World Library and Information Congress: 73rd IFLA General Conference and Council

"Libraries for the future: Progress, Development and Partnerships"

19-23 August 2007, Durban, South Africa

Call for Papers

The content of the IFLA Conference Programme is organised by different professional groups (Sections and Core Programmes).

Call for papers will be submitted through these groups and made available on this web page as soon as delivered.

Access to Information Network - Africa (ATINA) Discussion Group
Theme: Organizing for Democratic Access to Information in Africa
Acquisition and Collection Development Section
Theme: Collection description Models - Next Generation Initiatives
Africa Section
Theme: Looking into the future: models of African libraries in the 21st Century and beyond
Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group
Theme: Impact of Globalization on Small Farmers Worldwide: Implications on Information Transfer
Art Libraries Section
Theme: Developing and documenting contemporary indigenous and minority culture
Asia & Oceania Section
Theme: Information Providers Coping with Disaster in Asia-Oceania
Cataloguing Section, Division for Bibliographic Control
Theme: Cataloging Partnerships
Classification and Indexing Section
Theme: Partners for subject access to bring libraries and users together
Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section with Management of Library Associations Section
Theme: Library Association Management - the Global Library Association Development (GLAD) programme
Division III. Libraries Serving the General Public
Theme: Social Inclusion - how can public libraries embrace the challenge of reaching out to serve all people in their community?
Division VII: Education and Research
Theme: The Internet, Libraries and the Changing Information Behaviour: Perspectives for Research and Education
Division VIII: Regional Activities with Action for Development through Libraries Programme Core Activity (ALP)
Theme: Libraries at the forefront of grassroots development
Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section
Theme: Using Technology to Improve Interlending and Resource Sharing Services
E-learning discussion group
Theme: In search of quality and collaboration
Education and Training Section and Division VIII: Regional Activities
Theme: Advancing LIS Education in Developing Countries: Views from LIS Educators and Practitioners
Genealogy and Local History Section, together with the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section
Theme: Stories without writing: local and family history beyond the written word
Government Information and Official Publications Section
Theme: Government and Science: Progress, Development and Partnerships for Libraries of the Future
Government Libraries Section in cooperation with the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section
Theme: Government Libraries: Approaches to multi-lingual collections and service
Information Literacy Section together with the Academic and Research Libraries Section
Theme: Conduits for Transformation: Incorporating Multimodal Instruction and Learning into Information Literacy
Information Technology Section
Theme: Second life for libraries
Library users: let us give them what they want! User driven services designed to meet their needs, not our convenience. Let us explore together how technology can help us do this.
Libraries for the Blind and Libraries for Children and Young Adults Sections
Theme: Best practice in library services for print disabled children
Library Buildings and Equipment Section
Theme: Toolkits for successful library design: guidelines and case studies
Library History Section Section
Theme: The History of Libraries and Librarianship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Library Theory & Research Section
Theme: LIS research and publishing: the African LIS researcher's story
Management & Marketing Section and Academic and Research Libraries Section
Theme: Libraries in the spotlight: Effective marketing and promotional strategies
Management & Marketing Section and Metropolitan Libraries Section
Theme: Libraries - crucial institution in a complex society: Increasing the library's appeal and value to users, and overcoming barriers to access
Newspapers Section
Theme: African Newspapers: Access and Technology
Public Libraries', Reading and School Libraries' Sections
Theme: Libraries in Good Health: Resources and Practices Designed to Support Community Development and Outreach in Health-related Issues
Reference and Information Services Section
Theme: Getting and keeping ahead: educating for reference and information services for the future
Science and Technology Libraries Section
Theme: Changing trends in higher education and its impact on the delivery of science and technology information
Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section
Theme: Serials and Other Continuing Resources; new initiatives in Africa and Developing Countries
Social Science Libraries Section
Theme: Evidence Based Practice in Social Science Libraries: Using research and empirical data to improve service
Statistics and Evaluation Section
Theme: Special libraries need special measures
Women, Information and Libraries Discussion Group
Theme: Women, Information and Libraries in relation to the UN Millennium Development Goals