IFLA/FAIFE

Web presentation of the IFLA/FAIFE Satellite meeting in Oslo is now available

On August 11 the and 12 the 2005 The Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (IFLA/FAIFE) and The Norwegian National Steering Committee for the Beacon for Freedom of Expression Project (BFE) held an IFLA/FAIFE Satellite Meeting entitled: "Documenting censorship: Libraries linking past and present - and preparing for the future".

The meeting took place at The Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway two days prior to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress.

The focus of the Satellite Meeting was how libraries and information services can challenge censorship by documenting censored books and newspapers.

The event attracted 72 participants from the fields of librarianship, journalism, government and publishing, and there was a very international feel to the proceedings - participants came from Botswana, Burma, Cuba, China, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Sweden, the Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom.

Read more at:
http://www.bibalex.org/WSISALEX/faife.htm