64th IFLA General Conference
   August 16 - August 21, 1998

1. Core companies
   The National Library of Canada will be giving a presentation on its work in this area in identifying core competencies required by staff for the five to ten years.

2. Client needs in the 21st century
   CHRISTOPHER CHIA (National Library of Singapore)

3. Measuring results of programs
   IAN McGOWAN (National Library of Scotland)

108. Mobile Libraries

Theme: "Mobile Information Systems and Services on Crossroads in the 21st Century: Global Perspectives and Initiatives"

1. The electronic bookmobile and the Internet
   MOUNIR KHALIL (City University of New York, USA)

2. to be announced
   MIREILLE FAYRET (Bibliothèque centrale de pret, Mamoudzou)

3. to be announced
   ROBERT PESTELL (State Library of Queensland, Queensland, Australia)

4. Driving Libraries Toward a Sustainable Future
   DAWN MADDERN (Caloundra, Queensland, Australia)

5. Provision of school library services by means of mobile libraries: the Zimbabwe experience
   La fourniture des services de bibliothèques scolaires au moyen des bibliothèques mobiles . l'expérience du Zimbabwe
   ROBIN W. DOUST (Bulawayo Public Library, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

109. Information Technology

Theme: "Digital Libraries"

1. Global-info: the German digital libraries project
   DIANN RUSCH-FEJA (Germany)and HANS JÜRGEN BECKER (USA)

2. Our Global Networked Cultural Heritage
   CRAIG A. SUMMERHILL (Systems Coordinator and Program Officer, Coalition for Networked Information, Washington D.C.)

3. Technical aspects of digital library development
   YURI E. HOHLOV

4. Cross-domain access to digitized cultural resources: the SCRAN project
   BRUCE ROYAN (Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)

110. Statistics Browsing Session: Public Library Statistics

The 1998 Amsterdam session will focus on the Statistics of School Libraries and Services to Children, in liaison with these Sections. Space will be provided for conference attendees to bring national published statistics from their own countries so that colleagues from other countries can "browse" through them informally. Previous sessions have concentrated on statistics published annually. This year this is extended to cover "one-off" statistical surveys since these are more common for school and children's libraries. Persons displaying statistics will speak for 3-5 minutes to introduce the statistics they have brought. The session is aimed primarily at people interested in library statistics as well as those who are primarily school or children's librarians.

111. Copyright and other Legal Matters - Open Forum

15:00-17:30

Theme: "Direction at the Crossroads: Integrating Information Skills into a Changing Curriculum"
1. Faculty - librarian collaboration in building the curriculum for the millennium - the US experience
   La collaboration entre professeurs et bibliothécaires dans l'élaboration d'un programme d'études pour le millénaire: l'expérience aux Etats-Unis
   Zusammenarbeit zwischen Lehrkörper und Bibliothekar bei der Erstellung des Curriculums der Jahrtausendwende - Erfahrungen aus den USA
   La colaboración entre el personal docente e investigador y los bibliotecarios a la hora de elaborar planes de estudios para el próximo milenio - la experiencia en los Estados Unidos
   HANNELORE B. RADER (Ekstrom Library, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA)

2. Information need and information seeking behavior of scholars at a Turkish university
   Informationsbedarf und Informationsbeschaffung von Wissenschaftlern an einer türkischen Universität
   Necesidades de informacion y comportamientos para la busqueda de informacion entre los estudiosos en una universidad Turca
   NAZAN UCAK and SERAP KURBANOGLU (Department of Library Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey)

3. Integration of Information Skills In Problem Based Curricula
   L'Integration des Techniques de l'Information dans le Cursus Base sur les Problemes (PBL)
   Integracion de las Destrezas en Acceso y Uso del la Informacion en los Planes de Estudio Basados en Problemas
   TEDDY OKER-BLOM (Helsinki, Finland)

113. Libraries for Children and Young Adults SI

Theme: "The Right of the Child to Information"
1. The right of the child to information and its impact on children's libraries
   Das Recht des Kindes auf Information und seine praktischen Auswirkungen auf Kinderbibliotheken
   [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1300K]
   MARIAN KOREN (Dutch Association of Public Libraries, The Hague, Netherlands)

2. Youthful media cultures: chances and challenges for librarians
   [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1098K]
   KIRSTEN DROTNER (Centre for Child and Youth Media Studies, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark)

3. CHILIAS - The European virtual children's library on the Internet - a new service to foster children's computer literacy
   [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 1100K]
   INGRID BUSSMANN (City Library Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany) and BIRGIT MUNDLECHNER (Central Children's Library and Media Centre, Stuttgart, Germany)

114. Preservation and Conservation

Theme: "Permanent Paper"
1. The rationale of permanent paper
   Le papier permanent : une idée raisonnable
   ROLF DAHLØ (Riksbibliotekjenesten, Oslo, Norway)

