Event

80th Anniversary of the Lithuanian Librarians Association

Susan Schaepman — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:20:33 +0100

This year the Lithuanian Librarians Association (LLA) celebrates two anniversaries important for the Lithuanian librarian's community: LLA was founded 80 years ago (1931) and joined International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) 75 years ago (1936). IFLA President-elect, Sinikka Sipilä, will be giving a presentation on the activities of IFLA and the Finnish Library Association.

300th Anniversary National Library of Spain

Simon Lemstra — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:07:22 +0200

The library was founded by King Philip V of Spain in 1712 as the Palace Public Library (Biblioteca Pública de Palacio). The Royal Letters Patent that he granted, the predecessor of the current legal deposit requirement, made it mandatory for printers to submit a copy of every book printed in Spain to the library.

Slovenian Library Association

Simon Lemstra — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:42:27 +0200

Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

Simon Lemstra — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:40:04 +0200

ARL is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries at comprehensive, research-extensive institutions in the US and Canada that share similar research missions, aspirations, and achievements.

Libraries promoting reading in a multicultural, multilingual society

Robert J. Sarjant — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:51:31 +0200

Conference Session 133 — Literacy and Reading Section with Library Services to Multicultural Populations. The papers for this session and from previous conferences are available here.

Literacy and Reading Section

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

Robert J. Sarjant — 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