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IN THIS ISSUE 1. IFLA NEWS 1. IFLA NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS FROM REGIONAL OFFICE FROM HEADQUARTERS FROM RSCAO 2. HAPPENINGS IN THE REGION Alex Byrne Wins INDIA KIRIBATI IFLA Presidential Election PAKISTAN SIBERIA Alex Byrne, University Librarian, University of SRI LANKA Technology, Sydney, Australia, has been voted THAILAND President-elect by IFLA members. He will begin 3. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/ his two-year term as President-elect during the WORKSHOPS IFLA conference in Berlin this August. He will REPORT FROM THE CONFERENCES succeed Kay Raseroka as President in August WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION 2005 for a two-year term. CONGRESS FUTURE IFLA CONFERENCES Alex is the current Chair of the IFLA Free Access EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD to Information and Freedom of Expression 4. ALP NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT (FAIFE) Committee. On hearing the news, Alex REPORT said: "I am honored and humbled to be elected 5. MISCELLANEOUS President-elect of IFLA, the peak international UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA organization for my profession. I look forward TRAINING KIT to working closely with incoming President Kay WORLD BOOK Raseroka and then succeeding her to continue AND COPYRIGHT DAY -23 APRIL the process of making IFLA a truly global VANISHING PROJECT: BOOKS FOR ALL organiza-tion which has the right to know at its AWARDS/GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS WSIS heart. Through the combined efforts of our WWW profession, IFLA can support our aspirations, and 6. PUBLICATIONS those of the wider communities we serve, to create a just information society for the benefit of all." IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 2

New Elected IFLA Governing Board meetings and seminars. are: Ana Maria Zimmermann (Argentina), Claudia Lux (Germany), Sissel Nilsen (Norway), UBCIM was originally hosted by the British Jianzhong Wu (China), Ellen Tise (South Africa), Library (1973-1989) and later Die Deutsche Ingrid Parent (Canada), Shawky Salem (Egypt), Bibliothek from 1990 to the beginning of 2003. Tiiu Valm (Estonia), Evgeniy Kuz'min (Russian In early 2003 the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal Federation) and Vinyet Panyella (Spain). They took over the responsibility for both UNIMARC will serve a two-year term on the Governing and ICBC (International Cataloguing and Board, beginning at the end of the Berlin Bibliographic Control, a quarterly journal of conference in August. Shawky Salem, Tiiu Valm, IFLA, formerly of UBCIM). Evgeniy Kuz'min and Vinyet Panyella will be serving on the Board for the first time. Another component of ICABS is a major part of (Extracted from Reference 1, June 10, 2003) the programme of the former Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications Core Activity (UDT). UDT supported analysis and promotion of IFLA - CDNL Alliance for technologies and standards as they apply to Bibliographic Standards interoperability and the digital environment in the areas of networked resource discovery, (ICABS) information retrieval, digitization, and metadata. It worked with IFLA Sections and programmes A new alliance between IFLA and national across the Federation, but especially supported the libraries was established in August 2003 to professional activities of the Information continue and expand the coordination work Technology Section. It was hosted at the National formerly done by the IFLA UBCIM and UDT Library of Canada (NLC) from its beginning in Core Programme Offices. the late 1980s until it was closed in 2001. UDT also developed and then maintained IFLA's Background primary communications tool, IFLANET, hosted for many years at NLC. IFLANET was moved to The IFLA Universal Bibliographic Control and Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique International MARC (UBCIM) Core Activity was (INIST) in France in 2001 and is not part of the established thirty years ago and came to an end in ICABS activity. 2003. The purpose of UBCIM was "to coordinate activities aimed at the development of systems And finally, the Conference of Directors of and standards for bibliographic control at the National Libraries (CDNL), which has provided national level and the international exchange of the main support and funding (in kind and bibliographic data, including the support for through donations) for these Core Activities over professional activities of appropriate IFLA many years, also recently established a committee Sections and Divisions" (e.g., the Division of to monitor digital library developments- the Bibliographic Control and the Sections on CDNL Committee on Digital Issues (CDI). The Information Technology and of National Committee's work on bibliographic standards and Libraries). It also coordinated the development of digital preservation is being folded into the the UNIMARC format. Furthermore, the ICABS mission, while the Committee's work on Programme ensured publication of reports on deposit agreements will be continued separately projects related to international bibliographic and by the National Library of Australia. (Extracted format standards and proceedings of relevant from Reference 1, September 29, 2003) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 3

Winner of Guust van FROM REGIONAL OFFICE Wesemael Literacy Prize 2003 Excerpts from some Letters/ E-mail Notes IFLA is pleased to announce that the Asociacion Civil Banco del Libro of Caracas, Venezuela, is I am the librarian of the mardan library in the winner of the Guust van Wesemael Literacy Pakistan. As to inform our new generation about Prize 2003. day-to-day invention and discovery and about other topics, I like to get some donation in the The objective of this award of 3,000 Euros is to form of journals and Books from your Institute. sponsor a public or school library in a develop-ing We have shortage of books and are not in the country to perform activities in the field of financial position to buy them. I hope you will literacy: collection development, promotion, accept my request for donation and send some of training, policy development or otherwise. them at library mailing address, which is:

Banco del Libro is a private, non-profit Civil Librarian Name : Saqib Rafique Khan Association dedicated to investigate, experiment, Library Name : The Mardan Library innovate and carry out formative activities for Library address : 506/c sham gunj readers. Its main objective is to encourage the City : Mardan reading of high-quality books in libraries, schools and homes. Province : N.W.F.P Post code : 23200 Leer para vivir, or Read to Live is the award- Country : Pakistan winning project that was submitted for IFLA's e-mail : [email protected] Guust van Wesemael Prize this year. It was conceived in the bibliotherapy setting, as a means (...We need almost all kinds of books especially of support to those affected by the land-slides those related to sciencetific fields. which took place in December 1999 in the State Our library is a public library and also many of Vargas. Fundamental activities within the institutions use our library for project include story telling and workshops for their research and educational work...) information dissemination to teachers and librarians. Its most important achievement has FROM RSCAO been the establishment of a significant "human network" which currently comprises 62 schools and four communities filled with readers. Asia and Oceania Section http://www.ifla.org/VII/s26/sraao.htm This Prize was established in 1991 by IFLA's Executive Board to commemorate the late Guust Strategic Plan, 2004-2005 van Wesemael, Coordinator of IFLA's Professional Activities from 1979 to 1990 and Mission Deputy Secretary General of IFLA from 1979 to To initiate, promote and facilitate the 1991. Funded by donations, the Guust van development of library/information services Wesemael Literacy Prize has been awarded and library and information professionals biennially since 1997. within the region. (Extracted from Reference 1, June 01, 2003) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 4

Goal 1 To provide opportunities for regionally- of library development in the region--i.e. School based education and training in library and libraries and public libraries information management skills, with emphasis on 3.2 To facilitate networking between two existing information literacy. associations in the region with countries planning to develop associations. Actions 1.1 To select 4 candidates and identify institutions Goal 4 To promote high quality library and for up to one month's in-service training in information management (LIM) standards and collaboration with the Advancement of guidelines among countries in the region. Librarianship Programme (ALP). 1.2 To select 2-3 candidates and identify host Actions institutions for information literacy training in 4.1 To heighten awareness of existing LIM collaboration with ALP. standards and guidelines (e.g. Public library 1.3 To support 2-3 projects which are aimed at guidelines, School library guidelines, Guidelines developing literacy activities and programmes on information literacy programmes). including the use of ICT or distance education to 4.2 To facilitate development of national level facilitate or support them. LIM standards and guidelines. 1.4 To organize a minimum of 2 workshops/ 4.3 To undertake or sponsor the translation of seminars to develop professional expertise in relevant LIM standards and guidelines for a information literacy for librarians. minimum of two countries in the region. 4.4 To facilitate a minimum of 1 workshop or Goal 2 To enable and encourage Asia and seminar on LIM standards and guidelines. Oceania Section (AOS) members to take part in 4.5 To compile, print and distribute a brochure(s) the work of IFLA, and work together with other of "tried and tested best library practices" / IFLA Sections and Core Activities to achieve innovations of libraries in the region. AOS objectives Goal 5 To disseminate and communicate Actions information on library and information 2.1 To identify relevant IFLA Sections for management relevant to the region. potential collaborative activities--i.e., School Libraries and Resource Centres Section, Public Actions Libraries Section. 5.1 To produce the AOS Newsletter twice per 2.2 To develop joint activities with these sections. year 2.3 To assign AOS members as liaison persons 5.2 To update the AOS brochure with relevant Sections. 5.3 To maintain and promote the use of existing AOS listserv. Goal 3 To assist in strengthening the 5.4 To update the AOS video effectiveness of library associations or other 5.5 To improve the communication function of professional groupings that might contribute to the AOS website the development of information literate societies. 5.6. To encourage library associations, library and information science schools, and libraries to Actions translate, abstract/extract, review, announce/ 3.1 To facilitate 2 workshops initiated by library publicize IFLA publications, news, articles, etc. in associations on information literacy in needy their library journals, newsletters or in local areas newspapers. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 5

List of Standing Committee Elizabeth Reade Fong Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC Members Section University of South Pacific Library, SUVA, Fiji Gary E. Gorman Tel. +(679)3313900 ext 2363 Chair / Treasurer of IFLA ASIA/OC Section Fax +(679)3300830 School of Information Management [email protected] Victoria University of Wellington First term: 1999 P.O. Box 600, WELLINGTON, New Zealand Second term: 2003-2007 Tel. +(64)(4) 463 5782 Fax +(64)(4) 463 5184 Hasna Askhita [email protected] Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC First term: 1999 Section Second term: 2003-2007 P.O. Box 3354, DAMASCUS Syrian Arab Republic Aree Cheunwattana Tel. +(963)(94)342400 Secretary of IFLA ASIA/OC Section Fax +(963)(11)4448548 Srinakharinwirot University, Faculty of [email protected] Humanities, Sukhumvit 23 First term: 2003-2007 BANGKOK 10110, Thailand Tel. +(66)(2)2600122 Isabelle de Cours Fax +(66)(2)2581428 Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC [email protected], [email protected] Section, BNF, Quai François-Mauriac First term: 2001-2005 75013 PARIS, France Tel. +(33)(1)53795266 Hilda T. Nassar [email protected] Information Coordinator of IFLA ASIA/OC First term: 2003-2007 Section, Standing Committee Member of IFLA Section: BIOL, Saab Medical Library, American Kalpana Dasgupta University of Beirut, P.O. Box 11-0236 Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC 1107-2020 BEIRUT, Lebanon Section, Interim Standing Committee Member of Tel. +(961)(1)350000 ext 5900 IFLA Women Section, D13 South Extension pt. I, Fax +(961)(1)744464 NEW DELHI 110049, India [email protected], [email protected] Tel. 91-11-24651300 First term: 1997 [email protected] Second term: 2001-2005 First term: 2001-2005

