----------------------------Original message---------------------------- 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 Internet: [log in to unmask]