, Ottawa, Canada)
- La promoción de la lectura, ensenanza y experiencias prácticas en la Escuela Nacional de Técnicos de
Biblioteca (Reading promotion. Teaching and practical experiences of the national school of library Technicians)
Deborah Lorigados Fernández Moraima (Havana, Cuba)
- José Martí, valor de una doctrina
Manuel Marchante Castellanos Carlos (Havana, Cuba)
- Algunas experiencias teórico-prácticas de las salas juveniles de bibliotecas de La Habana con ninos y
jóvenes discapacitados y/o sin amparo filial
Marrero Sera Eloisa (Havana, Cuba)
- Las asignaturas humanísticas y su incidencia en la formación del técnico medio en bibliología y técnicas
documentarias (Humanities courses and their incidence in the training of librarianship and documentary techniques
intermediate-level technicians)
De Jesus Martínez Cabrera Roberto (Havana, Cuba)
- Innovaciones en los servicios bibliotecarios móviles de Venezuela
Medina De Silva Milagros (Caracas, Venezuela)
- Can a public library satisfy information hunger of the population? (Russian experience)
Mikhnova Irina (RRC "Bibliomarket Ltd, Moscow, Russia)
- New roles and challenges for information professionals in Africa: implications for continuing education
Mwiyeriwa Steve S. (University of Malawi Libraries, Zomba, Malawi)
- Particularidades pedagógicas del trabajo independiente de la educación superior y experiencias en su
organización en el CDIP del Instituto Superior Pedagógico "Félix Varela", Villa Clara.
Teresa Pablos Munoz Maria (Villa Clara, Cuba)
- Bibliotecología: sciencia o programa de estudios? (Librarianship: a science or an educational programme?)
Fe Pérez Valdés Lilia (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba)
- Do post-graduate students require subject-enhanced bibliographic records?
Pienaar Rae E. (University of Stellenbosch, South Africa)
- La biblioteca escolar y su vinculación con otras instituciones en el municipio de Santa Clara. (The
school library and its relations with other institutions in the municipality of Santa Clara)
Algora Pineda Sonia (Villa Clara, Cuba)
- La promoción de la lectura en los centros de re-educación penal (Promotion of reading in penal re-education
centres)
Quesada Miranda Judith and Silverio Rivero Ilia (Biblioteca Provincial "Martí", Villa Clara, Cuba)
- Experiencia de autoconstrucción de una Biblioteca Escolar Abierta a la Comunidad en el Estado Monagas
Rangel Livio (Caracas, Venezuela)
- Juegos para promover lectura en ninos y jóvenes (Games to promote reading among children and young
people
Reyes Ocampo Rosalia and Ibias González Daysil (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
- La Conservación en la Biblioteca Nacional José Martí (Conservation at the National Library José Martí)
Rodríguez Marcos A., Franco Hevia Kenia and Rodríguez Christina (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba)
- La cultura en Santa Clara vista a través de las publicaciones periódicas que circularon entre 1836-1899
Santa Clara's culture through the periodicals that circulated between 1836 and 1899)
Salgado Moya Clara and Rosa Vazques Diaz Juana (Biblioteca Provincial Martí, Villa Clara, Cuba)
- Online real time weather resources for the librarian on the Internet
Lee Scott Ralph (Greenville, USA)
- El sistema Bibliotecario en su gestión comunitaria (The library system as a community centre)
De La Torres Fernández Clara (Biblioteca Provincial Martí, Villa Clara, Cuba)
- Experiencia para el perfeccionamiento del sistema de información para el abogado en Cuba: productos
y servicios (Experience for the development and perfection of the information to the lawyers. Products and
services)
Caridad Vega Villamil Maria (Havana, Cuba)
- Diccionario bio-bibliográfico de las figuras pinarenas en la cultura Cubana (Biographical and bibliographical
dictionary of the pinarenas personalities in Cuban culture)
Zueva Larisa and Ortega Clara M. (Pinar del Río, Cuba)
12:30-15:00
76. Public Libraries SI
Theme: "The UNESCO Manifesto for Public Libraries"
- The mission of the public library
Abid Abdelaziz (UNESCO General Information Programme, UNESCO, Paris, France)
- The importance of UNESCO's Manifesto for Public Libraries in Colombia
Rodriques Gloria Maria (Network of COMFENALCO Public Libraries, Medellin, Colombia)
- "UNESCO's 1994 Public Library Manifesto". An introduction
Niegaard Hellen (Dir.Libr. Hilleroed Public Library Denmark and chair of the revision working group)
77. Library Buildings and Equipment SI
Theme: "Library Buildings in Latin America"
- Design and construction of a public library as a cultural centre
Espitaleta De Villegas Lina (Biblioteca Luis Angel Arrango, Bogota, Colombia)
- Los Edificios para Bibliotecas en Cuba
Escobar Carballal Sara (Biblioteca Luis Angel Arrango, Bogota, Colombia)
- Evaluation of the Beijing Agricultural University new library building project
