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IFLA Headquarters

For general information about IFLA or to contact the Secretariat:

Postal Address: P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague

Visiting Address: Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5
2595 BE The Hague

Netherlands

Tel. +31 70 3140884
Fax +31 70 3834827
E-mail: IFLA@ifla.org
Contact Details How to get to IFLA Headquarters

President
(2007-2009)

President Claudia Lux
Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin
Breite Strasse 36
10178 BERLIN
Germany
Tel. +(49)(30)90226490
Fax +(49)(30)90226494
E-mail: lux@zlb.de

President-elect
(2007-2009)

(President: 2009-2011)
President-elect Ellen Tise
Senior Director, Library and Information Services
J S Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag X5036
7599 STELLENBOSCH
South Africa
Tel. +(27)(21)8084880
Fax +(27)(21)8083723
E-mail: etise@sun.ac.za

Core Activities

Action for Development through Libraries Programme Core Activity (ALP)

Director: Birgitta Sandell
c/o Uppsala University Library, Box 510, S 751 20
UPPSALA, Sweden
Tel. +(46(18)4713989 / 4713990
Fax +(46)(18)4713994
E-mail: IFLA.ALP@ub.uu.se / birgitta.sandell@UB.UU.SE

Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)

Chair: Winston Tabb
Dean of University Libraries and Sheridan
Director, Johns Hopkins University, The Sheridan Libraries
3400 N Charles Street
BALTIMORE, Maryland 21218-2683, United States
Tel. +(1)(410)5168328
Fax +(1)(410)5165080
E-mail: wtabb@jhu.edu

Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

Chair: Paul Sturges
Professor, Deputy Head of Department of Information Science
Loughborough University
Leicestershire, LE 11 3TU, United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(1509)223069
Fax +(44)(1509)223053
E-mail: r.p.sturges@lboro.ac.uk

IFLA Contact: Peter J. Lor
Secretary General
IFLA HQ
P.O. Box 95312 2509 CH The Hague, Netherlands
Tel. +(31)(70)3140884
Fax +(31)(70) 3834827
E-mail: faife@ifla.org

IFLA - CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards (ICABS)

Secretary: Ms. Mandy Stewart
Resource Discovery Research and Projects Manager
British Library
Boston Spa, Wetherby
WEST YORKSHIRE LS23 7BQ
United Kingdom
Tel.: +(44)(1937)546194
Fax: +(44)(1937)546586
E-mail: mandy.stewart@bl.uk

Preservation and Conservation (PAC)

Director: Ms. Christiane Baryla
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Quai François-Mauriac
75706 Paris cedex 13, France
Tel. +33-(1)537959-70
Fax +33-(1)537959-80
E-mail: christiane.baryla@bnf.fr

IFLA UNIMARC

Director: Ms. Maria Inês Cordeiro
Biblioteca Nacional
Campo Grande, 83
1749-081 LISBON, Portugal
Tel. +(351)217982022
Fax +(351)217982140
E-mail: icordeiro@bn.pt

Divisions

Division I: General Research Libraries

Chair: Ingrid Parent
Assistant Deputy Minister, Documentary Heritage Collection Sector
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street
OTTAWA, Ontario K1A ON4
Canada
Tel. +(1)(613)9345789
Fax +(1)(613)9344422
E-mail: ingrid.parent@lac-bac.gc.ca

Division II: Special Libraries

Chair: Steve W. Witt
Associate Director, Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois
302 East John, Suite 1705
CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 MC-428
United States
Tel. +(1)(217)2657518
Fax +(1)(217)2657519
E-mail: swwitt@uiuc.edu

Division III: Libraries Serving the General Public

Chair: Torny Kjekstad
Library Director, Baerum Kommune
Baerum Bibliotek
1304 SANDVIKA
Norway
Tel. +(47)67116900 / +(47)95184887 (mobile)
Fax +(47)67539755
E-mail: torny.kjekstad@baerum.kommune.no

Division IV: Bibliographic Control

Chair: Patrice Landry
Chief of Classification and Indexing
Swiss National Library
Hallwylstrasse 15
3003 BERN
Switzerland
Tel. +(41)(31)3240625
Fax +(41)(31)3228463
E-mail: patrice.landry@nb.admin.ch

Division V: Collection and Services

Chair: Lynn F. Sipe
Coordinator, Collection Development, Information Services Division
University of Southern California Libraries
Leavey Library, 301-A
LOS ANGELES, CA 90089-2571
United States
Tel. +(1)(213)7402929
Fax +(1)(213)7407713
E-mail: lsipe@usc.edu

Division VI: Management and Technology

Chair: Trine Kolderup Flaten
Library Director
Bergen Public Library
Strømgaten 6
5015 BERGEN
Norway
Tel. +(47)55568501
Fax +(47)55568555
E-mail: trine@bergen.folkebibl.no

