   
 66th IFLA Council and General
Conference
Jerusalem, Israel, 13-18 August 2000
Conference Theme
"Information for Cooperation: Creating the Global Library of the Future"
The enormous potential for international co-operation in the exchange and utilisation of information which today's technology offers, and tomorrow's technology promises, presents a unique opportunity to library and information professionals. The growing demand for bibliographic exchange, multicultural Internet resources, research unhampered by geographic or linguistic limitations, and cross-cultural networking, both in the sense of online technology and offline partnerships, is a challenge to libraries which should be welcomed and which must be addressed.
The Global Information Infrastructure which is developing and which will surely be in place early in the 21st century, will require information professionals with a sense of obligation, both to their national needs and to the larger goals of the international community, to digitise, navigate, distribute and preserve all the world's knowledge for all the world's people.
Subtopics
- Exchange of electronic bibliographic data
- Cross-cultural networking partnerships
- The multicultural Internet
- Management of information: "librarianship" for the 21st century
- The on-site library in the era of the virtual library
- Educating the professional for the Global Information Infrastructure
- Research in a global environment
- The study of reading in the digital society
- Preservation of the past for the future
Preliminary Programme*
Friday, 11 August 2000
- Morning:
- Professional Board
- Afternoon:
- Co-ordinating Board
- Division Executive Board
Saturday, 12 August 2000
- All day:
- Standing Committees
- Executive Committees
- Evening:
- Reception for IFLA Officers
- (by invitation only)
Sunday, 13 August 2000
- Morning:
- Special Session for IFLA Newcomers
- Discussion Groups
- Afternoon:
- Council Meeting
- Division Meetings
- Evening:
- Exhibition Opening
Monday, 14 August 2000
- Morning:
- Division Meetings
- Discussion Groups
- Workshops
- Open Forums
- Afternoon:
- Opening Session
- Plenary Session
- Evening:
- Reception and Folklore Performance
Tuesday, 15 August 2000
- Morning:
- Conference Sessions
- Afternoon:
- Guest Lecture
- Conference Sessions
- Poster Session
- Evening:
- At Leisure
Wednesday, 16 August 2000
- Morning:
- Conference Sessions
- Afternoon:
- Guest Lecture
- Conference Sessions
- Poster Session
- Evening:
- Cultural Evening at the Israel Museum
Thursday, 17 August 2000
- All Day:
- Workshops
- Library Visits & Tours
Friday, 18 August 2000
- All Day:
- Conference Sessions
- Council Meeting
- Committee Meetings
- Closing Session
Saturday, 19 August 2000
- Optional Post-Conference Tours
* A half-day Walking Tour is offered to participants and registered accompanying persons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (see page 9).
Simultaneous Interpretation
Simultaneous interpretation services will be available in five languages: English, French, German, Russian and Spanish. This service will be available for the opening and closing sessions and other selected sessions. Please look for the SI mark in the Final Programme.
IFLA Express 2000
IFLA Express is a daily newsletter in English which will be published during the Conference by the National Organising Committee in collaboration with the IFLA Secretariat. In addition two pre-conference issues of IFLA Express will appear in January and May/June 2000 with the latest news on the conference.
IFLA 2000 Exhibition
An international trade exhibition will be held in conjunction with the conference. For further information and to reserve exhibition space contact:
Rose International
PO Box 93260,
NL 2509 AG The Hague
The Netherlands
Tel: 31 70 383 8901
Fax: 31 70 381 8936
E-mail: rose@rose-international.com
Library Visits
Participants will be offered the opportunity to visit the libraries of Israel. Visits will be organised by category and both full day and half day visits will be provided. Wherever possible site-seeing will also be included.
Complete details will be published in the IFLA EXPRESS. Participants will be able to register for the tours at the Registration Desk at the conference.
Visits by Category:
- Visit I:
- National and Government Libraries
- Visit II:
- Judaica Libraries
- Visit III:
- Libraries of Religious Institutions (Christian, Moslem, Mormon, Armenian)
- Visit IV:
- Academic Libraries (Central Libraries, Humanities & Social Science, Science, Technology & Engineering, Medical, Law)
- Visit V:
- Public Libraries
- Visit VI:
- School Libraries
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