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S14newsletter 38-2009 13Feb09 Newsletter of the IFLA ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 Section on Acquisition and Collection Development ISSN 1026-2148 Contents From the Chair 2 Editorial 2 The Programme in 3 Québec Standing Committee 6 Meetings in Québec Satellite Meeting in 13 Boston Mid-Term Meeting 14 in Beijing The Call for Paper 15 Standing Committee meetings for Milan Division V Coordina- 16 in Québec ting Board Meetings Charleston Confe- 20 Next mid-term meeting in Beijing rence 2009 IFLA News 24 Milan 2009: call for paper A & C D News 25 Book Reviews 42 Standing Committee 44 Members Contacts PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 From the Chair The year 2009 promises to be one of challenge and change for our Section. Already we have seen the impact of the economic situation on the lessening of travel opportunities for some of our members to the Mid-Term meeting and Workshop in Beijing. Hopefully this trend will not continue for the Annual Conference in Milan in August. Much of the change we face is both positive and exciting. Our Section, like all IFLA Sections, will find itself in a new Divi- sion within an organizationally reconfigured IFLA after the Milan Conference. 2009 is an election year for IFLA, including in each of the Section. Members of the Standing Committee should be considering if they wish to run for one of the Officer positions or who they might wish to nominate for one of the two positions (Chair and Secretary/Information Coordina- tor). Some long-time members of the Standing Committee will be rotating off and new members will be coming on. I am concerned that the number of nominations for open posi- tions on our Standing Committee are well below where they should be at this point, but hopefully this will correct itself in due course. Finally, we can look back with satisfaction on 2008, with a very good conference in Québec and the publication of our excellent Gifts for the Collections: Guidelines for Libraries. LYNN SIPE, Chair of the Standing Committee Editorial My editorial starts with my apologies because, unfortunately, I will not be able to attend our mid- term meeting in Beijing, due to familiar commitments (preparing for my baby’s arrival). This year it’s time to be back to Asia, three years after the Congress in Seoul. The hosting city and institution sound very exciting, so does the preliminary schedule - at page 14 - plus, the Standing Committee is in great shape, so I hope the lucky attending colleagues will enjoy some fruitful days. Our newsletter did not make it for the Best Newsletter Award, but we don’t mind, do we? This 45- pages issue contains some of the pictures I shot in Québec City and Boston, but...no Italian lessons for Milan, sorry ;) Don’t forget to disseminate the call for paper on e-books for Milan 2009, only a few weeks are left. CORRADO DI TILLIO, Editor Cover: Boston Public Library All photos: Corrado Di Tillio 2 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 The Programme in Québec “Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global World Library and In- understanding” formation Congress: 10-14 August 2008 74th IFLA General Con- Québec, Canada ference and Council The three papers are available in pdf ****** format on IFLANET: http:// www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/ Programme2008.htm#13August Mass digitization for re- search and study: the digiti- zation strategy of the Bavar- In and out (of copy- ian State Library right): Contrasting per- KLAUS CEYNOWA “Per attirare l'attenzione del lettore, inserire qui spectives on digitiza- (Bavarian State Library. Munich, una citazione o una frase tratta dal testo.” tion of library collec- Germany) tions Recommended paper WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST Klaus Ceynowa ****** British Library digitisation: ac- cess and copyright Canadian mass digitization: ED KING the University of Toronto Li- (British Library, London, UK) braries partnership with the Internet Archive – historical Abstract overview, recent issues, and The British Library has in recent future implications years undertaken a number of digiti- JONATHAN BENGSTON zation initiatives. As the Library col- lections are very varied, containing (University of Toronto, Toronto, many treasures, as well as a great Canada) mass of older printed texts, it has ROBERT MILLER evolved a combined approach to its digitisation efforts in the last few (Internet Archive, San Francisco, years. High grade work such as the USA) 3 Jonathan Bengston (top) and Robert Miller PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 The Programme in Québec British Library must ensure diligence in relation to matters of UK copyright and to obtain- ing permissions of rights hold- ers, wherever it is possible to do this. There will be an ex- amination for each project of the copyright issues that had to be tackled, with examples of the constraints faced. The pa- Ed King per states that this remains work in progress, describing lessons