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Publication date: 1 February 2006

Sohair Wastawy

Aims to provide a brief conference report of the Pre‐conference held in Alexandria, Egypt prior to the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.

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Purpose

Aims to provide a brief conference report of the Pre‐conference held in Alexandria, Egypt prior to the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis.

Design/methodology/approach

A brief report of the hightlights of the conference.

Findings

Presentations treated a number of topics from different countries. This included discussions on Internet governance, social inclusion, proactive assistance, cultural diversity, health information, and the development of the IFLA success stories database

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Provides information to educate readers about the social issues raised by the Summit and the role of libraries globally to insure access to information among the world’s diverse populations.

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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Publication date: 2 October 2009

Marian Koren

The purpose of this paper is to provide a flavour of the content of the third IFLA Presidential Meeting held in Berlin, Germany in 2009.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a flavour of the content of the third IFLA Presidential Meeting held in Berlin, Germany in 2009.

Design/methodology/approach

An outline description of the issues, contents and participants of this conference is presented in the paper.

Findings

The meeting follows the issues of Libraries for Access to Knowledge: Information Services and Information Literacy Today, The Digital Library as Social Challenge, Building Infrastructures in a Global Knowledge Society, and Digital Knowledge and Cultural Heritage.

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The paper provides a conference report of value to all library and information professionals regarding access to knowledge.

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New Library World, vol. 110 no. 9/10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Library Hi Tech News, vol. 20 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0741-9058

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