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                          62nd IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE
                      BEIJING, CHINA -- AUGUST 25 - 31, 1996
 
                    INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY
                          ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
 
                  SECTION OF GEOGRAPHY AND MAP LIBRARIES
 
 
Friday -- August 23
 
Registration
 
14:00 - 18:00
Special Libraries Coordinating Board I
 
"Inspel" Editorial Board
 
Saturday -- August 24
 
15:00 - 18:00
Geography and Map Libraries Standing Committee I
 
18:00 - 18:15
Buses to Officer's Reception
 
19:00 - 20:30
IFLA Officer's Reception, Prince Gong Mansion
 
Sunday -- August 25
 
13:00 - 14:00
USA Caucus
 
18:00
Opening of the Exhibits and Cocltails
 
Monday -- August 26
 
16:00 - 18:00
Opening and Plenary Sessions
 
19:00 - 21:00
Reception hosted by the China Organizing Committee
 
Tuesday -- August 27
 
09:00 - 11:30
Contributed Paper Session
 
Theme: "The Links between Map Libraries and Economic Development"
 
1)  Developing map library services for the business user:
experiences from a provincial university library
      PATRICK MCGLAMERY (Homer Babbidge Library, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA)
2)  Who needs maps of China?  The Western Australian experience of
map availability
      WILLIAM LAMBLE (Library and Information Service of Western
Australia, Alexander Library, Perth Cultural Center, Perth,
Australia)
3)  Politiques d'acquisition, de conservation et de diffusion a la
cartotheque do l'Institut geographique national
      PIERRE PLANQUES (Institut geographique national, Saint-Mande,
France)
4)  Historical Geography of China
      XIAOFENG TANG (Center for Historical Geography, Peking
University, Beijing, China)
 
19:00 - 21:00
Cultural Entertainment hosted by the Ministry of Culture
 
Wednesday -- August 28
 
11:00 - 12:00
Geography and Map Section representation at IFLA Booth
 
11:30 - 12:30
Professional Board Meeting with Officers and Standing Committee
members on preparation of the Medium-Term Program 1998-2001
 
13:00 - 17:00
Library Tour of National Library
 
Evening
Banquet in the Great Hall of the People's Republic hosted by the
Beijing City Government
 
Thursday -- August 29
 
9:00 - 11:30
Geography and Map Libraries: Workshop -- "World Mapping"
 
13:00 - 17:00
Library Tour of Beijing University Library
 
17:00
Reception at Beijing University Library
 
Friday -- August 30
 
8:30 - 10:30
Geography and Map Libraries Standing Committee II
 
10:30 - 12:30
Special Libraries Coordinating Board II
 
15:00 - 17:00
Closing Session of IFLA
 
Saturday -- August 31
 
All day excursions to cultural sites
 
 
There will be several on-site visits which will be arranged during
the time of the conference.  These sites include the China Cartographic
Publishing House, Publishing House of Surveying and Mapping and
Department of Urban and Environmental Science.
 
The 63rd IFLA Council and General Conference will be held August 31
through September 5, 1997 in Copenhagen, Denmark.  We invite you to
join us next year as we experience the cartographic delights of this
major Scandanavian city.
 
David C. McQuillan
Map Librarian
Thomas Cooper Library
Division of Libraries and Information Systems
University of South Carolina
Columbia, S.C.  29208
 
Phone: (803) 777-4723
Fax: (803) 777-4661
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