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Social Science Libraries Section

Social Science Libraries are special libraries supporting research and practice in the broad domain of the Social Sciences. Thus the section includes for example big Business Libraries as well as small research institute libraries in the fields of linguistics or anthropology.

Following the extensional definition by H.P. Hogeweg-de Haart (FID, 1981), i.e. the UNESCO definition plus other disciplines the Social Sciences include the following disciplines:
... anthropology, communication science, criminology, demography, economics, education, environmental planning, futurology, geography, history, labour science, law, library and information science, linguistics, management science, philosophy, political science, public administration, psychology, social policy, sociology, statistics, science of religion, science of science ...

Strategic Plan

Projects

Preliminary report on the feasibility of repeating the INFROSS study

Information Needs and Uses Studies

IFLA Survey of National Libraries of Education

The Social Science Virtual Library

Social Science Virtual "META" Library

The SSID bibliography project

Publications

Newsletters

Section Brochure

English | French | Russian | Spanish |

Annual Reports

2007 | 2003-2004 | 2000 | 1994-1995

Conferences

  • Call for Papers for Satellite meeting
    Theme: Disappearing disciplinary borders in the social science library - global studies or sea change?
    World Library and Information Congress: August 2008, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Papers Presented during IFLA Conferences:

Minutes of Meetings

Useful Addresses

Chair:
Steve W. Witt
Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois
302 East John, Suite 1705
CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 MC-428
United States
Tel. +(1)(217)2657518
Fax +(1)(217)2657519
Secretary/Treasurer:
Jacques Hellemans
Université Libre de Bruxelles
50, Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, CP 181
B-1050 BRUXELLES
Belgium
Tel. +(32)(2)6504417
Fax +(32)(2)6504198
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Ms Wilda B. Newman
Knowledge Resources Associates, LLC
5964 Rosinante Run
COLUMBIA, MD 21045
United States
Tel. +(1)(410)7307583
Fax +(1)(410)7307583 (call before faxing)

Standing Committee Members

Mailing List

IFLA-SOC-LIB: Forum of the IFLA Social Science Libraries section

IFLA-SOC-LIB is one of the electronic services of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. It is intended to foster communication especially within the community of Library and Information services for the Social Sciences. The extension of the term Social Sciences is a rather broad one: ranging from economics to linguistics.

The mailing list IFLA SOC-LIB is managed by the Section on Social Science Libraries of IFLA - one of the more than 40 working groups of IFLA. It is intended to be the forum for its worldwide membership but will be open to everyone interested in the library and information business in the Social Sciences. It distributes information about IFLA services and activities which are of special interest for the section's members. IFLA-SOC-LIB also offers a forum for the submission of items of general interest to the international social science library community.

NOTE: This list is open to the subscribers that are given access based on their interest in IFLA relating to the business of Social Science Libraries.

Messages intended for distribution to the list should be sent to: ifla-soc-lib@infoserv.inist.fr

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