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Reading Summit

From 11 till 13 november 2009 a reading Summit will take place in Toronto, Canada. More details will follow. One of the speakers will be Ingrid Bon, chair of Ifla section Libraries for Children and Young Adults.

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | General IFLA news | Canada, Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Reading

Ingrid's blog

As we agreed in Quebec, our section should have a blog or wiki in order to use the possibilities of Ifla's new website to the most.

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | Libraries for Children and Young Adults | Communication

Social Science Libraries Section Program

The Milan Conference is almost here and this year indicates a spectacular venue and excellent programming to match by the Social Science Libraries Standing Committee. Chairman, Steve Witt said, "...we have an interesting panel that will address the role of social science libraries in preserving cultural heritage, covering professional development; work with cultural organizations, and [a] major digital library initiative."

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | Social Science Libraries | Social Science Libraries

"The convergence of the social science libraries with libraries, archives and museums in preserving cultural heritage"

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | Social Science Libraries | 2009 WLIC 75th IFLA General Conference and Council, Convergence, Italy, Milan, Social Science Libraries

Loida Garcia-Febo Elected Chair of ALA IFRT

FAIFE Committee Member Loida Garcia-Febo, has just been elected Vice Chair/ Chair Elect of the American Library Associations Intellectual Freedom Round Table (IFRT). Below are details regarding the IFRT and Loida's update on IFLA/FAIFE's activities in the recent 'IFRT Report'.

Continued… | 5 August 2009 | FAIFE | FAIFE (Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression), Access to information, Advocacy, Associations, Censorship, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, United States