Conferences and Workshops

2012

World Library and Information Congress: 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
11-17 August, Helsinki Finland
Theme: Empowering staff through preservation training! How your library and users will reap the benefits
with IFLA SET

2011

World Library and Information Congress: 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13-18 August, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Themes:

• The media is the message!" The convergence of media in rapidly changing societies from a user perspective as well as the demand for preservation
  with IFLA AVMS
• Education for Digital Curation
  with IFLA SET & Information Technology Sections

2010

• World Library and Information Congress: 76th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  10-15 August, Gothenburg, Sweden
  Theme: Preservation and sustainability
  with IFLA PAC

• Satellite meeting
  Uppsala, Sweden 16-18 August
  Theme: New techniques for old documents. Scientific examination methods in the services of preservation and book history

2009

• World Library and Information Congress: 75th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  23-27 August 2009, Milan, Italy
  Theme: Dispersed cultural collections Preservation, reconstruction and access
  with IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section

• Satellite meeting
  Rome, Italy 31 August – 2 September
  Theme: Conservation and preservation of library material in a cultural-heritage oriented context [PDF – English]

2008

• World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
  August 2008, Québec, Canada
  Theme: (1) Digital objects on physical carriers & (2) Preservation Infrastructures
  with IFLA PAC, Information Technology, IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS) and Law Libraries

• Satellite meeting
  Ottawa, Canada 6-8 August
  Theme: Preserving Cultural Heritage into the 21st Century: Current perspectives and new directions

2007

World Library and Information Congress: 74th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
10-15 August, Durban, South Africa
Theme: Preservation in African collections: perspectives and case studies
with IFLA Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (see Session 139-1)

Previous years

• Preconference, Tokyo, 2006
• The 3-D's of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization Symposium Bibliothèque nationale de France - Paris, 2006
• Proceedings of the Symposium
• Papers presented in Oslo & Mo i Rana, 2005
• Report on Open Sessions, Oslo 2005
• Papers presented in Buenos Aires, 2004
• Papers presented in Berlin, 2003
• PreConference in Berlin, 2003
• Papers presented in Glasgow, 2002
• Workshop in Boston, 2001

Preservation and Conservation

Last update: 5 November 2012