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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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