Anjali Gulati Mohd. Sharif Mohd. Saad Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC Section Lecturer, Department of Library & Section, Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia Information Science, University of Jammu, P.O. Box 12545 Ambedkar Road , JAMMU (Tawi) - 180006 50782 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Jammu Kashmir, India Tel. +(60)(3) 2694 7390, Fax +(60)(3) 2694 7390 Tel: (O) 91-191-2436778 (R) 91-191-2458881 [email protected]; [email protected] [email protected] First term: 2003-2007 First term: 2003-2007 IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 6

P.E. Harrison Perera Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC 2. HAPPENINGS IN THE Section REGION Chief Librarian , University of Peradeniya PERADENIYA , Sri Lanka Tel. (94)(08)2388678 & 2386003 INDIA Fax (94)(08)2388678 [email protected] First term: 1999 IT@AGRILIBNET - 2003: Second term: 2003-2007 Report

R. Ramachandran With the support received from the World Bank Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC through National Agriculture Technology Project and NAT Section (NATP), Indian Council for Agricultural National Library Board Research with its great vision embarked upon 1 Temasek Avenue # 06-00 training the manpower in Libraries as a pre- Milenia Tower requisite to implement its total library automation 039192 SINGAPORE and networking programme in Agriculture sector Singapore across India. By taking into account of Tel. +(65)3323600 INFLIBNET's highly recognized training Fax +(65)3323616 capabilities, NATP authorities selected it as the [email protected] national level training center for Agriculture First term: 2001-2005 Librarians in India. Dr T A V Murthy, Director of INFLIBNET Centre, accepted the Herculean Zhang Xiaoxing and motivating task given, after obtaining Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC necessary sanctions from University Grants Section Commission. National Library of China 33 Xhongguancun Nandajie INFLIBNET has successfully conducted seven BEIJING 100081 training programs during June - September 2003, China under the tile "ICAR-INFLIBNET Training Tel. +(86)(10)68476406 Program for Agriculture Librarians on Fax +(86)(10)68419270 Networking and E-Resources Management [email protected] [IT@AGRILIBNET-2003]" as a series with two First term: 2003-2007 weeks duration each, specially designed for Agriculture Library professionals from Institutes Zhu Qiang and Universities. The course contents were Standing Committee Member of IFLA ASIA/OC identified in consultation with senior agriculture Section librarians and INFLIBNET technical staff. The Peking University Library topics were selected keeping in view the BEIJING 100871 objectives of this programme, i.e., awareness China building of the most modern technologies and Tel. +(86)(10) 6275 3503, +(86)(755) 2603 2956 nurturing IT culture in Agriculture Librarians. Fax +(86)(10) 6276 1008 The following broad topics were selected in [email protected] which specialized INFLIBNET Faculty delivered First term: 1999 comprehensive lectures and practical with equal Second term: 2003-2007 emphasis. (1)Basics of Computer and Hardware/ IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 7

Software, (2) Planning for LAN in Libraries, (3) country consists of three chains of atoll islands; Networking Security Issues, (4) Mail Server and the Gilbert, Phoenix and Line group and one Web Server Configurations & Applications, (5) single island, Banaba. There are 33 islands in Library Management Software Systems and total, and the capital Bairiki village is located on SOUL, (6) Website Designing and Hosting, (7) Tarawa in the Gilbert group. The population of Creation of Digital Libraries using Green Stone, Kiribati is approximately 90000. Half of the (8) Impact of INTERNET and Identification of population lives on Tarawa and the remainder is Resources, (9) INTERNET Resources and scattered across the remote outer islands. I- Gateways for Agriculture Scientists and (10) Kiribati (people of Kiribati) have a strong Design of a model Agriculture Information Micronesian culture, and dance and singing are System. In addition to these, invited external very much part of life in Kiribati. faculties handled topics related to experiences in Library Automation, Digital Library Creation and Kiribati Libraries and Librarians Networking. Study tours to different libraries to In Kiribati there are a variety of institutions that understand the proper deployment and have libraries, including a number of Education, implementation of modern technologies were also Church, Government, and Non Government arranged for the participants. organizations. The Kiribati National Library and Archives is located in Bairiki and is the largest IT@AGRILIBNET is the first kind of programme Library in Kiribati. Very few I-Kiribati designed by INFLIBNET, in which participants Librarians have formal qualifications, although were asked compulsory to present their following the University of the South Pacific Extension projects in the concluding session by using power Centre in Tarawa does offer a Certificate and point presentations, (1) About Library and its Diploma in Librarianship. services, (2) SOUL Software - Each Module, (3) Designing of Library Website, (4) Creation of The formation of KLIN Digital Library using Green Stone Software, (5) The KLIN was formed in June 2001 by a small Searching and Identification of Internet group of librarians interested in creating a Resources, (6) Evaluating the Programme. network of Librarians and Information Managers. Previously, some librarians had networked The courses were offered in 7 batches, a total of informally, but most were isolated and lacked any 127 participants attended the course from 86 professional support. At the outset, the KLIN's different institutions. temporary committee discussed the goals and (T A V Murthy, K Prakash and J K aspirations of the association. These initial Vijayakumar) discussions later led to the drafting of a constitution and the election of an executive KIRIBATI committee. The goals of the KLIN Kiribati Library and As outlined in the constitution, the goals of the KLIN are: Information Network - KLIN - To promote cooperation and collaboration A Library Association for a Pacific Island Nation among the existing libraries in Kiribati - To create a network of shared resources by Background creating a database of volumes currently held In the centre of the Pacific Ocean, across the within each library system equator, lies the Republic of Kiribati (pronounced - To offer professional support to current Kiribahs). With more ocean than land, the librarians through targeted workshops and open IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 8

discussions was able to partner with the United States - To provide support and resources to outer Peace Corps in Kiribati to work on the Sabre island schools in terms of library skills and Book Project. This project brought a donation of literacy activities 10 000 new books to Kiribati schools. This also - To promote the value of libraries in the received local newspaper coverage and was community and government personally supported by the President of Kiribati, His Excellency Teburoro Tito. Achievements of the KLIN The KLIN now has approximately 20 members Through the encouragement of their peers, many and meets regularly once a month. Although the Librarians have now commenced the Certificate/ KLIN is still very new, through the enthusiasm of Diploma in Librarianship at the University of its members, a great deal has been achieved in a the South Pacific Extension Centre in Tarawa. short time. This will only serve to lift the profile of Libraries and Librarians in the country. On 16 August 2002, the KLIN promoted Kiribati Libraries through the celebration of "Kiribati In addition to the above, the association has Library Day". The theme of the celebration fostered a commitment to the betterment of the was "Read and Grow". This was the first time Library profession and Library services in such an event has been held, and it was Kiribati. considered a great success. The event received support from schools, the private sector, the The Future Australian High Commission, the general public, The KLIN is now in the early stages of its and the government, with the Minister for development as a professional organization and is Education opening the event. Activities on the looking outward to build relationships with other day included: a march by preschool, primary and library associations in the region. KLIN members junior secondary school students dressed in are eager to participate in activities for costume, dramas performed by students from professional development and to further their secondary schools and the Kiribati Teachers' education. It is hoped that some members will be college students, singing by Te toamatoa a local able to participate in conferences hosted overseas advocacy group for disabled people, storytelling by organizations such as ALIA and PIALA. There and a poetry contest. A sausage sizzle, sponsored are plans for Kiribati Library Day 2003 and ideas by the Australian High Commission, raised for future workshops. A$160. Each KLIN member wore a printed T- shirt promoting KLIN and the event. As they forge ahead, the KLIN takes with them Te Keraoi (good luck) and the sacred words of Several professional workshops have been held Kiribati Te mauri, Te raoi ao Te tabomoa (love, on topics such as; basic library organization and peace and prosperity). management, identifying resources, information (Caroline Podd) literacy, and promotion of school Libraries. Librarians with more experience and training acted as mentors to other KLIN members by PAKISTAN leading the workshops. Pakistan Library Automation Having gained Non Government Organization (NGO) status, the KLIN is registered with the Group Kiribati Association of Non Government Organizations (KANGO). As an NGO, the KLIN Pakistan has recently established Pakistan Library IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 9

Automation Group with objectives as follows: much broader than geographical borders of ♦ To provide technical/professional advice to Siberia. For example, Agamechty Ismailov, an libraries in their automation programs. Azerbaijanian by nationality, is studying the history of Russian book printing and ♦ To advise/recommend computer training disseminating in Kazachstan and Kirgizstan; programs for librarians so as to help them to Chinese books on our territories are another automate their libraries. To develop library interesting problem for this group to study... automation projects. Moreover, the intension of our country to enter the Islam Conference determines the subject ♦ To coordinate library automation activities in never studied beforehand - the role of Islam and the country. To coordinate library automation Islamic books in cultural evolution of Siberian activities with the international organizations. territories. This research project presupposes, among other items, creation of DB enumerating ♦ To provide information and conduct and disclosing Islamic book collections research/studies on library automation. accumulated in religious and ethnic communities on the Siberian territories. Other activities of the group includes: job opportunities to the budding professionals; We are looking forward to establishing mutually Maintaining directory of Library Professionals fruitful contacts with our colleagues from abroad. working in various Libraries of Pakistan; Everyone interested in research problems stated Maintaining Discussion group; Maintaining and above will find hot welcome here in Siberia. updating Library and Information Science (Olga Fedotova) Resources;