Ming-Hua Li (Hangzhou Library, Hangzhou, China)
- From Brain-Storm to the New Central Library of The Hague, Netherlands
Renes Wim M. (Librarian, City Library, The Hague, Netherlands)
78. Geography and Map Libraries
Theme: "Map Collections for Social Development"
- Ecological maps as one of the directions of the maps for the social development
Kotelnikova Natalia E. (Russian State Library) Kotova Tatiana V. (Moscow State University)
- Colecciones de mapas para el desarrollo social en Cuba
Machado Lorenzo Nancy (Biblioteca Geográfica y Mapoteca)
- CD-Atles de Catalunya: Un ejemplo para el uso de la información cartográfica
a partir de un atlas electrónico
Galera Monserrat (Cartoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona)
- Cuba dans la bibliothèque et les publications de la Société de Géographie de
Paris
Simon-Cortez Nicole (Bibliothèque Nationale de Fraince, Paris, France)
79. Education and Training
Theme: "Aspects of LIS Degree Equivalencies"
- Library and information science (LIS) education in Europe. The role of EUCLID in
curriculum development and equivalence of qualifications
Harbo Ole (The Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen)
- Equivalencies in LIS curricula and the aspect of international students gaining admission to US Schools
Daniel Evelyn (School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, USA)
- Setting up a system of certification for French librarians with equivalencies for some other European
qualifications
Laine-Cruzol Sylvie (Uniservité Claude Bernhard, Lyon, France)
- Equivalence of qualifications in Anglo/American countries
Rochester Maxine K (Charles Sturt University, School of Infomration Studies, Riverina, Australia)
- Demands and prospects for an equivalency in the library and information processions and their education
and training
Siitonen Leena (University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA)
80. Libraries for the Blind
Theme: "Supporting Blind People in Education and Employment"
- La formación del ciego como bibliotecario
Fernández Collot Noel (Biblioteca Provincial de Ciego de Avila, Cuba)
- Supporting Blind People in Education and Employment
Kavanagh Rosemary (Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Canada)
- Servicios bibliotecarios para niños impedidosen Uruguay
Toucedo Norma C. (Committee on Literacy of the World Blind Union, Montevideo, Uruguay)
81. University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries
Theme: "Developments in Communication and Document Delivery"
- La Communicacion Academica y la transferencia electronica de documentos en la Red
Universitaria en Cuba
Santos Labourette Maria Cristina (University of havana, Havana, Cuba)
- University Libraries and Scholarly Comunication: Implications for the Melton
Foundation Report
Webster Duane (Executive Director, Association of Research Libraries)
82. Editors of Library Journals
Theme: "The Library Science Journal Publishing Scene in the Latin American Courtries"
- Las revistas bibliotecológicas en Cuba
León Ortiz María Margarita (Biblioteca Nacional "Josée Martí", Havana, Cuba)
- The work of a reviews editor of a small journal
Olden Tony (Thames Valley University)
- Editing a small-scale journal that draws upon Thrid World material
Wise Michael (Department of Library Science, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria)
- To be announced
Mueller Susana (Revista de Biblioteconomia de Brasilia, Brazil)
15:30-18:00
83. Art Libraries
Theme: "Library Collections of Latin America and Caribbean Art Materials Inside and Outside the Region"
- Both Sides of the Fence, Librarian and Curator: Forming a Latin American Library
Collection
Clayton Kirking (Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, USA)
- Aparatos de información del Ministerio de Cultura. Primer acercamiento al estado
actual de las colecciones de arte: América Latina y el Caribe en Ciudad de La Habana
Terry Molinert, Zenaida; Alfonso Piedrahita, Lourdes; Lavin Isax, Verónica; Mier Sauri, Teresa y García Fraga, Michel
- Latinoarte: información sobre arte latinoamericano
Barberena Blasquez Elsa (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, México)
- The Cuba-Florida bridge, 1900-1945: the ephemeral collections of Cuban and US transportation advertisements
in the library collections of the Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach
Findlay James A. (Wolfsonian Foundation, Miami Beach, Florida, USA)
84. Parlimentary Libraries
Theme: "Promoting Greater Understanding of the Parliamentary Library and Its Use by Members of Parliament"
- Building Member Understanding and Support for the Parliamentary
Library
Bannenberg, Nick (Parliamentary Librarian, Queensland, Australia)
- User-Oriented Services: A Feedback Strategy for Gaining Understanding and
Support for the Parliamentary Library
Feliú S., Ximena (Director, Library of Congress of Chile) and Marialyse Délano S. (Consultant, Library of Congress
