IFLA/FAIFE

The 4th Round Table Talks on Free Access to Information
10 December 2004
Zagreb, Croatia

The Croatian Library Association Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression in co-operation with Department of Information Sciences and Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb organize the 4th Round Table Talks dedicated to free access to information. The Round Table Talks is to be held on the 10th December to celebrate the International Day of Human Rights.

The aim of the event held under the title Free Access to Information and Academic Community to raise awareness of specific needs of the members of the academic community in accessing knowledge and help librarians to organize adequate services to satisfy those needs.

Programme

"Free Access to Information and Academic Community"
10 December 2004
Zagreb, National and University Library,
Hrvatske bratske zajednice 4

9.30-10.00: Registration of attendance

10.00-10.20: Welcome speeches
  • A. Belan-Simic, president, Croatian Library Association,
  • V. Spajic-Vrkaš, Centre for Human Rights and Democracy, Faculty of Philosophy,
  • A. Horvat, Department of Information Sciences, Faculty of Philosophy,
  • M. Šapro-Ficovic, Croatian Library Association, Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression

I. Human Rights and Academic Community

10.20 -10.40: Djordje Gardasevic, Faculty of Law, Zagreb: Rights and responsibilities in the academic community: concepts and explanations

10.40 -11.00: Vedrana Spajic-Vrkas, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb: Right to learning and education for human rights in academic community

11.00 -11.20: Vjekoslav Afric, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb: Forms of learning and ICT

11.20 -11.40: Discussion

11.40 -12.40: Coffee and refreshments

II. Free Access to Information as a prerequisite to knowledge based society

12.40-13.00: Gvozden Flego, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb: Availability of information in the knowledge society

13.00-13.20: John Akeroyd, South Bank University, Great Britain: Some futures for the university library

13.20-13.40: Edita Bacic, faculty of Law, Split: Academic libraries and informal learning

13.40-14.00: Kemal Bakarsic, Faculty of Philosophy, Sarajevo: Bosna and Hercegovina on its way to the knowledge society: results of the war conflict

14.00-14.20: Discussion

14.20-14.40: Coffee break

14.40-15.00: Marija László, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb: Principles of building library collections on human rights

15.00-15.20: Snježana Ivanovic, Institute for International Relations, Zagreb: Information searching and retrieval in the field of international relations

15.20-15.40: Jelka Petrak, Central Library of Medicine, Zagreb: Access to medical information: importance of systematic training

15.40-16.00: Discussion

III. Academic Freedoms and Ethics

16.00-16.30: Žarko Puhovski, Faculty of Philosophy, Zagreb: Ethical restrictions of academic freedoms

16.30- 17.00: Discussion and conclusions