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United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1976
The main objectives of this meeting held in Brazzaville, People's Republic of Congo from July 5 to 10, 1976 were to examine recent efforts made by African Member States to plan and develop their national information systems (NATIS), and make recommendations for the creation of networks of documentation and library services adapted to the rapidly…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Needs, Information Networks, Library Associations
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1995
This document summarizes the activities of a workshop addressing the establishment of the International Network of Schools of Library and Information Sciences (SLISNET). The report contains an introduction, a general discussion of the SLISNET project and the long-range planning picture, an overview of the process of examining resolution C/VII.15…
Descriptors: Information Science, International Communication, International Programs, Library Education
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1979
Drawn from the 15th Annual Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nine papers presented in this volume deal with problems--or, in some cases, downright failures--in the automation of various facets of library service. They range from a general survey of failures or limitations…
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Catalogs, Computer Science, Conference Reports
Download full textNeely, Teresa Y., Ed. – 2000
The 49 papers presented in this volume are evidence of the research, scholarship, and professional nature of the offerings of the third National Conference of African American Librarians, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. The papers are arranged into nine tracks and Pre-Conference topics: I: Library Connections: An…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Blacks, Conferences
Ohio State Library, Columbus. – 1978
The 16 recommendations of the 1978 Ohio White House Conference on Library and Information Services are presented with background information and identification of salient issues. Concerns include the legal structure of public libraries, funding, library services (particularly for those with special needs), public relations, preservation, library…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Copyrights, Financial Support
Miller, Marilyn L., Ed.; Geppert, Alida L., Ed. – 1975
The Institute on Futurism and School Media Development, held at Western Michigan University, August 1974, presented 20 papers to 104 state leaders in educational media. The principal focus of the convention was the 1975 national guidelines for school media programs, "Media Programs: District and School," and several papers addressed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Media, Evaluation, Futures (of Society)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1979
Contained in this collection of presentations from the third Afro-Nordic Library Conference are a foreword describing the objectives of the meeting and 14 papers: "From Oral Tradition to Literary Writing: The Awakening of National Awareness," by Heikki Kirkinen; "African Library Systems," by L. E. Samarasinghe; "Planning…
Descriptors: Children, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Folk Culture
Lancaster, F. Wilfrid, Ed. – 1975
More than 100 representatives from various types of libraries attended a clinic on the current and future applications of minicomputers in library operations. Among the library-related problems considered were: (1) circulation and control, (2) cataloging, (3) education and training, (4) information retrieval, (5) acquisitions, and (6) serials…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education
Baldwin, Charlene M., Comp. – 1991
At the first Transborder Library Forum in 1991, 132 librarians from the United States and Mexico gathered to get to know one another, discuss issues of common interest, and begin to build an international network. Conference materials are provided in both English and Spanish. Keynote addresses were delivered by Alberto Alvaro Rios and Jesus Lau.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1975
In June 1975, 100 participants spent a week considering the future of California's libraries. Library trustees, Friends, concerned citizens, and librarians from all types of libraries heard talks by state and local government officials, social planners, and eminent librarians. Topics discussed included library planning, librarianship in general,…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Cooperative Planning, Evaluation, Financial Support
1992
At the second Transborder Library Forum, 181 participants from the United States and Mexico gathered to discuss topics of international librarianship. The proceedings include the following sections: Discurso de Bienvenida (Welcome Speech) (Carlos Salas); "El Etnocentrismo Mexicano y Los Servicios de Informacion" (Mexican Ethnocentrism…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
