61st IFLA General Conference - Conference Proceedings - August 20-25, 1995
Section on Library Buildings and Equipment
Annual Report 1994
Wim M. Renes
Dienst Openbare Bibliotheek
Bilderdijkstraat 1-3
2513 CM The Hague
Netherlands
Fax: (31-70) 3649283
is the Chair of the Section on Library Buildings and Equipment.
Michael Dewe
University of Wales
Department of Information and Library Studies
Llanbadarn Fawr
Aberystwyth
Dyfed SY23 3AS
UK
Fax: (44-970) 622190
is Secretary.
Standing Committee and Section Membership
The Standing Committee has 11 members from seven countries, plus four corresponding members. Section registration stands at 104.
Publications
No issues of the Section's Newsletter were produced during the past year. Catherine Pinion (UK), Chair of the Round Table on AV Media, was unable to prepare the Section pamphlet No. 5 on AV Storage i
n Libraries.
Future Conferences
Istanbul 1995
Given the theme of the Conference, "Libraries in the Future", the Section plans to focus on "Smart Buildings". Architects would be encouraged to attend and present papers.
Havana Meetings
The Chair and Secretary staffed the IFLA booth for one hour during the conference week, and distributed copies of the Section's publicity brochure and other leaflets. It held an open session at which
the following papers were presented:
La Biblioteca como Centro Cultural: el proyecto de remodelación y ampliación de la Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango (Colombia)
by LINA ESPITALETA DE VILLEGAS
Abstract
Se presenta la situación de la construcción de edificios para bibliotecas en Cuba en distintas epocas. Se subraya la construccion se aquellas amparadas por el Convenio firmado entre los
Ministerios de Cultura y de la Industria Azucarera. Se expone la amplia experiencia cubana en la adaptacion de distintos tipos de construcciones para su utilización como bibliotecas.
Los edificios para bibliotecas en Cuba
by SARAH ESCOBAR CARBALLAL
From Brainstorm to the New Central Library of The Hague
by WIM M. RENES