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EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD IN THIS ISSUE MALAYSIA SPAIN 1. IFLA NEWS UKRAINE FROM HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES FROM THE REGIONAL OFFICE FROM RSCAO 4. ALP NEWS FROM FAIFE ATTACHMENT AND SCHOLARSHIP FROM UBCIM ALP ACTION PLAN DANIDA TRAVEL GRANT 2. HAPPENINGS IN THE REGION INDIA 5. MISCELLANEOUS INDONESIA IFLA POSITION ON WTO MALAYSIA IFLA/OCLC EARLY CAREER SIBERIA INFORMATION AND SINGAPORE DOCUMENTATION @YOURLIBRARY 3. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS/ BILL & MELINDA GATES WORKSHOPS FOUNDATION REPORT FROM THE CONFERENCES GRANTS FROM CARNEGIE IFLA 2001 IN BOSTON CORPORATION UAP WORKSHOP IN NOUMEA DIRECTORY OF SCHOLARSHIPS UPCOMING IFLA CONFERENCES AND GRANTS IFLA 2002 GLASGOW VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY PRE-CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS 6. NEW IFLA PUBLICATIONS CALL FOR POSTER PRESENTATION GRANTS AVAILABLE FUTURE IFLA CONFERENCES $,,$
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board for the first time. 1. IFLA NEWS (Extracted from Reference 1, June 11, 2001) FROM HEADQUARTERS New Professional Committee, Kay Raseroka Wins Presidential 2001-2003. Election During the conference the Coordinating Boards of the IFLA Divisions elected the members of Kay Raseroka, Director of Library Services at the Professional Committee. The members of the University of Botswana, has been voted the Professional Committee have elected President-elect by IFLA members. She will Winston Tabb, Library of Congress, U.S.A. as begin her two-year term as President-elect Chair of the Committee for the period 2001- during the IFLA conference in Boston this 2003.Chair: Winston Tabb, August. She will succeed Christine U.S.A.Division I: Christobal Pasadas Ureña, Deschamps as President in August 2003 for a SpainDivision II: John Meriton, two-year term. This is the first time an IFLA U.K.Division III: John Day, U.S.A.Division President has been elected by postal ballot, IV: Ia McIlwaine, U.K.Division V: Mary under the new Statutes adopted by Council in E. Jackson, U.S.A.Division VI: Wanda Dole, Jerusalem last year. U.S.A.Division VII: Marian Koren, NetherlandsDivision VIII: Rashidah Begum, Malaysia (Reference 3) Derek Law Tops the Poll for the Governing Board Our Thoughts are with You
In the elections for the new Governing Board, The President and Governing Board of IFLA the following candidates were successful: and the staff at IFLA HQ, wish to express our Derek Law (UK) deepest sorrow to our members and friends in Sissel Nilsen (Norway), the United States for the lives lost in the Alex Byrne (Australia) terrible tragedies in New York, Pittsburgh and Ana Maria Zimmerman (Argentina) Washington. We have all been watching and Jianzhong Wu (China) reading about the events with horror and Sally McCallum (USA) anxiety for your welfare. We are unable to Ellen Tise (South Africa) find adequate words to express our sadness, but They will serve a two-year term on the we wish you to be assured that our thoughts Govern- ing Board, beginning at the end of the and deepest sympathies are with you all. That Boston conference in August. This was also we were with you so recently, experiencing the first time that members of IFLA’s primary your wonderful hospitality, makes it all the board were elected by postal ballot under the more poignant. new Statutes. Events such as this serve to test our resolve, as Derek Law has served for four years as IFLA’s library and information professionals, to cling Treasurer. Alex Byrne has served for four to our ideals of freedom of information and years as Chair of the IFLA Freedom of Access commitment to cultural diversity. May we find to Information and Freedom of Expression the strength to do so. (Ross Shimmon, (FAIFE) Committee. Both Sally McCallum Reference 2, Thu, 13 Sep 2001) and Sissel Nilsen have previously served as chairs of the Profession Board. Alex Byrne, Ellen Tise, Jianzhong Wu and Ana Maria Zimmerman will be serving on IFLA’s primary IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 3
Winner of Guust van Libraries for the Blind. For the second year running, this publication was judged to be the Wesemael Literacy Prize best in a strong field of competitors. The 2001 Section produces their newsletter in print form, and in Braille, as well as making it available on the IFLA website. The presentation was made IFLA is pleased to announce that the Culture during the Closing Session of the conference. and Libraries Department of COMFENALCO Ralph Manning, Chair of the Professional at Medellin, Colombia, is the winner of the Board, made the presentation to Beatrice Guust van Wesemael Literacy Prize 2001. The Christensen Sköld, Editor of the newsletter. objective of this award of 6,000 Dutch guilders The Section received a scroll for display, and a is to sponsor a public or school library in a hand-bound collection of the year's winning developing country to perform activities in the issues. Honourable mention was given to the field of literacy: collection development, newsletters from the Section on Regional promotion, training, policy development or Activities for Latin America & the Caribbean, otherwise. the Round Table on Continuing Professional Education, and the Section on Management & In Colombia there are currently more than 50 Marketing. Newsletters from all Sections and Family Compensation Bureaus: private social Round Tables are eligible for consideration. security entities that work in different fields to Criteria in the judging include availability in improve the quality of life of the people. print and electronic formats, timeliness of These bureaus own 120 public libraries information, and overall layout and throughout the country. Although they belong presentation. Good luck to all in next years' to the private sector, these libraries serve the competition. (Reference 3) whole community and work hand in hand with the country's other public libraries, co- ordinated by the Ministry of Culture. FROM THE REGIONAL
Comfenalco is one of these Family OFFICE Compensation Bureaus; its Culture and Libraries Department was set up in 1979. IFLA RSAO Newsletter Reading promotion is high on its list of objectives. The programmes in this field are in two main areas: teacher's training and Mailing List Updated increased access possibilities to books. The survey forms posted (and inserted) in the On hearing the news of the Prize, Gloria last issue (June 2001) received much attention Rodriguez, Head of the Comfenalco Culture from our readers. During this first four months and Libraries Department, was very gladly (June - September 2001), about 200 readers surprised. She stated that the money will be contacted us to confirm the newsletter used for writing and publishing two booklets. membership. We have the mailing list revised, One would be directed to people in charge of and the December issue (this issue) will be children's collections, the other would be aimed mailed to members on the revised list only. at activities for adults responsible for book collections in factories and companies. As for electronic copy, we shall try to send the current issue to our members by E-mail when it is available. The back issue (beginning Newsletter of the Year December 1999) are available on IFLANET The award for Best Newsletter of the Year was (http://www.ifla.org/vii/s26/pubs/) presented to the Newsletter of the Section of (Pensri Guaysuwan) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 4
