IFLA World Library & Information Congress – Quebec City August 2008

A First Announcement has gone out that IFLA, the International Federal of Library Associations and Institutions, will be holding its 74th general conference and council in Quebec City, August 10-15, 2008. The conference theme sounds, hmm, vaguely familiar: “Libraries without borders: Navigating towards global understanding”. More details to follow. Oh, if you are part of the masses signing up for Facebook this month, check out their Facebook page.

On a related note, this year’s conference is being held in Durban, South Africa. 2009 will be in Milan, Italy.

The Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations and the IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section are holding their Joint Technical Symposium on Audiovisual Materials in Toronto at the end of this month, June 28-30, 2007. 400-500 attendees are expected. The JT Symposium has its own website. Quite a few organizations belong to the Coordinating Council, including UNESCO. For those in Toronto, there will be a special screening of Dr. Strangelove on June 28,2007. It looks like registration for that event is open to others, not just delegates. Hmmm…”how I learned to stop worrying and love my technology.”