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IFLA IFLA JOURNAL Offi cial Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions Volume 34 (2008) No. 3, pp. 225–320. ISSN 0340–0352 SAGE Publications CONTENTS Editorial: IFLA and Human Rights Stephen Parker . 227 The President’s Page Claudia Lux . 229 An Alternative View on IFLA, Human Rights, and the Social Responsibility of International Librarianship Al Kagan . 230 Young People’s Perspectives on ‘Information’ – Revisited Andrew K. Shenton and Andrew Johnson . 238 The European Library – gateway to the resources of Europe’s national libraries Fleur Stigter, Sally Chambers and Louise Edwards . 256 Monumental Library Buildings in the Internet Era: the future of public libraries Snunith Shoham and Israela Yablonka . 266 The Changing Role of Religion in Iranian Books Mortaza Kokabi . 280 Modernization of Library and Information Services in Technical Higher Education Institutions in North India: state-of-the-art report Seema Vasishta . 286 REPORT The 2nd IFLA Presidential Meeting 2008: International library policy on a high level Wolfgang Ratzek . 295 NEWS (with separate Table of Contents) . 300 INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR . 308 SOMMAIRES 289 — ZUSAMMENFASSUNGEN 290 — RESÚMENES 291 — Pефераты статей 292 . 310 NNotesotes fforor CContributorsontributors . 316 Visit http://ifl .sagepub.com Free access to tables of contents and abstracts. Site-wide access to the full text for members of subscribing institutions. IFLA Journal Offi cial Journal of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions ISSN 0340-0352 [print] 1745-2651 [online] Published 4 times a year in March, June, October and December Editor: Stephen Parker, Apt. 1C, Edifício Rosa dos Ventos, Rua Rosa Parracho 27, Cascais 2750-778, Portugal. E-mail: [email protected] Editorial Committee David Miller (Chair), Levin Library, Curry College, Milton, MA, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Michèle Battisti, Association des professionels de I’information et de documentation (ADBS), Paris, France. E-mail: [email protected] Sanjay Kumar Bihani, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, India. E-mail: [email protected] Galina Kislovskaya, Russian State Library, Moscow, Russian Federation. E-mail: [email protected] Filiberto Felipe Martinez-Arellano, University Center for Library Science Research, National Autonomous University of Mexico. E-mail: [email protected] Alli Mcharazo, Tanzania Library Service, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. E-mail: [email protected] Christobal Pasadas Ureña, Universidad de Granada Biblioteca, Facultad de Psicología, Granada, Spain. E-mail: [email protected] Christine Wellems, Buergerschaftskanzlei, Parlamentarische Informationsdienste, Hamburg, Germany. E-mail: [email protected] Wu Jianzhong, Shanghai Library, Shanghai, China. E-mail: [email protected] Stephen Parker (United Kingdom) (Editor, ex offi cio) Publisher SAGE, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC. Copyright © 2008 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. 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The IFLA Journal is abstracted/indexed in Library and Information Science Abstracts, Multicultural Education Abstracts, PAIS International and Sociological Abstracts. Typeset by Star Compugraphics Private Limited, Delhi, India Printed in Great Britain on acid-free paper by The Cromwell Press Ltd, Trowbridge, Wiltshire EDITORIAL IFLA and Human Rights Stephen Parker Their paper presents ‘The European Library’, which aggregates the collections of 48 European This issue of IFLA Journal contains a very varied national libraries into one single portal, promotes collection of papers; however, we decided to lead the outstanding collections of these libraries and off the issue, and this Editorial, with an interesting enables users to discover and access a wealth of paper on an important aspect of the work of IFLA materials. itself. Again a different topic in the fourth paper, ‘Monu- In ‘An Alternative View on IFLA, Human Rights, mental Library Buildings in the Internet Era: the and the Social Responsibility of International future of public libraries’, by Snunith Shoham and Librarianship’, Al Kagan takes the publication Israela Yablonka. The paper reports on a research of the fi rst book on the development of IFLA’s project which aimed to examine the phenomena of human rights involvement as a starting point for building monumental library buildings in parallel a review of some aspects of that history, with with the development of computer technology, particular reference to the Free Access to Infor- digital storage, telecommunications, Internet and mation and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) core sophisticated search engines. The research in- activity. Al Kagan has participated in IFLA since cluded interviews with futurists, sociologists, 1985. Among other roles, he has been Convener architects, urban planners and experts from the of the IFLA Social Responsibilities Discussion fi elds of information and library science and Group (1997–2003) and a member of the FAIFE 24 directors of new and large libraries in Israel Committee (2004–2007). His paper provides an and the Western world. The research is a wide, alternative view of IFLA’s role in several contro- interdisciplinary study that considers social as- versial situations in the past, in South Africa, pects, architectural structures, the human need to Turkey, Israel/Palestine, and Cuba, and makes monumentalize, personal and political interests, suggestions for the more democratic and effective organizational survival and futurism, and focuses functioning of FAIFE. on the future of public libraries in a world that is changing rapidly. The second paper addresses a completely dif- ferent topic. In ‘Young People’s Perspectives On Change of a different kind is the subject of the “Information” – revisited’, Andrew K. Shenton next paper, ‘The Changing Role of Religion in and Andrew Johnson report on a quantitative Iranian Books’, by Mortaza Kokabi. The paper research project that collected, via an electronic aims to show the situation of religious books questionnaire, data from 348 teenagers in an in the book publishing industry in Iran in some English high school regarding their reactions to pre- and post-Revolution periods. It discusses the thirteen statements pertaining to the nature of geographical distribution of Iranian publishers, ‘information’. The study revealed that there was the provinces that have the highest ranks after much uncertainty or indifference among the pupils Tehran in the Iranian book publishing industry, in relation to the issues and considerable variation and the languages and subject distribution of in the balance of opinion between boys and girls Iranian books, and makes comparisons between and from one year group to another. The authors Iranian publishing in the fi elds of religion, litera- conclude that uncertainty and lack of consensus ture and technology. The paper predicts that on many matters highlights the problems of using these three subjects probably will continue to the word, ‘information’ with young people. predominate among other disciplines. Another different topic is presented in the next The last paper in this issue presents yet another paper, ‘The European Library – gateway to the change of topic and country. In ‘Modernization resources of Europe’s national libraries’, by Fleur of Library and Information Services in Technical Stigter, Sally Chambers and Louise Edwards. Higher Education Institutions in North India: Copyright © 2008 Author. IFLA Journal 34(3): 227–228. IFLA ISSN: 0340-0352. DOI: 10.1177/0340035208097222 227 Editorial state-of-the-art report’, Seema Vasishta assesses Also in this issue, in addition to the President’s Page, the impact of modernization