Annual Report 1996-1997

IN THIS DOCUMENT:

Scope Statement

Membership

Projects

Publications

Conference Programme

Relationships with other Bodies

Other Events

Scope Statement

The Section of Public Libraries provides an active international forum for the development and promotion of public libraries which serve the whole community in the context of the information society and ensure free and equal access to information at the local level.

Membership

1997 - 293

Officers

(to August 1997)

Chair:

Sissel Nilsen

Baerum Public Library
POB 82
N 1341 Bekkestua
NORWAY
Tel: 47 67 120510
Fax: 47 67 539755

E-mail: sissel@barum.folkebibl.no

Secretary:

Philip Gill

13 Stoneleigh Close
Stoneleigh
Coventry CV8 3DE
UK
Tel/Fax: 44 1203 414030

E-mail: philip_gill@compuserve.com

Information Co-ordinator ( also Newsletter Editor from August 1997)

Britt Marie Haggstrom

DIK Association
Box 760
S-13124 Nacka
SWEDEN
Tel: 46 84662402
Fax: 46 84662424

E-mail: bmha.dik@akademikerhuset.se

From August 1997

Chair:

Philip Gill

13 Stoneleigh Close
Stoneleigh
Coventry CV8 3DE
UK
Tel/Fax: 44 1203 414030

E-mail: philip_gill@compuserve.com

Secretary:

llona Glashoff
Bucherhalle Poppenbuttel
Harksheider Str 10
22399 Hamburg
GERMANY
Tel: 49 40 602 3429
Fax: 49 40 606 4748
E-mail: hoeb-pop@rrz.uni-hamburg.de

Meetings

Standing Committee Meetings: 6-7 March 1997: Convento de Arrabida, Portugal - 11 attended

30 August and 5 September 1997: Copenhagen, Denmark - 22 attended, plus corresponding members

Projects

Promotion of the Unesco Public Library Manifesto
Project leaders: Hellen Niegaard and Sissel Nilsen
Organisation of satellite meeting on "Performance Measurement and Quality
Management in Public Libraries" held in Berlin on 25-28 August 1997.
Organiser: Peter Borchardt
Survey of national information policies
Project leader: Hellen Niegaard
To conduct a survey of funding models for public libraries in different countries.
At early stages. Methodology to be decided.
To conduct a survey of sources of annual revenue other than mainstream funding.
At early stages. Methodology to be decided.
Revision of IFLA Guidelines for Public Libraries.
Project leader: Philip Gill
IFLA Regional Conferences on Public Libraries:
Asia and Oceania - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 10-12 November 1997
Latin America - Salvador, Brazil, 24-27 March 1998
Africa - 1999

Projects 4 and 5 in conjunction with the Statistics Section and the Round Table on Management.

Publications

Public Library Newsletter of the Section of Public Libraries edited by Philip Gill (print only).

Unesco Public Library Manifesto - Brochure and Poster

Conference Programme

Open Session: "Public Libraries and Lifelong Learning"
2 September 1997, Copenhagen, Denmark
Attendance 250 - 300
Jointly organised with Multicultural Section and Intamel

Keynote Speaker:

Ragnhild Sohlberg (Norsk Hydro, Norway)

"Public Libraries and Lifelong Leaming: as viewed from business and industry"

Panel Speakers:

Jose Antonio Calixto (Portugal)

Kenneth Dowlin (USA)

Kay Raseroka (Botswana)

Eugenia Rosinskaya (Russia)
Workshop: "Public Libraries and the Intennet"
4 September 1997

Speakers:
Aase-Liv Birkenes (Norway)

Paivi Jokitalo (Finland)

Dominique Lahany (France)

Jan van Vaerenbergh (Belgium)

Relationships with other Bodies

Working with Unesco in the promotion of the Public Library Manifesto. ALP and Sections for Regional Activities: Organisation of conference in Malaysia in November 1997 and in Brazil in March 1998.

Other Events

Pre Conference satellite meeting, "Performance Measurement and Quality Management in Public Libraries". Berlin, 25 28 August 1997. Meeting with Portuguese public librarians. Beja, Portugal 8 March 1998

Author

Philip Gill

Date:

9 January 1998

Latest Revision: August 11, 1998