of Chile
- The Importance of Advertising: The Use of Brochures and Highly Visible Services
To Attract Members' Attention and Encourage Use of the Library
Michalowski, Jacek (Director of the Research and Analysis Office of the Senat of Poland Chancellery)
- Using Automation and Electronic Services To Build Support for the Parliamentary
Library
Celik, Hilmi (Director, Turkish Grand National Assembly Library and Documentation Center)
85. Document Delivery and Interlending SI
Theme: "Regional Cooperation in Interlending and Document Delivery in the Caribbean and Latin America"
- Interlending and document delivery in the Caribbean: the perplexing reality
Ferguson Stephney (Department of Library Studies, University of the East Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica)
- Préstamo interbibliotecario y suministro de documentos en Cuba
Núñez Fina Lydia, Valdés Sanabria Xiomara, Machado Paredes Bertha (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana,
Cuba)
- Interlending and document delivery in South America
Skorbiansky Shirley (Ministerio de Educación y Cultura, Uniersidad de la Republica, Montender, Uruguay)
- Préstamo interbibliotecario entre México y los Estados Unidos
Morales Campos, Estela (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
86. Library Theory and Research
Theme: "Library Research for Social Development"
- Diffusion des résultats de la recherche en sciences de l'information dans trois revues
québécoises
Bernhard Paulette (École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information, Université de Montréal, Canada)
- Investigación bibliotecológica para el desarrollo social
Setién Emilio & Escobar Sara (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Cuba)
- Which institutions are supporting librarianship in developing countries?
Mossadek Birgitta (Research Librarian, Uppsala University Library, Sweden)
87. Children's Libraries SI
Theme: "Children's Libraries and Literature in Cuba"
- La Literatura Infantil en Cuba
Núñez Uncal María del Carmen and González Varela Elsa (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba)
- Las bibliotecas públicas para niños en Cuba
Guerra Pensado Adrián (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba)
88. Science and Technology Libraries
Theme: "Social Barriers to Access of Scientific Information"
- Information Literacy as a Barrier
Ford Barbara J. (Virginia Commonwealth university, Library Services, Richmond, Virginia, USA)
- Linguistic Obstructions to Scientific Information in High Technology Areas
Agrawal, Jagdish C. and Al Mathami, Saud (College of Computer & Information Science, King Saud University, Saudi
Arabia)
- Scientific information can be an under-used commodity
Lau Jesus (ITESM Campus Toluca, Toluca, Edomex, Mexico)
89. Cataloguing
- IFLA Study on the functional requirements of bibliographic record report: theoretical and
practical foundations
Tillett Barbara B. (Cataloguing Policy and Support Office, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA)
- Estado de la catalogación en Cuba
Leon OPrtiz Maria Margarita (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba)
90. Management of Library Associations joint with ROTNAC
Theme: "Membership Services"
- Education and training
Amenu-Kpodo Norma Y. (Commonwealth Library Associations, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies)
- Paying for services provided
Funk Carla (Medical Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
- Regulatory policies, codes and statutory requirements
Haggstrom Britt-Marie (DIK Association, Nacka, Sweden)
- The owl and the hawk: the library between culture and market
Van Der Velde Rudi (NBLC, The Hague, Netherlands)
21:00
91. Cultural Gala Sala Avellaneda, Teatro Nacional
WEDNESDAY, 24 AUGUST
09:00-11:30
92. Statistics SI
Theme: "Statistics in Latin America"
- Library Statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean
UNESCO, Division des statistiques, Paris, France (Speaker to be announced)
- Las Estadísticas en las Instituciones de Información en Cuba: un análisis de la situación
actual
Zaldívar Collazo Modesto (Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo Profesional en Ciencias de la Información
-PROINFO-)
93. Library History
- La historia de las bibliotecas en México: un tema olvidado
Fernández de Zamora Rosa María (Biblioteca del H. Confreso de la Unión, México)
- Expectations and a worthy, respectable position in society: means and aims of
library work within the early labour movement in Sweden
Torstensson Magnus (Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University College of Borás, Sweden)
94. Classification and Indexing
- Tendencias actuales de la Clasificación y la Indización en Cuba
Arencibia, Yolanda (Asociación Cubana de Bibliotecarios)
- Sociological aspects of classification
