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Regional Activities:
Latin America and the Caribbean Section

Scope

The general objective of the Section is to encourage activities related to access to information and knowledge. The Section gives priority to promotion of literacy, promotion of reading, and application of new technologies, as well as to the services of libraries and information centres in the region. The Section maintains close relationships of mutual support and exchange with all the professional groups of IFLA, acting as intermediaries for those groups when they develop activities and projects for the region, and especially with the ALP Core Programme.

Strategic Plan

2006-2007 | 2004-2005

Publications

Newsletter

English   Español   No.52, June, 2008

English   Español   No.51, December, 2007

English   Español   No.50, June, 2007

English   Español   No.49, December, 2006

English   Español   No.48, June, 2006

English   Español   No.47, December, 2005

English   Español   No.46, June, 2005

English   Español   No.45, December, 2004

English   Español   No.44, June, 2004

English   Español   No.43, December 2003

English   Español   No.42, June 2003

English   Español   Np.41, December 2002

English   Español   No.40, June 2002

English   Español   No.39, December 2001

English   Español   No.38, June 2001

English   Español   No.37, December 2000

English   Español   No.36, June 2000

English   Español   No.35, December 1999

English   No.33, December 1998

Annual Report

2005-2006 | 1994-1995

Medium Term Programme

1998-2001

Conferences

Minutes of Meetings

English   Español   Costa Rica, March 2007

English   San Salvador, 1 April 2004

Mailing Lists

IFLA-LAC: Lista de correo abierta para discutir los temas de la Región de América Latina y El Caribe, para miembros de la Sección y para público en general.
(This Mailing List is an open list for librarians and others interested in discussing the issues of the Region of Latin America and the Caribbean.

IFLA-LAC-SC: Lista cerrada para los miembros del Comité Permanente de IFLA para America Latina y El Caribe
(Mailing List of the Standing Committee Members of the Section Latin America and the Caribbean)

Useful Addresses

Standing Committee Members

Chair/Treasurer:
Filiberto Felipe Martínez-Arellano
Director University Center for Library Science Research
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Torre II de Humanidades, Piso 12, CD Universitaria
MEXICO 04510 DF
Mexico
Tel. +(52)(55)56230327
Fax +(52)(55)55507461
Secretary:
Ana María Peruchena Zimmermann
President
ABGRA
Paraná 918, 2do Piso
C1017AAT BUENOS AIRES
Argentina
Tel. +(54)(11)48110043
Fax +(54)(11)48163422
Information Coordinator/Editor of Newsletter:
Elizabet M. Ramos de Carvalho C/o Biblioteca Pública do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Av. President Vargas 1261
20071-004 Centro RIO DE JANEIRO, RJ
Brazil
Tel. +(55)(21)33225330
Fax +(55)(21)33225733