2. Standards for permanent paper
   Normes Pour Le Papier Permanent
   Las normas para papel permanente
   IVAR A. L. HOEL (Royal School of Librarianship and Information Science, Copenhagen, Denmark)

3. Permanent paper and the brittle book problem in Hungary
   Papier permanent et problèmes de livres fragiles en Hongrie
   Papel Permanente Y El Problema De Los Libros Quebradizos En Hungría1.
   BEATRIX KASTALY (Newspaper Preservation Department, National Széchényi Library, Budapest, Hungary)

4. A papermaker's view of the standard for Permanent Paper: ISO 9706
   Le point de vue d'un papetier sur la norme pour le Papier permanent, ISO 9706
   INGA-LISA SVENSSON (MoDo Paper AB, Research and Development, Ornsköldsvik, Sweden) and YLWA ALWARSDOTTER (Stora Fine Paper AB, Nymölla, Sweden)

115. Social Sciences Libraries SI

Theme: "Libraries in Support of Education"
1. A network of educational libraries in the Nordic-Baltic countries
   EMILIJA BANIONYTE (Lithuania)

2. Educational libraries in Cambodia and Vietnam
   JOHN D'AMICANTONIO

3. National library of education: services of the US National Library of Education
   to be announced

4. Educational libraries in the Netherlands
   (Representative from the Dutch Ministry of Education)

116. Newspapers

Theme: "Newspapers in Eastern Europe"
1. New Russian-language newspapers in Berlin
   WALTER ANDREESEN (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

2. Estonian newspapers past and present
   LEIE JUHA (National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia)

3. Hungarian Press in the Last Ten Years - Overview 1987/97
   ELIZABETH GAZDAG and ANIKÓ NAGY (Széchényi Országos Könyvtar, Budapest, Hungary)

4. Russian newspapers past and present
   speaker from Regional Library of Ajazan, Russian Federation)

117. Audiovisual and Multimedia

Theme: "Audiovisual and Multimedia Services for the Users"
1. The Image of Libraries in the Internet
   MONIKA CREMER (University Library of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)

2. L'archivage audivisuel en Hollande: structure et projets
   ROBERT EGETER VAN KUYK (Netherlands Audiovisual Archive, Rijkswijk, Netherlands)

3. La modernisation de la bibliothèque publique hollandaise et l'influence du non-livre
   JOHN VALK (Rotterdam Public Library, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

4. New initiative to improve the user service and preservation of the collection at Discoteca di Stato - the Italian Sound Archive - in Rome
   CARLA MARIA SOTGIU (Discoteca di Stato, Rome, Italy)

5. Emerging developments of AV and multimedia use in national and academic libraries in Kenya
   Premiers développements de l'utilisation de l'audiovisuel et du multimedia dans les bibliothèques nationales et d'enseignement au Kenya
   JOYCE AGALO (Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya)

118. Editors of Library Journals

Theme: "Critical Issues Facing LIS Journals"
1. Critical issues facing LIS journals: a reader's view
   MAURICE B. LINE (Chair, Editors of Library Journals, Harrogate, UK)

2. Critical issues facing LIS journals: a publisher's view
   Questions critiques concernant les périodiques de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information : le point de vue d'une maison d'édition
   LINDA HAJDUKIEWICZ (Bowker-Saur, London, UK)

3. Critical issues facing LIS journals: an author's view
   Questions critiques concernant les périodiques de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information : le point de vue d'un auteur
   PETER LOR (State Library, Pretoria, South Africa)

4. Critical issues facing LIS journals: an editor's view
   Questions critiques concernant les périodiques de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information : le point de vue d'un éditeur hongrois
   PETER SZANTO (National Technical Information Centre and Library, Budapest, Hungary)

Evening

Theme: "On Crossroads of Information and Culture: Women's Roles in a Diverse and Dynamic World"
1. to be announced
   JOKE BLOM (International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

2. Women's development and information on women in Korea
   YOUNG JOO PAIK (Korean Women's Development Institute, Information and Publication Division, Seoul, Korea)

3. [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 512K]
   LIUDMILA ANATOLIEVNA GLINSKICH (Ekaterina City Library System, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation)

4. to be announced
   OBADIAH T. MOYO (Rural Libraries and Resources, Development Programme, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

5. The professional woman in Morocco: barriers and prospects
   MIMOUNE MOKHTARI (Ecole des Sciences de l'Information, Rabat, Morocco)

123. Education and Training

Theme: "Library and Information Science Education and the Electronic Environment"
1. Knowledge management: the discipline for information and library science professionals
   DENIS F. REARDON (School of Information Studies, University of Central England in Birmingham, Birmingham, UK)

2. Updating reference 101: free searchable bibliographic tools on the Web
   SUSAN S. LAZINGER (School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel)

