IFLA 2012: Convocatoria de ponencias

La Sección de Bibliotecas Gubernamentales; la Sección Información Gubernamental y Publicaciones Oficiales; la Sección Bibliotecas Legales y la Sección de Bibliotecas y Servicios de Investigación para Parlamentos solicita propuestas de ponencias para ser presentadas en la próxima Conferencia General de IFLA, a celebrarse en Helsinki, Finlandia. Fecha límite de recepción: 10 de febrero.

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Call for Papers: The Surprising World of Government Libraries

Government Libraries Section (GLS); Government Information and Official Publications Section (GIOPS); Law Libraries Section & Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at a two-hour programme in the next IFLA General Conference to be held on August 2012 in Helsinki, Finland. Deadline for proposals: February 10, 2012

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Taller de la IFLA sobre transparencia y buen gobierno: Argentina

Por Magdalena Biota

El 28 de septiembre de 2011, en coincidencia con el “Día del acceso a la información”, se realizó en Buenos Aires el Taller sobre transparencia y buen gobierno, patrocinado por IFLA LAC, IFLA FAIFE y la Biblioteca del Congreso (Argentina). A cargo de Paul Sturges, de la Universidad de Loughborough, Inglaterra, y de Alejandra Martínez del Prado, del Sistema de Bibliotecas de la Facultad de Medicina de la UNAM, el taller invitó al intercambio de ideas y opiniones para reflexionar sobre cómo pueden contribuir las bibliotecas al buen gobierno y la transparencia.

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IFLA workshop on transparency and good governance: Argentina

By Magdalena Biota

On September 28, 2011, simultaneously with the “Access to information day”, the Workshop on transparency and good governance was carried out in Buenos Aires. Cosponsored by IFLA LAC, IFLA FAIFE and the Library of Congress of Argentina, the workshop was delivered by Paul Sturges, from the University of Loughborough, England, and by Alejandra Martínez del Prado, from the System of Libraries of the School of Medicine (UNAM), contributing to the exchange of ideas on how libraries can contribute to good governance and transparency.

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Our Guidelines translated to Spanish

Dear friends,

We are pleased to announce that the Spanish translation of the Guidelines for Libraries of Government Departments, “Directrices para bibliotecas gubernamentales“, is already available online and in hard copy.

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V Catalan Law Libraries Conference

Miguel Navas-Fernández, Chair of the Government Libraries Section, attended to the V Catalan Law Libraries Conference that took place in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) on the 15th November 2011. There were three important presentations.

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Peru: National Library’s Head confirmed in office

Photo Source: El Comercio (Historical Archive)Ramon Mujica was recently confirmed again as Head of the Peru’s National Library by the incoming President Ollanta Humala. Mujica, who has been in office since September 2010, was actively exposed in media because of his complaints about some valuable books which had been taken away from the library.
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