Ms Sun Liping FROM RSCAO Director of Internaitonal Cooperation Division National Library of China Standing Committee #33 Zhongguancun Nadajie BEIJING 100081 China 1999 - 2003 Phone: Tel. *(86)(10)68419260 Fax: Fax *(86)(10)68419271 Email: [email protected] Ms Rashidah Begum bt. Fazal Mohamed Chief Librarian P.E. Harrison Perera Universiti Sains Malaysia Library Assistant Director (Information) 11800 PULAU PINANG The British Council Malaysia Colombo 3 Phone: Tel. *(60)(4)6585518 COLOMBO Fax: Fax *(60)(4)6571526 Sri Lanka Email: [email protected] Phone: Tel. *(94)(1)074521584 (Chair / Fin. Off. Div. VIII / Chair / Treasurer Fax: Fax *(94)(1)587079 of IFLA Section: ASIA/OC) Email: [email protected] Abbas Horri Ms Elizabeth Reade Fong Research Librarian Senior Librarian National Library of Iran University of South Pacific Library Anahita Alley, Africa St. POB 11365-9597 GPO TEHRAN 19176 SUVA Iran, Islamic Republic of Fiji Phone: Tel. *(98)(21)8788971 Phone: Tel. *(679)313900 ext 2363/212363 Fax: Fax *(98)(21)8881967 Fax: Fax *(679)300830 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ms Hilda T. Nassar Zhu Qiang Director Medical Librarian Deputy Director Saab Medical Library, American University of Peking University Library Beirut BEIJING 100871 P.O. Box 11-0236/36 China 1107-2020 BEIRUT Phone: Tel. *(86)(10)62751051 Lebanon Fax: Fax *(86)(10)62754701 Phone: Tel. *(961)(1)350000 ext 5900 Email: [email protected] Fax: Fax *(961)(1)744464 Email: [email protected] Gary Gorman [email protected] Associate Director (Information Coordinator of IFLA Section: School of Information Management ASIA/OC / Standing Committee Member of Victoria University of Wellington P.O.Box 600 IFLA Section: BIOL) WELLINGTON, New Zealand IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 5
Phone: Tel. *(64)(4)4635782 IFLA/FAIFE and the Royal School of Library Fax: Fax *(64)(4)4635446 and Information Science in Email: [email protected] Copenhagen,Denmark are delighted to (Secretary of IFLA Section: ASIA/OC / Chair announce the appointment of Mr. Stuart of IFLA Round Table RTLISJ) Hamilton, of the United Kingdom to the co- financed PhD scholarship in library and 2001 - 2005 information science 2001-2004. Working from a global perspective, the PhD Aree Cheunwattana project will examine the extent to which Lecturer in Library Science libraries can provide free, unhampered and Srinakharinwirot University, Faculty of equal access to Internet accessible information Humanities, Sukhumvit 23 resources. BANGKOK 10110 Thailand Examples of issues to be researched are: Phone: Tel. *(662)(2)2600122 * National and international barriers to free and Fax: Fax *(662)(2)25801428 equal access to information Email: [email protected] * Censorship * Net filters. Ms Kalpana Dasgupta President Mr Hamilton gained his first degree, in Idian Library Association Medieval Studies, from the University of A/40-41, Flat 201, Ansal Buildings Manchester in 1996. After this he went to work Dr. Mukherjee Nagar in UK public libraries, for Kent Arts and 110 009 NEW DEHLI Libraries for a year and then for four years with India Brighton and Hove Libraries where he became Phone: Tel. *(91)(11)7651743 heavily involved in IT development and Fax: Fax *(91)(11)7651743 implementation. Mr Hamilton has recently Email: [email protected] completed an MA in Library and Information Science at University College London on the R. Ramachandran topic of censorship. Director (Susanne Seidelin, Director IFLA/FAIFE National Library Board Office) 1 Temasek Avenue # 06-00 (Extracted from Sophie Felfoldi, Reference 2, Milenia Tower Fri, 26 Oct 2001) 039192 SINGAPORE Singapore Phone: Tel. *(65)3323600 FROM UBCIM Fax: Fax *(65)3323616 Email: [email protected] Statement on UNIMARC
FROM FAIFE IFLA has supported the UNIMARC format, through its Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC (UBCIM) Core IFLA/FAIFE Announcement Activity, since 1987. Originally hosted by the British Library, it was transferred to Die Free Access to Information on Deutsche Bibliothek in 1990. the Internet - PhD Appointment The coordination of the development and maintenance of the UNIMARC format is IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 6 ensured by a group of experts who form the provided until two years ago. This money Permanent UNIMARC Committee (PUC). forms only a small proportion of the total costs Without their support and that of their of each core activity. The rest is provided institutions, the programme could not have generously by the host institution mainly in the been sustained. form of premises, infrastructure and some staffing. Contributions to the overall costs also UBCIM is one of seven core activities within come from sales of publications, and grants IFLA. In recent years, IFLA has experienced from external agencies for specific projects. In difficulties in raising sufficient funds and other the case of UNIMARC, the work of the resources needed to support the core activities. members of the PUC represents a substantial These difficulties appear to have given rise to contribution to the programme. We have rumours about the future of the UNIMARC launched an appeal for contributions to the core format. We are therefore issuing this statement activities fund, which has generated a modest in order to set out the current position response. We are especially grateful for a accurately. generous one-off donation from OCLC, earmarked for UNIMARC, which is being Die Deutsche Bibliothek has informed us that it invested. It will be available to provide some will no longer be in a position to support the support for UNIMARC from 2003 onwards. UNIMARC part of the UBCIM Core Activity from 2003. IFLA wishes to record its gratitude IFLA is committed to continuing to support the to Die Deutsche Bibliothek for the generous development and maintenance of the support it has given to the UBCIM Core UNIMARC format, which is used by libraries Activity over the years and for the indication in many countries around the world. that it wishes to support IFLA's work in other (Ross Shimmon, Secretary General, IFLA ways after 2003. September 2001) We are very grateful that the National Library 2. HAPPENINGS IN THE of Portugal has offered to take over the hosting of the UNIMARC programme, with effect REGION from 2003. This offer has been made subject to any changes of policy the government of Portugal may make. One great advantage of INDIA this arrange- ment will be that the National Library of Portugal and many other libraries in Report of the ICSSR Portugal are UNIMARC users. At the Permanent UNIMARC Committee meeting Workshop on Access to held during the annual general conference of Social Science information in IFLA held in Boston, USA in August, it was agreed to set up a consortium of UNIMARC the Networked Environment users to help ensure continuing support for the format. A five day Workshop on “Access to Social Science Information in the Networked Funding for all our core activities remains a Environment” was held at INFLIPNET Centre problem, however. Between now and the time in collaboration with the National Social the National Library of Portugal takes over Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), negotiations will take place on the amount of New Delhi (ICSSR) from 11-15 June 2001. financial contributions will be needed annually This Workshop was sponsored by the Indian by the new host library. In general, IFLA is Council of Social Science Research, New currently able to contribute to each of the core Delhi and the Netherlands Foundation for the activities about two-thirds the annual amount Advancement of Tropical Research, The IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 7
Hague (WORTRO). This workshop was the Science, International Islamic University second in its series, the previous one being on Malaysia, the Librarians Association of “Internet and Social Science Information” and Malaysia (PPM) and IFLA. held at INFLIBNET during 13-16 December 1999. This workshop was held under the series The ICLISE 2001 conference filled a void in of workshops that are being planned by the LIS field in the Asia-Pacific region. Library NASSDOC to be held in different parts of the educators have felt an urgent need for such a country to create awareness about the usage of conference for many years. Networking and Social Science Information. The response to cooperation among LIS schools and educators the workshop was overwhelming Twenty six within the region have been weak and sporadic, applications were registered with a final total with little knowledge of LIS programmes even of 24 participants from seven states, namely in neighbouring countries. There is a much Gujarat, A. P. Kerala, Mahrastra, Orissa, greater awareness of developments in LIS Rajasthan U.P. and one from New Delhi. education in Western countries than in the Participants in the workshop consisted of region. With the rapid development of the students, teachers and librarians who took an Asia-Pacific region and major economic, active part in both lectures and hands-on-use of political and cultural changes taking place, the Internet. (T.S.Kumbar) there is an urgent need for LIS educators to share ideas and solutions to common problems, pool resources and expertise, and develop INDONESIA collaborative research and education projects.
