   
Section on Regional Activities: Asia and OceaniaAnnual Report 1998-1999Scope statementThe main objectives of the Section are to initiate, promote and facilitate the development of library and information services and the library profession within the five sub-regions of Asia and Oceania: West Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania. The Section works in cooperation with the other Regional Sections and all of IFLA's Sections and Core Programmes, especially the Advancement of Librarianship Programme.MembershipMembership of the Regional Section:Asia and Oceania stood at 318 in March 1999, the largest of the three regional sections. Committee members (prior to 1999 nominations) are:
Rashidah Begum Fazal Mohamad (Malaysia) A.P. Gakhar (India) Donita Simmons (Fiji) Abbas Horri (Iran) Weiming Jiang(China) Thara Kanakamani (Thailand) Jayasiri Lankage (Sri Lanka) Russell Bowden (Sri Lanka) Ravinder Kumar Chadha (India) Khunying Maenmas Chavalit (Thailand) Olga P. Fedotova (Russia) Hilda T. Nassar (Lebanon) Anna Shirinian (Armenia) Beixin Sun (China)
Corresponding Members
Special Advisors
Ex officio OfficersChairMs Amelia McKenzie Senior Manager, Technical Services National Library of Australia Parkes Place A.C.T. 2600 Tel: + 61-2-62621483 Fax: + 61-2-62734492 E-mail: amckenzi@nla.gov.au
Secretary/Treasurer Library, Universiti Sains Malaysia PENANG 11800 MALAYSIA Fax: + 60-4-6571526, Tel: + 60-4-6577888 ext. 3720 E-mail: rashidah@usm.my
Information Coordinator Parliament House NEW DELHI 110001 India Fax: + 91-11-3016495, Tel: 91-11-3034287 E-mail: chadha@sansad.nic.in MeetingsThe RSCAO Chair and Secretary attended the IFLA ALP Advisory Committee meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, 21-25 November 1998The Standing Committee held two meetings for the period under report:
Meetings at 64th IFLA Council and General Conference, August 16-21, 1998.Attended by the following members:Ms A. McKenzie (Chair, Australia), Ms Rashidah Begum (Secretary, Malaysia), Mr Russell Bowden (Sri Lanka), Khunying Maenmas Chavalit (Thailand), Mrs Thara Kanakamani (Thailand), Ravinder Kumar Chadha, Ms Hilda Nassar, Ms Olga Fedotova, Dr Pensri Guaysuwan (Regional Manager), Ms Gunilla Natvig (ALP) and approximately six observers. This was a good attendance and there was productive discussion of the following issues: maintenance of the Section's home page, current and future RSCAO projects, strategies for encouraging nominations to the Committee in 1999 and financial reports, which showed the Section's finaces in very good order. Dr Olga Fedotova, Siberian member, was welcomed to her first meeting. Annual Meeting, Chiangmai, Thailand 3-5 March 1999Attended by the following members:Ms A. McKenzie (Chair, Australia), Ms Rashidah Begum (Secretary, Malaysia), Mr Russell Bowden (Sri Lanka), Kunying Maenmas Chavalit (Thailand), Mrs Thara Kanakamani (Thailand) Dr Pensri Guaysuwan (Regional Manager) and observers from Chiangmai University Library This relatively small attendance was put down to the fact that many members will use their leave and financial support to travel to Thailand for the Bangkok Conference. Regardless the Committee members present had a full agenda and good progress was made on several matters. Items discussed included: :developing content and programmes for several proposed new projects including the library associations workshop and the networking seminar. Candidates for DANIDA grants were selected, as were applicants for ALP attachments and scholarships. Papers for the coming conference were selected and several new project proposals were discussed and approved. Members revised the Medium Term Plan action items and worked on the text of the RSCAO brochure. There was a wide ranging discussion on the current proposal to disnand the Regional Division. Projects
Conference ProgrammeOpen Session at the 64h IFLA Conference, Amsterdam.Theme: "Recent Developments in Asia-Pacific Libraries and Library Education"
Approximately seventy delegates attended the Open Session with many questions from the audience afterwards which supported and developed the views put forward by the speakers. The paper on the Siberian library system was well received, as this was a subject new to the audience, and several questions followed. Open Session to be held at the 65h IFLA Conference, Bangkok has the theme: 'Asia in the global information village: the role of the Internet in developing countries' will include as speakers: Liu Luyin, China; Jagtar Singh, India; Olga Fedotova, Siberia and Rashidah Begum, Malaysia. A Workshop will be held at the 65h IFLA Conference, Bangkok joint with RTMLA - 'Common problems, different solutions: managing library associations in developing countries'. A Reception for DANIDA grantees and invited guests will be held following the workshop Relationships with other bodiesThe Section works closely with the other IFLA professional groups, with members contributing individually and as a group to a variety of activities. The Section's close relationship with the ALP Core Programme continued. A joint workshop on managing library associations was held during the Bangkok Conference with the Round Table for the Management of Library Associations. The Chair contributed input and suggested speakers for the PAC Pre-Conference Meeting on Preservation of Oral Cultures, 1999.Action Plan 1998-1999The following activities and projects were completed in 1999 as part of the Section's Action Plan
Author Date: 10 August 1999
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