For further information, have a look on SRI LANKA www.geocities.com/plagpk (Anjali Gulati) WSIS Activities in Sri Lanka SIBERIA Dear Colleagues This is to inform you the activities carried out in Problems of Euro-Asian book contacts as an Sri Lanka on the forthcoming WSIS. important part of socio-cultural life have always 1. A joint action committee was set up from the been actual here in Siberia due to its geographical members of the Sri Lanka Library Association mid-position, multinational structure of and the National Library of Sri Lanka population and diversity of religious 2. A communique was prepared on the WSIS and denominations. Lately a new research group has the importance of libraries in the Information been organized on the basis of the largest library Society. This paper has been used in the in the Asian part of Russia - State Public discussion with the relevant government officials Scientific Library of the Siberian Branch of the and as a press release. Russian Academy of Sciences. This group is 3. Nominated a librarian for the libraries@heart aimed at investigating the role of books in conference establishing different types of relations between 4. Met the Secretary to the Ministry of Mass nationalities within the region both in historical Communication who will be the leader of the Sri and modern aspects. Professionals of different Lankan delegation to WSIS. We had a long nationalities living in Siberia comprise the core of discussion with him and he was very sympathetic this group. But the research field, as we see it, is towards our case. He promised to do whatever IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 10

possible in the summit to stress the importance of Association, and the Thai Ministry of Education. libraries. He is scheduled to speak at one of the They came from France, Hong Kong, The sessions of WSIS and has pledged to include a Netherlands, Norway, Malaysia, and Thailand. para on the importance of libraries in his speech. He wants us to meet him again before the summit Participants visited local school libraries in 3 and after libraries@heart conference. groups and participated in the series of group 5. We strive hard to include a librarian in the discussions. Suggestions and recommendation national delegation were collected and all participants agreed to 6 Planning to have discussions with other follow them through. (Pensri Guaysuwan) national level stakeholders e.g. media ,telecom… Will keep you inform on the future developments. UNESCO Bangkok Website Upali Amarasiri, Director General National Library of Sri Lanka "Focus/Developing the Reading Habit" (Tue, 28 Oct 2003 ) Interview with Mr. Sheldon Shaeffer Director for Education at Unesco's Asia and THAILAND Pacific Regional Bureau, who speaks to the Bangkok Post on tackling illiteracy in Thailand, stating how encouraging fun, free reading would More Than a Library for the help people retain language skills. School Please read the interview at: IFLA/UNESCO/TLA Workshop in http://www.unescobkk.org/news/relnews/03interview.htm Bangkok 3. CONFERENCES/ The joint effort of IFLA and UNESCO with the SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS cooperation of local organizations and professionals in the region resulted in a successful workshop "The Regional Workshop on School REPORT FROM THE Library Services in Southeast Asia”, which was carried out in Bangkok Thailand, 8-12 September CONFERENCES 2003. Report on the International Twenty-two participants of this workshop came from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Conference on Changes and Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Challenges of Public Library They presented papers concerning school libraries in their countries, information literacy initiatives Services to Bridge the Digital and activities, and the role of school libraries in Divide, 23 – 25 June 2003 the information society. The International Conference on Changes and Challenges of Public Library Services to Bridge The resource persons were representatives from the Digital Divide was held from 23 – 25 June the relevant organizations: UNESCO (Paris and 2003 at the Gurney Penang Malaysia. Bangkok), IFLA (HQ and Bangkok), IFLA (Asia and Oceania Sections) IFLA(School Libraries and The Conference was organised by Penang Public Resource centres Section), the Thai Library IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 11

Library Corporation in cooperation with Rouge regime there is very little progress. We Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (National Library were told that the Ministry of Culture, nominally of Malaysia), Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia responsible for the National Library largely (Librarians Association of Malaysia), and ignores it. The building is in very poor condition International Federation of Library Associations and there are no other public library access points. and Institutions (IFLA) Advancement of In Laos, another country recovering from conflict, Librarianship Programme. Recognition of the some public libraries have been established. The importance of the topic was apparent from the National Library, however, is in poor condition attendance of 193 delegates, the majority from and unable to support the public library service. South-East Asia. All National Libraries of It was also clear from the reports that in many CONSAL member countries were invited to countries there is still a divide between the present country reports and their attendance was availability of information in urban and rural fully sponsored by the Organising Committee. areas though steps are being taken to address this Eight CONSAL members accepted the invitation. problem. Brunei and Myanmar were not able to send representatives due to unforeseen circumstances. Following the country reports there were a series of papers on specific projects providing digital The conference was opened by The Honourable services. These included the Knowledge Asian Mr. Chia Kwang Chye, Parlimentary Secretary, Youth Network (KAYNET) in Malaysia and the Ministry for Energy, Communication and Multi- Digital Library in Singapore. On the final media who represented the Minister. The first morning there were several interesting session took a global perspective. Mr. Philip Gill contributions particularly Anis Yusal Yusoff Chairman of the Working Group on the Public talking about the United National Development Library Guidelines spoke about the Public Programme in Malaysia and Singapore and Liibrary Service:The IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines students from the library school in the University for development which are now available in of Malaya on helping to bridge the digital divide nearly twenty languages. The Bahasa Melayu through collaboration between public libraries and translation was launched shortly after the library schools. Conference. Barbro Thomas (Royal Library, Stockholm) spoke about the UNET project, which This was a well-organised conference on a very monitors the implementation of the important topic. The range of experience IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto in eight illustrated in presentations confirmed the reality libraries in different parts of the world. Rob of the digital divide in South-East Asia. We Bruijnzeels (Netherlands) gave a paper on the heard how efforts are being made to bridge the vision of the public library in 2040. Carol divide though in many countries the shortage of Erickson (USA) introduced the work of the Bill resources is limiting progress. Every effort had and Melinda Gates Foundation Access to been made to ensure a range of contributions were Learning Award. included in the programme. Unfortunately the programme was perhaps too full and many The second morning was taken up with reports on speakers were forced to curtail and rush through public library development from six countries in their papers to keep the conference programme to the region. These reports demonstrated how wide time. The discussions that followed the the digital divide remains. The conference heard presentations reflected the interest there is in of advanced developments in the use of ITC in finding ways of bridging the digital divide. public libraries in Malaysia and Singapore. In Cambodia, by contrast, where only six of the forty A product exhibition was held during the Con- staff in the National Library survived the Khmer ference and 13 vendors took part in the exhibition. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 12

The Conference participants were hosted by the their respective governments to position their Penang State Government to a dinner at the public library services as an important part of its Gurney Hotel on 23 June. They also attended the national development agenda. launch of the Penang Public Library Electronic Network on 24 June at Penang Public Library Developing countries should put in place public followed by a very enjoyable Hawker’s nite and library and ICT infrastructure and address issues cultural show. of accessibility and connectivity before considering securing funding for further public RECOMMENDATIONS library development from funding agencies.

The recommendations that have been proposed Developing countries should consider making use are as follows: of available premises as access points for ICT networking in their countries. For example, in IFLA and UNESCO should continue to distribute some situations, school libraries could be used widely The Public Library Service: the and operate as public libraries, using the dual IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines for Development and function concept. the IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto to all governing bodies of public libraries in Asia To ensure sustainability of project implementation and Oceania. and development a smart multi-sector partnership approach from government, multilateral agencies, IFLA and UNESCO should monitor and evaluate civil society, private sector, academia and the implementation of the Guidelines and network should be sought. They are to sign Manifesto undertakings before projects commence.

Developing countries should use The Public There is a need for cooperation and collaboration Library Service: the IFLA/UNESCO Guidelines amongst public librarians in the region to address for Development as a base to formulate national common issues of public library development and standards for public library development in their to share experiences.. countries. To enhance human resource development, Local public library agencies should translate the collaborative effort should be initiated amongst documents into their vernacular language. They library schools and public libraries so that should also actively promote and implement the graduates produced are marketable. Guidelines and Manifesto according to the local environment. ASEAN secretariat should help in addressing the issue of training of librarians in the Asian region. IFLA and UNESCO should continue to put the issue of the digital divide in developing countries Public Libraries in the region could request in its agenda. funding from IFLA/UNESCO and other agencies for library development. Developing countries need funding to build information and communications technology IFLA should review and update the IFLA Public (ICT) and public library infrastructures in their Library Manifesto in view of developments in countries to stimulate learning, lifelong ICT. education and meet the information need of their citizens. As such: IFLA should establish guidelines for book Public Library governing bodies should persuade donations to developing countries. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 13

FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES Lively debates also took place on the impact of The Organising Committee has proposed a the anti-terrorism legislation being introduced Workshop on the Guidelines to be held in 2004. around the world, which often impedes free The Workshop will provide opportunities for access to information. The Congress also discussion on specific themes to see if practical approved a resolution deploring the introduction solutions can be arrived at. of legislation which violates fundamental human (Extracted from “Report for Consal Executive rights to privacy and unhampered access to Board Meeting 19 October 2003 in Brunei”, information in the name of national security, and prepared by Rashidah Begum with input from calling for the repeal or amendment of all such Philip Gill and Shukriah Haji Yon) legislation in order to protect these rights. Outstanding among several important keynote World Library and addresses was a presentation on the forthcoming World Summit on the Information Society by M. Information Congress Adama Samass้kou, President of the Preparatory Succeeds in Berlin Committee for the World Summit and formerly Minister of Education in Mali. Describing the More than 4,500 participants from 133 countries destruction of the Berlin Wall as 'an historical attended the World Library and Information celebration of liberty and solidarity', M. Congress, the 69th General Conference of the Samasskou้ went on to note that 'there are other International Federation of Library Associations walls which divide human beings'; there are and Institutions, which was held in Berlin from 1- those who can read and those who cannot; there 9 August, 2003. are the information rich and the information poor. We speak of our planet as 'globalized', but in The theme of the Congress, 'Access Point Library: reality it is torn by many divides - not only the so- Media - Information -Culture' was symbolized by called 'digital divide'. Discussing the nature of the Congress logo, based on the Brandenburg the transition towards an Information Society, M. Gate in Berlin and reflecting the role of libraries Samasskou้ declared: "I am profoundly of all kinds as gateways to information, convinced that the role of libraries and knowledge and culture. information services in the creation and diffusion of knowledge and in formal and informal Freedom and equity of access to information and education will not only continue to be freedom of expression were pervasive sub- indispensable, but will become more and more themes throughout the Congress, reflected important". dramatically in an account of the destruction and looting of libraries in Iraq by M. Jean-Marie At the end of a six-year period of office, Mme. Arnoult, the only librarian in a recent UNESCO Christine Deschamps handed over the Presidency mission sent to assess the effects of the war on of the Federation during the closing ceremony to Iraq's cultural heritage. Delegates were stunned Ms. Kay Raseroka of Botswana, whose by distressing photographs of damaged and Presidential theme for the next two years will be destroyed libraries and archives, and various 'Libraries for Lifelong Literacy'. pledges of assistance were made during the (Reference 1, August 9, 2003) discussion. A resolution urging action by governments to help restore the library and The Final Chapter from Berlin information infrastructure in Iraq was passed by IFLA Express No. 8 is now available, see http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla69/IE8.pdf the Congress in its closing session. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 14

The THAI that Binds Myanmar and Brunei, delegates from Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam delivered the Echoes from the IFLA/UNESCO current trends, developments and scenarios of Regional Workshop For School school library services in their respective Librarians of South East Asia countries. These were all taken up on the first day of the workshop likewise, the Manifesto and I. Introduction Guidelines by representatives from IFLA and UNESCO. On the second day, professional This is a report on the IFLA/UNESCO Regional papers that discuss Information Literacy in Workshop for School Librarians of South East Schools and School Libraries in the Information Asia that was held last 8 - 12 September 2003 at Society were read and delivered. The Storylady the Novotel Lotus, Bangkok, Thailand. It is Project, a telecollaboration project that I was able divided in three parts: 1) the Regional Workshop; to implement last school year, fell under the third 2) Reflections and Insights; and 3) Action Plan. theme of the workshop.

