Management and Marketing Section
Formation of the Section
The Section was formed as the Round Table on Management. A growing interest in marketing resulted in the
IFLA Professional Board establishing a new Section on Management and Marketing in 1997. The interest in the Section was evident when over 70 members joined at the start of 1998. New members are always welcome, and encouraged to participate in the work of the Section whether or not they are able to attend the IFLA conferences. Much of the work of the Section is done by e-mail in addition to postal services. One example of this active participation using e-mail has been the production of annual reviews of the management literature by members in Argentina.
In broad terms the Section's interests focus on management and marketing and the Discussion Group on Advocacy is attached to the Section.
Strategic Plan
2008-2009:
Ελληνικά
2006-2007
IFLA International Marketing Award
Projects
"MatPromo" - Image database of library promotion tools
Currently at pilot phase
This database is intended to collect images of objects currently used by all types of libraries to promote their services and to raise their profile: posters, leaflets, badges, calendars, stationery and all kinds of objects from all over the world can be included. Graphic description, kind of object and the role it plays in the promotional task are described for each image.
Publications
Newsletter
- 2008 January, No 18.
- 2007 July, No 17.
- 2006 August, No 16.
- 2004 August, No 15. | 2004 June, No 14.
- 2003 February, No 12. | 2002 July, No 11.
- 2002 February, No 10.
- 2001 June, No 9. | 2001 January, No 8.
- 2000 June, No 7.
- 2000 Juin, Numéro 7.
- 2000 Junio, Número 7.
- 2000 January, No 6.
Glossary of Marketing Definitions
Annual Report
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2000
Minutes of Meetings
2007: Durban, South Africa
2006: Seoul, Korea
Conferences
2008:
Call for Papers for Satellite meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 5-7 August 2008
Theme: Navigating with youth: In this technological era, how can public libraries attract and keep their young clientele?
Call for Papers World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada - Managing Libraries in a Changing Environment - Legal, Technical, and Organizational Aspects
2007:
Management and Marketing Section and Metropolitan Libraries Section
Theme: Libraries - crucial institution in a complex society: Increasing the library's appeal and value to users, and overcoming barriers to access
World Library and Information Congress: August 2007, Durban, South Africa
Management and Marketing in cooperation with the Information Technology and Africa Section
Theme: Managing technologies and library automated systems in developing countries: open source VS commercial options
14-16 August 2007, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
2006:
Pre-Conference: Shanghai, August 16-17
Theme: Library Management and Marketing in a Multicultural World

World Library and Information Congress, Seoul, Korea:
Theme: Strategic Planning Tools for the Tomorrow People - Library and Information Professionals of the 21st Century
2005:
Satellite Meeting: Bergen, Norway, August 9-11
Theme: "Management, marketing, evaluation and promotion of library services, based on statistics, analyses and evaluation in your own library".
World Library and Information Congress, Oslo, Norway:
Theme: "Information Literacy: a voyage of discovery for citizens and librarians".
2004:
Pre-Conference and Satellite Meeting in São Paulo (Brazil) August 18-20
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Useful Addresses
Chair:
Angels Massísimo i Sanchez de Boado
Professor
University of Barcelona
Faculty of Library and Information Science
c/ Melcior de Palau 140
08014 BARCELONA, Catalonia
Spain
Tel. +(34)(93)4035784
Fax +(34)(93)4035772
E-mail: amassisimo@ub.edu
Secretary/Treasurer:
Trine Kolderup Flaten
Library Director
Bergen Public Library
Strømgaten 6
5015 BERGEN
Norway
Tel. +(47)55568501
Fax +(47)55568555
E-mail: trine@bergen.folkebibl.no
Information Coordinator:
Christine M Koontz
Professor
College of Information
Floride State University
Louis Shores Building
TALLAHASSEE, FL 32306-2100
United States
Tel. +(1)(850)6457145
Fax +(1)(850)6456253
E-mail: ckoontz@ci.fsu.edu