About the National Information and Library Policy Special Interest Group

National Information and Library Policy SIG Mission

  • Add value to the IFLA units by sharing a set of practical solutions on establishing library and information policies in a national level.
  • Provide a wide variety of opportunities for IFLA members to exchange knowledge and practices regarding improving library and information policies.
  • Facilitate and stimulate collaborations with discussions among people, organizations, cultures and subject areas.

Scope of the National Information and Library Policy SIG Activities

  • Studying on structure and implementation process of library and information policies from the perspectives of various stakeholders including the role of governmental organizations or etc.
  • Collaborative seeking endeavors on solutions to the issues of policy making process in context of rapidly changing and unsettled ICT environments.
  • Sharing lessons learned from national policy initiatives in diverse social, economic, cultural sphere
  • Discussing a framework or model for library and information policies.

Convener 2012-2013

Jangsup Shim
Chief Executive, The National Library of Korea

Contact Information

International Cooperation and Public Relations Team
The National Library of Korea
Phone: +82-2-590-6322
Fax: +82-2-590-6329
Email nlkpc@mail.nl.go.kr

National Information and Library Policy

Last update: 5 October 2012