[Sigiii-l] FW: [ALAWORLD:1908] 1st IFLA presidential meeting 18/19 Jan 2007 in Berlin

[J. K. Vijayakumar]

FYI

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From: owner-alaworld at ala.org [mailto:owner-alaworld at ala.org] On Behalf Of
Hella Klauser
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 3:58 AM
To: ALA International Relations Round Table
Subject: [ALAWORLD:1908] 1st IFLA presidential meeting 18/19 Jan 2007 in
Berlin

We are looking forward welcoming you in Berlin January 2007 -
First international IFLA Presidential Meeting 2007 during the German IFLA
presidential term of Claudia Lux 2007 – 2009

Date:	Thursday, January 18, 2007, 9:00 – 18:00 (followed by a reception)
and
Friday, January 19, 2007, 9:00 – 18:00

Location: 	German Foreign Office, Berlin, Werderscher Markt 1, 10117
Berlin
Germany

During the German IFLA presidential term, the German IFLA national
committee, supported by the German Foreign Office, BID, BII and the
Goethe-Institut, is planning an international conference series entitled
“Free Access to Information”. The three conferences of the series are
scheduled for the German IFLA presidential term (2007, 2008, 2009).
Librarians and cultural affairs officials from different countries
(especially from Eastern-Europe) and IFLA representatives will be discussing
possibilities and practices to provide free access to information.  German
innovative projects as well as examples of cooperative and financial support
programs will be presented. Those projects and programs are aimed at
promoting the cooperation between libraries, and the coordination between
libraries, cultural affairs officials and the political decision makers. The
themes of the series of conferences “Free Access to Information” are guided
by the motto “Libraries on the Agenda!” chosen by the German IFLA president
for her term. Simultaneous interpretation (German-English-Russian) will be
provided.

Planned schedule:
Thursday, 18/01/2007
9:00 	Conference opening
	Welcome by a representative of the German Foreign Office
9:30 	IFLA and Free Access for Information
	Dr. Alex Byrne (IFLA president 2005 – 2007)
10:15	Coffee break
10:30 Libraries on the Agenda!
	Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux (IFLA president 2007-2009)
13:00   Lunch
14:30	Exemplary cooperation between libraries in Germany.
	Possibilities and challenges of shared networks
·	Government project initiation and national licenses:
Responsibilities of
the German Research Foundation (DFG)
·	Dr. Ralf Goebel (Programme Director, Scientific Library Services and
Information Systems Division, DFG)
·	The Electronic Journals Library
·	Dr. Friedrich Geisselmann (Library Director, University of
Regensburg)
·	The German Internet Library
·	Dr. Arend Flemming (Director, Libraries of the City of Dresden)
·	The German National Library of Science and Technology, University
Library
Hannover  (TIB)
·	Uwe Rosemann (Director, TIB Hannover)
·	Karlsruhe Virtual Catalogue
·	Dr. Michael Mönnich (2nd Vice Director, University Library
Karlsruhe)
18:30   Reception at the Central and Regional Library Berlin

Friday, 19/01/2007
9:00 	Free access to print and digital information
	Committee on copyright and other legal matters concerning multimedia
	Prof. Dr. Gabriele Beger (Director, State and University Library
Hamburg)
	Digital legal deposit as the basis for free access to information
	Ute Schwens (Director, German National Library, Frankfurt am   Main)
	The activities of  IFLA-FAIFE
	Bob McKee, Chief Executive CILIP (The Chartered Institute of Library
and
Information Professionals, London)
	SPARC, EU project and further projects on open access initiatives
	Dr. Norbert Lossau (Director, Lower Saxony State and University
Library,
Göttingen)
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Tour of the library of the German Foreign Office
	Dr. Gundula Felten (Head of Library and Information Services, German
Foreign Office)
15:15 The role of libraries within society. Suggestions for cooperation and
mutual support between libraries and politics
	Statements and perspectives of 3 library representatives and 3
politicians
from Eastern Europe
	Moderation: Prof. Dr. Claudia Lux
16:30 Coffee break
16:45 Panel discussion and presentation/passing of the declaration on the
presidential meetings

18:00 End of conference

Fees: Registration on or before 15/12/2006  100.-- Euros
Registration after 15/12/2006			  160.-- Euros
Registrations are accepted until January 10, 2007

Registration and further information:
To register please send an email to klauser at bibliotheksverband.de indicating
your first and last name, your institution, mailing address, phone number
and email address. You will then receive a confirmation email containing
payment information including account and routing numbers for bank transfer.

Please note that we can only accept registrations if the conference
registration fees have been paid on time.

For more information please contact
Hella Klauser, Secretariat/German IFLA National Committee, Competence
Network for Libraries (KNB) at the German Library Association
Straße des 17. Juni 114, 10623 Berlin, Tel.: (++49)/(0)30-39001482
klauser at bibliotheksverband.de