3. A conceptual model for designing and delivering distance education in library and information science education in Estonia
   SIRJE VIRKUS (Department of Information Studies, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Tallinn, Estonia)

4. Migrating to the electronic learning environment: prospects for library and information science distance learners in India
   UMA KANJILAL (Faculty of Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India)

5. The bibliographical structure of fan information
   CHRIS HART, MICHAEL SHOOLBRED, and DAVID BUTCHER (School of Information Studies, University of Central England in Birmingham, Birmingham, UK)

124. Libraries for the Blind

Theme: "Overcoming the Barriers of the Virtual Library: Linking Communities, People and Service"
1. Creating a structure of digital library services to the visually impaired in the Netherlands
   MARTEEN VERBOOM and THEO WALRAVEN (Centre of Spoken Literature, Grave, Netherlands)

2. Disability information resources: an accessible Website building merges DAISY on the Internet
   HIROSHI KAWAMURA (Information Center/JSRD, Tokyo, Japan)

3. Preparing for the millennium: linking libraries for the print-disabled
   ROSEMARY KAVANAGH (Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Toronto, Canada) and MICHAEL MOODIE (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA)

4. Rights versus Rights: when copying is not copying
   DAVID MANN (Royal National Institute for the Blind, Peterborough, UK)

125. Management and Marketing SI

Theme: "Intellectual Capital"
1. Marketing action planning: the untold story
   ALICE CALABRESE (Chicago Library System, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2. Intellectual capital: auditing the people assets
   HAZEL DAKERS (Consultancy Services, British Library, London, UK)

3. Information-driven management: concepts and themes - a toolkit for librarians
   MICHAEL KOENIG (Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, USA)

4. Marketing library services in Cuba
   XENIA JIMENEZ LOPEZ (Biblioteca Nacional Jose Marti, Havana, Cuba)

126. Cataloguing

Theme: "Library Catalogues: Responding to User Needs"
1. The Anglo-American cataloging rules and their future
   Les Règles de catalogage anglo-américaines et leur avenir
   Die Anglo-Amerikanischen Katalogisierungs-Regeln und ihre Zukunft
   Las Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules y su Futuro
   RALPH MANNING (National and International Programmes, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)

2. Cataloguing vs metadata: old wine in new bottles?
   Catalogage et métadonnées : du vin vieux dans des bouteilles neuves?
   Katalogisierung / Metadaten: Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen?
   Catalogación versus metadata: vino viejo en odres nuevos?
   STEFAN GRADMANN (PICA, Leiden, Netherlands)

3. User benefits from a new bibliographic model: Follow-up of the IFLA functional requirements study
   Bénéfices pour l'utilisateur d'un nouveau modèle bibliographique : suite à l'Etude IFLA sur les Exigences Fonctionnelles
   Vorteile für Benutzer durch ein neues bibliographisches Modell: Auswertung der IFLA-Studie „Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records"
   Beneficios para el usuario derivados de un nuevo modelo bibliográfico: seguimiento del estudio de la IFLA sobre los requerimientos funcionales
   DAN MATEI (CIMEC Institute for Cultural Memory, Bucarest, Romania) and PETER NOERR (EduLib, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA) representing the ELAG (European Library Automation Group) Discussion Group

4. Acces en Ligne du Public et Gestion des Ressources Documentaires, un Role Nouveau pour les Fichiers d'autorites des Agences Bibliographiques Nationales dans les Catalogues Locaux : L'experience de la Bibliotheque Publique de Fresnes
   Public Online Access and Management of Documentary Resources: A New Role for Authority Files from National Bibliographic Agencies on Local Catalogs: The Experience of the Fresnes Public Library
   Öffentlicher Online-Zugriff und Dokumentverwaltung, eine neue Aufgabe für die nationalbibliographischen Normdateien in lokalen Katalogen - Die Erfahrungen der Öffentlichen Bibliothek in Fresnes
   Acceso en línea para el público y gestión de los recursos documentales, un papel nuevo para los ficheros de autoridades de las agencias bibliográficas nacionales en los catálogos locales : experiencia de la biblioteca pública de Fresnes
   THIERRY GIAPPICONI (Bibliothèque municipale de Fresnes, Fresnes, France)

08:30-10:50

Programme not received.

128. Open

129. Guest Lecture III

1. La liberté d'expression et l'accès à l'information dans le contexte conflictuel Algérien
   
2. Freedom of Expression and Access to Information in the Conflict Situation in Algeria
   AHMED ANCER (Journalist for El Watan (algeria) currently residing in Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

12:00-14:00

See list under meeting 104.

