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Government Libraries Section

Scope

Government libraries form a Section of their own within the IFLA (Section 04) belonging to the Division of Special Libraries (Division II).

Purpose:
The Section is aimed at the community of libraries which are part of and work for a body with a governing task and which have, in any way, a political responsibility or connection. The Section encourages the growth and development of government libraries and assists in their cooperation.

• Promote government libraries and government information services
• Assist government libraries in working with each other
• Provide advice to librarians working in government libraries to better assist their patrons in utilizing government information
• Provide a means for librarians in government libraries to exchange information and communicate with each other.

The Section's work is steered by a Standing Committee which elects the Executive Committee, i.e. the Chairperson and the Secretary.
During the annual IFLA General Conference the Section presents a programme for an Open Session and/or sets up a workshop held in connection with government libraries of the host country. Sometimes preconferences for several days are organised.

Strategic Plan

Projects

1. Develop an online directory of government libraries which permits government libraries to register their institutions via the Internet.
2. Develop a listserv-discussion list for librarians in government libraries to foster communication and exchange of information.
3. Organise topical Open Sessions and workshops both individually and jointly with other sections and units of IFLA to provide coverage of issues of interest to government librarians.
4. Analyse, with other IFLA units, the impact of electronic information on special libraries.

Publications

• Guidelines for Libraries of Government Departments (Draft version; 6 August 2007)
  
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Newsletter "The Information Point"

Annual Report

Minutes of Meetings

• 2007: Durban, South Africa - 2nd Meeting
• 2006: Seoul, Korea
• 2005: Oslo, Norway - 1st Meeting
• 2005: Oslo, Norway - 2nd Meeting
• 2004: Buenos Aires, Argentina - 1st Meeting
• 2004: Buenos Aires, Argentina - 2nd Meeting
• 2003: Berlin, Germany - 1st Meeting
• 2003: Berlin, Germany - 2nd Meeting
• 2002: Glasgow, Scotland
• 2001: Boston, USA - 1st Meeting
• 2001: Boston, USA - 2nd Meeting

Conferences

• Call for Papers - World Library and Information Congress: 10-14 August 2008, Québec, Canada
  Theme: "Conquering Barriers -The Politics of Information: Communication, Collaboration, and Content"
• 2007 April: Mid-Term Conference in Cardiff/Wales
  Government Libraries: Creating Impact from Information
  Hosted by the Welsh Assembly Government
  19-21 April 2007
• 2006: Seoul
• 2005: Oslo
• 2004: Buenos Aires
• 2003: Berlin
• 2002: Glasgow
• 2002: London
• 2001: Boston

Useful Addresses

• Members of the Standing Committee