The first part discusses the objectives and goals of In the afternoon of the second day, the the workshop. It provides the reader a brief participants were grouped into three to visit a account on the participants and their reports about school library. I joined the group who went to the school library services and information literacy. Our Lady of Perpetual Help School. It is a An account of the school library visitation made Catholic School in Bangkok run by the Bangkok by the participants is also included. Diocese. We were asked to observe, ask questions and evaluate the school's library. We Part two of the paper presents the reflections and were given a set of questions and guidelines for insights gained by this writer from the whole this purpose. experience. A proposed Action Plan, the last part of this three-pronged report, follows this. These observations were discussed in a round table forum the next day. Afterwards, a workshop II. The Regional Workshop on school library guidelines and services was conducted. At this point, the participants were The International Federation of Library able to talk about practices, operations and Associations (IFLA) and UNESCO organized the management of the school library in light of the Regional Workshop, in conjunction with the Thai Manifesto and the Guidelines. As a closure to the Library Association, to present the School Library workshop, an IFLA representative and the TLA Manifesto and the School Library Guidelines for President expressed their visions and its application in the school libraries of the region. recommendations for school libraries of South In the process, the role of the school library in the East Asia. A representative for each country gave information society was also discussed. Apart a response to the visions and recommendations. from IFLA's and UNESCO's advocacy on the The TLA President delivered the final words to Manifesto and the Guidelines, the workshop commence the workshop. carried three relevant themes which are: School Library Services in the Region, Information III. Reflections and Insights Literacy in Schools and School Libraries in the Information Society. I have enjoyed my attendance to the workshop tremendously and I attribute this to the following The participants of the workshop came from the reasons: ten member countries of the ASEAN. Except for 1. The support given by Xavier School that I may IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 15

continuously grow and develop professionally; organizing, creating and communicating 2. The Philippine delegation of librarians, (we information suitable to the different needs of their were five and two of them, like myself, are Jesuit clientele. No wonder, there were a number of lay partners) who attended the workshop for they participants in the workshop who are ICT were like my second family during my very brief professionals. stay in Thailand; 3. The workshop itself as designed by IFLA, On library service to students, South East Asian UNESCO and TLA for it was substantial, countries share the same concern and passion for enriching and timely; the strengthening of reading skills and the 4. The warm hospitality, excellent service and campaign for a reading culture among the young. delicious food provided by our Thai hosts. Reading is indeed, the cornerstone of the And while the tastes, the sounds and sights of information society. And it is in the school Bangkok are still fresh in my mind, so are the library where promotion of literacy is enhanced insights I have learned from the whole and reinforced. experience. Given these reflections and insights, I believe that On a personal level, never before have I felt so the school library will remain indispensable as proud to be a Filipino school librarian. The fact humanity moves on to the peak of information that I was able to present a project to an society and into a new era. We only need to international audience boosted my confidence and recognize that changes can lead to great morale. Now, I am motivated to finish my opportunities and that, whatever is fresh and new graduate studies; to continue updating myself should always be tempered with traditional values with current trends and sprouting technology in and wisdom. relation to school library services; to allot time for professional readings and to write professional IV. Action Plan papers to further improve existing school library practices. The experience is worth sharing to As a result of the reflections and insights gained other school librarians so they may also see the from the experience, it is my plan to do the profession in a broader perspective. following:

My educational training and work experience has 1. Continue collaborating with teachers as they given me an awareness of the school library's role plan, design and implement learning experiences in an information society. But I further realized and environments using varied instructional that school librarians should maintain a proactive materials and different resources; stand on this role, otherwise, emerging 2. Continue planning and implementing programs technologies and concepts in the use of ICT's will that would promote students' literacy; not be maximized for quality library services. 3. Evaluate the ILSP in the light of current trends School librarians should always seek in User Education and Information Literacy Skills collaborative partnerships not only with teachers instruction; and parents, but also with professionals in the 4. Study the possibility of designing a GS LRC field of ICT. While school librarians can provide website since it is lacking of an Online Public and supply teachers with the necessary resources Access Catalog (OPAC); for organizing learning processes, they can help 5. Evaluate the available database software ICT professionals with the content and knowledge (WINISIS and MS Access) that may solve base needed to develop databases, software, existing problems in the library likewise, one that information systems and networking. In addition, is user friendly; school librarians can lend their valuable skill in 6. Propose, through proper channels, the IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 16

opportunity of articulating and identifying August 22 and 27, 2004. functions and services of the IMC and the GS LRC that offer the prospects of synergies to better Calls for Conference Papers the production and creation of instructional materials by the teachers; The content of the IFLA Conference Programme 7. Share with other librarians the many learning is organised by different professional groups that can be gained through participating in (Sections and Core Activities). All papers should seminars, workshops and conferences in national be submitted directly through one of these groups. and international levels; 8. Establish networking with other school libraries Please note, however, that each group has its own and learning communities. mechanisms of calls for papers, deadlines, refereeing and selection. Once a paper has been These plans will only be realized upon approval accepted, authors will receive an official and support of the school administration, the GS invitation to the Conference upon request. LRC Coordinator and Staff, and the community However, travel expenses to Buenos Aires and all that the library serves. other expenses (including registration fees (Zarah Grace Calimag - Gagatiga) and accommodation) cannot be paid by IFLA but will remain the responsibility of the speaker. WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS Workshop, Division VIII and Social Science Section 70th IFLA General Conference and Council THEME: "The Changing Role of NGOs in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 22-27, 2004 Creating, Validating and Disseminating Information in Developing Countries". http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/index.htm Four papers will be represented: Contact: - Social Science Section will give the lead paper Buenos Aires 2004 that will look at the global developments of Argentine Organizing Committee NGOs in dissemination of information - Do Asociaci๓n de Bibliotecarios librarians view NGOs as challenging competitors Graduados de la Rep๚blica Argentina. or are they partners in the business Tucumแn 1424, 8ฐ piso Of. D - Each of the 3 Regional Sections will give a C1050AAB, Buenos Aires, Argentina paper on case studies. Phone/Fax: +(54)(11)4371-5269 or 4373-0571 (Jacinta Were, Chair, IFLA Division VIII) E-mail: [email protected] Asia and Oceania Open Session Theme "Libraries: Tools for Education and Development" Theme: INFORMATION LITERACY FOR A KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY IN ASIA AND OCEANIA.

Time and Place/Conference Venue A 2 hour session hosted by IFLA Asia and The World Library and Information Congress Oceania Section. For paper presentation 2004 will be held at the Hilton Hotel and requirements, contact: Convention Centre in Buenos Aires between Dr. Gary Gorman, Chair, IFLA ASIA/OC Section IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 17

Tel. +(64)(4) 463 5782 August 18, 19 and 20, 2004, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Fax +(64)(4) 463 5184 Section on Management and Marketing. Theme: E-mail: [email protected] "Improving Virtual Customer-Relationship in the or Information Environment". Dr. Aree Cheunwattana Secretary of IFLA ASIA/OC Section Tel. +(66)(2)2600122 Simultaneous Interpretation Fax +(66)(2)2581428 E-mail: [email protected] There will be simultaneous interpretation available in six languages: German, Spanish, French, English, Portuguese and Russian. Poster Sessions This service will be provided during the Opening and Closing Sessions and some other sessions that Poster Sessions: Tuesday, August 24 and will be marked "SI" (Simultaneous Interpretation) Wednesday, August 25 2004 in the Programme. As in previous Conferences, there will be a Poster (Reference 1, September 25, 2003) Session within the Exhibition. The presenters of the Posters will be with their posters on Tuesday and Wednesday, from 12.00 Grants and Fellowships to 14.00 to give an explanation on their poster. Paper presenters and participants to the World Library and Information Congress may check Call for Poster Sessions: Poster Session is an alternative approach for the http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/grants-e.htm presentation of projects/new work will be For details of the following travel grants: available for conference participants. An area on the conference premises has been - IFLA (CFI) Grant designated for the presentation of information - Fellowship for the Americas regarding projects or activities of interest to - Hans-Peter Geh Grant for IFLA Conference librarians. Presentations may include posters, Participations leaflets (etc.) in several of the IFLA working - Harry Campbell IFLA Conference Attendance languages (English, French, Spanish, German and Grant - year 2004 Russian), if possible. Further advice on poster - IFLA Travel Grant sessions may be obtained from IFLA - IFLA 3M International Marketing Award Headquarters. The Professional Committee of - Dr. Shawky Salem Conference Grant IFLA will review all submissions. IFLA TRAVEL GRANT YEAR 2004 Satellite Meetings IFLA ALP is pleased to announce the availability Satellite meetings will be held prior to the of the IFLA Travel Grant, to support a number of Conference. Two meetings have been approved delegates from developing countries to attend the for this Conference: 70th IFLA General Conference and Council: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 22-27 August 2004. Wednesday, August 18 and Thursday, August Priority will be given to new professionals with a 19, 2004, Valparaiso, Chile: Organised by the minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of Library and Research Service for Parliaments libraries. regarding "Clients, Commitments and Trust", IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 18

In appointing the grants, the Grants Committee will look for a balance between all sectors of FUTURE IFLA library & information work. CONFERENCES

Applications, including professional curriculum World Library and Information Congress: vitae and information on present occupation 71st IFLA General Conference and Council should be submitted as soon as possible and Oslo, Norway, August 14-18, 2005 should be received by the ALP Focal Point not http://ifla.org/IV/ifla71/index.htm later than 15 February, 2004. Contact: Criteria for allocation of the IFLA Travel IFLA 2005 Oslo Secretariat Grant Ann Margret Hauknes, Secretary General Norwegian Library Association … Candidates are from developing countries Malerhaugveien 20 (according to World Bank standards). N-0661 Oslo, NORWAY … Priority to new professionals from Tel: +47 23243430 institutions/associations that are IFLA members. Fax: +47 22672368 … Priority to applicants who are not regular IFLA E-mail: [email protected] conference attendees. (Reference 1, May 06, 2003) … Wide geographic distribution. … General quality of application. … Professional background and experience: level World Library and Information Congress: of education, positions held and professional 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council experience in general. Type of library experience Seoul, Republic of Korea, 2006 is also considered in order to get balance between http://ifla.org/IV/ifla72/index.htm all sectors of library and information work. … Should be a member of a national professional World Library and Information Congress: association. 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council … Committed letter of application and a well Durban, South Africa, 2007 presented CV. http://ifla.org/IV/ifla73/index.htm

Application forms can be requested from the ALP World Library and Information Congress: office, or downloaded from the web site. 74th IFLA General Conference and Council Quebec, Canada, 2008 For more information please visit: http://ifla.org/IV/ifla74/index.htm http://www.ifla.org/III/grants/itg03.htm.

