Publication

The library of the Alliance Israelite Universelle, placed in the center of Paris, is known as a very welcoming place for searchers. One day a notorious revisionist who didn't hide his ideological identity, came to our library. His presence disrupted our regular functionality and set numerous questions regarding professional ethics in this kind of situation.

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

Designing Library Space for Children

Ingrid Bon, Andrew Cranfield, and Karen Latimer (Eds.) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:43:36 +0100

In recent years the library community has seen a renewed interest in library architecture and design. This is due to the change of focus from content and collection development to how libraries engage with their users in a digital age. This means that librarians, architects, politicians and patrons must develop new visions, concepts and ideas for the design and building of libraries.

Library Buildings and Equipment Section

Libraries in the Early 21st Century: An International Perspective, Volume 1

Ravindra N. Sharma (Ed.) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:30:15 +0100

Libraries have been part of human civilization for centuries. They have been developed and destroyed many times due to acts of war and natural disasters, but they have kept up with the challenges. The introduction of technology in libraries in the last quarter of the twentieth century has changed the face of libraries, their operations, and access to their collections.

An attempt to understand what the proposed Internet filtering system in Turkey means

Erkan Saka — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:12:57 +0100

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

Marketing library and information services: International perspectives

Dinesh K. Gupta, Christie Koontz, Angels Massisimo, & Réjean Savard (Eds.) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:21:25 +0100

The marketing of library services is an essential agenda item for almost all kinds of libraries all over the world. In this volume 47 experts from 20 countries address the issue through 40 articles. The bundling of dozens of contributions from a truly international group of librarians, presented in this book, provides a broad spectrum on the topic.

Management and Marketing Section

IFLA's First Fifty Years: Achievement and challenge in international librarianship

Willem R. H. Koops and Joachim Wieder (Eds.) — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:44:17 +0100

After half a century's existence an international organization - now a large one - has its history to relate, and when this space of time has been marked by war and destruction, as well as by inconceivable progress and bloom of literary culture, and thus of libraries, then the history of an international library organization is a thrilling one.