News from the National ICLISE 2001 has played an important role in bringing together LIS educators from all over Library of Indonesia the Asia Pacific Region. Twenty-two papers were presented from 12 countries: Malaysia, On the 11-13 June 2001, the National Library Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Taiwan of Indonesia organized a Commemoration of R.O.C., Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, the the Centenary of BUNG KARNO (1901-2001), Philippines, Thailand, Kuwait, India and the Founding Father / First President of the Nepal. There were nearly 50 participants, many Republic of Indonesia. of whom met for the first time at the conference. Throughout the whole Indonesia, many activities were held to commemorate Bung On the whole, the conference papers were of a Karno such as shows, exhibitions and high quality. A majority of the papers focused seminars. on the issues of competencies and core (Paul Permadi) curriculum from a wide range of perspectives – competencies required in various types of MALAYSIA information services today, IT-related competencies, and competencies for multi- disciplinary programmes integrating traditional An Academic's Perspective of library science with knowledge management, information management and information the ICLISE 2001 Conference systems. Competencies were derived using a range of techniques ranging from questionnaire The International Conference for Library & surveys to content analysis of newspaper Information Science Educators in the Asia advertisements. A small number of papers Pacific Region was held on 11-12 June 2001, looked at LIS specialisations, distance learning, in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia -- jointly organised Web-based instruction, and the grading of by the Department of Library and Information student assignments. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 8
There is a consensus on the need to revise and School of Communication Studies develop LIS curriculum to keep abreast of Nanyang Technological University) national and global developments, and to keep the programmes relevant in the knowledge economy. The conference papers paint a clear SIBERIA picture of major curriculum changes taking place across the region and innovative In September 10-14, an all-Siberian conference multidisciplinary programmes being “Scientific Libraries in a New Millennium: developed. Several papers contain descriptions Problems of Cooperative Resources’ Usage” of LIS programme in the authors' institutions. was held in Irkutsk. 120 professionals from 21 The conference proceedings are therefore a cities assembled to discuss the main aspects of useful resource, providing an overview of their common mission – the formation of an developments in LIS education in the region. up-to-date information environment in the It is hoped that the papers can be published in a region. The content of the 30 papers presented more formal way and made accessible to other concentrated on the prime triad: information LIS communities. resources – information technologies and– providing free access. It was stated that the The Department of Library and Information difference in the structure of regional library Science, International Islamic University and information resources had become more Malaysia, should be congratulated for doing an distinct due to discrimination between socio- excellent job and working tirelessly to ensure economic potentials of territories. But the the success of the conference. The keynote accessibility of information depends not only speakers were inspirational, and one comes on the quantity and quality of technical away from the conference with the certainty equipment but also on the effectiveness of that information professionals will play an unified technological approaches. Therefore a increasingly important role in the new great deal of attention was paid to working out millennium. a conceptual basis for the computerization of the regional program of libraries and the It is hoped that arising from the conference, introduction of Z 39.50. protocol. The other mechanisms can be developed for conference put forward a number of strategic sharing, cooperation and collaboration among aims, including the organization of a LIS educators, such as through a listserv, Web distributed system of information and reference site/portal, staff and student exchanges, and services. exchange of ideas, education materials and (Olga Fedotova) publications. The issue of accreditation was raised at the conference. Perhaps a dialogue can be initiated among LIS educators to SINGAPORE explore the possibility of mutually reviewing and accrediting each others' programmes. A Note from CONSAL Conference participants also felt the need to hold LIS education conferences regularly in the Singapore is pleased to introduce to you the region. For example, an LIS education ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian conference or workshop can be held in Nations -Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, conjunction with the next Congress of Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XII), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos) Librarians website similar to the Workshop on Information at http://www.consal.org.sg Studies Education (WISE) held at CONSAL XI in Singapore. CONSAL stands for Congress of Southeast (Dr Christopher Khoo, Associate Professor Asian Librarians and it represents the Division of Information Studies regional library associations and libraries in the IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 9 aforementioned ten countries. CONSAL is a to the Final Council meeting. The text of his not-for-profit association. presentation will soon be published on IFLANET and in IFLA Journal. Here are some The website is hosted in Singapore for the of the highlights. development of librarianship in the region and ‘IFLA works very hard to encourage the parti- to bridge the digital divide. As it is a dedicated cipation of people from all over the world in its site "by librarians for librarians" you will have activities. Earlier this week we heard the report to register to make full utilisation of the of the Advisory Group on Regional Activities functionalities. You can browse the site which is recommending the continuation of the without registration too, but it will not allow Division of Regional Activities to give the you to post messages. If you do have some oppor- tunity to our colleagues from IFLA's programmes or events that you would like regions to continue to work together while also ASEAN librarians to participate, you could participa- ting in the whole of IFLA's activities. post it at the event centre. Also if you would I am very pleased that so many of our friends like to lead a discussion list on the site, please from the developing world have been able to do inform us and we can facilitate that with share this IFLA conference through the administrator rights. Also a corporate generosity of a number of organizations.' registration is possible with a maximum of 4 'Before the conference, eleven satellite accounts for each corporate institution. meetings took place, the greatest number of Corporate registration entitles one to a number simultaneous satellite meetings that has ever of services in the marketplace component of taken place in conjunction with an IFLA the website e.g. posting of career opportunities, conference. The topics of these meetings exchange of library materials, etc. There are covered a whole range of issues facing new features that will be introduced in the near librarianship today, including Library future. Consortia and a session dealing with the challenges and opportunities for the delivery of Please do feel free to link the website to yours multicultural services in libraries.' and encourage your users to access services 'Over 160 papers were available and it is at CONSAL WEB. encouraging to note that over 150 translations Johnson Paul, Net Officer, CONSAL were available including some translations into Secretariat all of the IFLA languages. Ovid Technologies, Tel: 65-3323620, Fax: 65-3323316 a Gold Corporate Partner of IFLA has Email : [email protected] sponsored a CD-ROM which was included in (June 2001) the conference bag given to each delegate.' The full text will be available in IFLA Journal 3. CONFERENCES/ and on IFLANET soon. A substantial number of standards, guidelines SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS and best practices were discussed (or indeed approved) during this conference; a full list will appear in the full text of Ralph Manning's REPORT FROM THE presentation. CONFERENCES This year three satellite meetings were held: Marketing and Communication for Libraries (Haifa), the 16th annual session for IFLA 2001 IN BOSTON parliamentary libraries (Athens) and Evaluation of the Conference Preservation of Newspapers (Paris). and Professional Programme (Reference 3) Ralph Manning, outgoing Chair of the Profes- sional Board, presented an overview of the pro- gramme of the 67th IFLA General Conference IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 10
UAP WORKSHOP IN (5) Lay the foundations of wider co-operation both within the region and between the NOUMEA countries of the Pacific Region. (6) Find ways for librarians to play a more Workshop on Universal proactive role in social, economic and Availability of Publications in the political developments in the region. Pacific Region Participation
Introduction Some 36 people participated in the workshop, either actually or virtually. Countries and A workshop on Universal Availability of states represented were Australia, Federated Publications in the Pacific Region was held at States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, the Secretariat for the Pacific Community in Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, New Noumea from 18 to 20 September 2001. The Caledonia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana meeting was organized by the Secretariat for Islands, Niue, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. the Pacific Community and the IFLA Programme for the Universal Availability of Programme Publications. The workshop was made possible by generous funding from the The programme for the UAP Workshop Government of France and the National consisted of a mixture of presentations on the Library of Australia with assistance from state of libraries and publishing in different Emerald Press. countries, linked by specific presentations of aspects of Universal Availability of Aims and Objectives Publications. These included the philosophy behind UAP and its practical implementation; Objective of the Workshop. the development of automated systems and The main objective of the Workshop was to standards for communication and their role in improve the understanding and importance improving access and availability for published Availability of Publications in the Pacific documents; and the problems of payment for region and provide practical experience of the document supply and payments between technology available to assist in achieving such libraries and countries. There was also improvements. discussion on the current problems facing publishers in the region. As with other UAP Aims of the Workshop Workshops a Working Document was prepared The aims of the workshop were broadly as by the IFLA UAP Office as a basis for follows: discussion and future action.. (1) Raise awareness of the importance of availability of publications for economic, Conclusions social, educational, cultural and scientific reasons Participants concluded that there was still a lot (2) Concentrate on the development of to be done to improve availability and access, efficient document delivery and interlibrary both nationally and regionally. Although some loan mechanisms to help achieve wider countries represented have interlibrary loan availability in the region systems they are under great pressure because (3) Offer practical guidance on the of lack of resources and increasing emphasis development of appropriate models for on costs. Some participating countries do not interlibrary co-operation have the infrastructure to allow an interlibrary (4) Provide insight into world-wide loan network to function. Some libraries developments in this area cannot afford to subscribe to western scientific IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 11 periodicals which form a significant element of document supply requests. The region does UPCOMING IFLA possess several major libraries which could CONFERENCES form the focal point for such a system. There is relatively little demand across borders for publications that are primarily national in IFLA 2002 GLASGOW character or content. On the other hand, there is probably a reasonable level of demand for 68th IFLA Council and General publications produced within the region which Conference have a more than national application. Libraries for Life: Democracy, Materials on agriculture and health are two obvious examples. A system which makes Diversity, Delivery such documents more widely accessible in the August 18th - 24th 2002, Glasgow, region would go some way to achieve regional Scotland self- sufficiency difficult. However, participants recognized that they do have major Theme resources of cultural and scientific importance Libraries for life: democracy, diversity, which can be exploited and for which there is a delivery real potential demand in other parts of the world. Many countries in the region have Free access to information and the products of introduced new technology into libraries, but the imagination has always been recognized as some still have a long way to go. the foundation for an inclusive society, a society that is based on shared values and open The importance of a voucher scheme to help to change. Librarians have always played a ease currency transfer was also emphasized major role in collecting and transmitting new and the work being done by IFLA and ideas and better knowledge. Fundamental UNESCO in this field is considered useful in a changes in the way information is used are now region which possesses so many different making an impact on every aspect of currencies, most of which cannot easily be economic, educational and social activity. In exchanged. the knowledge economy that is emerging as a result of the rapid introduction of enhanced Finally, participants felt that there was scope information and communications technologies, for further co-operative initiatives some of learning and a command of knowledge have which should be achieved through existing become the key factors in individual, organizations in the region. organizational and national success. Highly (Graham Cornish) skilled people are needed to ensure that libraries can support effective learning and deliver efficient information services.
