As of 22 April 2009 this website is 'frozen' in time — see the current IFLA websites
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As of 22 April 2009 this website is 'frozen' in time — see the current IFLA websites
This old website and all of its content will stay on as archive – http://archive.ifla.org
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 In This Document:1. Consortia and Cooperative Programmes 2. Legislative Libraries: Partners in Democracy 3. Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change? 4. National Science Policies and Science Portals 5. The role of evidence based research in medical libraries 6. Genealogy and local history for all - services for multi/cultural communities 7. In these days of technology, how can public libraries attract and keep youth patrons? 8. Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving perspectives on information content and delivery 9. Multicultural to Intercultural: Libraries Connecting Communities 10. RDA: Resource Description and Access: Foundations, changes and implementation 11. Map as Page, Map as Print± How maps intersect with books and prints 12. Preserving cultural heritage: The Canadian view 13. Library statistics for the 21st-century worlds 15. Knowledge Management - Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Web 2.0 Environment Platinum Sponsor: |
World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Council"Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada 
Satellite Meetings1. Consortia and Cooperative ProgrammesDates: 7 August 2008 2. Legislative Libraries: Partners in DemocracyDates: 6-8 August 2008Location: The Library of Parliament, Ottawa, Canada Contact person: Marie-France Gareau Website: www.preifla2008.ca/libraryOfParl-e.asp?Parent=Wel Audience: Parliamentary Library and Research Service Directors, managers and staff as well as interested parliamentarians (125) Sponsors: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Publications: Newsletter, website 3. Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change?Dates: 6-7 August 2008Location: University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Contact person: Lynne M. Rudasill Website: www.library.uiuc.edu/cgs/ DisappearingBordersConf.html Audience: Social science librarians and others, academic, public, and special, interested in the effects of interdisciplinary and multi-disciplinary changes in the social sciences on libraries and library users. (approx. 50-75) Sponsors: Social Science Libraries Section Co-Sponsors: Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto are interested Publications: Published proceedings and edited monograph 4. National Science Policies and Science PortalsDates: 8 August 2008Location: Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal Contact person: Irma Pasanen Website: lib.tkk.fi/ifla/IFLA_Science_Portals Audience: Library managers and librarians interested in science policies and their outcomes in the form of science portals. These international and national portals offer high quality scientific information free of charge. (approx. 50-100) Sponsors: Science and Technology Libraries Section with Government Information and Official Publications Section Co-Sponsors: Library of the Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal Publications: Presentations will be made available via a website 5. The role of evidence based research in medical librariesDates: 9 August 2008Location: Centre de formation continue, de l'Université Laval, Québec City Contact person: H. Todd Website: www.library.uq.edu.au/ocs/index.php/ebr/ Audience: (100) Librarians, healthcare professionals researchers Sponsors: Health and Biosciences Section Co-Sponsors: New England Journal of Medicine Publications: Publication available via the MLA website 6. Genealogy and local history for all - services for multi/cultural communitiesDates: 6-7 August (incl. academic sessions and tours)Location: Canadian Centre for Genealogy, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa Contact person: Antonio Lechasseur Website: na Audience: (approx. 75-125) Genealogy and local history librarians (in public libraries and private societies); general reference and social sciences and humanities librarians; multi-cultural services librarians; national and local archivists. Sponsors: Genealogy and Local History Section with Reference and Information Services Section Co-Sponsors: Publications: Summary of Proceedings. 