IFLA ALP EVENTS AROUND THE c/o Uppsala University Library WORLD Box 510 SE-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden Fax: +46 18 471 3994 January 9, 2004, San Diego, California, U.S.A. E-mail: [email protected] Taming the Electronic Tiger: Effective Management of E-Resources

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Association of Library Collections and www.ub.uni-bielefeld.de Technical Services (ALA ALCTS) Serials Section Additional details: February 11-13, 2004, New Delhi, India www.ala.org/alcts (click on Continuing Education and then on Midwinter Meeting). INTERNATIONAL CALIBER-2004 Registration Form (see www.ala.org and click on 2004 Midwinter Meeting). Organizer: INFLIBNET Centre Contact: Cindy Hepfer Hosted: Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Head, Collection Management Services Language: English Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall Theme: Road Map to New Generation of University at Buffalo Libraries using Emerging Technologies 3435 Main Street Contact Details: Buffalo, NY 14214-3002 Registration: 716-829-3900 x124; Fax: 716-829-2211 Dr. Gayas Makhdumi [email protected] Organising Secretary CALIBER-2004 University Librarian & Head, DLIS, January 15-16, 2004, Kathmandu, Nepal Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Mohammad Ali Johar Marg, Jamia Nagar, New Delhi - 110 025, International Seminar on Multipurpose India Community Telecentre – Networking and Phone:+91-11-26984910/26981717(Ext. 472) Future Aims Fax:+91-11-26982360 E-mail:[email protected] Organized jointly by Nepal Library Association Paper Submission: and Nepal National Library with financial Dr T A V Murthy, Editor-in-Chief Support from UNESCO, New Delhi. Director, INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Venue: Kathmandu, Nepal Gujarat University Campus Contact: PB 4116, Navrangpura Bhola Kumar Shrestha Ahmedabad - 380 009, India Nepal National Library Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 Harihar Bhawan, Lalitpur, Nepal Fax:+91-79-6300990 Tel: 977-1-5521132 E-Mail: [email protected] Fax: 977-1-5536461 Queries can also be sent to: E-mail: [email protected], Mr S M Salgar [email protected] Chairman, CALIBER-2004 Scientist-G February 3-5, 2004, Bielefeld, Germany INFLIBNET Centre[An IUC of UGC] Gujarat University Campus 7th International Bielefeld Conference PB 4116, Navrangpura Ahmedabad - 380 009, India 2004 Phone: +91-79-6304695/5971/8528/0002 (Ext Contact: 33)Fax:+91-79-6300990 Dr. Norbert Lossau E-Mail: [email protected] Universitaetsbibliothek Bielefeld Direktor February 14-15, 2004, Tiruchrapalli, India Tel.: 0521 106-4050 Fax.: 0521 106-4052 E-mail: [email protected] National Conference on Library Resource IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 20

Management in Digital Era Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003, India Fax: 91-11-24682133 Venue: Bishop heber college E-mail: [email protected] Theme: LIBRARY RESOURCE Tel.: 91-11-24651629, 24682100 or 24682111 MANAGEMENT IN DIGITAL ERA Website: www.teri.org/events/icdl Contact: Mrs.V.GEETHA, Organising Secretary March15-16, 2004, Kolkata, India Dept. of Library and information Science Bishop Heber College, Trichy - 620 017, International Conference on National TamilNadu, India Email: [email protected] Library Services ICONLIS-2004 [email protected] Phone(off):0431-2770136 Venue: (Res):0431-2770072 Bhasha Bhavan, National Library of India, Belvedere, Kolkata, India. Organizer: National Library of India February 24-27, 2004, New Delhi, India Focus: National Library Services in the 21st Century ICDL 2004 Note: No registration fee charged, board and International Conference on Digital Libraries lodging provided free of charge for invitees, A (ICDL): Knowledge Creation, Preservation, token honorarium will be given for contributing a Access and Management paper. Contact: Dr. H. K. Kaul, Coordinator, Organizer: TERI in partnership with the International Conference on Department of Culture, Ministry of Tourism and National Library Services (ICONLIS-2004), Culture, Government of India, and CIEMCA/ Director, DELNET- Developing COL. Library Network, 40 Lodhi Estate, New Delhi Topics: 110003, India. E-mail: · Digital libraries: conceptual and [email protected] theoretical aspects [email protected] · Planning, development, architecture and Tel: 0091-11-24619325; 24620544 management Fax: 0091-11-24619325 · Archiving cultural heritage and history Mobile: 9891016667 through digitization Web: www.iconlis.org · Content organization and knowledge (H K Kaul) management: discovery, organization, retrieval, and models May 25-29, 2004, Dubrovnik, Croatia · System scalability and interoperability · Mediation and user interaction Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA), 2004 · Metadata issues · Digital library policy and strategic Inter-University Centre (http://www.hr/iuc) planning Course web site: http://www.pedos.hr/lida Contact: Course email: [email protected] ICDL 2004 Secretariat Venues: TERI The LIDA2004 will be held in Dubrovnik at the Darbari Seth Block Habitat Place Inter-University Centre. Dubrovnik, Croatia IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 21

June 5-10, 2004, Nashville Tennessee, U.S.A June 13-16, 2004, Yeppoon QLD, Australia

SLA Annual Conference Lifelong Learning Conference 2004

Professional development opportunity Full details on the conference can be found CALL FOR APPLICATIONS--Please Distribute at http://lifelonglearning.cqu.edu.au/. to Colleagues Contact: The Museums, Arts and Humanities Division Helen Partridge, Lecturer (MAHD) of SLA will reimburse School of Information Systems travel expenses of up to $1,000.00 for a Faculty of Information Technology professional librarian from a Queensland University of Technology developing country to attend the SLA Annual GPO Box 2432 Brisbane 4001 Australia Conference in Nashville, Phone: +61 7 3864 9047 Fax: +61 7 3864 1969 Tennessee, June 5-10, 2004. Also covered by Email: [email protected] MAHD are costs of conference registration ($435) and tickets to all MAHD- June 24-30, 2004, Orlando Florida, U.S.A. sponsored events. Deadline for applications is January 23,2004. Criteria with 2004 ALA ANNUAL CONFERENCE application information is available online at Orlando, Florida http://www.sla.org/division/dmah/Travel%20Gra Library Associations Worldwide: Breaking Down nt.htm. Barriers and Making Connections Martha McPhail The American Library Association International Chair, Museums, Arts and Humanities Division, Papers Committee invites 2003/2004 proposals for papers for the ALA Annual Special Libraries Association Conference to be held in Orlando, [email protected] Florida, June 24-30, 2004. San Diego State University Please submit proposals to: 619-594-6736 International Relations Office (Martha McPhail, Reference 2, Mon, 29 Sep American Library Association 2003) 50 East Huron Street Chicago, IL 60611-2795 June 11-16, 2004, Goeteborg (Gothenburg), USA Sweden Fax: +1-312-280-4392 E-mail: [email protected] Computing and Multilingual, Multicultural Heritage June 25-28, 2004 Rockhampton, QLD, Australia

16th Joint Annual Conference of ALLC and ACH InSITE Conference Organizer: The Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing (ALLC) and the Informing Science and IT Education Joint Association for Computers and the Humanities Conference. The conference web site, at (ACH) http://InSITE.nu Further information: (or http://2004.informingscience.org/ www.hum.gu.se/allcach2004 IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 22

June 26- 28, 2004, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. site of the Forum at http://www.libnet.sh.cn/silf2004. 2004 American Library Association http://www.libnet.sh.cn/other/silf2002/ Annual Conference November 13-18, 2004, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Applications for presenting poster sessions are now being accepted. An application form is available on the poster session website at American Society for Information http://www.lib.iastate.edu/ala Science & Technology 2004 Annual Meeting July 21 - 25, 2004 - Orlando, Florida, USA MANAGING AND ENHANCING PISTA '04 INFORMATION: CULTURES AND CONFLICTS 2nd International Conference on Politics and CALL FOR PAPERS: Information Systems: Technologies and http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/am04call.html Applications (PISTA =B404) http://www.confinf.org/pista04 October 2005 Organizer: The International Institute of Informatics and Systemic (IIIS) Call for bids to host the 9th Interlending and Document Supply July 21 - 25, 2004 Orlando, Florida, USA Conference (ILDS) 2005

EISTA '04 IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, invites from IFLA th International Conference on Education and Infor- Members bids to host the 9 Interlending and mation Systems: Technologies and Applications Document Supply Conference to be held in http://www.confinf.org/eista04 October 2005. Organizer: Inter-American Organization of Higher Education IOHE and EISTA Interlending and document supply is one of the cornerstones of any library's operations. The October 12-16, 2004, Shanghai, China continuing development of technology and the increasing use of electronic publications make this conference an exciting opportunity for the The 2nd Shanghai International international community to come together to Library Forum discuss the delivery of quality services to users. Theme: City Development and Library Service In the past this conference has attracted between Contact: 250 and 300 delegates. Ms. Wu Min Reader Service Center The first Interlending and Document Supply Shanghai Library Conference was held in 1988 in London. The 1555 Huai Hai Zhong Lu second year it was held in London as well. With Shanghai 200031, China a 3-year interval it then moved to Budapest, Fax: (+8621) 64455006 Hungary. In the years after that it traveled around Email: [email protected] the world on a biennial cycle: For further information, please consult the web IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 23

a joint decision between the Conference Planning 1988 - London, United Kingdom Committee of IFLA and the IFLA Document 1990 - London, United Kingdom Delivery and Interlending Section. The 1993 - Budapest, Hungary Announcement will be made shortly after that via 1995 - Calgary, Canada IFLA's regular channels, like IFLANET and 1997 - Aarhus, Denmark IFLA-L. The decision will be made based on the 1999 - Pretoria, South Africa statement of intent and the venue requirements. 2001 - Ljubljana, Slovenia The desire of IFLA and the Document Delivery 2003 - Canberra, Australia and Interlending Section to hold the conference in different regions of the world will also be taken The organisation of this conference is carried out into account. completely by the host organisation, so we are looking for bids from Members who are willing to Please send all bids, no later than 4 February commit time and staff to the organisation of this 2004, to: event. IFLA Headquarters ILDS Conference Bids However, applicants may wish to use a P.O. Box 95312 Professional Conference Organiser. IFLA's Core 2509 CH The Hague PCO, Congrex Holland, is available to provide Netherlands advise. Upon request we can provide more details about the organizational needs. For more information, please contact: Josche Neven, IFLA Communications Manager What is needed for this conference: [email protected] - Main Conference Hall +/-300-350 seats - Break-out room for parallel session For more information on the professional +/-150-200 seats programme, please contact: - E-mail room 5-10 stations Poul Erlandsen, Chair of the Document Delivery - Speakers rehearsal room with 1 PC and Interlending Section - Baggage storage room [email protected] - Registration area (Josche Neven, Reference 2, 21 Nov 2003) - Exhibition area with space for +/- 15-20 tables - Lounge area for coffee breaks and lunch 4. ALP NEWS

