World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council
"Libraries - A voyage of discovery"
August 14th - 18th 2005, Oslo, Norway
Satellite meetings
held in conjunction with the WLIC
1. CPD and Preparing for the New Roles of Librarians: a voyage of discovery
Date: 10–13 August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo, National University Collage
Sponsor: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section
Contact: i.smith@latrobe.edu.au
Program & Presentations
Program Schedule, List of Presenters and Abstracts
Final Announcement
2. Management, Marketing, Evaluation and Promotion of Library Services
Based on statistics, analyses and evaluation in your own library
Date: 9-11 August 2005
Place: Norway, Bergen
Sponsors: Management & Marketing, Public Libraries and Library Theory and Research Sections
Contact: Trine.Kolderup-Flaten@bergen.kommune.no
More information/Registration
3. 6th Northumbria International Conference on Performance Measurement in
Libraries and Information Services
"The Impact and Outcomes of Library and Information Services: Performance measurement for a changing information environment"
Date: 22–25 August 2005
Place: UK, University of Durham, Collingwood College
Sponsor: Statistics and Evaluation Section
Contact: Sarah.howells@northumbria.ac.uk
4. The 21st Annual Preconference of Library and Research Services for Parliaments
Knowledge and Information for Parliaments - a premise for Democracy
Hosted by the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget)
The event will include a visit to the Norwegian Parliamentary Library and a Research Meeting Value Added Services and Products for Legislative Processes
Date: 10-12 August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo, Stortinget
Sponsor: Library and Research Services for Parliament Sections
Contact: gro.sandgrind@stortinget.no
More information/Registration
5. Documenting censorship - libraries linking past and present, and preparing for the future
Date: Thursday 11 August 12:00-17:30 followed by a reception at 20:00, and Friday 12 August 09:00-14:00
Place: The Nobel Institute, Oslo Norway, Drammensveien 19, NO 0255 Oslo
Sponsor: IFLA/FAIFE Core Activity in cooperation with the Norwegian National Steering Committee for the Beacon for Freedom of Expression (BFE) Project
Registration: sus@db.dk.
Deadline: Monday the 8th of August at 16:00 CET
Programme
Web Presentation
6. Accessible Libraries
Date: 10–12 August 2005
Place: Sweden, Göteborg
Sponsors: Libraries Serving Disadvantages Persons and Libraries for the Blind Sections in cooperation with the Regional Library of Västra Götaland, Sweden.
More information
7. How Government Libraries and Information Services Support the Strategies of their Home Organisation in Practice
Date: 10–12 August 2005
Place: Government Offices, Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor: Government Libraries Section
More information: Ms Inger Jepsson, Chief Librarian, Regeringskansliet, Office of Administrative Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden
Tel. +4684054710
E-Mail: inger.jepsson@adm.ministry.se or
Ms Maija Jussilainen, Knowledge Specialist, Information Management Unit, Ministry of Finance, Helsinki, Finland
Tel. +358916034935
E-Mail: maija.jussilainen@vm.fi
Programme
Registration Form
Hotel Registration Form
8. An Invitational Meeting: Literacy for Life - Promoting Reading and the Practice of Literacy
Date: 12 August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo, Oslo University College
Organizers: IFLA Reading and the School Libraries and Resource Centers Sections
Sponsor: International Association of School Librarianship IASL
Contact: gwynnethevans@sympatico.ca
More information
9. Public Libraries from Public Education to what?
Designing the new strategies for Public Paradises to Adults, Children and Young
Date: 10–11 August 2005
Place: Norway, Stavanger
Sponsors: Libraries for Children and Young Adults and Public Libraries Sections
Contact: Leikny.Haga.Indergaard@abm-utvikling.no
More information
10. Responsible Stewardship towards Cultural Heritage Materials
Date: 11–12 August 2005
Place: Denmark, Copenhagen, The Royal Library
Sponsor: Rare Books and Manuscripts Section
More information: IFLA Express 1, 2005
Programme/Registration/Hotel Information
11. The Physical Library and Beyond - Library as Place and the Library in Cyberspace
Who is Responsible for the Virtual Library?
(With a possibility of library tours on 10 and 13 August)
Date: 11–12 August 2005
Place: Finland, Järvenpää, Järvenpää Hall
Sponsors: Library Buildings and Equipment and Reference Work Sections
Contact: Tuula Haavisto, Secretary of the Finnish organising committee: tuulah@kaapeli.fi
More information
12. Nordic Mobile Meet and Conference to Further the Knowledge and Development of Mobile Library Services
Date: 12–14 August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo
Sponsor: Mobile Libraries Section
Contact: ruth.ornholt@hordaland-f.kommune.no
More information
13. Organisations in Change: Effects on Art Libraries
Date: 12 August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo, Oslo University Library
Sponsor: Art Libraries Section
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14. Arctic Circle Conservation Colloquium: Preservation Storage Solution for all Library Materials
Date: 10–11 August 2005
Place: Norway, Mo i Rana, National Library
Sponsors: Newspapers and Preservation and Conservations Sections
Contact: Gunhild.Myrbakk@nb.no or ed.king@bl.uk
Programme information
Registration Form
Travel/Accommodation
15. The Multicultural Library - Staff Competence for Success
Themes: Language Rights, Staff Competence and Multilingual Catalogues
Date: 10–12 August 2005
Place: Konferens Spårvagnshallarna, Birger Jarlsgatan 57A, Stockholm, Sweden
Sponsor: Library Services to Multicultural Population Sections
Contact: ww@biblioteksforeningen.org or
ann.katrin.ursberg@kommun.alvesta.se
Registration
More information
16. Biblioteca Universalis – How to Organise Chaos? FRBR, a New Effort to Organise Content, and Some Practical Applications
With a possibility of library tours on 10 and 13 August
Date: 11–12 August 2005
Place: Finland, Järvenpää, Järvenpää Hall
Sponsor: Cataloguing Section
Contact: Gunilla.Jonsson@kb.se
More information
17. Open access: the option for the future!?
Date: Saturday the 13th of August 2005
Place: Norway, Oslo, Rikshospitalet University Hospital
Sponsor: IFLA Section of Health and Biosciences Libraries and IFLA Section
of Science and Technology Libraries
Contact: p.a.jakobsson@ub.uio.no
More information
Maximum 400 participants. The seminar will be free of charge.