Riesthuis, Gerhard J.A. (University of Amsterdam)
- El Proceso de Construcción de Tesauros y de Indexación Automatizada de
Documentos Fotográficos en la Biblioteca Nacional del Brasil
Apelian Valerio, Sergio (Jefe del Sector de Clasificación Especial, Supervisor de la Sub área de Indexación del
PROFOTO) Carneiro Alves, Mônica (Bibliotecaria de la División y Supervisora de la Sub-área de Patronización del
Catastro de Autoridad y Revisión de la Indexación del PROFOTO) de Castro Pigozzo, Graziella (Bibliotecaria
Autónoma, Indexadora del PROFOTO)
95. Libraries Serving Multicultural Populations joint with Africa
Theme: "Library Materials in the Threatened Languages of Africa"
96. AV Media SI
Theme: "From AV to Multimedia"
- Copyright: A/V and Electronic Media - An International Dimension
Norman Sandy A. (Acting Assistant Director - Information Technology. The Library Association, London, UK)
- Swedish public libraries and multimedia
Andersson Bibbi (Department of Culture and Education, Stockholm, Sweden)
- De l'Audiovisuel aux multimédias
Giannattasio Mazeaud Isabelle (Département de la Phonothèque et de l'Audiovisuel. Bibliothèque nationale de France)
- Los Audivisuales en la Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid
Pilar Gallego Maria (Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain)
97. National Libraries
Theme: "Twining of National Libraries"
- The cooperation project between the Royal Library-National Library of Sweden and the Biblioteca
Nacional Rubén Darío, Nicaragua
Antonsson Birgit and Pelling Britt-Marj (Royal Library-National Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden)
- The cooperation between the National Library of Australia and the South East Asian and Pacific regions
Horton Warren (National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia)
- Area report: The situation of National Libraries in Latin America
- Presentation of the National Library of Cuba
Terry Mara (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", La Habana, Cuba)
98. Newspapers joint with Serial Publication
- Periódicos Cubanos: Adquisición, Conservación y Acceso
Morales Martínez Teresita and Franco Hevia Kenia (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba)
- Newspaper cataloguing in Germany
Walravens, Hartmut (Berlin State Library, Germany)
- Colección, conservación y difusión de periódicos de la Biblioteca Nacional de
Chile
Schadlich Ursula (Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
99. Children's Literature Documentation Centres
100. User Education
Theme: "User Education and Information Skills Development in Public and School Libraries"
- Formación especial para la educación de usuarios en las bibliotecas
públicas
Setién Emilio (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Cuba)
- Surfing to the global classroom: an exploration of Educational enrichment on the
Internet
Cox Mary Z. (Florida State University, USA)
- Beyond the bibliographic paradigm: User education in the information age
Henri James & Hay Lyn (School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Riverina, Wagga Wagga, New
South Wales, Australia)
- Programas de formación de usuarios para la enseñanza general en Cuba
Grafton Horta Pilar, Alfonso Chomat Mercedes and Díaz Sirgo Soraya (Ministry of Education, Cuba)
11:30-15:30
101. Professional Board II
11:30-12:30
101A. Caucus: France
101B. Caucus: United Kingdom
101C. Caucus: Portuguese-speaking librarians
12:00-14:00
102. Poster Sessions (See list under meeting no. 75)
102A. Parlimentary Libraries Informal Gathering
12:00-15:00
102B. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons SC II
12:30-15:00
103. Rare Books and Manuscripts
Theme: "Preservation and Access for Rare Books in Latin American Libraries"
- Rare books in Latin American libraries
Hallewell Laurence (Columbia University Library,New York, New York, USA)
- Colecciones de libros raros y manuscritos en Cuba
Vega García Olga (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, La Habana, Cuba)
- Novum Regestrum: la integraciónde registros bibliográficas
Hernandez Francesca and Agenjo Xavier (D' de Control Bibliográfico, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain)
104. Open
105. Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries SI
Theme: "Medical Library Developments in Latin Amercia"
- El Sistema Nacional de Información del Ministerio de Salud Pública y su Red de
Bibliotecas Médicas
Hernández Ojito, Jeremías and Oramas Díaz, Jehová (National Center of Medical Science Information, Havana, Cuba)
- Las Redes de Computadoras al servicio de la Bibliotecología Médica: INFOMED, una
experiencia cubana
Urra González, Pedro (Centre of Medical Science Information, Havana, Cuba)
- El sistema regional para información en ciencias de la salud y BIREME
Zaher Celia (Latin American and Caribbean Center of Medical Science Information, BIREME...)
