CONTENTS _____________ Message from the Mayor 2 Invitation from LIASA and the National Committee 3 About IFLA 4 List of Divisions and Committees 4 IFLA WLIC National Committee 2007 4 Division Liaison Persons for IFLA WLIC 2007 Durban 5 Conference Schedule 5 Satellite Meetings 6 Conference Information 7 Special Events 7 Library Visits 7 South Africa and Durban 11 General Information 12 Sightseeing Tours 13 Conference Attendance Grants 16 Registration and Hotel Reservations 16 Important Addresses and Deadlines 18 Map of Durban inside cover 1 MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR __________________________________ My congratulations to the Library and Information I am confident that Durban will prove to be a good Association of South Africa (LIASA) for succeeding choice for IFLA WLIC 2007. It is a vibrant city in its bid to host IFLA WLIC 2007, and indeed for which you will all enjoy and thus on behalf of the choosing Durban as the host city. I assume that this citizens of Durban I welcome you and wish you an was an easy decision to make since Durban is widely enjoyable stay and a successful conference. recognized as the Conference Capital of Africa. LIASA also has to be congratulated on its 10th anni­ versary which it celebrates in 2007. The Ethekwini municipality mayor, councillor Obed Mlaba - library and information association Hosting such a prestigious event is momentous not of South Africa only for Durban and South Africa but also for the African continent and I am pleased to see so many African delegates present. It is indeed a great pleasure and honour to welcome librarians from all over the world to Durban - South Africa's beach city. I know that the Conference programme includes a tour of Durban and its environs. We, who live here, are proud of our city and find great pleasure in sha­ ring its qualities with our visitors. Durban is rich in the diversity of its inhabitants and their cultures both of which you will get to know and experience. The theme for the Conference is "Libraries for the Future, Progress, Development and Partnerships". Libraries by allowing citizens easy access to knowled­ ge and information, contribute to democracy in a very special way. The South African Government recognizes the value of libraries and their role in providing easy access to information and has put aside a sum of R1 billion over three years to develop and upgrade public/community libraries. 2 INVITATION FROM LIASA AND THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ____________________________________________________________________ The Library and Information Association of South Many of your members would have taken a stand Africa (LIASA) and the National Committee are ple­ against Apartheid; they will be able to celebrate the ased to welcome you to the World Library and pearls of their solidarity." I n f o r mation Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council, Durban 2007. We are looking forward to welcoming the IFLA community in South Africa in August 2007. The community of library and information professio­ nals in South Africa is both delighted and honoured that IFLA is hosting this prestigious international Ellen Remona Tise event in our country. There is wide interest and Chair, National Committee extensive support from colleagues globally to partici­ pate in the conference and share with us their inter­ national library experience(s). We are certain that, not only those of us in the African region, but ever­ yone who has the opportunity to attend the confe­ rence and visit our unique country, will engage in a once-in-a-lifetime experience and be enriched by what we have to offer. We are excited and very proud to announce that 2007 will be a significant year for LIASA and the library and information profession in post-apartheid South Africa - it will be LIASA's 10th Anniversary. Seeing that IFLA played such a major and instru­ mental role in the formation and development of LIASA, it will be most appropriate for LIASA to celebrate this milestone with the whole IFLA com­ munity in 2007. As stated in his letter of support by the then Minister of Education, Professor Kader Asmal in 2001, "The opportunity to host the IFLA conference would not only contribute positively towards our country's need to interact with the world, but would impact on the library profession on the rest of the African continent. It would give IFLA members and confe­ rence delegates from all over the globe the opportu­ nity to observe and experience first hand the strides made by our country since becoming a democracy a decade ago. 3 ABOUT IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts _________________ Serials and Other Continuing Resources Reference and Information Services IFLA (The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) is