Sub-theme Building on the past - investing in the future
Libraries have played a key role in preserving and making available the literary heritage and inspiration of nations. The professionalism of librarians has underpinned the international transmission of knowledge. Today, libraries and information services develop and provide increasingly sophisticated tools to help make information available globally. Information IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 12 literacy is central not only to learning, but also Registration forms can be ordered from: to decision-making, evidence-based practice, IFLA 2002 Conference Secretariat Conference Department and innovation transfer. Librarians begin to Library Association Enterprises develop these skills by helping young people to The Library Association recognize when information is needed and to 7 Ridgmount Street have the ability to find, evaluate, and use it London WC1E 7AE effectively. Then they help to support them in United Kingdom these activities throughout their lives. For the Tel: +44 (0)20 7255 0543 individual, community, organization and Fax: +44 (0)20 7255 0541 policy-maker alike, the ability to handle complex information is a means of The downloadable form will be available from http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla68/index.htm. empowerment. Ia_bbi\ehj^[_d\ehcWj_edW][ (Extracted from Reference 1, November 2, i^ekbZ_dekhl_[mh[Y[_l[jeffh_eh_jo (Scottish Executive, Digital Scotland Task Force Report, 2001) May 2000) PRE-CONFERENCE The sub-theme will provide a common thread throughout the open part of the IFLA 2002 programme, particularly the plenary sessions "Statistics in Practice - (opening ceremony, guest lectures, FAIFE Measuring & lecture, CLM lecture, and closing ceremony) and, wherever possible, sessions organized by Managing"Burleigh Court, Sections, Round Tables and Satellite Meetings. Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK13-15 August 2002An official IFLA satellite The Scottish Executive recognizes the preconference sponsored by the IFLA Section importance of IFLA's contribution to the on Statistics.The Library & Information development of library and information Statistics Unit at Loughborough University is services. On behalf of the Executive, I warmly pleased to announce a forthcoming conference welcome IFLA's return to Scotland, where it on the use of statistics in library management. was founded, to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The emphasis of papers will be on the practical I hope to welcome you to Glasgow in 2002. applications of statistics to library management (Henry McLeish, First Minister) in all sectors, and delegates may register poster presentations on this topic.If you would like to Registration register your interest, without obligation, please send contact details to:LISU, Fees (all prices in GBP) Loughborough University, Loughborough, Before 15 May 2002 LE11 3TU, UKtel +44 (0) 1509 223071fax +44 IFLA Members 293.75 (0) 1509 223072e-mail [email protected] Non-Members 334.87 and you will be sent further details and a Accompanying Persons 164.50 registration form when these become After 15 May 2002 available.Conference attendees are encouraged IFLA Members 346.62 to attend the 2002 Glasgow IFLAWanda Non-Members 387.75 DoleChair, IFLA Section on Statistics(Wanda Accompanying Persons 188.00 Dole , Reference 2, Thu, 4 Oct 2001) Registration close period: 1-16 August On-site registration IFLA Members 381.87 Non-Members 423.00 Accompanying Persons 205.62 IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 13
CALL FOR PAPERS English or one of the four other recognized languages of IFLA--English, French, German, Russian or Spanish--to the person listed above The International Federation of Library no later than March 1. This will allow time for Associations and Institutions (IFLA) will be translation and publication in the Conference meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, August 18th - Proceedings. (Reference 2) 24th, 2002. (Conference Web Site: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla67/index.htm) The Section on Reference As part of the conference, the various Work sections are responsible to plan their own sessions. A few announcements are Title/theme: "Globalization of Reference extracted from IFLA-L as follows: Services" with the following possible subthemes: IFLA-Section on Education and Training - Cultural differences and reference work, e.g. origins and attitudes: training reference librarians for a pluralistic world/ sensitivity of Title/theme: Think local, Act global: reference librarians towards multicultural enhancing competencies for a diverse world. diversity - Reaching out to multicultural populations in The session will focus on diversity of reference work Graduates, Clients, Learning styles, Ethnicity, - New roles for reference librarians, e.g. and Delivery. comparison of different forms of reference work, reference work in different situations If you are interested in presenting a paper on with different tools this topic, please send your proposal (title and - Cooperation/collaboration of reference work brief synopsis with your name, affiliation and e.g. how are reference services to be defined in address, preferred in a Word or Word Perfect a world of networked knowledge? What would e-mail attachment, but fax or mail copies will "cooperative reference" look like? be accepted) by December 31 to: If you are interested in presenting a paper on Mr. Terry L. Weech these topics, please send your proposal (title Graduate School of Library and Information and brief synopsis with your name, affiliation Science and address, preferred in a Word or Word 501 E Daniel Street Perfect e-mail attachment, but fax or mail CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 copies will be accepted) by December 31 to: USA Mrs. Bodil Wöhnert Tel: 1 217 333 0646 Centralbiblioteket i Esbjerg Fax: 1 217 244 3302 Nørregade 19 E-mail: [email protected] DK 6700 Esbjerg Phone: (+45) 76 16 19 61 NOTE: Mailed Copies should be postmarked Fax: (+45) 76 16 20 03 by December 20, 2001 Mail: [email protected] A decision on speakers will be made by Note: Mailed Copies should be postmarked by January 31, 2002. December 10, 2001. On notification of acceptance, participants will A decision on speakers will be made by be asked to send the completed paper in January 31, 2001. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 14
On notification of acceptance, participants will A decision on speakers will be made by the be asked to send the completed paper in Standing Committee of the Africa Section at its English or one of the four other recognized annual general meeting on 4 February 2002. languages of IFLA--English, French, German, Russian or Spanish--to the person listed above The author of the best paper selected will be no later than March 1. This will allow time for funded by IFLA ALP to present his/her paper translation and publication in the Conference at the Conference in Glasgow. All other Proceedings. (Reference 1, October 26, 2001) speakers will be responsible for their own costs. (Reference 1, October 8, 2001) IFLA Regional Section: IFLA Regional Section: Asia Africa and Oceania Title/Theme: 'Delivering information to the Title/Theme: Information Literacy: community in the new millennium: A Building Skills for Lifelong Learning challenge for librarians in Africa'. In the last decade, information literacy, as a The Standing Committee of the Africa Section principal concern of information professionals invites proposals for papers to be presented at in all types of organizations and users, has the 2002 IFLA General Conference. become the norm. This is partly because of a confluence of factors, including the · Papers must be original and have not been commodification of information; the increasing published before. access to computer technology in homes, · Papers should be 20 pages maximum, schools and the workplace; and the recognition double space. that literacy is part of the social good to which · Papers should be in English or French with librarians are committed. This IFLA session is an abstract of one page in the same language. intended to relate broadly to these · 20 minutes will be allowed for developments as they affect librarians and the presentations at the Conference. users of libraries. · Papers may be submitted by e-mail, fax or post. In particular it welcomes expressions of · A brief curriculum vitae (name, affiliation, interest for papers in the following areas: address, etc.) must be provided. · The deadline for the receipt of proposals is 1. The relationship between information Monday, 19 November 2001. literacy and Internet literacy/IT skills · The deadline for the receipt of the completed paper is Monday, 21 January 2002. 2. The role of librarians in creating information If you are interested in presenting a paper, literate users, and ways of doing this please send your proposal/abstract and paper to: 3. The skills needed by information literate librarians Mr Henri Sene IFLA Regional Office 4. The strategic use of information literacy BP 2006 * Dakar (Senegal) skills within organizations Fax: (221) 824 23 79 Tel: (221) 824 69 81 Proposals for papers should be relevant to E-mail: [email protected] libraries in Asia and Oceania in particular, but IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 15 contributions are invited from the wider it with a brief description of not more than 200 professional community. Titles, abstracts and words of the session (in English, French, affiliation of presenters should be submitted by Spanish, German or Russian). January 15, 2002 to either Time Schedule: 1 March 2002 Deadline for receipt at IFLA Rashidah Begum, RSCAO Chair Headquarters of the application form and a c/o Library Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 detailed description of the poster session. Penang, MALAYSIA 15 April 2002 IFLA Headquarters will inform E-mail: [email protected] applicants of the final decision of the or Professional Committee. Description may be Gary E. Gorman, RSCAO Secretary sent electronically to: [email protected] c/o School of Information Management Victoria University of Wellington INTENT TO SUBMIT A POSTER SESSION PO Box 600, Wellington 6005 New Zealand PROPOSAL E-mail: [email protected] 68th IFLA General Conference and Council Glasgow, Scotland, 18-24 August 2002 Full papers are due by February 15, 2002. Please print or type the following information: Submitters of successful papers will be notified Name: by March 15, 2002. M F Address: Funding to attend the conference and submit the paper is available from IFLA ALP for one Tel. (Home): paper presenter. Other speakers will be Tel. (Work): responsible for their own costs. We strongly Fax: recommend that all submitters do apply for E-mail: either the grants provided by the IFLA 2002 Title of Poster Session: Conference Organizer (see p. 16) or the Danida Language: Travel Grant 2002 (see p. 20) as well. (Rashidah Begum) This form with a 200 word description of the poster session should be sent to: CALL FOR POSTER Mr. Sjoerd Koopman, Secretary of the Professional Committee PRESENTATION IFLA Headquarters P.O. Box 95312 An alternative approach for the presentation of 2509 CH The Hague, Netherlands projects/new work will be available for con- Fax No. +31-70-3834827; ference participants. An area on the E-mail: [email protected] conference premises has been designated for the presentation of information regarding Deadline for receipt of Description at IFLA projects or activities of interest to librarians. HQ: 1 March 2002 Presentations may include posters, leaflets (etc.) in several of the IFLA working languages Note: Authors of accepted poster session will (English, French, Spanish, German and receive an official invitation to the IFLA Russian), if possible. Further advice on poster Conference. However, travel costs to Glasgow sessions may be obtained from IFLA and other costs (including registration fees, Headquarters. The Professional Committee of hotel, etc.) can not be paid by IFLA. They are IFLA will review all submissions. Colleagues the responsibility of any author of an accepted interested in presenting a poster session are poster session. (Reference 1, September 10, invited to complete the form below and to send 2001) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 16