- El Sistema Nacional de Documentación e Información Biomédica (SINADIB) de Venezuela
De Acosta Alecia (Medical Sciences Information Center of the Central University in Venezuela, Venezuela)
Theme: "Library Developments and Strategies for medical Information Delivery"
- ADONIS - For developing countries
Lynn Grant, Sharon (Health Sciences Library, McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
- The Internet and PERUSE: McGill's Health Sciences Information Technology for the 21th
Century
Silva, Marcos (McGill University Libraries, Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
106. Continuing Professional Education
107. Women's Issues SI
Theme: "Women in the World of Information"
- The search for knowledge and the development of information strategies in women's movements
Klasson maj (Department of Education and Psychology, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden)
- How long do women have to wait?
Haavisto Tuula (Secretary General, Finnish Library Association)
- Status of the library women in Japan
Taguchi Yoko (Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan)
- Setting-up a Women's Studies Library
Jacquelyn, Marie (University of California, Santa Cruz, California, USA)
107A. International Association of Law Libraries
Theme: "Family Law: Doctrine and Literature"
Speakers from the Commonwealth Caribbean, Cuba and the United Nations will discuss the United Nations' Year
of the Child
15:30-18:00
108. Government Libraries
Theme: "Government Libraries and the National Political Structure: Roles and Missions"
- Las Bibliotecas gubernamentales en la estructura política nacional: roles y misiones
Fernández Santana Isabel (IDICT) Reyes Varela María Elena (Centro de Información de la JUCEPLAN)
- Las Bibliotecas Oficiales en Colombia
Mosquera León José Gonzalo (Ministerio de Agricultura, Santafé de Bogotá)
- Short comments on the theme by members of the Section
109. Informal Meeting of nordic Public Librarians with other Public Librarians
110. Mobile Libraries
- Mobile libraries in Corsica
Fayret Mireille (France)
- Mobile Library Services
Tate Thelma (Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)
111. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons SI
Theme: "Emancipation through Information"
- Equalizing Opportunity for Disabled Students: the Contribution of the National
Library of Canada and Canadian University Libraries
Bays Diane (National Library of Canada)
- L'émancipation par l'information: le rôle du bibliothécaire d'hôpital et le droit du
patientà l'information
Accart Jean-Philippe (Centre Hospitalier Victor Dufouy, Argenteuil, France)
- A Rewarding Encounter - Mentally Handicapped Adults make Acquaintance with the
Easy-to-ReadBooks and Newspapers
Rosenschöld Lisbeth (LLstiftelsen (Easy-to-Read Foundation) Stockholm, Sweden) and Rosenström Lotta (swedish
National Society for Persons with Mental Handicap, Stockholm, Sweden)
- Prisoners' Right of Access to the Courts: Law Libraries in U.S. Prisons
Lehmann Vibeke Wisconsin Department of Corrections, madson, Wisconsin, USA)
- Empowerment through information: the transfer of control of library services to first nation government in Ontario
Cubberley Maureen (Ontario Library Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
112. Bibliography
- Caribbean Books in print project
Bandara Samuel B. (Library, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica)
- Quality of a national bibliographic service: in the steps of John Whytefeld - an "admirable
cataloguer"
Bryant Philip (Director UKOLN: The Office for Library and Information Networking, University of Bath, United Kingdom)
- Contribución de la Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba a la bibliografía corriente y
retrospectiva
García Carrazana Araceli
Jiménez López, Xonia (Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba)
113. Latin America and the Caribbean SI
Theme: "La Cooperación regional para el desarrollo social, cultural y bibliotecario"
- Library Cooperation for Social and Cultural Development within the Caribbean
Area
Richards Alex (Phillipsburg, Jubilee Library, St. Martin, Netherlands Antilles)
- La Cooperación Regional para el Desarrollo Social, Cultural y Bibliotecario
Córdoba González Saray (Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica)
- La producción Latinoamericana como apoyo al desarrollo de la Región
Ramírez Leyva Elsa M. (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México)
- The Retrospective Conversion of the Handbook of Latin American Studies,
Volumes 1-49
Mundell Sue (Assistant Editor. Handbook of Latin American Studies. Hispanic Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC, USA)
- El enriquecimeinto profesional bibliotecario en el Cono Sur a través de la
cooperación
Maris Fernández Stella (Directora del Centro de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas (CIB). Facultad de Filosofía y
Letras. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
114. Open
115. Performance Measurements
19:00
116. Reception offered by ASCUBI Biblioteca Nacional
THURSDAY, 25 AUGUST
09:00-13:00
116A. Library Tours
117. Workshop: Bibliographic Control CI
Theme: "Follow-up to the First International Seminar on Universal Bibliographic Control, Rio de Janeiro, March
1993"
- Review of the resolutions of the Rio Seminar: what has been and remains to be done