Both conference rooms need to be equipped with IFLA Core Activity for the Advancement of AV equipment such as a PC with Internet Librarianship connection a beamer and a sound system. http://ifla.org/VI/1/alp.htm Please send in your bids, including statement of ANNOUNCEMENT intent to indicate that the institution is fully aware of the time and staffing implications the organisation of this event has, and an outline of ALP Project Applications the proposed venue to IFLA Headquarters no later than Wednesday 4 February 2004. January 31: Deadline for Project Applications to reach the Regional Manager. The decision on the winner of the bidding-process More details: will be made at the end of March 2004. It will be http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/admin/general.htm#3 IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 24

Online application form: I was fortunate to be one of the grantees of the http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/admin/alpform.pdf SIDA Speakers Grant Programme which supports librarians from developing countries to attend the Scholarships and Attachments General Conferences. It gave me the valuable opportunity to present the findings of the island wide survey that I have carried out as the local IFLA/ALP SCHOLARSHIPS AND project officer of the worldwide research TRAINING ATTACHMENTS GRANTS programme of the 'Libraries and Politics Group' IN 2004 of the IFLA, with the purpose of evaluating policy maker's attitudes regarding the role, value and The closing date for application is 31 December impact of the public library services in Sri Lanka. 2003. Application forms and guidelines are I am currently engaged in writing the country available from the program coordinator: report for publication by IFLA under the Ms. Daruna Somboonkun editorship of Prof. Bob Usherwood. The final 23/2 Wudthakard 39, Jomthong outcome of this project will be to set up in Bangkok 10150, Thailand association with the National Library of Sri Tel/fax: 66-24767736 (in case of difficulty Lanka, a programme to help rectify the fax:66-25245861 or 66-26285361). shortcomings in the public library sector. E-mail: [email protected]. Among the various sub-themes of the conference, Online application forms are available at: Freedom and Equitable Access to Information and http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/admin.scholaasia.htm Freedom of Expression were discussed in-depth http://www.ifla.org/VI/1/admin.trasia.htm throughout the conference. It was significantly reflected in the presentation of M. Jean-Marie IFLA Travel Grants Arnoult, the librarian who was a member in the recent UNESCO mission sent to assess the effects See page 17 and also of the war on Iraq's cultural heritage. The http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla70/grants-e.htm participants were speechless when they were shown distressing photographs of destroyed libraries and archives. I was deeply moved, since REPORT we Sri Lankans were in this same atmosphere for the last two decades because of the civil war, in IFLA/ALP Conference Grant the northern part of Sri Lanka. However, during for Speakers to Attend the World discussions various assurances of assistance were made. Library and Information Congress: There were several guest lectures and keynote 69th IFLA General Conference and addresses during the conference and it is Council, 1-9 August 2003 - Berlin, important to mention a few here. A presentation Germany made by Mr. Abdelaziz Abid (UNESCO, Paris, France) at the UNESCO Open Forum on The 69th IFLA General Conference which was UNESCO, Library Development and the World held in Berlin, Germany from 1 to 9 August, 2003 Summit on the Information Society was very was extremely beneficial to me as a professional informative and useful especially for developing in the Library and Information field. The main country participants like us. M. Adama theme of the conference was "Access Point Samasskou,้ President of the Preparatory Library: Media, Information, Culture". Committee for the World Summit addressed the conference under the theme of "The World IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 25

Summit - a First Step Towards a Society of As a member of the visiting faculty of the Commonly Shared Expertise and Knowledge". In National Institute of Library and Information his address he highlighted that even though we Sciences, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and talk about globalization and globalize world, in the Member of the Education Committee of the reality we are worn out by many divides not only Sri Lanka Library Association, sharing ideas and digital but divides such as who can read and those interacting with them was a beneficial and who cannot; information rich and the information interesting experience for me. poor. Again the facts he emphasized are relevant to us and presently we developing countries are Also, I attended the meetings of the Asia and experiencing it. Oceania Group for the first time. I tabled two project proposals at the meeting on behalf of the Although the conference was very well organized Sri Lanka Library Association and the National and highly professional it was not a conference Institute of Library and Information Sciences. It just about reading papers. The programme provided an excellent opportunity to closely mix contained variety of learning experiences, with fellow professionals around the region and workshops, poster sessions, cultural shows and know their activities. Further, it gave me the receptions which was ideal for personal opportunity to get to know more about regional networking. The exhibition and demonstrations activities and getting more involved in the IFLA of technologically advanced products were other Regional Section. important aspects of the conference. The demonstrations were wonderful. The participants Most under developed country participants were able to talk to many of the demonstrators pointed out lack of resources especially as a personally and hear about their latest products problem they faced in library development. first hand. We had the opportunity to familiarize Though that is a major obstacle, I always feel with these products by using them ourselves. In after attending IFLA that lack of resources is not addition, we were able to get trial access for the only obstacle to library development in the period of one to two months to several on-line full Third World. I believe that as librarians if we are text databases which we do not have access at the willing to adjust to the new environment in moment. librarianship and make more effort to use existing resources to the maximum, we can make libraries The library visits had been arranged according to more useful centers of information. the participants' interests and specializations covering almost every institution in Berlin. As I am a member of the National Institute of Though some libraries we visited were faced with Library and Information Science visiting faculty, I financial constraints, we saw how successfully hope to disseminate my upgraded knowledge, library managers and other library personnel experiences and benefits of this conference provided maximum services to their users. With through the teaching programmes of NILIS. the help of creativity, dedication, managerial Currently I am one of the General Council skills and new technology, they make maximum members, and a member of the Education use of limited financial and other resources. Committee of the Sri Lanka Library Association which allows me an additional opportunity to In addition to thousands of professional librarians, share my knowledge through its programmes. 'Great Gurus' of librarianship, the conference had Already, I have presented my experiences to the a number of undergraduate student participants members at one of the SLLA seminars. As in the from various library schools. Exposure gained at past I will extend the benefits of this conference the IFLA would have a great influence of an early to training programmes of Library Science stage on their further professional development. students of the SLLA and Department of Library IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 26

and Information Science, University of Kelaniya, for a women's organization could choose Sri Lanka to give them a good foundation to components from the "Searching the Internet" become more effective and efficient librarians in unit and the "Violence Against Women" module the new information era. and combine them into a single workshop kit. Individuals can also use many of the materials for Finally I wish to express my sincere gratitude to self-instruction. the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) who through ALP Each unit includes notes for trainers on running made available necessary financial resources for the workshop, a handout for workshop me to attend IFLA. Without their generous participants, exercises, a list of additional support it would not have been possible for me to resources, a glossary of terms, a copyright attend IFLA to present my paper and get these statement and workshop and materials evaluation invaluable experiences. Undoubtedly ALP is an forms. Many units contain additional resources excellent and an extremely important Programme such as presentations, detailed manuals for of IFLA, which benefits the librarians of the trainers, and case studies of how the tools in developing countries immensely. question are being used in different contexts. (Premila Gamage) FREE TO USE

5. MISCELLANEOUS All MMTK materials are released under a Creative Commons license which allows their UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA free use and distribution for non-commercial use. TRAINING KIT A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT

A STRUCTURED MULTIMEDIA The MMTK is a multi-stakeholder initiative TRAINING KIT involving the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), UNESCO, OneWorld The UNESCO/APC Multimedia Training Kit International, AMARC, the International Institute (MMTK) provides trainers in telecentres, for Communication and Development community media organizations, and the (IICD), Search for Common Ground, Radio for development sector with a structured set of Development, and the Food and Agriculture materials to help make that jump between new Organization of the United Nations (FAO). and traditional media or train in a new skill area. The MMTK was funded by UNESCO and the The materials cover a range of multimedia areas Rockefeller Foundation and coordinated by APC. like "presenting on radio" and "writing for the CONTACT: [email protected] web" as well as topics such as "cooperative problem solving". The MMTK is a growing UNESCO/APC MULTIMEDIA TRAINING KIT: collection, and new topics will be added in the http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/mmtk/ months to come. APC: http://www.apc.org/ Materials follow a standard format and so can be used as interchangeable building blocks from UNESCO: http://www.unesco.org/ which trainers can build up face-to-face training (From: [email protected] [email protected] appropriate for their different contexts. So, a To: GKP General list [email protected] trainer running a workshop on information skills Thursday, July 03, 2003) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 27

diversity. Let us not forget, either, the key role WORLD BOOK AND played by translators, without whom intercultural COPYRIGHT DAY -23 APRIL dialogue through books would not be possible.

