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We are very honoured to welcome you to participate in the 62nd IFLA Conference which is to take place from August 25-31, 1996 in Beijing. We chose Beijing as a place for the conference because Beijing is a city with long history and splendid cultural heritage. In this beautiful city librarians from all over the world can take the opportunity to enjoy the heritage. In this beautiful city librarians from all over the world can take the opportunity to enuoy the heritage, work together intensively on pursuing stategies to meet the challenges faced by the international library community and share professional experiences. We are now starting the preparations in order to offer you a pleasant conference environment and many opportunities to enjoy the beauty of the country. Chinese librarians are looking forward to meeting you in August 1996 in Beijing.
'96 IFLA China Organizing Committee
THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE: LIBRARIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Moving towards the end of the century, the social functions performed by libraries are evolving towards new and expanded roles; information is valued as an economic resource and new technologies have made it instantly and globally available. China has therefore chosen the theme mentioned above for the 62nd IFLA General Conference in Beijing in 1996.
Sub-Topics:
August 23 (Friday)
Morning: Professional Board
Afternoon: Executive Board and Coordinating Board
August 24 (Saturday)
All Day: Standing Committees (in 3 groups)
Evening: IFLA Officers reception (on invitation only)
August 25 (Sunday)
Morning: Introduction to IFLA for Newcomers; Open Forum of Core Programs; UNESCO Open Forum
Evening: Opening of Exhibition followed by reception
August 26 (Monday)
Morning: Contributed Paper Session; Divisional Open Forums
Afternoon: Official Opening
Evening: Reception by the Organizing Committee
August 27 (Tuesday)
All Day: Sections and Round Table Meetings; poster Sessions
Evening: Cultural Entertainment by the Ministry of Culture, PRC
August 28 (Wednesday)
All Day: Sections and Round Table Meetings; Poster Sessions
Afternoon: Library Visits
Evening: Reception by the Local Government
August 29 (Thursday)
All Day: Workshops
Morning: Standing Committees
Afternoon: Standing Committees
Evening: Receptions at Libraries Visited
August 30 (Friday)
Morning: Standing Committees; Coordinating Board; Executive Board
Afternoon: Closing Session
August 31 (Saturday)
All Day: Excursions
Acquisition and Collection Development addresses the topic, "The Changing Economics of Acquisitions", Papers will deal with: 1) the economics of digital collections; 2) developments in the supply of printed materials; and 3) acquisitions and collection building in the develping world.
Art Libraries will have as its theme, "Chinese Libraries and Collections within and outside China".
Audiovisual and Multimedia's theme, "AV and Multimedia in Libraries from a Chinese and an International Point of View" will present: 1) a survey of AV services in public libraries in China; 2) a survey of international projects where AV is involved; and 3) heritage collections in cooperation between public and national libraries.
Bibliography's theme is "Authority Control".
Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries has as theme, "East Meets West in Medical Librarianship". There will be presentations from four Chinese librarians, and librarians from Canada and the USA.
Cataloguing has as theme, "Cooperative Cataloguing Profjects: Economic Benefits through Resource Sharing". Coopoerative programmes in China, Europe and the United States will be described.
Children's Libraries' theme, "Children's Libraries in China and Reading Demands of Chinese Children" will be covered by two papers: 1) The current status and prospects of children's libraries in China: and 2) The characteristics of children's reading.
Classification and Indexing will have speakers from China and Germany speaking on 1) Decomposing Dewey Classification numbers: 2) National problems and international cooperation in classification; and 3) Modern calssification systems and thesauri in China.
Conservation will meet under the theme, "Preserving the Documentary Heritage of Asia and the Pacific Regions: Approaches from East and West", with speakers from China, the UK, Japan and Thailand.
Document Delivery and Interlending has as theme, "Copyright Questions in Document Delivery and Interlending" with speakers from North America, Russia, and Southeast Asia.
Information Technology's theme, "Digital Libraries, Technologies and Organizational Impacts". There will be speakers from France, Japan and Canada speaking on: 1) La BNF, une nouvelle Bibliotheque, un nouveau Système d Information by Serge Salomon, Directeur-adjoint de l'Information et des Nouvelles Technologies de la Bibliotheque nationale de France. 2) A Pilot Electronic Library Project by Mr. Kenji Uetsuki, Assistant Chief of the Planning Division, The National Diet Library, Japan and 3) Myths and Challenges for Digital Library Development by Mr. Terry Kuny, Global Village Research, IFLANET Administration, Canada.
Geography and Map Libraries will meet under the theme, "Map Libraries in Economic Development" with speakers from Australia and China.
Government Information and Official Publications has as theme, "Access to Human Rights Documentation".
Libraries for the Blind will hold its open session on "National Strategies for Library Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons", with speakers from Japan, Denmark, Canada, Malaysia and China.
Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons will have as its theme, "The Challenge of Change: Reading Promotion to Special Groups". Four papers dealing with prison libraries, hospital libraries, talking books and easy to read publications will be presented.