GRANTS AVAILABLE - Developing, training, expanding media competencies - Media migration and conservation Grants and Fellowships - Knowledge Management Strengthening information content A limited number of scholarships for Building strategic alliances with various user international participants from less developed communities countries are available through The Library - Serving special information needs Association, to assist those wishing to attend - Information world for future generations IFLA 2002 but unable to find funding from - Free access to information at point of use other sources. Further details and a - Licensing issues and other legal aspects Scholarship Application Form will be available - New structures for libraries in global from this site information provision (http://www.ifla./IV/ifla68/index.htm) soon, or Guaranteeing human culture and values from the International Office, The Library Expanding libraries as cultural institutions Association. The deadline for receipt of appli- - Networking "Cultural partnerships" cations is 15 February 2002 and successful - Social responsibilities of libraries in bridging applicants will be notified by 31 March 2002. cultural gaps We would welcome additional bursary grants. - Library buildings as community cultural Sponsors to date include The Library centers Association; the National Library of Scotland; - The role of libraries in changing cultural the National Library of Wales; the University environments of Strathclyde; the University of Edinburgh; (Extracted from Reference 1, October 5, 2001) the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies; the Standing Conference 2004: 70th IFLA Council and General of National and University Libraries; Conference Department of Information Studies, University Buenos Aires, Argentina of Sheffield; and a number of individuals. (Reference 1, October 9, 2001) 2005: 71st IFLA Council and General Conference FUTURE IFLA Oslo, Norway
CONFERENCES 2006: 72nd IFLA Council and General Conference The 69th IFLA Council and General Seoul, Korea. Conference Berlin, Germany, 1-9 August 2003 EVENTS AROUND THE Theme: "Access Point Library Media - Information - Culture" WORLD
Patron: German Federal President MALAYSIA Johannes Rau Asian Library Conference on Subthemes - Transforming media management Collection Development - Knowledge of media in all dimensions (ALCCD) - New culture of digital media: the result of the change and ever-changing results July 1-3, 2002, Penang, Malaysia IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 17
Co-organized by: Asia Library News, "Challenges in Knowledge Representation and InfoMedia Asia Limited, Library Association Organization for the 21st Century: Integration of Malaysia (PPM) of Knowledge across Boundaries." Supported by CONSAL Contact: Contact: Conference Chair: Jaffee Yee E-mail: [email protected] Maria J. Lopez-Huertas Tel: 66 (02) 7193688 Fax: 66 (2) 7220549 Faculty of Library and Information Science Universidad de Granada, Colegio Maximo de Visit the following website for more details: Cartuja, 18071 Granada, Spain ASIA LIBRARY NEWS: www.aliva.org Fax: 34 958 243490 CONSAL: www.consal.org.sg e-mail: { HYPERLINK (Jaffee Yee) "mailto::[email protected]" }[email protected] or SPAIN Clare Beghtol, Ph.D. Associate Professor Faculty of Information Studies The Second International University of Toronto Workshop on New 140 St. George St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G6 Canada Developments in Digital voice: (416) 978-8852 Libraries fax: (416) 971-1399 (Extracted from Clare Beghtol , Reference 2, April 2-3, 2002 in Ciudad Real, Spain. Wed, 13 Jun 2001) Conference website: http://www.iceis.org or http://www.iceis.org/workshops/nddl/nddl- UKRAINE cfp.htm Crimea 2002 Contact: ICEIS Secretariat - The Second International Ninth International Workshop on New Developments Conference in Digital Libraries Escola Superior de Informática / UCLM "Libraries and Associations in the Transient Paseo de la Universidad 4 World: New Technologies and New Forms of 13071 Ciudad Real - Spain Cooperation" Fax: +30 926 255 354 Sudak, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tel: +30 926 295 300 Ukraine, June 8-16, 2002 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.iceis.org The Conference "Crimea 2002" will be held or under the aegis of IFLA Pedro Isaias
Conference on A few years continuous professional Conceptions of Library and experience and a good command of English are Information Science also required. Emerging Frameworks and Applications are due January 31, 2002.
Methods The awards are of two kinds
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Scholarships July 21-25, 2002 The scholarship is for full time training at an Conference Web Site: institution in the region for a period of not http://colis.ischool.washington.edu/ exceeding six weeks. The training will focus on information technology, hence basic CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION computer skills are requisite. IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 19
Training attachments - Workshop on LIS Curriculum in the Arab countries. (Lebanon). (In cooperation with The four weeks training attachments will be at IFLA´s RSC for Asia & Oceania) a technologically advanced library in the - Mekong Regional Network for LIS Training region. The training is entirely hands-on and (Thailand). (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC likely to be in the area of library management, for Asia & Oceania) information technology, preservation, rural - Participatory management of Chilean public librarianship, and literacy work. libraries. Development of the experience of exchange between libraries of the Southern For application forms and guidelines, please Cone (Chile). (In cooperation with IFLA´s contact: RSC for Latin America and the Caribbean) Daruna Somboonkun, Program Coordinator - Attachments in Latin America and the IFLA/ALP Scholarships and Attachments Caribbean. (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC 23/2 Wudthakard 39, Wudthakard Rd., for Latin America and the Caribbean) Jomthong, Bangkok 10150, Thailand -Workshop on PAC in the Caribbean. (In Tel/Fax:: 66(0)2 4767736 cooperation with IFLA´s RSC for Latin E-mail: [email protected] America and the Caribbean and the PAC Core (Daruna Somboonkun) Activity) ALP ACTION PLAN Goal 3, to promote libraries and literacy, functional literacy, reading and lifelong learning IFLA Core Activity for the Advancement of Librarianship (ALP) Goal 4, to promote new technology Action plan 2002-2003 - Scholarships in information technology in Goal 1, to support the development of Asia and Oceania, 2002-2003. (In cooperation library associations with IFLA´s RSC for Asia & Oceania) - Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and - Managing digital and virtual libraries in Southern African Library and Informations Southern Africa: a training workshop for Associations (SCECSAL 2002) librarians (Zimbabwe). (In cooperation with - Seminar on management of library IFLA´s RSC for Africa) associations (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC - Seminar on the World Wide Web: design, for Latin America and the Caribbean) implementation and management. (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC for Africa) Goal 2, to assist in continuing education and training Goal 5, to support information services to the community with a special attention to - Support to the bilingual Journal "African indigenous communities Librarianship and Information Science/ Bibliothéconomie et sciences de l´information - Reading for survival: An experience in en Afrique". (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC bibliotherapy in the aftermath of a natural for Africa) disaster (Venezuela). (In cooperation with - Support to the attachment programme in IFLA´s RSC for Latin America and the Africa "Bart Nwafor Staff Development Caribbean) Programme", 2002. (In cooperation with (Reference 1, November 1, 2001) IFLA´s RSC for Africa) - Attachments in Asia and Oceania. (In cooperation with IFLA´s RSC for Asia & Oceania) IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 20
professional experience in general. Type of DANIDA TRAVEL GRANT library experience is also considered in YEAR 2002 order to get balance between all sectors of library and information work. IFLA ALP is pleased to announce the · Committed letter of application and a well availability of the Danida Travel Grant, to presented CV. support a number of delegates from developing th countries to attend the 68 IFLA General Application forms can be requested from the Conference and Council: Glasgow, Scotland, ALP office. You will also find them at the 18-24 August 2002. IFLA web site. IFLA ALP The grant is divided in two parts. One for c/o Uppsala University Library candidates who have not received any Danida Box 510, SE-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden grants before, and one for candidates having Fax: +46 18 471 3994 already received a grant and shown an interest E-mail: [email protected] and capability to be involved in the IFLA (Birgitta Sandell) activities by presenting a paper and/or becoming a member of a section. Three to four candidates could also have the possibility to get 5. MISCELLANEOUS a 3 – 4 weeks in-service training at a suitable institution/library, or attending a course in connection with the conference. IFLA POSITION ON WTO
Priority will be given to younger professionals with a minimum of 5 years of experience in the The IFLA Position on The field of libraries. World Trade Organization In appointing the grants, the Grants Committee (2001) will look for a balance between all sectors of Introduction library & information work. The World Trade Organization (WTO), with a Applications, including professional growing membership of over 140 countries, curriculum vitae and information on present oversees a variety of treaties governing interna- occupation should be submitted as soon as tional trade. The WTO treaties with the most possible and should be received by the ALP st significant implications for libraries and the Focal Point not later than 1 February, 2002. information sector are the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the Criteria for allocation of the Danida Travel Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Grant Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS). Libraries · Candidates are from developing countries are a public good. They are unique social (according to World Bank standards). organizations dedicated to providing the · Priority to younger professionals. broadest range of information and ideas to the · Priority to applicants who are not regular public, regardless of age, religion, physical and IFLA conference attendees. mental health, social status, race, gender or · Wide geographic distribution. language. The long-established library · General quality of application. traditions of intellectual freedom and equitable · Professional background and experience: access to information and cultural expression level of education, positions held and form the basis for ensuring that library goals IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 21 are achieved. Libraries of all types form an claim national treatment; i.e. the same level of inter- related network, which serves the subsidy received from the government by the citizenry, from the great national, state and public sector agency. Sub- Central