By celebrating this Day throughout the world, Books are a powerful means of external UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing projection and can become an important factor in and the protection of intellectual property through material well-being. We must therefore work copyright. unceasingly to ensure the success of the industry on which their existence depends. Whatever form Books and reading are as important today as ever. they may take, from the most traditional to the According to Milagros del Corral, Director of most innovative, books offer, now more than UNESCO's Division of Creativity, Cultural ever, an irreplaceable medium of information, Industries and Copyright and Head of the critical reflection and education. They are thus a Organization's Publishing Office, "Reading means basis for the edifice, constantly in need of establishing an interactive dialogue with the consolidation, formed by democracy, human virtual universe created by the author of a text: rights and fundamental freedoms, essential facets a universe of intellectual representations that of which are both protection of authors' rights and differ according to the imagination of each fair public access to their works. reader". Ms del Corral highlighted the persistent inequalities in reading saying: "There are books A growing number of people, in all regions and on all subjects, for all publics and for all times. all walks of life, are becoming increasingly aware But we must make sure that books are accessible of the major issues involved, and this affords me to everybody everywhere". great satisfaction. Books and copyright, as driving forces for the creativity of every people, IFLA would like to encourage you to celebrate play a prominent part in the battle for peace. I this day with us. therefore hope that this Day will be marked by a For more information, please look at: large number of successful initiatives the world http://www.unesco.org/general/eng/events/book/book.html over. (Reference 1, April 14, 2003) Message of the Director-General of VANISHING PROJECT: UNESCO On the occasion of World Book and Copyright BOOKS FOR ALL Day, 23 April 2003 An International Project for The future of books and copyright is a question that concerns us all. It is not something that just Children's Libraries in can be left to specialists, political and economic Developing Countries decision-makers, authors, publishers and educators. It concerns all those who dream of a What is a book? world in which knowledge is shared and the One definition: it is a highly rare object in many values of tolerance, solidarity and dialogue can developing countries, especially in rural areas. flourish. At a time of exponential growth of Most people simply do not have enough money to electronic and television networks, books are purchase books, and libraries are rare or poorly exceptionally useful instruments for the supplied at best. Under such lacking conditions, expression of cultural identity. The distribution it is the children and youth – who would like to of books is essential for the promotion of cultural read, learn, and get ahead – who suffer most. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 28

Children and books must be brought together. The project was set at US$ 500.000, - as well as at The preservation of the identity of any folk the international level by UNESCO's Co-Action depends on its children knowing its history and Programme alongside 30 less encompassing traditions, as well as their ability to record national developmental aid campaigns. personal experiences and acquire basic knowledge in a variety of fields. Only those children who Up to now, it has never been a question of what, read regularly can gain the knowledge and when, where, and how it should all be done, but convictions which are absolutely necessary for rather a question of imagination and them to mature, to become conscientious professionalism. Numerous partners, i.e., individuals, and to be developmentally prepared institutions as well as individuals, have stood by to meet the challenges of the future. this volunteer project ready and willing.

Since 1973, the IFLA/UNESCO project, BOOKS The annual report has been presented at each and FOR ALL, has been able to support libraries for every IFLA conference, where it often received children and young people in 54 developing constructive criticism. The funds hoped for by countries. Now this developmental aid for the UNESCO Co-Action Programme, however, libraries is coming to an end. As of the 30th of came in sparsely and irregularly. Therefore, the June, 2002, the BOOKS FOR ALL donations project directors, chosen by the IFLA Section of account was closed. A total of US$ 500.000, - Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Colin has been collected and correspondingly disbursed. Ray (1973-1976) and Margaret Marshall (1977- At the 75th IFLA Conference in Glasgow, the 1989), started fund-raising on their end in Great international initiative for the support of children's Britain. An English language leaflet was and young adult's libraries in developing countries distributed. Students and young professionals, will be honored and thereupon officially ended. I publishers and individuals from the British Book have received questions from all sides as to why Trust supported the project. By 1989, a total of such a successful project, which has recently US$ 110.000, - had been collected through the become well known in many circles, is to be UNESCO and IFLA channels, and, based on a set concluded. I have also been asked about the criteria, was distributed to libraries for children possibility of a follow-up project. The answers are and young adults in developing countries. A as follows, and I give them with pride, a bit of tough business – "carried out" by two world nostalgia, and with gratitude. organizations, which relied heavily on the engagement of individual people, and on Projects are characterized in the fact that they occasion, promoted the uniqueness of the project have a certain time limit, definitive goals to be and funded expenses. reached, and that they will come to an end. Since 1990, I have directed the project, firstly, in BOOKS FOR ALL was founded in 1973 based on my function as Deputy Director of the the idea of the IFLA Section of Libraries for International Youth Library in Munich, and Children and Young Adults. The desire was since 1992, additionally, as a member of IFLA. to provide funding to those children's and young In a private office space and with the generous adult's libraries in financial need within support of a local law firm (i.e., through developing countries and to contribute to fighting secretarial help and the use of office equipment), I illiteracy. A cooperation with the Co-Action have worked more or less full-time, and on a Programme of UNESCO would help make volunteer basis for the project. Without the work provisions available. While the project space, equipment and the private sponsor, I would management details and the disbursement of have had to give up. However, much has provisions would be required on behalf of IFLA. contributed to my enthusiasm in this matter. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 29

Since 1995, two further office spaces have been many years, donation cans stood at libraries in made available to me. From 1996 to 2000, much Germany, Sweden, Great Britain, Denmark, of the accumulated work was completed by two Norway, Austria, Switzerland, USA and Canada. volunteers who regularly put in six hours a week Colleagues in special interest groups in Japan sent each. I, myself, have reported extensively on the continually larger donations. In addition, money project's work in the annual reports, as well as in was collected through the sale of posters and post- various special publications. The documentation cards. Since its premier at the Leipzig city library prepared for 1998 and many press contributions in November 1994, the touring exhibition mirror the project's various activities. "Children read everywhere" (consisting of 80 picture boards from all six continents) has been Requests For Funding shown at thirty locations, including libraries, The requests for funding came in continuously; schools, and city halls. Due to low rates, the they came in from over 50 countries written in exhibition brought in enough not only to cover English, Spanish and French. Often they were expenses, but also for the allotments of US$ fantastic, wonderfully formulated, on nice paper 5.000,-- for libraries in Nepal, Pakistan, and with proper headings and word-processed by Thailand. On the occasion of the 30th Inter- computer. Sometimes, however, they were barely national Children's Book Day in 1996, authors legible, either typewritten or handwritten on and illustrators of children's books donated already torn and tattered (airmail) paper. They money. Publishing houses for children's literature came from librarians and teachers, as well as from donated books, which brought in money as US-Peace Corps volunteers, as well as from those desirable raffle prizes. In 1997 donations totaling who simply wanted to do something for the future US$ 100.000,-- were collected! A large portion of their children. Everyone was crying out for thereof came from the Munich City Libraries books, for school books and for library books for which throughout the year offered their discarded children! I analyzed these letters, established books to the public in exchange for small priorities, developed a waiting list, and delivered donations. For the occasion of its 100th birthday, rejections or sent money through UNESCO, to the Gothenburg city library in Sweden showed its children's, young adult's and school libraries in strong commitment by holding a fundraiser for Bangladesh, Guatemala, Lesoto, and many other BOOKS FOR ALL. The proceeds went to sup- countries in amounts from US$ 500, - up to US$ port three larger children's libraries in Ethiopia, 2.000,-- a piece. Resident colleagues India, and Columbia. The calendar, "Kinder lesen predominately purchased books in their native *berall – Children read everywhere", which was languages which the children were able to read first brought out in 1998, has celebrated extensive and understand. In the scope of such a long term popularity for five years and has sold well. developmental aid programme, an additional and more important effect was especially noteworthy, For its 25th jubilee during the 1998 IFLA i.e., the resulting support of the local book Conference in Amsterdam, the Dutch artist Dick industries, in particular the local authors, Bruna presented the project with a placard publishers, and booksellers. sketch. In addition, street collections, smaller benefits, and private donations regularly adduced Fundraising Activities money. Although the amounts were increasingly sparse, money approved by UNESCO continuously Publicity flowed to the programme. Private fundraising In the setting of IFLA, IBBY, and ALA activities, as well as those held in libraries helped conferences, as well as at book fairs in Frankfurt/ to increase the size of the minute donations. For Germany and Bologna/Italy, as well as during various smaller seminars, the project has regularly IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 30

been promoted and discussed. Much attention library or even two complete portable libraries! was and has been drawn to it through two semester projects by students and various press The need for projects such as BOOKS FOR ALL, contributions. in particular for the support of children's, young adult's and school libraries in developing Advisory Board countries, continues to exist in great measure. BOOKS FOR ALL was not a private project. It However, in order to do more than simply spout always was under the jurisdiction of the IFLA the rhetoric that "children are our future" and Section for Children's Libraries, which regularly "education makes progress possible" and instead received annual reports and other information. provide the continued support needed, a follow-up Due to the fact that the project itself had changed, project would have to be conceived of differently an advisory board was formed during a today than in 1973. Perhaps it could consist of conference in Istanbul. This group, consisting of two full-time qualified persons under the umbrella members from various IFLA Sections, came of one foundation . . . In any case, a "call to together at annual conferences and provided action" must come from the colleagues in the supervision, as well as encouragement. developing countries themselves.

Cooperation – Acknowledgements Thanks The cooperation between IFLA and UNESCO I would like to hereby give thanks to the many proved to be relatively unproblematic, and some- individuals and institutions for their confidence times a bit tenacious and bureaucratic. On the and support. Without them, this project would German side, the Goethe Institute Inter Nationes, never have made it off the ground and my visits the German Foundation for International throughout the years for tours, deliberations and Development (DSE), and the German UNESCO workshops to the children's and young adult's Commission all supported the project in many libraries in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Jordan and ways. In 1998 BOOKS FOR ALL received an Lebanon, in Kenya, the Congo (Zaire), Senegal, award of recognition from the German Reading Zimbabwe and Uganda, in Brazil, Guatemala, Foundation for its commitment to promoting Columbia and Peru, would never have taken reading on an international level. place. (Lioba Betten, Reference 1, July 21, A Follow-up Project 2003) Such a small project as BOOKS FOR ALL, which AWARDS/GRANTS/ has often been overestimated by colleagues in developing countries, could never measure up to FELLOWSHIPS such large scale, fulltime managed foundations as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, Book Aid International, The Astrid Lindgren Memorial CODE or the World Book Bank. Nevertheless, Award for Literature the project had the unique advantage that its books did not originate from foreign cultural areas The 2003 Year Award (cultural imperialism), rather all proceeds were On 18 March 2003, the 2003 prizewinners were used for the purchase of local children's books, announced in Vimmerby, Astrid Lindgren's home stimulating the local production thereof. Since town, where the jury held its final meeting. In these books – from our perspective – are valuable, front of the international press, the jury's Press librarians were immediately able to acquire 500 Spokesman informed that the 2003 year award is new books locally for US$ 2.000,--. This is an given to Christine Nostlinger, Austria, and enormous improvement for a small children's Maurice Sendak, the US. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 31

