Past IFLA Presidents

1.  1928 — Rome
2.  1929 — Rome, Florence, and Venice
3.  1930 — Stockholm
4.  1931  — Cheltenham

5.  1932 — Berne
6.  1933 — Chicago and Avignon
7.  1934 — Madrid
8.  1935 — Madrid and Barcelona

9.    1936 — Warsaw
10.  1937 — Paris
11.  1938 — Brussels
12.  1939 — The Hague and Amsterdam

13.  1947 — Oslo
14.  1948 — London
15.  1949 — Basel
16.  1950 — London
17.  1951 — Rome

18.  1952 — Copenhagen
19.  1953 — Vienna
20.  1954 — Zagreb
21.  1955 — Brussels
22.  1956 — Munich
23.  1957 — Paris
24.  1958 — Madrid

25.  1959 — Warsaw
26.  1960 — Lund and Malmö
27.  1961 — Edinburgh
28.  1962 — Berne
29.  1963 — Sofia

30.  1964 — Rome
31.  1965 — Helsinki
32.  1966 — The Hague — "Libraries and Documentation"
33.  1967 — Toronto — "Library Service for a Nation Covering a Large Geographical Area"
34.  1968 — Frankfurt am Main — "Books and Libraries in an Industrial Society"
35.  1969 — Copenhagen — "Library Education and Research in Librarianship"

36.  1970 — Moscow — "Lenin and Libraries"
37.  1971 — Liverpool — "The Organization of the Library Profession"
38.  1972 — Budapest — "Reading in a Changing World"
39.  1973 — Grenoble — "Universal Bibliographic Control"
40.  1974 — Washington — "National and International Library Planning"

41.  1975 — Oslo — "The Future of International Library Cooperation"
42.  1976 — Lausanne — "IFLA"
43.  1977 — Brussels — "Libraries for All: One World of Information, Culture and Learning"
44.  1978 — Strbské Pleso — "Universal Availability of Publications"
45.  1979 — Copenhagen — "Library Legislation"

46.  1980 — Manila — "Development of Libraries and Information Systems"
47.  1981 — Leipzig — "The Role of National Centres in National Library Development and in International Library Cooperation"
48.  1982 — Montreal — "Networks"
49.  1983 — Munich — "Libraries in a Technical World"
50.  1984 — Nairobi — "Basis of Information Services for National Development"
51.  1985 — Chicago — "Libraries and the Universal Availability of Information"

52.  1986 — Tokyo — "New Horizons of Librarianship towards the 21^st Century"
53.  1987 — Brighton — "Libraries and Information Services in a Changing World"
54.  1988 — Sydney — "Living together: People, Libraries, Information"
55.  1989 — Paris — "Les Bibliothèques et l’information dans l’économie hier, aujourd’hui et demain"
56.  1990 — Stockholm — "Libraries: Information for Knowledge"
57.  1991 — Moscow — "Libraries and Culture: Their Relationship"

58.  1992 — New Delhi — "Library and Information Policy Perspectives"
59.  1993 — Barcelona — "The Universal Library: Libraries as Centres for the Global Availability of Information"
60.  1994 — Havana — "Libraries and Social Development"
61.  1995 — Istanbul — "Libraries of the Future"
62.  1996 — Beijing — "The Challenge of Change"
63.  1997 — Copenhagen — "Libraries and Information for Human Development"

64.  1998 — Amsterdam — "On Crossroads of Information and Culture"
65.  1999 — Bangkok — "On the Threshold of a New Century: Libraries as Gateways to an Enlightened World"
66.  2000 — Jerusalem — "Information for Cooperation: Creating the Global Library of the Future"
67.  2001 — Boston — "Libraries and Librarians: Making a Difference in the Knowledge Age"
68.  2002 — Glasgow — "Libraries for Life: Democracy, Diversity, Delivery"
69.  2003 — Berlin — "Access Point Library: Media - Information - Culture"

70.  2004 — Buenos Aires — "Libraries: Tools for Education and Development"
71.  2005 — Oslo — "Libraries - A voyage of discovery"

72.  2006 — Seoul — "Libraries: Dynamic Engines for the Knowledge and Information Society"
73.  2007 — Durban — "Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"

74.  2008 — Quebec City — "Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding"
75.  2009 — Milan — "Libraries create futures: Building on cultural heritage"

76.  2010 — Gothenburg — "Open access to knowledge - promoting sustainable progress"
77.  2011 — San Juan — "Libraries beyond libraries: Integration, Innovation and Information for all"