Riga Conference Papers - 1998

block Riga Memorandum on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Adopted on October 16, 1998, at the international conference "Freedom of Expression, Censorship, Libraries" in Riga, 14.10.1998-17.10.1998
   
block Absolutism and Freedom of Expression: An Account of Denmark as it was in the Years 1661-1848
Ole Christiansen, Librarian, National Record Offices, Copenhagen, Denmark
   
block Intellectual Freedom in a Democratic Society
Richard Fitzsimmons, Library director, PennState, Worthington Scranton, Dunmore, Pennsylvania, USA
   
block Librarians Serving Censorship
Eva Kodric-Dacic, National and University Library of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
   
block On some modern theoretical attempts to reanimate censorship in Russia
Mikhail B. Konashev, Institute for the History of Natural Sciences and Technology, St. Petersburg, Russia
   
block The libraries’ role in the development of democratic societies
Tomas Lidman, National Librarian, Royal Library of Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
   
block Some Issues Connected with the Freedom of Expression in Contemporary Estonia
Aile Möldre, Tallinn Pedagogical University, Tallinn, Estonia
   
block Who Censors the Internet and Why
Jana Varlejs, Associate Professor, Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
block Censorship and Media: what it means for Belarus
Violetta Vutsans, Junior Librarian, Open Society Archives / Library, Budapest, Hungary
   
block Freedom of expression in the context of development
Henrikas Yushkiavitshus, Assistant Director-General for Communication, Information and Informatics, UNESCO