7. Navigating with youth: In these days of technology, how can public libraries attract and keep their young clientele?Dates: 5-7 August 2008Location: Montréal, McGill University, Contact person: Suzanne Payette Website: Presentations and Biographies Audience: Librarians and library staff working with youth (10- to-17-year-olds) Sponsors: Association Les bibliothèques publiques du Québec, IFLA Public Libraries Section with Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section and Management and Marketing Co-Sponsors: Ministère de la Culture des Communications et de la Condition féminine du Québec, TD Bank Financial Group, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, Ministère de l'éducation, du Loisir et du Sport, McGil University, with the support of the School of Information Studies, Secrétariat à la Jeunesse du Québec, SODEC, Ville de Montréal, Heritage Canada Publications: Newsletter and IFLA website 8. Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving perspectives on information content and deliveryDates: 6-7 August 2008 (arrival and social event on 5 August)Location: Boston Public Library, Boston, MA (USA) Contact person: Poul Erlandsen Website: www.bcr.org/rethinkingaccess/ Audience: all library staff members (150-200) Sponsors: Document Delivery & Resource Sharing Co-Sponsors: IFLA Acquisitions and Collections Management Section and IFLA Reference and Information Services Section 9. Multicultural to Intercultural: Libraries Connecting CommunitiesDates: 5-7 August 2008Location: Vancouver, Canada Contact person: Michael Burris Website: www.bcla.bc.ca/ifla2008 Audience: IFLA Members, Public, Academic and Special Librarians. Multicultural archivists and other information professionals. Multicultural associations, community organizations and academics. The conference will target an international audience with special emphasis on the Americas, Asia and Australia/New Zealand. (350) Sponsors: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Publications: Conference website and Section Website 10. RDA: Resource Description and Access: Foundations, changes and implementationDates: 8 August 2008Location: Québec City, Canada Contact person: Marjorie Bloss Website: www.cla.ca/source/meetings/app_rda.cfm Audience: Cataloguing Managers, cataloguers, information technology staff (300) Sponsors: Cataloguing Section Co-Sponsors: Joint Steering Committee for the development of RDA Publications: IFLA website, JSC website, report to Div IV publication 'International Cataloguing and Bibliographic Control'. 11. Map as Page, Map as Print: How maps intersect with books and printsLocation: Library of Congress, Washington D.C, USAContact person: Mark Dimunation Cancelled 12. Preserving Cultural Heritage into the 21st Century: Current perspectives and new directionsDates: 6-8 August 2008Location: Libraries and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Canada Contact persons: Johanna Wellheiser and Jeanne Drewes Website: website Audience: Librarians, archivists, collections managers and preservation administrators Sponsors: Preservation and Conservation Section, Newspapers Section and IFLA-PAC Core Activity Co-Sponsors: Library and Archives Canada and the Canadian Conservation Institute Publications: IFLA website and in the IFLA Section Newsletters 13. Library statistics for the 21st-century worldDates: 18-19 August 2008Location: Concordia University, Henry F. Hall Building, Montréal Contact person: Pierre Meunier, Montreal Public Library Website: www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/ifla Audience: (approx. 250) Librarians, national statistical agencies, UNESCO members Sponsors: Statistics and Evaluation Section Co-Sponsors: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, ISO/TC48/SC8, Montréal Public Library System, Concordia University Libraries Publications: Publication in print (journal articles), on the website: 
14. Francophonies et bibliothèques: innovations, changements et réseautage (Libraries and the French-speaking communities of the world: innovation, change and networking)Dates: 3-4-5-6 August 2008Location: Grande Bibliothèque du Québec, Montréal. Contact person: Réjean Savard Website: www.aifbd.org/congres Audience: Open to all French-speaking library and information science specialists from French-speaking countries of the world and anyone interested in the Francophone libraries (250-300) Sponsors: Réjean Savard with IFLA ALP Co-Sponsors: Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes Publications: Publication and website 15. Knowledge Management - Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Web 2.0 EnvironmentDates: Friday 8 August 2008Location: Université Laval, Quebec City – Pavillon Laurentienne, Room: 1334 Contact person: Jane Dysart, Chair KM Section Registration required, no cost (buy your own lunch) Website: http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s47/index.htm Audience: Members of KM Section + other interested (100) Sponsors: Knowledge Management Section Publications: Newsletter, website, IFLA Journal |
