Call for Papers IFLA-conference Milan 2009
In 2009 we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of
the IFLA Conference which first took place in
Rome in 1928. This represented the first meeting
for the newborn International Foundation of
Library Associations. It has been 75 years since
that remarkable and fundamental event and 45
years since the IFLA congress was last held in
Rome. The World Library and Information
Congress will once more come back to Italy, this
time, in Milan from 23 to 27 August 2009 at the
Milan Convention Centre which is the largest and
best equipped congress centre located in “Fiera
Milano City”.
The city of Milan has been selected to host IFLA
2009 following an extensive, intelligent and
constructive effort by the Italian librarians within
the IFLA research commissions. It also reflects the
growing presence at the international congresses,
as well as the organisation of seminars and
conferences and the translation of IFLA official
documentation. In particular this choice rewards
the commitment of the Italian Libraries Association
(AIB), which included the IFLA congress in Italy
among the priorities in its main programme.
...
Theme
Libraries create futures: building on cultural
heritage.
Thanks to libraries, civilisations have gathered and
stored evidence of their manual, scientific, artistic,
literary, musical as well as religious activity.
Assuredly, libraries preserve the bases and the
roots of human knowledge. Knowledge
transmission today has radically changed: the
scope of bibliography has widened immensely.
Libraries therefore had to update their role:
preservation and access are still the main points to
be achieved, though in a new, critical and
professional way, in order to assure the adequate
standard of the service. In this way libraries keep
pace with the change brought about by history
and technology, helping to shape the future
through the resources inherited from the past for
example cultural heritage. Century long traditions
have created a vast and diversified context, in
which mediaeval libraries (mostly in monasteries
and universities), live together with Renaissance
libraries as well as modern libraries, whose
efficient standards promote public reading and
research effectively.
Libraries keep the balance between past and
present and they turn roots into vital elements for
the future, paving the way to the development of
society, to promote better quality of life and
encourage contacts between different civilisations
and cultures all over the world....
The Conference Announcement on the following link:
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla75/index.htm
In 2009 we will celebrate the 75th anniversary of
the IFLA Conference which first took place in
Rome in 1928. This represented the first meeting
for the newborn International Foundation of
Library Associations. It has been 75 years since
that remarkable and fundamental event and 45
years since the IFLA congress was last held in
Rome. The World Library and Information
Congress will once more come back to Italy, this
time, in Milan from 23 to 27 August 2009 at the
Milan Convention Centre which is the largest and
best equipped congress centre located in “Fiera
Milano City”.
The city of Milan has been selected to host IFLA
2009 following an extensive, intelligent and
constructive effort by the Italian librarians within
the IFLA research commissions. It also reflects the
growing presence at the international congresses,
as well as the organisation of seminars and
conferences and the translation of IFLA official
documentation. In particular this choice rewards
the commitment of the Italian Libraries Association
(AIB), which included the IFLA congress in Italy
among the priorities in its main programme.
...
Theme
Libraries create futures: building on cultural
heritage.
Thanks to libraries, civilisations have gathered and
stored evidence of their manual, scientific, artistic,
literary, musical as well as religious activity.
Assuredly, libraries preserve the bases and the
roots of human knowledge. Knowledge
transmission today has radically changed: the
scope of bibliography has widened immensely.
Libraries therefore had to update their role:
preservation and access are still the main points to
be achieved, though in a new, critical and
professional way, in order to assure the adequate
standard of the service. In this way libraries keep
pace with the change brought about by history
and technology, helping to shape the future
through the resources inherited from the past for
example cultural heritage. Century long traditions
have created a vast and diversified context, in
which mediaeval libraries (mostly in monasteries
and universities), live together with Renaissance
libraries as well as modern libraries, whose
efficient standards promote public reading and
research effectively.
Libraries keep the balance between past and
present and they turn roots into vital elements for
the future, paving the way to the development of
society, to promote better quality of life and
encourage contacts between different civilisations
and cultures all over the world....
The Conference Announcement on the following link:
http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla75/index.htm