Conferences
Coming IFLA Annual Conference: 17-23 August 2013: Singapore
Government Libraries Section will be involved in the following sessions:
- Open Access to Official and Authenticated Legal Information in Asia (Law Libraries with Government Libraries and Library Research Services for Parliaments Sections).
- Government Libraries as voices for Open Government (Government Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications Sections)
- Information for Development Action: Governments, Civil Society and Libraries (Government Information and Official Publications with Government Libraries Section).
The complete programme with the participation of Government Libraries IFLA Section will follow in early April 2013.
Past Annual Conference Papers
11-17 August 2012: Helsinki (Finland)
- Saturday 11 August, session 47. 1st Standing Committee Meeting
- Tuesday 14 August, session 129. Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Part 2: Europe (Law Libraries with Government libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Government Information and Official Publications)
- Thursday 16 August, session 193. The surprising world of government libraries: trends and prospect of new user services (Government Libraries with Government Information and Official Publications, Libraries and Services for Parliaments and Law Libraries)
- Thursday 16 August, Session 203. Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories (Social Science Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Libraries)
- Thursday 16 August, Session 209a. 2nd Standing Committee Meeting
- Saturday 13, 14:45 - 17:15, Room 202b: 1st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Section
- Monday 15, 13:45 - 15:45, Session 105, Exhibition Hall A: Political and constitutional status of Puerto Rico: a continuing challenge (with Law Libraries)
- Tuesday 16, 9:30 - 11:30, Session 124, Room 104: e-Government: the role of librarians (with Government Information and Official Publications Section)
- Wednesday 17, 11:30 - 13:00, Room 102b: 2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Section
- Thursday 18, 8:30 - 10:30, Session 194, Grand Salon B: Promoting global access to law: developing and open access index for official, authenticated legal information (with Government Information and Official Publications Section and Law Libraries Section)
10-15 August 2010: Gothenburg (SWEDEN)
- Creating an international legal information policy agenda: issues and challenges (with Law Libraries and Government Information & Official Publications Section)
- Librarians in action: information policy & human rights (with Law Libraries, Government Information & Official Publications Section, Knowledge Management Section, and the Preservation & Conservation Section)
22-23 April 2010: Barcelona (SPAIN). Mid-term conference: Case studies in government libraries
23-27 August 2009: Milan (ITALY). Session 133: Transforming learning cultures: government libraries as the treasures within
10-14 August 2008: Québec city (CANADA). Session 165: Conquering barriers - the politics of information: communication, collaboration and content. Powerpoint sheets only: Moving towards a new information specialist profile by Daniel J. Caron (Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau, Canada) Français
19-23 August 2007: Durban (SOUTH AFRICA). Government libraries: approaches to multi-lingual collections and services
19-21 April 2007: Cardiff (UNITED KINGDOM). Mid-term conference: Government libraries: creating impact from information
20-24 August 2006: Seoul (SOUTH KOREA). Sessions 78 and 110 (with Social Sciences Libraries): Customer needs: the engines of change for government libraries and information centers; Parnership building with government and social science libraries
March 2006: Addis Ababa (ETHIOPIA). Mid-term conference: Access to Information and Knowledge for Development
14-18 August 2005: Oslo (NORWAY). Session 98: Destination unknown? Piloting innovation in government libraries
10-12 August 2005: Stockholm (SWEDEN). Preconference.
22-27 August 2004: Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA). Session 81: The role of information literacy in a democracy: how government libraries can help
1-9 August 2003: Berlin (GERMANY). Session 129: Changing governments, changing libraries. Session 172: Off-site workshop
18-24 August 2002: Glasgow (UNITED KINGDOM). Session 81: National information policies and the role of government libraries
14-15 August 2002: London (UNITED KINGDOM). Seminar / workshop: Informing government: government library and information services in the information age.
23 August 2001: Boston (UNITED STATES). Off-site workshop: Strategies for recognition - how to promote government libraries and services
1999: Moscow (RUSSIA). Mid-term conference: The role of libraries in ensuring public access to official publications and government information.
See also: Conferences 2001-2007
Last update: 27 January 2013
