IN THIS SECTION:

Scope

Minutes of Meetings

Useful Addresses

Discussion Group on Reference Work

Scope

The discussion focused on the importance of the new electronic environment and that a change is taking place in reference work. The future role of reference work is an important issue as well as the quality aspect.

It was generally agreed that the most important topics to discuss are:

• Organization
  
• Ethics
  
• The impact of electronic materials
  
• Reference collections
  
• Continuing education of reference librarians.

Minutes of Meetings

• Report from the meeting held at the 64th IFLA General Conference, Amsterdam, 16 August 1998
  • Enclosure 1:
    The Organisation of Reference Work, Report from National libraries
    Birgitta Fogelvik

  • Enclosure 2:
    University, Academic and Research Libraries report
    Yolanda Maloney

  • Enclosure 3:
    Public Libraries Report
    Eva Olsson

  • Enclosure 4:
    Summary of Special Libraries
    Taina Koivula

  • Enclosure 5:
    A supplement to Mr. Jens Thorhauge's article
    Bodil Wöhnert

• Report from the start-up meeting held at the 63rd IFLA General Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 31 August 1997

Useful Addresses