12:00-14:30

Theme: "Reading Promotion and Information Technology"
1. Lecture et documents électroniques
   Reading skills and electronic
   CLAUDE MORIZIO (Institut Universitairé de formation des maitres, Jaunay-Clan, France)

2. Children's paperless projects: inspiring research via the Web
   DANIA BILAL and JINX WATSON (School of Information Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA)

3. Internet resources for reading promotion
   LAUREL ANNE CLYDE (Department of Library and Information Science, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland)

4. School librarians, teachers and students facing together the challenge of literacy in the information society: the case of the European project CHILIAS
   ALEXANDRA PAPAZOGLOU (Hellenic American Educational Foundation, Athens, Greece)

132. Rare Books and Manuscripts

Theme: "Books and Manuscripts in 17th Century Europe: Uppsala, Amsterdam, Rome, Dublin"
1. Codex Argenteus. From Ravena to Uppsala. The wanderings of a Gothic manuscript from the early 6th century
   LARS MUNKHAMMAR (Uppsala University Library, Uppsala, Sweden)

2. Archbishop Narcissus Marsh and the foundation of the first public library in Ireland
   MURIEL MCCARTHY (Librarian Marsh's Library, Dublin, Ireland)

3. Medieval and modern manuscripts: considerations about cataloguing and delivery in Italian libraries
   FRANCESCA NIUTTA (Dipartemento Manuscritti e Rari, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Rome, Italy)

4. Surreptitious printing in early modern Amsterdam: a survey and analysis from the University of Illinois' collections
   BARBARA JONES (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA)

133. Government Information and Official Publications

Theme: "Government Information and Official Publications as a Resource for Researchers"
1. The Leopard that Changed it's Spots: Official Publications as a Research Tool in an Evolving Information Environment
   MYOUNG CHUNG WILSON (Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA)

2. Le Système d'Échange International d'Alexandre Vattemare (1796-1864) à l'Origine d'Un Trésor pour les Historiens: le Fonds de Publications Officielles Étrangères de la Bibliothèque Administrative de la Ville de Paris
   Alexandre Vattemare's International Document Exchanges and the Collection of Foreign Official Publications of the Bibliothèque administrative de la Ville de Paris: a Historian's Treasure Trove
   PIERRE-ALAIN TILLIETTE (Bibliothèque administrative de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France)

3. Official publications for readers in the Russian State Library: resources and needs
   TAMARA A. VASSILIEVA and EMMA A. VOSKONIAN (Russian State Library, Moscow, Russian Federation)

4. Between Governments and Researchers: OECD Information, a Two-Way Flow
   PETER RAGGETT (Central Library, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France)

134. Statistics SI

Theme: "Statistics for the Modern Age"
1. UK special library statistics: the challenge of collecting and analyzing data from libraries in the workplace
   Les Statistiques des Bibliothèques Specialisées au Royaume-Uni Recueillir et Analyser les Données Statistiques Des "Bibliothèques Professionnelles" : Un Véritable Défi
   Spezialbibliotheksstatistik im Vereingten Königreich: Die Herausforderung, Daten in Bibliotheken am Arbeitsplatz zu Sammeln und zu Analysieren
   DAVID SPILLER (Library and Information Statistics Unit, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK)

2. A decade of experience in measuring academic database use
   Ein Jahrzehnt Erfahrung im Messen von akademischem Datenbankgebrauch
   HARRY EAST (Department of Information Science, City University, London, UK)

3. Progress report on the LIBECON project for databases of European library statistics
   PHILLIP RAMSDALE (Institute of Public Finance, UK) and DAVID FUEGI (Colchester, UK)

4. Progress report on the revision of International Standard: ISO 2789
   AASE LINDAHL (Odense University Library, Odense, Denmark)

135. Library Buildings and Equipment SI

Theme: "New Trends of European Library Buildings"
1. Twenty years of public library buildings in Flanders, 1978-1997
   MARC STORMS (Flemish Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres Association, Antwerp, Belgium)

2. Libraries and fascination: on interior design
   SVEN NILSSON (Malmö, Sweden)

3. Raumbedarfsplanungen für Universitätsbibliotheken in Ostdeutschland : Flächenrichtwerte für Universitätsbibliotheken und einige aktuelle Beispiele
   A Plan to enhance University Libraries in former Eastern Germany : current Standards for Space in a University Library and actual Examples
   INKEN FELDSIEN-SUDHAUS (University Library, Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany)

136. Continuing Professional Education

1. Continuing education surveys produce more questions than answers
   Les sondages sur le programme d'études de l'éducation continue apportent plus de questions que de réponses
   RUTH HAFTER and BLANCHE WOOLLS (School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA)

2. Distance education in Library and Information science studies: administrative issues and implications from a pilot study on power and status among recent graduates
   BROOKE E. SHELDON (Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA)

15:00-17:30

1. The model library project: a way to implement the UNESCO Public Library Manifesto
   Le projet de la Bibliothèque Modèle : une voie pour concrétiser le Manifeste public de l'UNESCO
   Das „Projekt Modellbibliothek" - Ein Weg Zur Verwirklichung Des „Public Library Manifesto" Der UNESCO
   KERSTIN HASSNER (Ljusdal Kommun Kansliet, Ljusdal, Sweden)