research institutions to public and school governments (state/provincial, regional and libraries. The well being of libraries is essential municipal governments and their management in ensuring access to the full range of human boards) are included in any agreements, which expression and providing individuals with the cover the Member State. skills necessary to access and use this content. There is growing evidence that WTO The GATS Agreement does not apply to decisions, directly or indirectly, may adversely "services supplied in the exercise of affect the operations and future development of government authority". Critics have argued library services, especially in not-for-profit that the WTO will interpret this clause very institutions. narrowly. The GATS agreement itself states "a service supplied in the exercise of government Background authority means any service, which is supplied neither on a commercial basis, nor in It is important to recognize that the WTO, and competition with one or more service the international trade authorities of its providers". With the advent of for profit on- members, are engaged in shaping policy and line content providers targeting individual applications of this policy on an ongoing basis. users of education services and public libraries, While the infrequent Ministerial Conferences the potential for GATS challenges to with their attendant protests are the most traditional library service is increasing. While visible manifestation of the negotiations, the the concept of allowing "competition" appears process is continuous, with decisions often benign, the eventual outcome of such reached without public scrutiny. What makes challenges will be the undermining of the tax- the WTO unique is that it has a binding dispute supported status of public sector libraries at the mechanism as part of its operations with the national, regional and local levels. Without tax strongest enforcement procedures of any support, the library's role as a democratic international agreement. IFLA urges its institution, making available the widest range members to inform themselves on the WTO of material reflecting the diversity of society, and will be compromised. their national trade policy deliberations and to promote the library and related issues when In their submissions to the GATS negotiations, possible. Awareness of international trade individual countries make commitments on issues is a necessary component of effective service sectors which would then be subject to advocacy in shaping national policy, GATS requirements. At the commencement of programmes and law as they relate to library the second round of GATS negotiations in service. 2001, thirteen members had made a commitment to open negotiations on "libraries, Specific Concerns archives, museums and other cultural services."(1) Given that specific library NOT-FOR-PROFIT LIBRARIES services will fall under other GATS categories The GATS Agreement has the potential to such as communications ("on-line information open up all aspects of a national economy to and data retrieval; electronic data foreign competition including public sector interchange"), even if they have not listed services such as libraries. Corporations can be library service, it is probable that many more set up in any Member State and compete countries will be entering into GATS against public services. In such instances, the negotiations, which will directly affect foreign corporation can challenge government libraries. support for public sector service and could IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 22
IFLA encourages its members to promote Publicly funded libraries are part of the cultural awareness of library values and concerns in the sector. They are involved in encouraging the context of GATS to the trade negotiators in development and promotion of cultural works, their country. The potentially far-reaching particularly literature, and the preservation and implications of trade liberalization in services dissemination of those works. Libraries should for not-for-profit libraries should be openly be part of protections proposed for culture and debated. Negotiators should be strongly should support and be part of any possible encouraged to ensure that government support separate treaty which allows special for traditional library service is not exposed to consideration for cultural goods and services in a GATS challenge. international trade.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IFLA will work with national and international cultural groups to create alliances for achieving The TRIPS Agreement applies the enforcement recognition and protection for the development apparatus of the WTO to the Bern and other of regional and domestic cultural products. conventions established under the World Intel- The objective of such an alliance is the creation lectual Property Organization (WIPO). TRIPS of cultural diversity and the encouragement of has the potential to directly and indirectly multiple voices rather than homogenized and shape national copyright policy and law. In globalized cultural works, which dominate by one ins- tance to date, a WTO dispute panel virtue of financial or corporate strength. While has found a permitted use in a national supporting the right of WTO Member States to copyright law in violation of international trade promote and nurture national culture, IFLA treaty commit- ments. Ranging from fair use opposes any obstacles to the free flow across and similar fair practices to preservation international borders of legally produced copying by libraries, permitted uses lay out the information and cultural content normally rights of users of copyrighted content. There is collected or distributed by libraries. IFLA little assurance that the balance between the opposes tariffs or other duties or taxes on the public interest and rights of content owners importation of print on paper or digital content. sought in national copyright policy debate will Such measures have the potential to stifle be considered by the WTO in any intellectual intellectual freedom. property disputes which come before it. WTO dispute panels are Conclusion
"likely to resolve competing claims to As an active international alliance of library intellectual property with little regard for the and information associations, libraries and non-commercial values upon which a information services, and concerned reasonable balance of private rights and public individuals, IFLA is strategically positioned to interest depends." (2) advocate at the WTO on behalf of libraries and information services and to ensure that its The regulatory weight of the WTO has the members are informed in order to be able to potential to have a chilling effect on the advocate effectively at the national level. In development of national copyright law by order to ensure a strong public sector, IFLA providing those advocating fewer permitted and its members will continue to build links uses and extended protection a "trump card" to and work with library and information, archive, derail advocacy efforts on behalf of users. museum, education and other organizations in IFLA urges its members to work to ensure that furthering awareness of the implications of the interests of libraries and library users are international not marginalized through the application of the trade treaties for the public sector. WTO regime to domestic copyright legislation. (1) Bolivia, Central African Republic, Ecuador, CULTURAL DIVERSITY Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, Iceland, IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 23
Japan, New Caledonia, Sierra Leone, the American Library Association; and the Singapore, USA, Venezuela. Library of Congress. The intensive program (2) Steven Shrybman, "Information, includes OCLC Institute programs, special Commodification and the World Trade meetings with OCLC staff and management, Organization", IFLA Jerusalem Conference, observing an OCLC Members Council Aug. 2000. meeting, and visits to various libraries and OCLC regional service providers. Applicants Approved by the Governing Board of IFLA, at for the fellowships submit an application its meeting in Boston, USA, 25th August 2001. portfolio cover sheet, a resume, three letters of (Reference 1, September 25, 2001) reference and an essay. In his essay Mr. Irawan wrote, "With developing technology, library and information professionals will play an increasingly important role in the economic, IFLA/OCLC EARLY educational and social development fields. I CAREER believe overseas training is absolutely necessary for me [to] obtain sufficient skills to play a more central role in fostering IFLA/OCLC Early Career development of the information science Development Fellows named profession in Indonesia."Information on the fellowship program is available from the for 2002 OCLC Institute on the web The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation recognizes @YOURLIBRARY Guatemala's Probigua and Argentina's Biblioteca del Congreso with the 2001 Campaign for the World's Access to Learning Award Libraries unveiled at IFLA Recipients chosen for exceptional efforts to expand access to information, computers and conference the Internet IFLA and the American Library Association (ALA) announced a new public education BOSTON -- The Bill & Melinda Gates campaign designed to showcase public, school, Foundation announced today that Proyecto academic and special libraries and librarians Bibliotecas Guatemala (Probigua) and the IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 26
Biblioteca del Congreso de la Nación Argentina have been jointly awarded the 2001 Award recipients are evaluated based on their Access to Learning Award for their innovative approaches and service to reach exceptional efforts to expand access to low-income individuals who are not current information, computers and the Internet library users as well as effective for all people. implementation of technology and services to patrons in their native tongues. "Probigua and the Biblioteca del Congreso have made tremendous strides to improve Probigua's outreach to low-income patrons is public access to information in their respective pioneering in a country where few countries," said Richard Akeroyd, executive communities have access to books or libraries. director of Libraries and Public Access to Probigua establishes and maintains public Information for the Bill & Melinda Gates libraries in rural areas using funding generated Foundation. "We hope that the work they have by its not-for-profit language school. undertaken in Guatemala and Argentina will serve as models for other countries and Probigua is also working to establish organizations." technology centers in affiliation with its libraries. The first center is located at the The institutions will each receive a $250,000 Instituto Indigena Nuestra Señora del Scoro, a grant to develop new initiatives and expand teacher training program for indigenous young their outreach to patrons throughout their women in Antigua. Students there learn basic countries. computer programs, as well as Internet use and Web site creation. This program focuses on "Access to technology and information will young women who most likely will return to raise the educational level and productivity of their indigenous communities and use their many Guatemalan people who dream of a new skills to help their people. A second better life for themselves and their computer center is scheduled to open later this communities," said Rigoberto Zamora, year. executive director and founder of Probigua. "This award will help Guatemala reach those The Argentine Biblioteca del Congreso goals." originated and continues to function as a service for the country's legislature. In 1917, "With this award, we hope to build on the the library was also charged with serving the services that we offer readers by