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Subject:        IFLA -Quebec
Date:   Thu, 29 May 2008 09:48:04 -0400
From:   David McQuillan <[log in to unmask]>
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The World Library and Information Congress meets in Quebec City this
August.  Please look at the IFLA website, www.ifla.org   for more
information on the meeting and other programs being held during the
Congress.  This is a convenient venue for North American librarians and
other information professionals.  The Congress is being held in Milan,
Italy next year and Brisbane, Australia in 2010.

GEOGRAPHY AND MAP LIBRARIES SECTION
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
(IFLA)
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS
74TH IFLA GENERAL CONFERENCE & COUNCIL
QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
10-14 AUGUST 2008

PROGRAM

OPEN SESSION * Tuesday, August 12, 10:45am - 12:45pm

Mapping North America:  A Graphic Journey through History

Mapping a Continent:  Historical Atlas of North America, 1492-1814.
Jean-François Palomino, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,
Montreal

Mapping the International Boundary between British Canada and the
United States:  The Letters and Maps of David Thompson, 1817-1826.
Frances L. Pollitt, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Maine

From New Netherlands to New York:  Exploring Unknown Shores, 1609-2009.
(Celebrating the Quadricentennial of Henry Hudson*s Exploration of the
Waterways of New York)
Alice C. Hudson, New York Public Library, New York City

The Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec*s Online Digital
Map Collection.
Jean-François Palomino, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec,
Montreal




JOINT OPEN SESSION WITH SOCIAL SCIENCE LIBRARIES SECTION * Wednesday,
August 13, 1:45 * 6:00pm

Borderless Collections in the Social Sciences: Platforms for Digital
Access, Dissemination, and Preservation.

National Geographic Society: setting priorities in global digital
outreach in a multimedia environment.  BARBARA FERRY (National
Geographic Society, USA)

Joining the global research community: models for increasing visibility
and access to international and national research information.  PETER
BURNETT (INASP, UK)

Access to online resources in social sciences in Lithuania.  EMILIJA
BANIONYTE (eIFL, Lithuania)

Vascoda.de and the system of the German virtual subject Libraries.
RALF DEPPING (University Köln, Germany)
Les *classique des sciences sociales*: une initiatieve origninale
de diffusion de texts de sciences sociales en Français.  GILLES CARON
AND JEAN-MARIE TREMBLAY (University Chicoutimi, Canada)

Articles due fonds et articles récents: la mise en ligne des revues de
sciences humaines et sociales engender-t-elle un effet de *longe
traîne*? L*exemple du portail Cairn.  MARC MINON (CAIRN,
Belgium/France)

Persee, un outil au service de la communication scientifique
francophone. VALÉRIE NEOUZE (Ministry of Education, France)

Infrastructures, publications et resources numeriques pour les sciences
humaines et sociales: l*etat des lieux au Canada et perspective reseau
comme option strategique.  GUYLAINE BEAUDRY (University Montreal,
Canada)




FIELD TRIP

Arrangements have been made to visit the map collections at the Centre
d*archives de Québec (A branch of the Bibliothèque et Archives
nationales du Québec) and the Centre d*information géographique et
statistique (Centre Géo/Stat) de la Bibliothèque de l*Université
Laval.  Both are located on the Université Laval campus.  Time and date
not yet determined.


David C. McQuillan
Map Cataloger
Thomas Cooper Library
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC  29208

Phone:  (803) 777-4723
Fax:  (803) 777-6871
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