2. Libraries and national information policies and/or national IT strategies - a survey
   Bibliothèques et Politiques Nationales en Matière d'Information et/ou Strategies Nationales en Matière de Technologie de l'Information - Étude
   HELLEN NIEGAARD (BTJ Denmark Ltd., Copenhagen, Denmark)

3. Measurement and evaluation of public libraries
   Mesures et évaluation des bibliothèques publiques
   Leistungsmessung und Evaluation von öffentlichen Bibliotheken
   BEVERLY LYNCH (Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA)

4. Public library standards for the 21st century: what can IFLA do?
   PHILIP GILL (Coventry, UK)

138. Library History

Theme: "Aspects of Library History in the Low Countries and the United States"
1. A brief overview of Dutch library history
   PAUL SCHNEIDERS (Bussum, Netherlands)

2. Libraries in Dutch-speaking Belgium
   LUDO SIMONS (Central Library, University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium)

3. Homosexuality and libraries in the United States: home of the free, but not home to the gay
   Homosexualität und Bibliotheken in den USA: Land der Freien, Aber Kein Zuhause Für Homosexuelle
   JAMES V. CARMICHAEL, JR. (University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, USA)

4. Fractured window on the world: perspectives on other countries in small US public libraries of the 1950s
   WAYNE WIEGAND (University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA)

139. Government Libraries

Theme: "Privatisation and Government Libraries: An Overview"
1. A review of privatisation
   EDWARD J. VALAUSKAS (Internet Mechanics, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

2. Much pain, little gain: privatisation and UK government libraries
   SUZANNE BURGE (Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, London, UK)

3. Providing Outsourced Internet Services to a Government Agency
   NANCY R. JOHN (Library, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

140. Asia and Oceania

Theme: "Recent Developments in Asia-Pacific Libraries and Library Education"
1. Library network of the Asian part of Russia: readiness for cooperation
   BORIS S. ELEPOV, ELENA B. SOBOLEVA, OLGA P. FEDOTOVA and ELENA B. ARYEMEVA (State Public Scientific-Technical Library, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation)

2. Analysis of undergraduate LIS curricula in Thailand
   TASSANA HANPOL (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangkok, Thailand)

3. Perceptions of LIS education and training in Sri Lanka
   PRADEEPA WIJETUNGE and JONATHAN WILLSON (Central Library, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka)

4. Distance education in library and information science in Asia and the Pacific region
   CHUTIMA SACCHANAND (Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Pakkred, Nonthaburi, Thailand)

141. Bibliography SI

Theme: "Trends in Bibliography"
1. Bibliographic control in the Netherlands
   Le contrôle bibliographique aux Pays-Bas
   Bibliographische Kontrolle in den Niederlanden
   KEES VAN DEN BERG (Royal Library, The Hague, Netherlands)

2. Statistische Auswertung Nationalbibliographischer Daten
   Feasibility of exploiting bibliometric data in European national bibliographic databases
   Exploitation statistique des bases de données bibliographiques nationales européennes : étude de faisabilité : le Projet européen CoBRA-METRIC.
   UTE SCHWENS (Dienstleistungen und Archivierung, Die Deutsche Bibliothek, Frankfurt am Main, Germany)

3. Présentation d'une bibliographie de bibliographies des sciences de l'information : "International Bibliography of Bibliographies in Library and Information Sciences and Related Fields", volume 2, 1979-1990
   Presentation on International Bibliography of Bibliographies in Library and Information Science and Related Fields volume 2. 1979-1990.
   Presentación de una bibliografía de bibliografías en ciencias de la información: International Bibliography of Bibliographies in library and information Science and Related fields volume 2, 1979-1990
   MARIA WITT (La Vilette, Cité des Sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France)

4. Remote access electronic serials and the National Library of Norway
   Les périodiques électroniques accessibles à distance et la Bibliothèque Nationale de Norvège
   Der Zugriff von außen zu elektronischen Zeitschriften und die Norwegische Nationalbibliothek
   ANNE M.H. LANGBALLE (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)

142. Document Delivery and Interlending

Theme: "Electronic Publishing and the Transformation of Document Delivery and Interlending"
1. Electronic publishing: current state and future trends
   JAMES H. NEAL (Milton S. Eisenhower Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

2. From document delivery and interlending to document access and interlibrary collection
   LARS BJOERNSHAUGE (Technical Knowledge Center of Denmark)

3. Document delivery and interlending: the potential of electronic publishing as evidenced by the ARL ILL/DD performance measures study
   MARY E. JACKSON (Access and Delivery Services, American Association of Research Libraries, Washington DC, USA)