increasing the general public. Unlike almost all of the quantity and quality of computer equipment in country's "bibliotecas populares," which charge the Multimedia Room," said Carlos Alberto service fees and require citizens to pay Martínez, director coordinator general of the membership, the Biblioteca del Congreso Biblioteca del Congreso. "Then, we will be provides its services free of charge. able to reach all segments of society and fill our city's thirst for knowledge." The Biblioteca del Congreso provides extraordinary service to the public. With 24 The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Access hours of nonstop service six days a week and to Learning Award annually recognizes eight hours on Sunday, the library helps about outstanding libraries, organizations or countries 1,300 visitors every day. In addition, the that provide patrons with access to information library's Multimedia Room, which includes in innovative and useful ways. Only entities public access Internet terminals, is open 12 outside of the United States are eligible for hours a day and will become a 24-hour service consideration. This is the second year the by the end of the year. award has been given. Last year's recipient was the Helsinki City Library of Finland. The foundation chose Probigua and Biblioteca IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 27 del Congreso through a selection process Chilean government has committed US$6.7 involving an anonymous committee of million, Microsoft Chile has promised a distinguished members of the international software donation of US$1.2 million, and at library community. These members were this point more than nine other Chilean non- critical advisers to the foundation on the profit organizations and departments are identification and nomination of potential contributing to the training component. The award recipients. Chilean Association of Municipalities is also actively involved in the project in On the Web: representation of its members, the majority of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whom provide public libraries in their www.gatesfoundation.org communities. The total project cost, including these contributions, is estimated at more than Biblioteca del Congreso, www.bcnbib.gov.ar US$20 million.
Probigua, www.probigua.conexion.com "The Chilean effort to expand public access to (Extracted from Reference 4, August 21, digital information is a tremendous example of 2001) the power of partnerships," said Richard Akeroyd, executive director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Libraries and Partnership Public Access to Information programs. "The impressive set of partners that the Chileans have assembled inspires us. They have truly Chilean libraries to receive computers, set an example to which libraries in the United Internet through partnership with Bill & States and around the world should aspire." Melinda Gates Foundation Program to provide improved access to information for The program marks the foundation's first effort all public libraries beyond North America and the United Kingdom to provide individuals in low-income SANTIAGO -- President Ricardo Lagos communities with public access to technology announced today that all 368 Chilean public and digital information through public libraries will benefit from a US$9,284,339 libraries. Foundation officials selected Chile as million grant from the U.S.-based Bill & a partner because of the country's leadership in Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant will the effort to provide free and open access to provide training, computers and Internet access public libraries for all citizens. for all the libraries. Clara Budnik, Director of Libraries, Archives Speaking from the Casablanca Public Library and Museums, (DIBAM) further emphasized President Lagos stated: "The Network of the importance of the initiative: "Today we Public Libraries for the New Millennium begin a project which will provide free access project, which we are launching today, aspires to Internet to all Chileans, without to guarantee equal access to new information discrimination, training them in effective use of and communication technologies to all the new technologies, stimulating the generation of people of Chile, thus helping to bridge the local contents in each community and digital divide and providing information, strengthening the transfer of acquired knowledge, culture and entertainment." knowledge to future generations." In addition to support from the Bill & Melinda Installation of computers will begin in Gates Foundation, the effort to bring computers February 2002 and continue through April, to all Chilean public libraries has a number of reaching all 368 libraries. The grant will fund local partners contributing to the project. The an estimated 1800 computers, including 17 IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 28 computer training labs and four mobile laptop South Africa with the intention to strengthen labs. Sixteen Chilean librarians will travel to the infrastructure of a selected number of the foundation's Seattle headquarters in public library systems to help them move to the October and November of this year for next level of service delivery and to assist them intensive training; onsite training in Chile for to develop centers of learning and communica- all librarians will continue through June 2002. tions within each system. In February 2001, The Chilean Directorate of Libraries, Archives Ms Gloria Primm Brown of the Carnegie and Museums (DIBAM) will administer the Corporation concluded a study of the position grant and oversee the project. of public libraries in South Africa and invited (Extracted from Reference 4, August 13, 2001) all the provincial library services and a selected number of large public libraries to submit proposals for competitive grants as part of a GRANTS FROM CARNEGIE development programme called "Gateways to CORPORATION Africa: African Public Libraries". Each grant is worth up to $500 000 (over a three year Six South African Public period) for a library system acting without Libraries Awarded Grants partners and up to $750 000 for libraries with from Carnegie Corporation formal partnerships. of New York LIASA, together with the Public Affairs Section of the US Embassy, presented a one The Carnegie Corporation of New York has day workshop for the potential grantees to awarded financial grants worth a total of $3,8 prepare the proposals for submission. In late million to six public library systems in South June, Ms Primm Brown informed the President Africa following a competitive selection of LIASA, Ms Ellen Tise, that six project process. The successful libraries are the City proposals had been successful. Ms King of the of Johannesburg Library and Information Carnegie Corporation said that "These libraries Services (Gauteng Province), the Nelson were selected for the grants because of the Mandela Metropolitan Library Services excellence of their strategies to expand their (Eastern Cape), the Durban Metropolitan services and for their capacity to implement Library (KwaZulu Natal), the Free State those strategies". (Extracted from Gwenda Provincial Library and Information Services, Thomas, Reference 2, Sun, 22 Jul 2001) the Northern Cape Provincial Library and Information Services and Mpumalanga DIRECTORY OF Provincial Library and Information Services. In addition, grants were made to ten South SCHOLARSHIPS AND African universities and departments for higher GRANTS education projects. Under the leadership of President Vartan Gregorian, the International UNESCO Principal Regional Office for Asia Development Programme of the Carnegie and Pacific(UNESCO PROAP) has recently Corporation of New York is focusing on the published Directory of Scholarships and following priorities: Grants for Students and Researchers in Asia - capacity building for a selected number of and the Pacific . Bangkok, UNESCO PROAP, universities 2001. - women's undergraduate education - revitalization of public libraries in Sub- This directory is for students and researchers in Saharan Africa. the region who seek further research or study opportunities where English is the medium of The focus of this competitive grant programme learning. is on the revitalization of public libraries in IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 29
The directory consists of 3 parts. Who: The World Library Partnership (WLP) is i. Fellowships offered or administered by a nonprofit organization dedicated to building UNESCO global understanding by promoting literacy, ii. Scholarships, fellowships or grants awarded learning and access to information. We believe by international and bilateral donors and that libraries empower individuals and enrich institutions to qualified nationals of countries communities and we advocate for sustainable, in Asia and the Pacific. community-based libraries in developing areas iii. web sites that offer useful tips about of the world. By supporting libraries and studying abroad such as how to find the right librarians, WLP mobilizes the power of courses and the right institutions, where to look information to make the world a better place for financial aid etc. for all. The World Library Partnership (WLP) The directory is published as a service to will be working with a variety of organizations UNESCO members states and is available free to coordinate the ITW 2002 projects. of charge to individuals upon request from The Director, UNESCO Principal Regional What: The Inform the World Program will Office for Asia and Pacific, P. O. Box 967 train and place professional librarians from Prakanong Post Office, Bangkok 10110 around the world. The volunteers will conduct Thailand, Fax (66-2) 3910866 practical service projects determined by the e-mail: [email protected] needs of their South African and Honduran (Rashidah Begum) host libraries. Previous ITW volunteers have trained librarians in basic skills such as how to inventory, weed, repair, and catalog books. They also used their knowledge and creativity VOLUNTEER to help libraries reach out to and meet the OPPORTUNITY needs of their communities. They have painted murals, taught workshops, made display boards, produced publicity fliers and pamphlets Inform the World 2002 and helped clean, brighten and re-organize Destinations: Honduras and libraries. They have worked on projects ranging from creating a bookmobile to training South Africa students to work in their own libraries. After returning to the home, the volunteers also work Spend the summer of 2002 helping with WLP to design projects that will continue communities gain access to the information to help the libraries they visited. they need to build a better future. In light of the recent tragic events in the USA the World When: Library Partnership believes that global education and cross-cultural exchange are more South Africa: July 15th to August 15th important then ever. As an Inform the World Honduras: June 9- July 9 (ITW) Volunteer Librarian, you can use your professional skills to help rural librarians in These dates are subject to change by a few South Africa or Honduras. Instead of spending days on either side, depending upon the needs the summer battling with your online catalog, of our hosts. The volunteers will have three you can teach a class on book repair, conduct a days of training in Africa or Honduras and will workshop on outreach or fundraising or read then travel to their host libraries where they stories to a group of eager children. If living will spend three weeks working on service and working in these areas sounds like a projects. The ITW volunteers and their host challenge you would enjoy, join us for this librarians will reconvene for a book fair and a exciting service project. debriefing/evaluation session at the end of the IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 30 program. Conference in Boston.