- Discussion of an action plan
118. Workshop: Conservation joint with Latin America and the Caribbean CI
Theme: "Preservation in Tropical Climates"
- La conservación de documentos en Cuba: política de conservación del Archivo Nacional
Franes Luis, Vaillant M. and Lopez R. (Archivo Nacional, Havana, Cuba)
- Mantenimiento de colecciones en biblioteca y archivos: una acción preventiva
Sanchez Chapellin Ramon (División Obras Planas, Bilbioteca Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela)
- To be announced
Garcia Bernarda (Biblioteca Nacional de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela)
- Distance learning for library preservation - a Vosper Fellowship project
Smith Wendy (University of Canberra, Belconnen, Australia)
- The policy of preservation in the National Libraryin Brazil: The tropical climate case studies
Carlos Nunes Baptista Antonio (Fundaçao Biblioteca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
119. Workshop: Education and Training CI
Theme: "LIS Education in the Caribbean and Latin American Countries"
(Followed by meeting with local educators)
09:00-17:00
120. CDNL Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí"
121. Workshop: Art Libraries Museo Nacional palcio de Bellas Artes
Theme: "Libraries as a Bridge between Artist and Society"
- Introduction to the workshop
Van Der Wateren Jan (National Art Library, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK)
- What is the place for documentary videos on artists in the art library?
Dixon Jeannette (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA)
- Library graphic collections in service to artists in Russia
Artamonova Svetlana (Prints Division, Russian State Library, Moscow, Russia)
- Into the 21st century now: the architectural librarian as mediator
Harris Sylvia (Welsh school of Architecture, University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, UK)
- Artists' needs for intellectual access to library materials
Stam Deirdre C. (School of Library and Information Science, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA)
- Museum art libraries as a bridge between the artist and society with special reference to the South African National
Gallery Library
Andersen Josephine (South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa)
- Creative cooperation between librarian and artist
Kolganova Ida (Russian State Arts Library, Moscow, Russia)
- Latin American women artists: discovery and record - a work in progress
Puerto Cecilia (San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA)
- Studies and results of the introduction of a new system of work at the Informational Library of Documentation
"Rodriguez Morey" in the National Museum of Fine Arts
Varela Ferrer Jose Manuel (National Museum of Fine Arts, Havana, Cuba)
122. Workshop: Geography and map Libraries CI Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí"
123. Workshop: Government Information and Official Publications joint with Latin America and the Caribbean CI
Theme: "Second Latin American and the Caribbean Seminar on Government Information and Official
Publications"
Moderator: Rosa María Fernández Zamora (Biblioteca del H. Congreso de la Unión, México, México)
- Documentación de las Naciones Unidas: Importancia de las publicacions de CEPAL
Vera-Arendt Carmen (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile)
- Official publications in the English Caribbean: advances in the OECS sub-region 1992-1994
De Freitas Claudette (Organizatio of Eastern Caribbean States, St Johns, Antigua Aruba)
- Las publicaciones oficiales en Argentina y Chile 1992-1994
Fernandez Stella Maris (Centro de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires,
Argentina)
- El Centro de Documentación de la Gestión Gubernamental de México y su Librería de Publicaciones Oficiales
Pretelin Eduizar Rosa (Centro de Documentación de la Unidad de la Croica Presidencial, México)
- Las publicaciones oficiales en Cuba, 1992-1994
Reyes Varela Maria Elena (Centro de Información Científico Técnica Junta Central de Planificación, Havana, Cuba) and
Vega Garcia Olga (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Havana, Cuba)
- View from the North of the current state of Latin American official publications
Westfall Gloria (Indiana University Library, Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
- Las publicaciones oficiales brasilenas 1992-1994
De Souza Sebastino (Falcudade de Estudos Sociais, Universidad de Brasilia, Brasil)
124. Workshop: Information Technology joint with Science and Technology Libraries, Social Science Libraries and the UDT Core Progarmme SI
Theme: "Telecommunications Options in the '90s"
- Internet Basics
Internet protocols - FTP, mail, remote login, Navigation tools, Gopher, WAIS, Archie, WWW, Mosaic
- Other Communications Options: FidoNet, Packet radio, Satellite
- Options/Issues for Developing Countries
Tallim Paula (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Silva Marcos (McGill University, Montréal, Canada),
Cisler Steve (Apple Computer, USA), Pietrosemoli Ermanno (Latin American School for Networking, Venezuela),
Pimienta Daniel (Fundación Redes y Desarrollo, Dominican Republic), Price David (Oxford University, UK),
Swain Leigh (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada), Perdreau Michel (USA), Mourelos Luis A.
(Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana, Cuba) and Martinez Jesus (CENIAI, Cuba)
125. Workshop: Libraries for the Blind joint with the ALSP Core Programme and the Section on Latin Amercia and the Caribbean SI
Theme: "Assessment of Needs on Library Service to the Visually Handicapped in Latin America and the
Caribbean"
Part I: Country reports describing the library services for the blind in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Jamaica and Mexico
- Informe sobre la situación de las personas ciegas y limitadas visuales en la Repùblica Argentina
Gabriel Godachevich Mariano (Biblioteca Argentina para Ciegos, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
- To be announced
Pires Ivani (Biblioteca Braille, Sao Paulo, Brazil)
- Situación actual de la persona discapacitada visual y los servicios bibliotecarios para ciegos en Chile
Leon Bernadita and Munoz Victria (Biblioteca Central para Ciegos, Santiago de Chile, Chile)
- Library services to the blind in Jamaica
Barton Karen V. (Manchester Parish Library, Jamaica Library Service, Manchester, Jamaica)
- Informe sobre los servicios bibliotecarios para discapacitados visuales en México
Espana Gonzalez Maria Eugenia (Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, Mexico)
Part II
- Seminars on library services to the blind and other print-handicapped people in developing countries: what has
been done by the Section of Libraries for the Blind/IFLA
Kawamura hiroshi (University of Tokyo Library, Tokyo, Japan)
- The experience of cooperation between fundación Braille and other institutions in Latin America regarding production
and lending of special format material to the visually impaired
Toucedo Norma (Committee on Literacy of the World Blind union, Montevideo, Uruguay)
- Paper-making for all
Leach Allen (National Library for the Blind, Bredbury, UK)
- La Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí" y los servicios para discapacitados visuales
Blaco De Los Santos Odisa (Library service to the Visually handicapped, Biblioteca Nacional "José Martí", Havana,
Cuba)
- Addressing the need for materials in Spanish
Herndon James R. and Prine Stephen (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of
Congress, Washington DC, USA)
126. Workshop: Parliamentary Libraries
Theme: "Library, Research and Information Services for the Cuban Parliament"
Chair: Irma Barrera Eriza (Secretary of the Permanent Commission on Education, Culture, Science and Technology
of the National Assembly of People's Power, Havana, Cuba)
- The Cuban Parliament: characteristics, organization and duties
Suarez Mendez Ernesto (National Assembly of People's Power, Havana, Cuba)
- Biblioteca y servicio de información a los parlamentarios cubanos
Pages Hernandez Rita (Library of the National Assembly of People's Power, Havana, Cuba)
- Servicios bibliotecarios y de información brindados a los integrantes de los órganos de base del pder popular
Torrens Valdes Rosa (Documentation Center, Provincial Assembly of People's Power, Havana, Cuba)
- Information on the processes for preparing laws
Ochoa Ramon De La Cruz (Committee on Constitutional and Legal Affairs, National Assembly of People's Power,
Havana, Cuba)
127. Workshop: Public Libraries joint with Libraries Serving Multicultural Populations, School Libraries and Children's Libraries SI
Theme: "Library Services for Young Adults: An International and Multicultural Perspective"
- Political and general aspects: why is it important for public libraries to care for the specific needs of young adults?
