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Conference Papers
1994-2007

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 73nd IFLA General Conference and Council 19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa
Reading Section with Public Libraries and School Libraries and Resource Centres
Libraries in good health: Resources and practices designed to support community development and outreach in health related issues

2006

World Library and Information Congress: 72nd IFLA General Conference and Council 20-24 August 2006, Seoul, Korea
Family literacy: sharing innovative policies, programmes and research from Korea and around the world

2005

World Library and Information Congress: 71st IFLA General Conference and Council
August 14th - 18th 2005, Oslo, Norway

Libraries, literacy and partnerships: voyages and discoveries

2004

World Library and Information Congress: 70th IFLA General Conference and Council
August 22th - 27th 2004, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Libraries, language and literacy: linking continents through reading promotion programmes

2003

World Library and Information Congress: 69th IFLA General Conference and Council, Berlin 2003

  1. Reading outside the library: how has the Internet affected reading in China
    HUANG QUNQING (Guangdong Provincial Library of Science and Technology, Guanzhou, China)
  2. The impact of the Internet on the reading practices of the university community: the case of UNAM
    ELSA RAMIREZ (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico)
  3. How the Internet can influence Iranian readers
    ZAHRA SEIFKASHANI (Alameh Tabatabaii University, Teheran, Iran)

2002

68th IFLA General Conference, Glasgow 2002

  1. The public library and the reading experience
    BOB USHERWOOD (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK)
  2. Les Politiques Nationales du Livre - le cas du Sénégal
    MARIÈTOU NDIONGUE DIOP (Direction du livre et de la lecture, Dakar Sénégal)
  3. The goodness of reading and writing - reflections on Swedish Literature Policy
    BIRGITTA MODIGH (Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, Sweden)
  4. What shall I read next? Developing tools for reader support
    J. ERIC DAVIES (Library and Information Statistics Unit, Loughborough, UK)
  5. International Reading Survey: presentation of findings
    BRIONY TRAIN (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK)

2001

67th IFLA General Conference, 2001, Boston

  1. Reading research: an international perspective
    GREG BROOKS (Professorial Research Fellow, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK)
  2. Can Reading Research in Africa be done in isolation? The influence of Literacy, Education, Publishing and the Book Industry on Reading in Africa
    GERTRUDE K. MULINDWA (Consultant, Uganda)
  3. Reading research in the UK
    BRIONY TRAIN (Research Fellow, University of Central England in Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom)
  4. Reading research in Sweden - a short survey
    CATHARINA STENBERG (Senior lecturer, Swedish School of Library and Information Studies, University College of Borås in connection with Gothenburg University, Sweden)

2000

66th IFLA General Conference, 2000, Jerusalem

  1. Literacy, libraries and IFLA: recent developments and a look at the future
    JOHN Y. COLE (Center for the Book, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA)
  2. Libraries and Literacy: A Preliminary Survey of the Literature
    SHIRLEY A. FITZGIBBONS (School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA)
  3. After literacy, what next? The challenge of sustaining a literate environment in Botswana
    GERTRUDE KAYAGA MULINDWA (Botswana National Library Service) and MARTY LEGWAILA
  4. Library-based programs to promote literacy: do they exist in Azerbaijan?
    MUZHGAN NAZAROVA (Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, Baku, Azerbajan)
  5. A public library enhances its services through family literacy
    KATHY EAST (Ohio, USA)

1999

65th IFLA General Conference, 1999, Bangkok

  1. Reading habit promotion in ASEAN libraries
    SOMSONG SANGKAEO (Library Activities Sub-section, National Library of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand)
  2. Delivering and promoting library services in rural Thailand
    AREE CHEUNWATTANA (Faculty of Humanities, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok, Thailand)
  3. National award books as quality information sources in Thailand
    SUPANEE VARATORN (Department of Library Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand)

1998

64th IFLA General Conference, 1998, Amsterdam

  1. Creating an optimam reading culture in the Low Countries: the role of Stichting Lezen
    M.-J. SANDERS-TEN HOLTE (Stichting Lezen, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  2. Bringing publishers and readers together: the Stichting CPNB
    HENK KRAIMA (Stichting CPNB, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  3. Bringing writers and schools together: the Stichting Schrijvers School Samenleving
    MARGREET RUARDI (Stichting Schrijvers School Samenleving, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
  4. Expanding the literacy of linguistic minorities: coping skills and successful transition across discourse communities
    CLARA M. CHU (Department of Library and Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA)
  5. In librarianship professionalism is the condition for success
    SILVA NOVLJAN (National and University Library, Slovenia)
  6. Building a literate environment: using oral-based reading materials to facilitate literacy
    REBECCA KNUTH (Department of Information and Computer Sciences, University of Hawaii, USA)
  7. Electronic publishing and minority languages: the contribution to reading
    Les Langues Minoritaires et d'Édition Électronique: La Contribution a l'Instrution
    GERAINT EVANS and JANE DEL PIZZO (Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)
  8. Producing and promoting children's books in a minority language: the Welsh experience, 1950-1998
    GWILYM HUWS ((Department of Library and Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK)
  9. Literacy in two languages: the best of both worlds
    MAUREEN WHITE and JUDITH MARQUEZ (School Library and Information Science Program, University of Houston, Clear Lake, USA)

1997

63rd IFLA General Conference, 1997, Copenhagen

  1. Le discours de la presse professionnelle sur la lecture des jeunes depuis les années soixante
    MONIQUE LEBRUN (Départament de Linguistique de l'Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) and SUZANNE POULIOT (University of Sherbrooke)
  2. La politique de lecture adulte suédoise 1980-1997
    CATHARINE STENBERG (Hoggskolan, Boras, Sweden)
  3. Reading of minority language speakers
    MARK V. DIATCHKOV (Russian State Libary, Moscow, Russia)
  4. The Swedish dyslexia campaign 1996/97
    BIRGITTA IRVALL (County Library of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden)
  5. Library service and materials for weak readers
    GYDA SKAT NIELSEN (Department for Outreach Services, Sollerod Public Library, Horsholm, Denmark)

1996

62nd IFLA General Conference, 1996, Beijing

  1. Ambientes y tiempos para que viva la lectura
    STELLA MARIS FERNANDEZ (Centro de Investigaciones Bibliotecologicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina)
  2. Libraries in the system of education (education as quality)
    JADWIGA KOLODZIEJSKA (Books and Readers Institute, Poland)

1995

61st IFLA General Conference, 1995, Istanbul

  1. Functional literacy and information retrieval in Turkey
    BENOU CAPAR (University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey)
  2. Changes in reading in socially crucial times in Estonia
    AIRA LEPIK (Tallinn Pedagogical University, Tallinn, Estonia)
  3. Library facilities for the mentally challenged
    GLORIA DINERMAN and CONSTANCE HUDOCK (Library Co-op, Inc.,Edison, New Jersey, USA)

1994

60th IFLA General Conference, 1994, Havana

  1. Investigaciones sobre la lectura en Cuba
    Setién Emilio (Biblioteca Nacional José Martí, Cuba)
  2. Reading and video in libraries of Israel 1970 1990.
    Sever Irene & Shmuel (Haifa University Library Studies, Israel)
  3. The public library and reading by the masses: Historical perspectives on the USA and Britain 1850 1900
    Sturges Paul (Department of Library and Information Studies, Loughborough, UK)
  4. Five years of freedom in culture in the Polish Experience
    Kolodziesjska, Jadwiga (Instytut Ksiazki i Czytelnictwa, The Book and Reading Institute, Poland)