Evening

20:00-22:00

Theme: "Art Libraries at the Crossroads"
1. Los Bibliotecarios y las Bibliotecas de Arte Frente al Reto de Internet
   ALICE GARCIA MEDINA (Instituto Patrimonio Historico Espanol, Madrid, Spain)

2. Digital image libraries: technological advancement and social impact in the teaching of art and architectural history
   ANGELA GIRAL (Avery Library, Columbia University, New York, USA)

3. The role of the art librarian as curator and publicist
   DIEDRE LAWRENCE (Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, USA)

4. Museum libraries in the Netherlands: from hidden treasures to treasured information centres
   MICHIEL NIJHOFF (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

5. Kaleidoscopic classifications: redefining information in a world cultural context
   BARBARA MATHE (American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA).

6. Presentation of The DutchESS Guide to Quality Information
   MAGGY WISHAUPT (Royal Library, The Hague)

7. Presentation of Periodata (1477-1648)
   GERRIT DROST

The programme will be concluded by an introduction to the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum Interactive Multimedia System and a visit to the library.

146. Document Delivery and Interlending: Workshop

Theme: "Document Delivery and Interlending in Developing Countries"
1. From idea to IFLA project
   NIELS MARK (State and University Library, Arhus, Denmark)

2. From start to now - and what is next?
   RUTH KONDRUP (State and University Library, Arhus, Denmark)

3. The technical situation - challenge and solution
   KNUD ERIK SKOUBY (Centre for Tele-Information, University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark)

4. The project seen from the development agency's point of view
   ANJA MOLLER RASMUSSEN (DANIDA, Copenhagen, Denmark)

5. What has been happening in Ghana?
   S.N. AMANQUAH (Balme Library, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana)

6. Perspectives from the project: is it possible to use the model elsewhere in the world?
   speaker to be announced

The presentations will be followed by a discussion led by Lone Hansen (Danish National Library Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark)

147. Education and Training: Workshop      OFF-SITE

Theme: "Reciprocity of Qualifications and Standards for Library and Information Science Education"
1. Professionalization: education and job market

2. The ECTS system of NUFFIC

The above presentations will be followed by a meeting of the European Association for Library and Information Education and Research/EUCLID meeting.

The programme will be concluded with presentations of local institutes: the University of Amsterdam and Hogeschool van Amsterdam

148. Government Information and Official Publications joint with Newspapers: Workshop         OFF-SITE

Theme: "The Use of the Internet to Access Government Information and Information about Governments"

The workshop is planned to be a hands-on workshop for 40 participants offering guided tours of major sites and practical experience in their use.

1. Web sites of governments, parliaments, and international organizations
   HELEN M. SHEEHY (Pattee Library, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA)

2. Newspapers and periodicals on the Internet as sources of information about government activities: major Western sites, Eastern European sites, electronic versions of official gazettes
   GEOFF SMITH (Modern Collections, British Library, London, UK)

149. Libraries for the Blind joint with Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons: Workshop

Theme: "Readers with Special Needs: Their Library Service Needs and Experiences"
1. The Implications for a Public Library Service of the Disability Discrimination Act and the Needs of Special Users
   CATHY EVANS (Libraries Department, County Hall, Worcester, UK)

2. The information needs of the deaf blind reader
   SATOSHI FUKUSHINA (University of Kanasawa, Kanasawa, Japan)

3. Large print in the Netherlands
   MARIJ SCHOLS (Nederlandse Luister and Braillebibliotheek, The Hague, Netherlands)

4. Les lecteurs déficients visuels dans les bibliothèques publiques: l'exemple de la salle Louis-Braille à la mediathèque de la cité des sciences et de l'industrie. Paris
   MARIE-PIERRE TALLEC (Mediathèque de la Cité des Sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France)

5. Reading representatives: A model which creates reading opportunities despite severe reading disabilities
   Lesebeauftragte: ein Modell für Lesemöglichkeiten trotz schwerer Lesebehinderung
   LOTTA ROSENSTROM (Swedish Easy-to-Read Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden)

6. Current Situations and Issues of the Deaf-Blind Community in Japan
   SHIN KADOKAWA (Japan Deaf-Blind Association, Teto-Teto House Workshop for the Deaf-Blind, Japan)

7. The Contribution Of Public Libraries To Higher Education Opportunities For The Socially And Economically Deprived In Rural Societies
   JOE D HENDRY ( County Heritage Services Officer, Cumbria, United Kingdom)

The presentations will be followed by a panel session with the above-listed speakers and with audience participation.

