The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program: A Long Name for an Important Project

ABSTRACT

The Jay Jordan IFLA/OCLC Early Career Development Fellowship Program, jointly sponsored by the American Theological Library Association, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) and OCLC, provides early career development and continuing education for library and information science professionals from countries with developing economies. The program's history, selection process, and curriculum are described in detail. Fellows comment on their experiences, new perspectives, lessons learned, and benefits gained from participation in the Fellowship program.     

A First Timer's View of IFLA WLIC 2016

ABSTRACT

Kathryn McNamara attended the 2016 World Library and Information Congress as an IFLA National Committee Fellow. This first-person account shares her experiences at the conference.     

The Health Sciences Library Network in Russia

Abstract

The recent, important events in the ex-Soviet Union have not only been political. The world of libraries has begun to be opened up and the changes have even reached the most famous institutions, such as, for example, the State Central Scientific Medical Library in Moscow, which is at the head of a network of scientific and research libraries, and has created the first Russian scientific database. This article was written after the congress of the IFLA (International Federation of Librarian Associations) in August 1991.     

An Interview with Mirna Willer

Abstract

In this interview, conducted by email, Dr. Mirna Wiler discusses her career as cataloger, systems librarian and UNIMARC and metadata expert, as well as her position as Professor of library science. She also describes her participation in international organizations' working groups, such as IFLA and UNESCO.     

Report from Buenos Aires: The IFLA 2004 Conference

ABSTRACT

The 70th World Library and Information Congress, popularly known as the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Conference, was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22–27 August 2004. This report provides an overview of the conference.     

Cataloging Needs Survey for Faculty at the University of Florida

ABSTRACT

In June 1995 the ABEI (Italian Catholic Librarians Association) established a working group in order to create an authority list of Catholic authors (persons and corporate bodies) and of liturgical and religious anonymous works, titled ACOLIT, Autori Cattolici e Opere Liturgiche in Italiano (Catholic Authors and Liturgical Works in Italian). ACOLIT contents: (1) personal authors (particularly of apostolic period and Middle Ages); (2) popes and anti-popes; (3) religious congregations, orders and societies; (4) Catholic Church and Roman Curia; (5) Catholic associations; (6) Bible; (7) liturgical works; (8) religious anonymous works. Headings are established according to the RICA (Regole Italiane di Catalogazione per Autori), but also to the Norme per il catalogo degli stampati by the Vatican Library, the AACR2R, the RAK, the Reglas de catalogaci = F3n. Ed. refundita y rev., and the guidelines and decisions of IFLA. The work group has elaborated original considerations, particularly for the Bible. The group argues the choice and form of the names of popes, Catholic Church and Roman Curia of the RICA and suggests that classical and Medieval writers should be formulated in Italian not in Latin and that the indirect form, surname-name, should be used for saints who have a surname. ACOLIT has accepted the GARE punctuation (Guidelines for authority and reference entries/recommended by the Working Group on an International Authority System; approved by the Standing Committees of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing and the IFLA Section on Information Technology). The print edition is planned for June 1997. ACOLIT will present headings in three sections: (1) Personal writers; (2) Corporate bodies; (3) Bible, Liturgical and religious anonymous works, ABEI will also publish an electronic edition (CD ROM), periodically revised. The research will extend to Christian writers and, in the future, to writers of all religions.     

Complexity of Work Families and Entity-Based Visualization Displays

Abstract

Conceptual modeling of bibliographic data, including the FR models and the consolidated IFLA LRM, has provided an opportunity to shift focus to entities and relationships and to support hierarchical work-based exploration of bibliographic information. This paper reports on a study examining the complexity of a work's bibliographic family data and user interactions with data visualizations, compared to traditional displays. Findings suggest that the FRBR-based visual bibliographic information system supports work families of different complexities more equally than a traditional system. Differences between the two systems also show that the FRBR-based system was more effective especially for related-works and author-related tasks.     

Extended Editor's Report: IFLA Notes from Robin Kear

From The Column Editors

Welcome to the Global Postcards column! We are so excited to bring you news and projects from around the world. We have three main contributions for this column: Heather Moulaison Sandy reports on LIDA in Croatia, Molly Brown shares her experiences with user experience and space planning, and Kathryn McNamara shares her impressions of IFLA as a first-time attendee. Thanks to the contributors for this issue, and please keep the submissions coming! If you would like to send a submission, please contact either of the column's co-editors: Jacqueline Solis, jsolis@email.unc.edu, and Robin Kear, rlk25@pitt.edu.     

