The Library Situation in Iraq

Everybody has read about the recent burning and looting of museums, archives and libraries in Bagdad and elsewhere in Iraq.

During IFLA's World Library and Information Cogress, in Berlin, on Tuesday 5 August 2003 a special session will be held about the situation of libraries in Iraq, after the war broke in that country in April this year:

Tuesday 5 August 2003:
08.30-10.30

110a. Update Session on Iraq

Chair: Christine Deschamps, IFLA President

Jean-Marie Arnoult, Inspecteur général des bibliothèques in France, who recently was in Iraq as part of a UNESCO Expert Mission, will report on his findings.