[Sigiii-l] Fwd: UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded from an IFLA list.  Dick Hill]

>Preparations for the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to 
>be held in Geneva in December 2003 and Tunis in 2005, are well under way. 
>IFLA has been involved in the preparatory process to ensure that the role 
>of libraries in the digital age is well understood.
>
>You can help by joining in the Discussion Forum established by UNESCO. The 
>Forum consists of eight topics:
>· General discussion
>· Access
>· Development and empowerment
>· Content issues
>· Education, training and research
>· Rights
>· Future developments of information technologies
>· Civil society in the WSIS and beyond
>
>Susanne Seidelin, Director of the IFLA/FAIFE Office is the moderator for 
>the Access forum, and IFLA member Danielle Mincio of Switzerland is the 
>rapporteur for the Content issues forum. The intention is that the forums 
>will contribute to the action plans to be considered at the second 
>Preparatory Committee for the WSIS to be held in Geneva in February 2003. 
>IFLA will be fully represented at this meeting.
>
>You can join one or more of the forums at http://webworld.infopop.cc/6/ubb.x
>They open on 9th December and close on 15th January 2003.
>Please join these forums to ensure that the voice of the library and 
>information profession is heard loud and clear.
>
>Ross Shimmon
>IFLA Secretary General

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