learned; digitisation of the Gutenberg Bible, it may be impossible to trace all the or the Shakespeare first folios have potential rights holders within such been realised - and all publicised large masses of material. However, under the "Turning the Pages" con- The British Library has led in this cept. At the same time, the Library area, and has a policy to show the sought funds for large scale digital process of due diligence. conversion activities for three areas ****** of its collections: Newspapers, Books and Sound Recordings. The Gallica 2: expérimentation paper will focus upon these three d'une offre numérique in- large projects. They are: Archival cluant des documents soumis sound Recordings; 19th Century au droit d'auteur Newspapers; Out-of Copyright LUCIEN SCOTTI books. For the first two projects, (Bibliothèque nationale de France, funds have been awarded by the UK Paris, France) Joint Information Systems Commit- tee (JISC). The Library has worked for the last few years with JISC to realise these two projects. To realise the third, the Library is in partner- ship with Microsoft. The background to each of these projects will be described. The pres- entation of such a mass of material presents great opportunities to open up access. At the same time, the 4 Lucien Scotti PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 The Programme in Québec Left: The Chair of the Standing Committee and the panel of speakers The audience (in the front row, Standing Com- mittee member Ole Gunnar Evensen) 5 PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com ISSUE NO.38 - FEBRUARY 2009 Standing Committee Meetings in Québec Minutes by CORRADO DI TILLIO, Secretary & Information Officer The Standing Committee met twice during unanimously granted. Observers were formed that the regis- the Annual IFLA Conference in Québec. welcomed by Lynn Sipe, Chair of the tration fees for the Con- Committee, and were encouraged to ference in Milan 2009 participate in the discussions. will remain the same for IFLA Acquisition and Collec- IFLA members, but will 1.2 Apologies for absences tion Development Section - increase for non-members. The Chair passed on to the Committee Standing Committee 1 apologies from those members that had communicated their inability to attend 5. Section Activities in Qué- SATURDAY, 9TH AUGUST, 11:30-14:20 either this first meeting or that would bec not be able to come to Durban at all. 5.A Open Programme Pentti Vattulainen passed on to the 1. Attendance and general Committee apologies from Sook Hyuen The Chair reminded that the Section’s introductions Lee. The excused attendees are noted Open Programme was to take place at with an asterisk in the list of members 10:45 on Wedn“Peesr dattairyar,e l'13atten zAionue dgelu lestttor.e , Tinsheriere qui una citazione o una frase tratta dal testo.” Standing Committee members attend- not attending, above. theme was to be “In and out (of copy- ing were: right): Contrasting perspectives on dig- Corrado Di Tillio, Julia Gelfand, Sharon itization of library collections”. Speakers Johnson, Helen Ladrón de Guevara Cox 2. Adoption of the Agenda included Jonathan Bengston (University of Toronto, Toronto) and Robert Miller (corresponding member), Glenda Lam- The Agenda was approved as proposed. mers, Natalia Litvinova, Judy Mans- (Internet Archive, San Francisco) on field, Pascal Sanz, Lynn Sipe, Sun Tan, “Canadian Mass Digitization: the Uni- Pentti Vattulainen, Sha Li Zhang, Nadia 3. Approval of Minutes versity of Toronto libraries partnership Zilper with the Internet Archive – historical The minutes of the meetings held in overview, recent issues, and future im- Standing Committee members not at- Durban (annual, 2007) and Guadalajara plications”; Klaus Ceynowa (Bavarian tending were: (*= prior notice given) (mid-term, 2008) were approved as State Library, Munich) on “Mass digiti- Joanna Ball*, Ole Gunnar Evensen*, published respectively in the issues n.36 zation for research and study: the digiti- Rosa Garcia Blanco*, Suzanne D. and 37 of the Section Newsletter. zation strategy of the Bavarian State Gyeszly (corresponding member), Library”; Ed King (British Library, Lon- Klaus Kempf, Sook Hyuen Lee*, Cath- don) on “British Library digitisation: erine Omont, Silke Trojahn*, Kazunori 4. Announcements access and copyright”; and Lucien Scotti Kojima (corresponding member), Absa- Complaints were expressed about the (Bibliothèque nationale de France, lom Umarov management of hotel bookings by Con- Paris) on “Gallica 2: experimentation d’une offre numérique incluant des Observers attending were: grex and that high currency conversion fees had been applied to payment in documents soumis au droit d’auteur”. Zhong Yongheng (China), Liu Xiwen Euro of exhibition spaces by companies. Lynn Sipe noticed that simultaneous (China) A short discussion followed about secu- interpretation (English-French and 1.1 Permission of Observers to rity issues during the last Conference in French-English only) would be provided attend Durban.
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