Bibliographical control in Thailand

The most extensive program is located in Brazil at the Universidad Federal Minas Gerais which has 16 faculty members and in 1976-79 had among them a British (American educated) and an American library educator.

Several schools reported “type of library” courses or specialized bibliography courses which could provide an appropriate locus for basic biomedical bibliographic information.

Considering the health problems all countries are facing, library schools in Latin America should be encouraged to make a stronger effort to train individuals for this subject area. The American Association of Library Schools has been prominent in its support of co-operative efforts with Latin American educators as perhaps best exemplified by its Austin, Texas meeting in 1980 when the pre-conference entitled “Library and Information Science Education in the Americas: Present and Future” was held.

However, Latin American educators themselves, encouraged by IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions) are making efforts to continuously upgrade their teaching. Evidence of this can be found in IFLA’s pre-conferences at the August 1982 Montreal meeting.     

2008年IFLA大会Web2.0研究问题解读

通过对2008年IFLA大会上Web 2.0研究所涉及到的最佳知识管理、书目控制共享、馆员职业取向、服务融合模式、技术封装趋势、战略发展计划六大问题进行解读,归纳出各国数字图书馆专家当下研究的观点及服务路径,试图全面寻找未来数字图书馆的发展趋势。     

Multiple Versions Revisited

Summary

The entityrelationship model in the IFLA draft Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records (FRBR) provides a useful mechanism for reexamining the multipleversions problem in serials cataloging. The model provides a hierarchy of levels of abstraction that accommodates versions at both the concrete level of an exact reproduction of text, etc. (the manifestation level), and a more abstract level of an approximate reproduction of essential content (the expression level). Such a flexible model is especially useful given the expansion of novel version classes, especially that of dynamic remotely-accessible electronic documents. But along with the increase in usefulness afforded by the FRBR model comes an inevitable increase in ambiguity regarding what constitutes a version within the model, and at what level of that model, and ultimately what constitutes a work.     

《国际图联图书馆电子借阅原则》解析

[目的/意义]考察国际图联图书馆电子借阅原则及相关文献,解析国际图联关于图书馆电子借阅和电子图书知识产权的新观点。[方法/过程]图书馆电子借阅面临着出版商知识产权保护的限制,国际图联以《图书馆员及其他信息工作者的伦理准则》等文件表达过其立场。现在国际图联通过"电子借阅"和"电子阅读权利"表达了新的立场,并发布了《国际图联图书馆电子借阅原则》。[结果/结论]分析该原则的具体内容,认为应该以公众权利作为图书馆电子借阅的思想基础;国际图联提出的以电子阅读权利为理念的电子借阅原则,很好地表达了图书馆界对电子借阅服务的诉求。     

Interlibrary Lending as an Alternative Means to Improve Resource-Poor Ghanaian Libraries

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The importance of science and technology information in technological advancement and research and development is obvious. It contributes directly to economic development of a country. The paper highlights major problems facing Ghanaian academic and research libraries in their attempt to provide science and technology information. These include poor collections, inadequate funding, a lack of hard currency for ordering needed documents, a lack of trained manpower, poor communication networks, lack of cooperation among existing libraries and no firm government policies to support initiatives.

The paper describes international initiatives and efforts including the IFLA/DANIDA Interlending and Document Delivery Project aimed at establishing global electronic links in order to improve availability of publications and information, which will lead to information transfer and ultimately to development. A training programme organized for six Ghanaian librarians in the United Kingdom and Denmark is described.

It is concluded that access to online databases in the developed countries is essential since it provides the most up-to-date information. It is recommended that communications infrastructure be installed so that Ghanaian libraries can access scientific and technology information held in the developed countries.     

国际图联未成年人服务行业协调机制研究

国际图联是图书馆行业规模最大的专业性组织,对未成年人服务发展有着重要影响。本文主要采用案例研究法,从行业协调组织建设、行业制度性文件研制、服务项目建设以及对外合作交流等方面,梳理国际图联在未成年人服务主题领域下的行业协调工作体系,以期为我国未成年人公共文化服务行业协会的建设提供借鉴。     

图书馆界的国际组织──国际图联

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