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Subject:        IFLA
Date:   Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:28:21 +0100
From:   Henrik Dupont <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>







International Cooperation- Excuse for posting at several list



Map and Geography Libraries and librarians have several places to
cooperate in more or less formal ways.

We have local, regional, national and international agencies such as
Liber, ICA, SLA, ALA , ICHC etc and also on a specific library basis
IFLA with its subsection Geography and Map Library Section.

International cooperation is absolutely necessary but the limited number
of staff in Map Collections makes it important to choose only the
necessary organizations to work in.

So first question- do we still need this IFLA Geography and Map Library
Section.

It has been extremely difficult just to have 40 members of the section,
difficult to have standing committee members and even more difficult to
find officers that have the time to work in between conferences.

It seems that only a very limited number of Map Collections wants to
spend work here.

As new chair of the section since august, I therefore would propose to
close the section and find other ways of international cooperation.

The former officers have spent so many hours in just getting people to
become members and then many more hours to make a program at each years
programme but with very few people attending.

There must be better ways of having international cooperation.

Second questions to head of map collections or staff:

How could and should we organize cooperation in the future ?

Is Maps-L, Lis-Maps, Maps Hist list enough ?



Best regards



Henrik Dupont

Chair of Geography and Map Library Section IFLA





*Henrik Dupont*

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