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The IFLA / FAIFE Office in Copenhagen is now in operation!

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release
September 1, 1998

by Carsten Frederiksen

Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

The FAIFE Office is a result of a concerted effort by the Danish Library community, the City of Copenhagen and the Danish government.

The Committee and the Office will be the instrument of IFLA to promote the intellectual freedom rights as fundamental human rights and the vital mission of libraries as gateways to knowledge. They will support libraries and librarians in responding to attacks and limitations and cooperate with other organizations addressing issues which may directly or indirectly affect libraries and information professionals.

The FAIFE Office will co-ordinate the efforts of IFLA in the area of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information. It will monitor the developments within the IFLA member countries, facilitate IFLA policy-making on topics concerning intellectual freedom and function as secretariat for the newly established FAIFE Committee.

The Office is staffed with two library professionals: Jan Ristarp, former head of the Main Library of Stockholm and with a long career within the public library field and international experience as general manager for the Swedish Government Seamen?s Service, and Carsten Frederiksen, who has been the international secretary of both the Danish Union of Librarians and the Danish Library Association.

Please feel free to contact:

IFLA / FAIFE Office
c/o Copenhagen Department of Culture
Islands Brygge 37
2300 COPENHAGEN S
Denmark
Fax +45-33667064
E-mail: faife@ifla.org

Director Jan Ristarp
Phone +45-33664637
E-mail jan.ristarp@ifla.org

Deputy Director Carsten Frederiksen
Phone +45-33664627
E-mail carsten.frederiksen@ifla.org

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