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President's Program
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Ms Claudia Lux
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin Breite Strasse 36 10178 BERLIN Germany Tel. +(49)(30)90226490 Fax +(49)(30)90226494 E-mail: lux@zlb.de |
Presidential Theme: "Libraries on the Agenda"
"Libraries on the agenda!" - the motto of IFLA's designated president, Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux. During her presidency the top priority will be to have the concerns and needs of libraries put on the agenda of governments and local policy makers. In an interview published in the library journal "Forum Biliothek und Information" (2005), Hft.11/12, p.722ff entitled "We have to sit at the table of political decision makers", she talks about her presidency's plans, list of priorities and her wishes. At a pre-conference to her presidency at the IFLA conference in Seoul in August 2006 she introduced her presidency's motto with a kick off paper.- Kick off paper for discussion of the presidential theme 2007-2009: "Libraries on the Agenda"
Initialpapier für die Diskussion des Präsidentschaftsthemas 2007-2009: "Bibliotheken auf die Tagesordnung!"
Meetings
During the German IFLA presidential term, the German IFLA national committee, supported by the German Foreign Office and the Goethe Institut, is planning an international conference series entitled "Free Access to Information".
The three conferences of the series are scheduled for the German IFLA presidential term 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Second International Meeting
21-22 February 2008
Berlin, Germany
"Free access and digital divide - challenges for science and society in the digital age"
Second meeting on 'Libraries on the Agenda'
On the occasion of the IFLA presidency of Claudia Lux, the German IFLA National Committee, in cooperation with different partners, is organising an international meeting on the topic "Free access to information".
According to Claudia Lux' presidential theme "Libraries on the Agenda", librarians and politicians together will discuss the subject of free access to information in the digital age as a basis for education and research as well as for developments in a democratic society.
Asia being the focus area of this second meeting 2008, more than 20 experts from the library, research and cultural policy fields from Singapore, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines have been invited. Together they will discuss the role of libraries as partners of science in the digital age, and they will define and highlight the socially relevant links.
During this two-day conference, political policy makers, library experts and an international public will approach the motto of the German IFLA presidency "Libraries on the agenda!" from a broad perspective.
TIME:
Thursday 21 February 2008, 9:30 h- 17:30 h (reception afterwards) and
Friday, 22 February 2008, 10 h - 15:45 h (16:00 h library tour starts)
VENUE:
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Werderscher Markt 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany
PARTNERS:
Foreign Office in Berlin, German Research Foundation, Goethe-Institut,
Bibliothek & Information Deutschland, BI-International
All contributions will be interpreted simultaneously into German and English.
CONFERENCE FEE:
The non-refundable registration fee for the two-day programme (including lunch and reception) is:
100 € for registration until 22 January 2008 (inclusive)
160 € for registration from 23 January 2008
Closing date for registration: 12 February 2008
- Programme Schedule:
- Registration:
- Further Information:
CONTACT:
German IFLA national committee
Office Hella Klauser
Kompetenznetzwerk für Bibliotheken im dbv
Strasse des 17. Juni 114
10623 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +(49)(30)3900 14 82
Fax: +(49)(30)3900 14 84
E-mail: klauser@bibliotheksverband.de
http://www.ifla-deutschland.de
First International Meeting
18-19 January 2007
Berlin, Germany
- Programme Schedule:
Erstes Treffen: 18.-19. Januar 2007
Programm
("Freier Zugang zur Information"
Eine 3-teilige Konferenzserie anlässlich der
deutschen Präsidentschaft von Claudia Lux bei der International Federation of Libraries Associations and Institutions (IFLA) 2007 - 2009.)
Prof.Dr. Claudia Lux, Director General, Central and Regional Library Berlin
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Presidential Newsletter
The Letter of the President "LOP" is distributed at least once a month providing an overview of some of the current activities of the IFLA President, President Elect, the Governing Board and the Headquarters. It contains LINKS for further consultation and will be sent to IFLA-L and all other mailing lists organised by IFLA. Concise (one page), with no illustrations or special layout, it should cause no reception problems.President-elect
2007-2009
Ms Ellen Tise is the President-elect 2007-2009 of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, will be President 2009-2011.
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Ms Ellen Tise
Senior Director, Library and Information Services J S Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch Private Bag X5036 7599 STELLENBOSCH South Africa Tel. +(27)(21)8084880 Fax +(27)(21)8083723 E-mail: etise@sun.ac.za |
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