Eligibility: WLP invites professional The President of IFLA, Mrs Christine librarians and library school students from all Deschamps, said: "Libraries have a crucial role disciplines to apply. We will also have to play. They are an essential tool for the placements for several Information Technology achievement of democracy and social professionals. Flexibility, a sense of adventure development. Libraries provide access to and the ability to adapt to very basic living information, ideas and work of imagination. conditions are a must. Basic conversational They serve as gateways to knowledge. Spanish is required for the Honduras program. Libraries must reflect the plurality and Fluency in English is required for the South diversity of society, opposing all forms of Africa program. censorship without being influenced by any political, moral, or religious opinions". Cost: The cost of the trip is US $2,200. This "This first IFLA/FAIFE World Report is a includes placement, training, materials, in- major project, a first attempt to provide a country orientation and debriefing, picture on the status of libraries and intellectual accommodations, most meals, site visit by the freedom throughout the world. More than 140 trip coordinator during the project, and in- countries have been contacted and 46 have country transportation. WLP can provide submitted their report. The result is very materials and suggestions to help volunteers encouraging since this kind of information had secure additional funding from other sources. never previously been put together nor Note: Airfare is NOT included in the cost of published on a global basis." the trip. "The IFLA/FAIFE World Report is a living Deadline: The Application Deadline is January document and more countries will join the 18th, 2002. We welcome early applications. project in the future. The World Report is a We will interview qualified applicants by living proof of the global aspects of phone and announce the final selections by the IFLA/FAIFE and of IFLA's support to end of February. democracy and development." Application is found at: http://rtpnet.org/wlp/itw2002/ITW02.htm The Chair of the IFLA/FAIFE Committee, Mr or contact Maggie Hite ([email protected]) Alex Byrne, said: "This first edition of the or Mary Alice McCarthy (mamccart IFLA/FAIFE World Report reflects the @email.unc.edu) achievements of the first four years of the (Reference 2, Sophie Felfoldi, Tue, 6 Nov IFLA/FAIFE initiative. 2001) The World Report will become a key guide to 6. NEW IFLA issues confronting libraries in providing free access to information for their clients. The PUBLICATIONS reports published in this edition begin to map the state of intellectual freedom in relation to libraries. They confirm that not all is well with Launch of the first IFLA/FAIFE the state of freedom of access to information World Report on Libraries and and freedom of expression in the world. From Turkmenistan to Timor, we too frequently see Intellectual Freedom books burnt, libraries destroyed or dismem- bered, and librarians intimidated or worse." The first IFLA/FAIFE World Report on libraries and intellectual freedom was launched Contacts: on Thursday 23 August at the IFLA Annual Mr Alex Byrne, Chair, IFLA Committee on IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 31
Free Access to Information and Freedom of the extensive bibliographies. While Dr Nancy Expression, Sydney, Australia. Panella, Medical Library Director prepared the Tel: +61 2 9514 3332, Fax: + 61 2 9514 3331. history of the section. E-mail: [email protected] Ms Susanne Seidelin, Director, IFLA FAIFE Everyone involved in the provision of library Office, Copenhagen, Denmark. services to the disadvantaged should obtain this Tel: +45 3258 6066 ext 532, or +45 32 58 70 book. 77 dial 532, Fax: +45 32 84 02 01. (IFLA Publications #96 ISBN 3-598-21826-5) E-mail: [email protected] or (Reference 1, July 13, 2001) [email protected] (Reference 1, August 30, 2001) Delivering Lifelong International Resource Book Continuing Professional for Libraries Serving Education Across Space and Disadvantages Persons Time Now Available! Now Available! 'Delivering Lifelong Continuing Professional Education Across Space and Time' just The International Resource Book for Libraries published in the IFLA Publications Series Serving Disadvantaged Persons, published in brings together the papers to be presented at the IFLA Publications series, records the the fourth World Conference on Continuing dynamic and evolving history of one of the Professional Education for the Library and oldest professional sections of IFLA. Information Science Professions, Chester, Vermont from 15 to 17 August 2001. The IFLA Section of Libraries Serving Disad- vantaged Persons was formed seventy years Ken Haycock presents the results of two ago, only four years after IFLA itself. It has Congresses, which discussed competencies for enjoyed a continuous and impressive history of information professionals. Other papers activity within the international library presented by, amongst others, Blanche Woolls, community. Uma Kanjilal, Augusta Maria Paci, Tatjana Aparac cover such areas the virtual campus, This resource book includes a seventy-year group mentoring, certification and the greening retrospective on the section, listings of section of librarianship. papers presented at IFLA Annual conferences, 1965-2000, and of the section's professional As the editors Blanche Woolls and Brooke reports, together with bibliographies on library Sheldon claim, "… the overwhelming theme services to the deaf, to the elderly, to hospital that dominates most of these papers is one of patients and on prison libraries and easy to read progress and increased confidence about the publications. It has both author and subject future of continuing professional education." indexes. Practitioners, teachers and mentors alike should all read this seminal volume. Originally proposed by Anne M. Galler, a (IFLA Publications # 98 ISBN 3-598-21828-1) former chair of the Section, the project was (Reference 1, July 13, 2001) reactivated following her untimely death and is dedicated to her memory. Joanne Locke, Associate Professor at Concordia University in Montreal and a colleague of Anne Geller, was responsible for reviving the idea and compiled IFLA RSAO Newsletter 13:2 (December 2001): 32
This Newsletter is published twice a year in 2. Extracted from June and December by IFLA’s Regional Office [email protected] for Asia and Oceania. It is a major 3. Extracted from IFLA Express 8, The communication tool for IFLA members in the Final Chapter from Boston, September 2001 region. Please share your ideas and 4. Extracted from: http: experiences by sending your //www.gatefoundation.org/libraries/default.htm contributions or suggestions to Pensri Guaysuwan, Regional Manager, 118 Printer: Thammasat University Press Charansanitwong 63, Bangkok 10700, Thailand. Tel: (662) 4242760, Fax: (662) 8817033,E-mail: [email protected]
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