Borchardt Peter (Amerika-Gedenkbibliothek, Berlin, Germany)
- Cultural aspects: young adults' libraries and their cultural meaning
Cavadias-Hatzeopoulas Elga (Center for Children's and Adolescent's Books, Athens, Greece)
- Young adult library services in Johannesburg: addressing the needs of teenagers in a multicultural society in
transition
Millward Jenni (Johannesburg Public Library, Johannesburg, South Africa)
- Cooperation and educational aspects: library services for young adults: Norwegian cooperation projects
between public and school libraries
Kjekstad Torny (Norwegian School of management, School of Marketing, Oslo, Norway)
- Cultural variations in defining the young adult
Antonietta Cunha Maria (Brazil)
- Library services and multicultural services to young adults in the UK
Clarke Beverly (Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK)
- Ethnicity and reading interests: a Jamaican perspective
Robinson Cherrell (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)
- Regional reports on young adult services with a focus on services to young adults from cultural/linguistic
minorities
Glashoff Ilona (Hamburger Offentliche Bücherhallen, Hamburg, Germany) and Walsh Molly (Montreal, Canada)
- Summary and discussion by Shirley Fitzgibbons (School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University,
Bloominton, indiana, USA) and Stan Skrzeszewski (ASM Consultants, London, Ontario, Canada)
128. Workshop: Social Science Libraries joint with Management CI Instituto de Literatura y Lingüistica
Theme: "Your Financial Justification of your Strategic Plan"
- To be announced
May James (California State University at Chico, Chico, California, USA)
- Managing change through group processing and creative problem solving
Deiss Kathryn (Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois, USA)
- Managing change through group processing and creative problem solving
Sullivan Maureen (Office of Management Services, Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA)
- other speakers to be announced
129. Workshop: University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries joint with Africa CI Universidad de La Habana
Theme: "Collection Development Needs in the Third World"
Aim: To consider the most appropriate strategies to address collection development needs of university
libraries in the Third World from those recommended by the Allen / Katris report and others
- Taking action to improve academic library resources in developing countries
Allen, Geoffrey G., retired (Curtin University of Technology, Australia)
- Library twinning
Doyle Robert P. (Library Fellows Programme, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Group discussions on recommendations to put in order of priority.
10:00-13:00
130. Rare Books and Manuscripts SC II
131. Document Delivery and Interlending SC II
132. Asia and Oceania SC II
133. Open
134. Statistics SC II
135. Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries SC II
14:00-17:00
136. Government Libraries SC II
137. Open
138. Library Buildings and Equipment SC II
139. Acquisition and Exchange SC II
140. Serial Publications SC II
14:00-18:00
141. Workshop: Document Delivery and Interlending CI
Theme: "Document Delivery via Internet"
- Using the Internet to support interlending and document delivery
Tallim Paula (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)
142. Workshop: Management CI
Theme: "Managing Change"
Chair: Karen Muller (ALA, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
143. Workshop: Public Libraries CI
Theme: "Public Library against Illiteracy"
- Illiteracy and public libraries: an introduction to "Guidelines for Public Libraries Promoting Literacy"
Thomas Barbro (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Literacy in Canadian public libraries: the Alpha Project
Schwenger Frances (Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Canada) and Watson Gladys (Alpha Ontario,
Ontario, Canada)
- To be announced
Barboza Eddie (Comisión de Lectura del Estado Yaracuy de Venezuela, Venezuela) and Gonzalez Viloria Norma
(Fundalectura Organización No Gubenamental de Venezuela)
144. Workshop: Management of Library Associations CI
- Opening
Bender David (Special Libraries Association, Washington DC, USA)
- Presentation of the "Guidelines for the Management of Professional Associations in the Fields of Archives,
Libraries and Information"
Bowden Russell (London, UK)
- Management of professional associations
Bender David (Special Libraries Association, Washington DC, USA)
- La dirección de las asociaciones de bibliotecarios en Cuba
Hernandez Olga (Comité Provincial de la ASCUBI, Cienduegos, Cuba)
145. Workshop: Cataloguing Ci
Theme: "Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records"
Panel Discussion on "Applications of Study for Different Cataloguing Traditions"
Panellists:
- Estivill Assumpcio (escola Universitaria Jordi Rubio i Baluguer de Biblioteconomia i Documentació, Barcelona,
Spain)
- Parent Ingrid (National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)
- Spangen Inger Cathrine (Norwegian School of Library and Information Science, Olso, Norway)
- Witt M. (Médiathèque de la Cité des Sciences, Paris, France)
19:00
146. Reception offered by the Government of the City of Havana Salon de los pasos perdidos, Capitolio Nacional