150. Library History joint with Information Technology co-sponsored by Hebraica Libraries Group (UK)/Association of Jewish Librarians (USA): Workshop

Theme: "Amsterdam: Crosscurrents on Judaica Publishing and Librarianship: A Workshop for the Times"
1. The early printed Passover Haggadah: a tale of four cities - Prague, Mantua, Venice, Amsterdam
   NANETTE STAHL (Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut, USA)

151. (Open)

152. (Open)

153. Reading: Workshop

Theme: "Literacy and Reading Services to Cultural and Linguistic Minorities"

The goal of the workshop is to bring together experts to explore the kinds of programmes being used to encourage literacy and promote reading among children and newly literate adults. The objective is to have participants produce guidelines for planning successful projects.

1. Expanding the literacy of linguistic minorities: coping skills and successful transition across discourse communities
   CLARA M. CHU (Department of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA)

2. In librarianship professionalism is the condition for success
   SILVA NOVLJAN (National and University Library, Slovenia)

3. Building a literate environment: using oral-based reading materials to facilitate literacy
   REBECCA KNUTH (Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii, USA)

4. Electronic publishing and minority languages: the contribution to reading
   Les Langues Minoritaires et d'Édition Électronique: La Contribution a l'Instrution
   GERAINT EVANS and JANE DEL PIZZO (Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)

5. Producing and promoting children's books in a minority language: the Welsh experience, 1950-1998
   GWILYM HUWS ((Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)

6. Literacy in two languages: the best of both worlds
   MAUREEN WHITE and JUDITH MARQUEZ (School Library and Information Science Program, University of Houston, Clear Lake, USA)

All day

08:30-12:30

Theme: "New Initiatives in Curating Books and Manuscripts"

1. The cataloguing of manuscripts and special collections: data management and data input standards
   MARCO BERETTA (Maison d'Italie, Cité Universitaire, Paris, France) and ANDREA SCOTTI (Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Firenze, Italy)

2. Three-dimensional reproduction of rare books and manuscripts: Cult 3D
   ANDRZEI MARCINKOWSKI (Kasan Electronics of Scandinavia, AB, Uppsala, Sweden) and VIBECA HALLDIN NORBERG (Uppsala University Library, Uppsala, Sweden)

3. Marks in books as a responsibility of libraries
   ROGER STODDARD (Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA)

4. Recording library stamps and their use in provenance determinations and for security considerations
   DAVID PEARSON (Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK)

155. Library Services to Multicultural Populations joint with Library Theory and Research: Workshop

Theme: "The Need for Research in Multicultural Librarianship"
1. Analyzing and understanding cultural differences: experiences from education in library and information studies
   MIRJA IIVONEN, DIANE H. SONNENWALD, MARIA PARMA and EVELYN POOLE-KOBER (Department of Information Studies, University of Oulu, Tampere, Finland)

2. De la bibliothèque au droit de Cité: une recherche sur les jeunes usagers des bibliothèques dans des "quartiers sensibles" des villes francaises
   From Libraries to Citizenship: Study on Young Users in Low-Income Neighborhoods of French Cities
   MICHELE PETIT (National Center for Scientific Research, Université de Paris, Paris, France)

3. Non-traditional approaches to serving new Americans
   GARY E. STRONG (Queens Borough Public Library, New York, USA)

4. Multicultural library services in Oslo Public Library
   KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Multilingual Library, Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)

5. MCL - multicultural library - an Internet Nordic cooperation
   KRISTINA VIRTANEN (Central Multilingual Library Service, Helsinki City Library, Helsinki, Finland)

156. National Libraries: Workshop

Theme: "Legal Deposit of Electronic Materials"

157. Management and Marketing (Strategies): Workshop

Theme: "Library Strategies for the Information Age": Defining New Identity, Modernizing Mentality and Tools"
1. Information age: a new challenge for management
   YURI E. HOHLOV (Russian Information Society Institute, Moscow, Russian Federation)

2. Probleme Beim Aufbau Einer Neuen Identität In Ostdeutschen Bibliotheken
   CLAUDIA LUX (Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

3. Cost-benefit analysis of public library services
   ATSUSHI IKEUCHI (School of Library and Information Science, Keio university, Tokyo, Japan)

158. Classification and Indexing co-sponsored by UDC/FID/BSI: Workshop "UDC"

Theme: "UDC in the Next Millennium"
1. The UDC at the present time
   I. C. MCILWAINE (School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College, London, UK)

2. The revision process in UDC: an examination of the systematic auxiliary of a "point of view" using facet-anaytical methods
   VANDA BROUGHTON (School of Library, Archive and Information Studies, University College, London, UK)

3. The UDC Master Reference File
   GERHARD RIESTHUIS (Vakgroep Boek-, Bibliotheek- en informatiewetenschap, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

4. Bilingual (English-Czech) UDC Master Reference File on CD-ROM
   MARIA BALIKOVA and BODHANA STOKLASOVA (National Library in Prague, Praha, Czech Republic) and STANISLAV PSOHLAVEL (Albertina icona, Praha, Czech Republic)

5. Panel Discussion with all speakers listed above.

Theme: "Crossroads of flexible learning: the library in a changing university environment - how do libraries respond to the change in focus from teaching to learning".

