Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage IFLA Congress 2009 Secretariat 4B, 50 Speirs Wharf Port Dundas Glasgow G4 9TH Scotland, UK Tel: +44(0)141 331 0123 Fax: +44(0)207 117 4561 Email:
[email protected] FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT MILAN, ITALY, 23- 27 AUGUST 2009 www.ifla.org Contents Contents Official Invitation . 3 Message from the Mayor of Milan . 4 About IFLA . 4 List of Divisions and Committees . 5 Core Activities . 5 75th IFLA World Library and Information Congress Committees . 6 Congress Schedule and Proposed Social Schedule . 7 Satellite Meetings . 8 Congress Information . 12 Special Events . 13 Library Visits Programme . 14 General Information . 17 Tours / Activity Descriptions . 19 Hotel Reservation . 23 Map . 28 Registration . 29 How to Become a Delegate . 29 Important Addresses and Deadlines . 32 Page 2 Libraries create futures: building on cultural heritage Official Invitation Welcome Dear Colleagues, The Italian National Committee, on behalf of the Italian institutions involved, together with all libraries and librarians all over our beautiful Italy, has the great pleasure to invite you to Milan, Italy from the 23 to 27 August for the World Library and Information Congress 2009, the 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly. The IFLA 2009 Congress is the result of the combined commitment of major public and private institutions, both national and local, all of them dealing with libraries: in particular, the Cultural Heritage Ministry, the Region Lombardia, the Province of Milan, the City of Milan, and the Italian Library Association (AIB), with the function of coordination between all the institutions. The Italian National Committee gathers representatives of the most qualified sectors of Italian librarians active in all kinds of libraries: state libraries, academic and research libraries, public and comprehensive general libraries, church libraries, and private libraries.