Library Buildings and Equipment has as its theme, "Library Buildings in China", with papers on modern architecture in China; the National Library of China, and the public library of Shanghai.
Library History's theme, "The History of Libraries and Librarianship in the Far East During the 20th Century", will have papers on 1) the history and nature of librarianship in South Korea from 1945 to 1972; 2) the development of public library service in Japan since the 1960s; and 3) the destruction of Chinese national treasures during the 1900 siege of Beijing.
Library Theory and Research will have speakers from China, Japan and the United States addressing the following topics: bibliometric studies on library and information research in China; the current state of research on digital libraries in Japan; and research as a basis for the development of standards for libraries.
Management's theme is "Financing Library Services: Changing Approaches", with speakers from China on value-added services; from Sweden on contracting out in public libraries; from the USA on finding new sources of financial aid for libraries, and on contracting out government library and information services in the USA.
Management of Library Associations will meet under the theme, "Developing the Work of an Association". The meeting will have the form of a clinic with two short speeches, and a discussion.
Newspapers will address the topic, "Asian Newspapers".
Parliamentary Libraries has as its theme, "Regional and Global Cooperation among Parliamentary Libraries: A Ten-Year Vision". There will be four presentations on the following topics: copyright versus open access to information; bringing the electronic library to parliament; and navigating the information superhighway.
Public Libraries will meet under the theme, "Public Libraries and Economic Change" and will have three speakers: one from China speaking on the establishment and development of the contemporary three-grade network of Shanghai public libraries; one from Singapore speaking on the Singapore Library 2000 Report; and one from the Netherlands on libraries and economic development.
Rare Books and Manuscripts will address "Collection and Access for Asian Rare Books and Manuscripts". Present plans foresee two Chinese speakers talking about different aspects of rare books work in China, a Japanese speaker to describe the scene in Japan, and a representative from the Chinese Rare Books Project of the Research Libraries Group, who will describe the progress of this American-based initiative.
School Libraries has as its theme, "Cooperation and Planning with Teachers". In addition to the speaker from China covering China's primary and secondary school libraries and their history, status quo and future developments, three speakers will be identified.
Science and Technology Libraries will address the topic, "Management of Science and Technology Journals in a Time of Change".
Social Science Libraries will have speakers addressing the topic, "The Impact of New Technology on Social Science Libraries".
Statistics theme, "The Use of Statistics for Managing Libraries" will be addressed by four speakers from China. The Section on Statistics is also organizing a browsing session.
User Education will have its open programme session under the theme, "Information Literacy".
University Libraries and other General Research Libraries has as theme, "Copyright and Fair Use in the Electronic Information Age: Implications for Academic libraries".
Women's Issues has as its theme: "The Emerging Power of Women: Traditional and Professional Roles".
Dr. Fei Xiaotong
Vice Chairman, The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, PRC.
IFLA Professional Board will organize a seminar with the theme "Copyright and Libraries" in Tianjin, China from August 21-23, 1996.
For information and registration:
D.Bradbury,
Director,
Mr. Winston Roberts,
Coordinator of Professional Activities,
During the 62nd IFLA General Conference, 25-31 August 1996, workshops are scheduled for Thursday, 29 August. Participants will be limited, with most workshops limited to a maximum of 50 per workshop on a first come, first served basis. Registration for the workshop is compulsory, and participants will be allowed to register for one workshop only.
ALP Programme joint with Government Libraries. Theme: "Aid Agency Development".
For information:
Craig Boaden,
Art Libraries: Theme: "Pay or Profit: Fee or Free?" The topic will be approached from a number of angles: costs of new services; the profit motive in relation to government; business and commercial services; lessons to be learned from experiences where the user has to pay; what the user will really pay for; selling the product-matching user needs.
For information and registration:
Jan van der Wateren,
Audiovisual Media joint with the Section on Reading. Theme: "From Reading AV Media to Watching Books, towards Multimedia".
For registration and information:
Isabelle Giannattasio,
Children's Libraries joint with Library Services to Multicultural Populations. Theme: "Storytelling". The workshop will: introduce the current and historical role of storytelling in various parts of the world; introduce a variety of stories and types of storytelling; focus on how storytelling continues by librarians and educators in a variety of cultures and geographic regions; show the value of storytelling in contemporary society; and present the role of storytelling in education, culture, history, literacy, and for a variety of audiences.
For registration and information:
Shirley Fitzgibbons,
Classification and Indexing. Theme: "Dewey Decimal Classification: Edition 21 and International Perspectives" which will be co-sponsored by OCLC and Forest Press.
For registration and information:
Donna Duncan,
Document Delivery and Interlending. Theme: "Charging for Document Delivery and Interlending".
For registration and information:
Heinz Fuchs,
Education and Training: Theme: "Chinese LIS Education".