Selected organizations and institutions around the 2004 is February 28, 2004. world will be invited to submit nominations. These nominating bodies are to possess a For more information, including eligibility, comprehensive general view of authors, selection, and the application form, click on the illustrators and projects to promote reading in the Following link: regions they represent. This procedure will assist www.clir.org/fellowships/gates/gates.html the jury in obtaining a world-wide overview of children's literature and reading. The jury Alice Anderson Bishop members may also contribute their own Special Projects Associate nominations. Council on Library and Information Resources 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500 The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for Washington, DC 20036 Literature was established by the Swedish (202) 939-4763 Government in 2002 in memory of the Swedish FAX: (202) 939-4765 children’s author Astrid Lindgren. The purpose [email protected] of the prize is to enhance interest in literature for (Magda Bouwens, Reference 2, Tue, 18 Nov children and young adults throughout the world as 2003) well as to promote children’s rights at a global level. The prize of SEK 5 million (equivalent to InfoShare Award approx. USD 580 000) may be awarded for outstanding writing, illustration and activities InfoShare, a program sponsored by SIG III promoting reading in the spirit of Astrid (ASIST), awards one-year ASIST memberships to Lindgren. The prizewinner for 2004 will be information professionals in developing countries announced in March next year. for whom the cost of membership would be a financial burden. More information about The catalogue of the nominating bodies and more InfoShare is available at the SIG III Web site, information about the award is available at the under InfoShare. Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs’ 2003 InfoShare awardees: website at www.kur.se J.K. Vijayakumar, INFLIBNET [Information Library Network] India Contact Bernard Barizake, Uganda Anna Cokorilo Vesna Injac-Malbasa, Serbia and Montenegro Project Manager, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Baljin Narantsetseg, Mongolia Award for Literature Tel: +46-8-519 264 00/08, +46-70-602 51 15 Please find more details at: E-mail: [email protected] http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/newsletter/v3n3.pdf (Extracted from Reference 1, Fri, 2 May 2003) (Anjali Gulati) Bill & Melinda Gates Satkal (Satinder Kaur Ramdev Foundation Access to Learning Memorial Trust for Award 2004 Advancement of The application deadline for the Bill & Melinda Librarianship) Awards -2003 Gates Foundation Accesst to Learning Award IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 32

Satkal Annual awards for 2003 have been More information can be found on: announced as follows: http://www.ifla.org/III/wsis.html (Reference2, Wed, 05 Nov 2003) § Punjab National Librarian Award: Dr T A V Murthy, INFLIBNET Ahmedabad WWW § Woman Librarian Award: Ms Sangeeta Kaul, DelNet, New Delhi ISBD for Component Parts § Young Librarian Award: Dr Dinesh K now on IFLANET Gupta, Kota Open University, Kota The ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce The Awardees will be invited to the Satkal publication of “Guidelines for the Application of Annual Function and Award Ceremony to be the ISBDs to the Description of Component organised in the Guru Nanak Dev University, Parts” on IFLANET, available at: Amritsar, sometime in the 3rd week of December .

This version is a reproduction of the original WSIS published in 1988, which has long been out of print, with typographical corrections largely http://www.itu.int/wsis focused on the examples included in the text.

The Review Group is especially grateful to Robert LIBRARIES @ THE HEART August, Library of Congress, and Dorothy of the Information Society McGarry, UCLA (retired) for their oversight of the project that led to this publication. Delegates from over 70 countries attending the (John D Byrum, Reference 2, Tue, 30 Sep 2003) Libraries of the Asia Pacific IFLA/World Summit Pre-Conference to the World Summit on the Information society, Directory (LAP) meeting in the Hall of the General Assembly of the United Nations in Geneva on the 3rd and 4th For some years the National Library of Australia November 2003, call upon the nations of the has maintained an online listing of the Libraries world to: of the Asia Pacific. Over the last few months, this listing has been redeveloped as an online Support and extend the existing global network of directory, with improved facilities for searching library and information services to make available and for the addition and updating of entries. and preserve knowledge and cultural heritage, to provide information access points and to develop There are over 400 libraries in the current the twenty-first century literacies essential for the directory at http://www.nla.gov.au/lap . realization on the information society. High Each entry provides contact details and quality library and information services provide information about the library, and can be updated access to the information required by the by the participant. If your library is already listed, communities they serve. A modest investment in you should have received notification of your them would quickly return significant dividends. password to allow you to update and expand your entry. Those libraries not represented can "Add a IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 33

Library" and the entry will be added to the or send inquiries to directory within a few days, and the library will [email protected] be notified of its password to allow future (Biju K. Abraham, Sun, 11 Aug 2002) updating. "The Public Library: New Those searching for information can use keyword searching or restrict searches to particular Challenges and Strategies in countries, subject areas or library types. The the Information Society" entries in LAP can include detailed collection descriptions, a building image, contact and The Report is now available at: service details as well as links to the library's web http://www.diba.es/biblioteques/documentspdf/informebibp site, catalogue and other relevant pages. ub_eng.pdf

Details from the libraries in the Pacific region will We hope that it will be of your interest. be incorporated into a printed directory to be published later this year. Arlene Cohen of the Assumpta Bailac University of Guam is managing the printed Servei de Biblioteques de la Diputaci๓ de directory project, which is being funded by IFLA. Barcelona Comte d'Urgell, 187 All enquiries about the online directory should be Tel. 00-34-934 022 241 directed to [email protected], or E-mail: [email protected] Libraries of the Asia Pacific http://www.diba.es/biblioteques Coordination Support Branch National Library of Australia Canberra ACT 2600 H-NET Reviews now linked to AUSTRALIA LC bibliographic records Generations on Line To enrich access to scholarly materials via the Library of Congress Online Catalog A non-profit program that introduces the Internet , the Library of Congress' to Seniors where they live and congregate. Bibliographic Enrichment Advisory Team (BEAT) Using familiar images and large type instructions, has launched the program guides elders who have no computer a collaborative project with Michigan State experience through basic E- mail, a multilingual search, links to others sites and more. University's H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, an online scholarly review Generations on Line provides simplified Internet . software, support materials, and service to retirement communities, long-term care and The project links LC catalog records to assisted living facilities, private and subsidized corresponding H-Net reviews, increasing access housing, senior centers, and public libraries to valuable information about published works nationwide. cataloged by the Library. The reviews cover contemporary publications as well as classic For more information visit publications in a variety of academic fields. www.generationsonline.com Many of the reviews, in addition to containing relevant Library of Congress subject headings, IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 34

include footnotes and bibliographies. (Ruth Horie, Thu, 26 Jun 2003) From Relevant Listserv Thai Library Association ([email protected]) IFLA Asia and Oceania Section F.J. Devadason, Moderator Please have a look at Hilda Nassar, Moderator http://www.libraryevents.com/ Library & Information Science Research in Pakistani Universities It is a site which has useful information for the Library and Information Professional. http://www.geocities.com/thesesinpakistan It has news and events of interest to the Library and Information Professional, Training courses, This site provides bibliographic details of master Conferences and Exhibitions, Current Awareness and doctoral research on library and information Database, Newsletter and more. science conducted in five LIS schools of Pakistan Please explore all the links to check all the including University of Karachi, University of information of interest to you. Sindh, University of Balochistan, University of (Wed, 18 Jun 2003) Peshawar and University of the Punjab. (Khalid Mahmood, Wed, 17 Sep 2003)

IFLA Management of Library 6. PUBLICATIONS Associations Section IFLA/FAIFE World Report Arlene Cohen, Moderator Series Global Book Exchange provides books to places "overseas" so maybe the The IFLA/FAIFE World Report on Libraries and public library or school libraries could contact Intellectual Freedom, published in 2001, was the them? first attempt to systematically collect information http://bookexchange.marin.org/ on freedom of access to information related to (Rebecca Morgan) libraries and information services and their customers and provided a picture on the status of Libraries for all! intellectual freedom with regards to libraries and information services and librarianship in a global http://worldlibraries.org/publications/lfa/ perspective. 1cover.htm#table To offer timely and detailed summaries of the This is a link to the full text of "Libraries for all!" state of intellectual freedom and libraries by Laura Wendell of the World Library worldwide, we have developed The IFLA/FAIFE Partnership, published by Unesco in 1998. World Report Series: the IFLA/FAIFE World Report published bi-annually and in alternate For more information, the World Library years the IFLA/FAIFE Summary Report. We Partnership site address is: would like the series to become the authoritative http://worldlibraries.org/about/ source on libraries and information services and intellectual freedom in a global perspective. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 35

(Extracted from Reference 1, August 12, 2003) The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization of scientists committed to making scientific and medical literature a public resource, ISBD for Continuing is pleased to announce that we have established a Resources Published on nonprofit scientific publishing venture and that we will be publishing our first open-access IFLANET journal, PLoS Biology, in October 2003. The ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce The PLoS journals will be governed and operated that the ISBD(CR): International Standard by scientists, and these publications will retain all Bibliographic Description for Serials and Other of the important features of scientific journals, Continuing Resources which was published in including rigorous peer review and high editorial print in summer 2002 and is available from K. G. and production standards. The journals will Saur (ISBN 3-598-11599-7) has now been made employ a new publishing model that will allow available in electronic format (PDF) on PLoS to make all published works immediately IFLANET. This document is accessible via a link available online, with no charges for access and available at: no restric-tions on subsequent redistribution or . use. PLoS has already assembled an outstanding academic editorial board and a first-class Comments on the contents of this ISBD are professional editorial team. We began accepting welcome and may be sent to: manuscript submissions for PLoS Biology on John D. Byrum, Jr. May 1, 2003. Chief, Regional & Cooperative Cataloging As an open-access journal publisher, we will Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. provide the online versions of all our journals free 20540-4380, USA of charge to anyone with Internet access, but we Tel: +(202) 707-6511 also intend to offer a paper version for those who Fax: +(202) 707-2824 wish to pay for that. Distribution of the paper (John D Byrum, Reference 2, Wed, 26 Mar copy will follow a traditional subscription model, 2003) although the price for subscription will be as close to cost for printing and mailing as possible. We Journal of Information and have set the subscription price for 2004 at $160/year, which includes shipping. This is the Knowledge Management subscription price for both the United States and (JIKM) the rest of the world. The subscription comprises all 12 issues published in 2004 as well as the three The Journal of Information and Knowledge issues (October, November, and December) that Management (JIKM) is now published by World will appear in 2003. Scientific. See call for paper and subscription information at: If you would like a sample copy of PLoS Biology http://www.worldscinet.com/jikm/jikm.shtml or if you wish to subscribe to the print version of (Suliman Hawamdeh, Tue, 29 Apr 2003) the journal, please either contact us directly at [email protected] to add your names to our database or complete our subscription form, found Free Online Access to Scientific at and Medical Journal http://www.plos.org/journals/biology/pbio_subscr ibe.pdf. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 15: 2(December 2003): 36

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IFLA Appoints New Secretary General

IFLA President Kay Raseroka today announced the appointment of Mr. R. Ramachandran as the new Secretary General of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). He will assume the position on 1st April 2004, following the retirement of Ross Shimmon.

Mr. Ramachandran is currently Director of the National Library and Deputy CEO of the National Library Board in Singapore and Secretary General of CONSAL, the Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians. (Reference 2, Mon, 10 Nov 2003)

References: 1. Extracted from IFLANET (http://www.ifla.org) 2. Extracted from [email protected]