Event

The National Library of Norway celebrates the UNESCO World Day for Audiovisual Heritage by “The Growth of the Soil”

Marwa EL SAHN — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:55:49 +0100

The film was made in 1921 by the Danish director Gunnar Sommerfeldt and was adapted from the eponymous novel published in 1919 by the Norwegian Nobel-prize winner Knut Hamsun (1859-1952). The novel has been translated into some 25 languages. An eBook version of the English translation can be downloaded here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/10984
The Growth of the Soil is a milestone achievement in Norwegian film history.

Audiovisual and Multimedia Section

Conference sponsored by IFLA-PAC: "CULTURAL HERITAGE on line. Empowering users: an active role for user communities"

flore_izart — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:47:31 +0200

The Foundation Rinascimento Digitale, in collaboration with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and the Library of Congress, is delighted to announce the 2nd edition: “CULTURAL HERITAGE online Empowering users: an active role for user communities”.

Core Activity on Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

Reading for All Conference

robertjs — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:30:14 +0200

Literacy and Reading Section

Classification and Indexing Section Programme

John Hostage — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:51:58 +0200

The programme of the Classification and Indexing Section will be presented on Thursday during the IFLA conference.

Description from official programme

Foundation to build future subject access

Cataloguing Section

Bibliography Section Programme

John Hostage — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:46:19 +0200

The Bibliography Section's programme will be presented on Sunday during the IFLA conference.

Description from official programme

Promoting and preserving national bibliographies, our testimony of cultural heritage

Cataloguing Section

Division of Bibliographic Control programme

John Hostage — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:18:59 +0200

The programme of Division IV, Bibliographic Control, will be presented in the Yellow Room on Thursday during the IFLA conference. The theme is "New bibliographic control principles and guidelines."

Description from official programme

Updated: 2009-08-04

Cataloguing Section

Audiovisual and Multimedia and Bibliographic Control joint programme

John Hostage — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:11:17 +0200

The programme of the Audiovisual and Multimedia Section and the Division of Bibliographic Control will be presented in the Blue Room on Wednesday during the IFLA conference. It has the theme "Herding cats in a dust storm: bibliographic control of audiovisual and multimedia materials in a time of change."

Description from official programme

Updated: 2009-08-04

Cataloguing Section

UNIMARC Programme

John Hostage — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:04:18 +0200

The UNIMARC programme on the theme UNIMARC and the future of catalogues will be presented in the Yellow Room.

Description from official programme

Updated: 2009-08-04

Cataloguing Section

Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge: Special Session at the WSIS Forum

Louis — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:01:36 +0200

Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge

Thursday May 21 11.00 – 12.30

ITU Room B2

Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

Annual Genealogy and Local History Section Field Trip

JanetTomkins — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:33:39 +0200

During the World Library and Information Congress, the Genealogy and Local History Section sponsored a field trip to sites of interest in the Milan area. The trip was attended by 38 people. The trip included the following visits as well as a stop at the Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan to view Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper painting.

Genealogy and Local History Section