13:30-17:30

Theme: "French Translation of Dewey Decimal Classification"

Speakers will include M. CABRAL, SUZANNE JOUGUELET, and RICHARD COUTURE-LAFLEUR. Other speakers will be added.

160. Serial Publications joint with Document Delivery and Interlending and the UAP Core Programme: Workshop

Theme: "Union Catalogues in Today's Libraries"
1. Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB), the German National Serials Database
   HARTMUT WALRAVENS (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

2. The UNIverse project - a European demonstration which adds value to the virtual union catalogue
   SUZANNE WARD (UNIverse Project Officer, The British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, UK)

3. The Virtual Canadian Union Catalogue Project (vCuc): Using Z39.50 to emulate a centralized union catalogue
   CARROL LUNAU (National & International Programs, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada)

4. Consummating the Union - Making a Union Catalogue of Accessible Formats Work
   JOHN GODBER (Royal National Institute for the Blind (UK))

5. The IFLA World Directory of National Union Catalogues
   SARA GOULD (IFLA Office for UAP and International Lending, c/o The British Library, Boston Spa, UK)

161. UBCIM Core Programme, Permanent UNIMARC Committee and Division of Bibliographic Control: Workshop

Theme: "UNIMARC in Transition"
1. Presentation of UNIMARC on the Web: new fields, including the one for electronic resources.
   BRIAN HOLT (British Library, Boston Spa, UK)

2. UNIMARC Authorities
   MIRNA WILLER (National and University Library, Zagreb, Croatia)

3. UNIMARC applications and users experiences
   • UNIMARC in Czech libraries
     EDITA LICHTENBERGOVA and BOHDANA STOKLASOVA (National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic)

   • UNIMARC as a cataloguing format in France
     DOMINIQUE LAHARY (Bibliothèque départementale de Val d'Oise, Pontoise, France)

   • Adaptation of UNIMARC as Russian Exchange Format
     IRINA TSVETKOVA and VLADIMIR SKVORTSOV (National Library of Russia, St Petersburg, Russian Federation)

4. UNIMARC mappings: metadata, Dublin core
   ALAN HOPKINSON (Middlesex University,London;UK)

161A UDT Core Programme: Workshop

This workshop will examine the issues and challenges of evaluating the quality of Internet information resources. It is directed at librarians and information professionals that may be considering building electronic resource collections, developing Internet-based information services, or instructing users in the effective use of digital information. This workshop will provide an overview of the problems of Internet information and the challenges for evaluation. Implementation experiences by the developers of subject gateway services and other projects that illustrate key issues and technologies in building high-quality Internet resources and services will be highlighted.
1. Questioning the Quality of Internet Information. [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 530K]
   EMMA WORSFOLD (Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol, UK.)

2. The Arts and Humanities Data Service: Facilitating Reuse of Quality Digital Resources. [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 248K]
   SUSAN JEPHCOTT and PAUL MILLER (Arts & Humanities Data Service) and PAUL MILLER (Archaeology Data Service)

3. New Technologies, New Services, New Directions for Librarianship? [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 226K]
   TERRY KUNY (UDT Core Programme consultant, XIST Inc.)

4. Finding quality resources on the Internet - [Adobe Acrobat PDF: 861K]
   AIMÉE GLASSEL (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Evening

Notes

1. CB: Coordinating Board of Division
   SC: Standing Committee of Section
   EC: Executive Committee of Round Table
   SI: Simultaneous Interpretation

2. All meetings of the various steering bodies (with the exception of the Executive and Professional Boards) may be attended by observers provided the Chairs have no objection.

3. Normally, papers are not presented in the CB, SC, and EC meetings.

4. Papers are listed in the programme in the language in which they will be delivered. If the original language title has not been received, the English title is given. Note also that because of late receipt of some papers, the titles may be working titles, but they do reflect the title of the paper to be presented.

5. Papers received by the extended deadline of XXX (up to code no. XXX) will be provided in the pre-printed booklets to all participants upon registration. Workshop papers, late-arriving papers, and translations can be exchanged for vouchers or for a cash payment at the Document Distribution Centre. Papers received after 1 August will not be processed during the conference and will only become available after the conference from IFLA Headquarters.

6. Complete addresses of the speakers can be found in the List of Participants.

7. Most of the meetings will be held at the RAI, with the exception of the Coordinating Board and Standing Committee meetings on 14 and 15 August, which will be held at nearby hotels. Some workshops will also be held off-site.

8. Any programme or meeting room change will be announced in IFLA Express, the daily newsletter.

9. Division rooms are available throughout the conference week. IFLA professional groups wishing to reserve a Division room, may inquire at the IFLA Headquarters Secretariat to reserve the Division room for their meeting.