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Public Libraries and Multilingual Collections
An IFLA post-conference after the 69th IFLA General Conference in Berlin 2003.
Organized by the section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations.
Hosted by the NBLC, Netherlands Association of Public Libraries and the Utrecht Public Library.
August 11-13, 2003, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Website: www.ifla-utrecht.nl (after 20th August 2002)
The conference will focus on acquisition of multilingual collections in public libraries and the marketing of library services to multicultural populations.
The conference will enable the participants to exchange practical information about import, cataloguing and access of multilingual books and media.
The participants will also have the opportunity to discuss strategies of marketing library services to the target population.
The following aspects will be discussed:
- Acquisition of multilingual materials and the cataloguing of books and other media;
- Instruments to promote and facilitate access and use of multilingual collections;
- Marketing of library services to the multicultural communities.
The conference theme will be introduced by key-note speakers with an excellent view on multiculturalism, translation & communication and multilingual demands in Europe and other countries.
Members of the Standing Committee of the section on Library Services to Multicultural Populations will contribute to the conference.
We kindly invite library experts worldwide to propose a paper about the implications for and experience of the public library in relation to the aspects mentioned above.
Programme:
The conference will take place on Monday 11-8 and Tuesday 12-8-2026 in the Town Hall of the Utrecht municipality. On Wednesday 13-8 an excursion is planned to a library branch in one of the multicultural neighbourhoods.
Accomodation:
From fall onwards you can book your accomodation directly with a booking form of the Utrecht Hotel Service (UHS) available at the NBLC website.
Two traditional mid-town hotels are recommended as conference hotels but other possibilities are offered at the booking form.
Conference fee:
120 Euro (students 60 Euro)
The fee includes receptions, lunches August 11/12, a cultural dinner August 12, excursion August 13.
Location:
Utrecht is a medieval university town, 40 km from Amsterdam, located in the centre of the Netherlands. The population is 250.000; appr. one third of the citizens have non-Dutch roots. The lively city-centre offers nice shops and restaurants along the canals and a number of churches and musea. The Central Station is located in the city centre and gives easy train acces to all European countries. (Berlin appr. 5 hours; to Schiphol- airport 35 minutes)
The Utrecht municipality, the Utrecht Public Library and the NBLC will be pleased to welcome you to an interesting conference and agreeable summer break in August 2003.
Registration and information:
Electronic registration forms will soon be available at this website.
NBLC, Netherlands Public Library Association
Mrs. Lourina de Voogd
Postbox 43300
NL-2504 AH The Hague
Netherlands
Phone: +31 70 3090 214
Fax: +31 70 3090 200
E-Mail:
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[ Source: Sarah van Gameren]
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