For information and registration:
Steffen Ruckl,
Library Services to Multicultural Populations joint with Classification and Indexing. Theme: "Serving Multicultural Populations in the 21st Century: Universal Standardized Subject Headings--Present Status and Future Prospects".
For information and registration:
Suzine Har Nicolescu,
Management of Library Associations: Theme: "How to Run a Library Association".
For information:
David Bender,
Parliamentary Libraries. Theme: "Parliamentary Libraries of Asia and the Pacific II".
For registration:
William H. Robinson,
Regional Activities will hold a joint workshop of all relevant Sections: Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean on Medium-Term Programme planning.
For registration and information:
A.P. Gakhar,
UDT Core Programme. Theme: "Connections and Collaborations: Using the Internet in Libraries".
For information and registration:
Louise Lantaigne,
University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries. Theme: "Managing Academic Libraries: The Challenge of Change".
For information and registration:
Alex Byrne,
Cataloguing. Theme: "Retrospective Conversion: Lessons Learned and New Trends".
For information and registration:
Paul Burn,
Libraries for the Blind. Theme: "Digital Talking Books Technology".
For registration and information:
Hiroshi Kawamura,
Library Buildings and Equipment. Theme: "Architectural Competition".
For registration and information:
Marie-Francoise Bisbrouck,
Library Theory and Research joint with University Libraries and other General Research Libraries.
For information:
Maxine Rochester,
Newspapers. Theme: "Microfilming or Digitization for Preservation of Newspapers and other Material".
For information:
Geoff Smith,
Science and Technology Libraries. Theme: "Grey Literature in Science and Technology".
For registration and information:
Andrei Zemskov,
Serial Publications. Theme: "The Work of ISSN Centres".
For information and registration:
Ms. H. Woodward,
Social Science Libraries. Theme: "Seeking Information for Development Studies".
For registration and information:
Leif Lorring,
User Education. Theme: "User Education for Remote Library Users".
For information and registration:
Martin Kesselman,
During the Conference a workshop will be jointly sponsored by China Organizing Committee of '96 Beijing IFLA Conference and Council on East Asian Libraries (U.S.A.). The Theme is "The Evolving Research Libraries and East Asian Studies".
For information:
Mr. Kenneth Klein,
President,
U.S./China Conference, will be held at National Library of China from August 21-23, 1996. The Theme is "Global Information Access: Challenges and Opportunities", papers will cover 1) China-U.S. Cooperation; 2) National and Global Information Infrastructures; 3) Information Technology; 4) Library and Information Science Education; 5) Preservation Issues; 6) International Properties and Copyright Issues. The conference is sponsored by China Society for Library Science, The National Library of China, American Library Association, Chinese American Librarians Association, The Library of Congress, U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Service.
For information:
Dr. Hwa-Wei Lee,
Dean of University Libraries,
Chinese American Librarians Association. Theme: "Activities of the Chinese American Librarians in the USA and the Changing World".
For information:
Susan T. Bau,
Papers received by IFLA Headquarters before the deadline will be available in pre-printed booklets. Those sent later can be provided upon request in exchange for vouchers.
The Secretariat
China Organizing Committee of '96 Beijing IFLA General Conference
Beijing International Convention Center
IFLA Headquarters
Before May 1, 1996
Delegates US $ 350.00
Accompanying Persons US $ 225.00
After May 1, 1996
Delegates US $ 400.00
Accompanying Persons US $ 250.00
The registration fee for the accompanying persons will cover point 1, 4-8, and 2 half-day tours.
Registrations on site will be accepted at the Convention Center while the conference is in session, beginning on August 23,1996.
New Choice of Hotels:
Payments must be made to Chemical Bank by telegraph transfer via your local bank.
During the conference an exhibition, due to open from August 25-30, 1996 at Beijing International Convention Center, of 4,500 square metres allows enough space for 200 stands. The exhibition consists of three halls: Hall I for the international book fair; Hall II for display of facilities and equipment relating to library services; Hall III for electronic media. Internet connectivity which will be soon realized will help the exhibitors get remote access to their databases world wide.
During the Exhibition, workshops will be held for the exhibitors to present their new technologies and facilities. The Hall I is sponsored by '96 IFLA China Organizing Committee, organized by China International Book Trading Corp.
For more information please contact:
Ms. Wang Hanping
National Library of China: a legal deposit library of the national publications, provides services for the reading bodies at various levels and the general public.
Peking University Library: one of the key university libraries in China.
Department of Library and Information Science, Peking University, one of the earliest educational institutions for library and information science in China.
Tsinghua University Library: one of the key university libraries specialized in technology and engineering. It is the IFLA institute member.
Beijing Normal University Library: founded in 1917, one of the key university libraries in China.
CPC Central Committee Party School Library: a training school for senior leading members of the Communist Party of China.
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: famous for telecommunication and networking development on campus.
Beijing Agricultural University Library: an appointed library of collecting the FAO publications.