the leading interna­ VI Division of Management and Technology tional body representing the interests of library and Preservation and Conservation information services and their users. It is the global Library Buildings and Equipment voice of the library and information profession. It Information Technology now has 1,700 members in 150 countries around Statistics and Evaluation the world. Management and Marketing Audiovisual and Multimedia The IFLA World Library and Information Congress Management of Library Associations is the continuation of the former IFLA General [New Professional Discussion Group Conference and Council. (2006, 2007)] For more information about IFLA: www.ifla.org VII Division of Education and Research Education and Training LIST OF DIVISIONS AND COMMITTEES Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning ___________________________________________ Library Theory and Research Library History The following is an overview of Sections and Reading Discussion Groups per Division as of 15 March Information Literacy 2006. VIII Division of Regional Activities I Division of General Research Libraries [LIS Education in Developing Countries National Libraries Discussion Group (2006, 2007)] Academic and Research Libraries Africa [Quality Issues in Libraries Discussion Asia and Oceania Group (2006, 2007)] Latin America and the Caribbean Library and Research Services for Parliaments II Division of Special Libraries IFLA WLIC NATIONAL [Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group COMMITTEE 2007 (2006, 2007)] ________________________ Government Libraries Social Science Libraries Chair: Ellen Tise Geography and Map Libraries Senior Director, Library and Science and Technology Libraries Information Services, Stellenbosch Health and Biosciences Libraries University Art Libraries [email protected] Genealogy and Local History Law Libraries Co-chair: Laila Vahed University Librarian, III Division of Libraries Serving the General Public University of Zululand Public Libraries [email protected] Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons Libraries for Children and Young Adults Secretary: Myra Boyes School Libraries and Resource Centres Librarian, ENGEN Petroleum Ltd. Libraries for the Blind [email protected] Library Services to Multicultural Populations Metropolitan Libraries Treasurer: GH Haffajee Former University Librarian, IV Division of Bibliographic Control University of Natal, Durban Bibliography [email protected] Cataloguing Classification and Indexing Members: Knowledge Management Nohra Moerat Head, etv Library V Division of Collections and Services & Information Services Acquisition and Collection Development [email protected] Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Newspapers Government Information and Official Publications Carol Slater 4 Director KZN Provincial Honorary Member: Library Services Kay Raseroka [email protected] Former IFLA President, and University Librarian, Andrew Kaniki University of Botswana Executive Director, Knowledge Management & Strategy, National DIVISION LIAISON PERSONS Research Foundation FOR IFLA WLIC 2007 DURBAN [email protected] _____________________________________ John Tsebe Division 1: General Research Libraries National Librarian, Nora Buchanan National Library of South Africa [email protected] [email protected] Division 2: Special Libraries Reigneth Nyongwana Myra Boyes Deputy Head, Libraries & [email protected] Heritage, eThekweni Municipality [email protected] Division 3: Libraries Serving the General Public Graham Dominy Reigneth Nyongwana National Archivist, National [email protected] Archives, Records, Meta-information Division 4: Bibliographic Control and Heraldic Services Carol Slater [email protected] [email protected] Eric Apelgren Division 5: Collections and Services Head, International and Jenny Raubenheimer Governance Relations, [email protected] eThekweni Municipality [email protected] Division 6: Management and Technology Lucille Webster Ginny Eslick [email protected] Logistics Co-ordinator, eThekweni Municipality Division 7: Education and [email protected] Research [email protected] Andre van Tonder Worldwide Information Services Division 8: Regional Activities [email protected] Naomi Haasbroek [email protected] Lucille Webster Site Manager, Alan Pittendrigh Library, Durban Institute of Technology CONFERENCE SCHEDULE [email protected] _________________________________ Ex-Officio: Sunday 19 August Tommy Matthee Morning Opening Ceremony President, Library and Information Lunch / Plenary session Association of South Africa 12.45-13.00 Pre-opening exhibition [email protected] 13.00-16.00 Exhibition 13.45-15.45 Sessions Renee Schoombee 16.00-18.00 Exhibit and Opening Party Public Liaison Officer, Library and Information