[ILL-L] IFLA Satellite Boston, MA: Rethinking Access to Information

[Poul Erlandsen]

In her presentation about the Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative given last year in Pretoria, South Africa, Kim Baker, Chair of the IFLA Document Delivery & Resource Sharing Standing Committee stated that: "Libraries need to stop looking at designing processes and systems to suit librarians - they need to adapt and modify their processes and systems to suit the user. This new paradigm thus STARTS with the user, and not the other way around."

 

This statement encompasses precisely the focal point of the IFLA Satellite Meeting "Rethinking Access to Information: Evolving Perspectives on Information Content and Delivery" which will be held at The Boston Public Library in Boston, MA, August 6 - 7, 2008 just before the start of the 74th World Library and Information Congress in Quebec City, Canada.

 

So please mark your calendars for this exciting international event which is hosted jointly by the following three IFLA sections:

 

*	Document Delivery and Resource Sharing 
*	Acquisition and Collection Development 
*	Reference and Information Services 

 

The conference will allow 150 -200 delegates from the US, Canada and countries around the Globe to register for a unique opportunity to learn about innovative ideas and how libraries are rethinking their services.

We aim to keep the registration fee as low as at all possible and thanks to our sponsors we will be able to bring in some world renowned speakers.

 

Save those dates and watch for more information coming soon on the conference's own website, various listservs as well as on the IFLA Satellite Meeting website: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla74/satellite-en.htm

 

Poul Erlandsen 
(Conference contact person)

Afdelingsleder / Head of Dept. 
Dokumentlevering & Samlinger/ Document Access Services & Collection Management
Danmarks Pædagogiske Bibl. / National Library of Education 
Postbox 840 / PO Box 840 
2400 København NV / DK-2400 Copenhagen NV 
Danmark / Denmark 

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WWW <http://www.dpb.dpu.dk <http://www.dpb.dpu.dk/> > 

 

 

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