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This message is being copied across several lists, please excuse duplication ---------------------------------------------------------------- INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS COPENHAGEN 1997 Call for papers! IFLA's 63rd general conference will take place in Copenhagen from 31 August - 5 September 1997. The overall conference theme will be: Libraries and information for human development. The Art Libraries Section is pleased to announce that it will hold a one-day Workshop and an Open Session during the conference. The Workshop will centre on the theme: Art libraries as centres of culture and information. The topic could be approached from a number of angles: - Libraries and cultural priorities - Libraries promoting access to the arts and to artistic innovation - Libraries: the memory of the world - Libraries and information for education - Libraries bridging information gaps - Libraries and the "Right to know"/Democratic development/ Intellectual property rights The Art Libraries Section Open Session theme will be Studying Scandinavian art and design at home and abroad. You are invited to take part in this meeting by delivering a paper or by recommending speakers to lecture on either of the two themes. The Proposal for a paper at either of these Art Libraries Meetings in Copenhagen should include the following information: Author's name Institutional affiliation Address (professional) Telephone no., Fax no., Email address (professional) Address (personal) Telephone no., Fax no. (personal) Brief biographical information Title of the paper Original language version: English/French/German/Russian/Spanish Translated version/s:* English/French/German/Russian/Spanish Audiovisual or other equipment required *As it is not possible to provide translations of lectures centrally, prospective contributors will be required to provide a translation into at least one other IFLA language if at all possible. The Proposal plus a brief description of the paper's contents (200 words) must be sent at latest by 31 January 1997. If a proposal is selected the final paper, which should be between 8 and 10 A4 pages, will be required by 11 April 1997. The proposal to be sent to Jan van der Wateren Chairman IFLA Section of Art Libraries c/o National Art Library Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington, London SW7 2RL England Telephone: (44) 171 938 8303 Fax: (44) 171 938 8275 Email: [log in to unmask]