Substantial NCLIS Grant for IFLA

PRESS RELEASE: for immediate release
June 1, 1999

IFLA/HQ

Like in the previous years the U.S. Department of State has made contributions to the programme for International Contributions for Scientific, Educational and Cultural Activities (ICSECA). A portion of the funds of the fiscal year 1999 has been allocated to the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to support international information, library and archive material.

A contribution of $ 12,500 has been approved for IFLA!

The funds will be allocated to three projects that were identified and submitted as proposals to NCLIS, earlier this year:

1. Support for a Seminar on Universal Bibliographic control and UNIMARC in Georgia.
2. Production of a Practical Guide on Providing Library and Information Services to Disadvantaged Persons.
3. Revision of the ISBD Standard for Serial Publications.

IFLA is very grateful to the US Government and to NCLIS for this generous support.