Division VII: Education and Research

Chair: Anna Maria Tammaro
Researcher, University of Parma
Via Montebeni, 9
I-50014 FIESOLE (FI)
Italy
Tel. +(39)(055)697585
Fax +(39)(055)902365
E-mail: annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it

Division VIII: Regional Activities

Chair: Premila Gamage
Librarian
Institute of Policy Studies
99, St. Michael's Road
COLOMBO 3
Sri Lanka
Tel. +(94)(11)2431368
Fax +(94)(11)2431395
E-mail: premila@ips.lk / premilagamage@gmail.com

Sections

1. National Libraries

Chair: Ms Ingrid Parent
Assistant Deputy Minister
Documentary Heritage Collection Sector
Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada,
395 Wellington Street
OTTAWA, Ontario K1A ON4
Canada
Tel. +(1)(613)9345789
Fax +(1)(613)9344422
E-mail: ingrid.parent@lac-bac.gc.ca

2. Academic and Research Libraries

Chair: Ms Susan McKnight
Director of Libraries and Knowledge Resources
Nottingham Trent University
The Boots Library, Goldsmith Street
NOTTINGHAM NG1 5LS
United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(115)8486494
Fax +(44)(115)8482286
E-mail: sue.mcknight@ntu.ac.uk

3. Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Chair: Ms Gro Sandgrind
Parliamentary Librarian
Library of the Norwegian Parliament, Stortinget
Prinsens gate 26
N-0026 OSLO, Norway
Tel. +(47)(23)313685
Fax +(47)(23)313859
E-mail: gro.sandgrind@stortinget.no

4. Government Libraries

Chair: Jerry W. Mansfield
Information Research Specialist
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
WASHINGTON DC 20540, United States
Tel. +(1)(202)7070106
Fax +(1)(202)2523475
E-mail: jmansfield@crs.loc.gov

5. Social Science Libraries

Chair: Steve W. Witt
Center for Global Studies, University of Illinois
302 East John, Suite 1705
CHAMPAIGN, IL 61820 MC-428
United States
Tel. +(1)(217)2657518
Fax +(1)(217)2657519
E-mail: swwitt@uiuc.edu

6. Geography and Maps Libraries

Chair: Anita K. Oser
Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC 28723
USA
Tel. +(1)(828)2935484
E-mail: oanitak@yahoo.com

7. Science and Technology Libraries

Chair: Jill B. MayerAsst. Director North Carolina Area Health Education Center Library & Information Services Network
Health Sciences Library University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB # 7585
CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599-7583
United States
Tel. +(1)(919)9660960
Fax +(1)(919)9661029E-mail: jbmayer@email.unc.edu

8. Public Libraries

Chair: John Bruce Lake
Librarian
Barbican Library
Corporation of London, Silk Street
LONDON EC2Y 8DS
United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(20)73827098
Fax +(44)(20)76384141
E-mail: john.lake@cityoflondon.gov.uk

9. Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons

Chair: Tone Eli Moseid
Associate Professor and Vice Dean, Curriculum and Appraisals
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Concordia University
Senior Adviser, Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority
Box 8145 DEP
N-0033 OSLO
Norway
Tel. +(47)23117500
Fax +(47)23117501
E-mail: tone.moseid@abm-utvikling.no

10. Libraries for Children and Young Adults

Chair: Ms Ingrid Bon
Biblioservice Gelderland
Zeelandsingel 40
6845 BH ARNHEM, The Netherlands
Tel. +(31)(26)3860233
Fax +(31)(26)3820019
E-mail: ingrid.bon@biblioservice.nl

11. School Libraries and Resource Centers

Chair: Karen Usher
Librarian
South Hunsley School
Melton
NORTH FERRIBY, East Yorkshire HU14 3HS
United Kingdom
Tel. +(44) 1482 875208
Fax +(44)(1482)875208
E-mail: karen@usher43.karoo.co.uk

12. Bibliography

Chair: Beacher J. Wiggins
Director for Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave., S.E.
WASHINGTON D.C. 20540
United States
Tel. +(1)(202)7075325
Fax +(1)(202)7076269
E-mail: bwig@loc.gov

13. Cataloguing

Chair: Anders Cato
Head of Cataloguing
Kungl. biblioteket (National Library of Sweden)
Box 5039
102 41 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Tel. +(46)(8)4634429; Cell/mobile +(46)(73)9172474
Fax +(46)(8)4634004
E-mail: anders.cato@kb.se

14. Acquisition and Collection Development

Chair: Lynn Sipe
Collection Development Coordinator
University of Southern California Libraries
Watt Hall B4D
LOS ANGELES, CA 90089-0294
United States
Tel.+(1)(213)740 2929
Fax +(1)(213)740 3148
E-mail: lsipe@usc.edu

15. Document Delivery and Resource Sharing

Chair: Kim Baker
Programme Executive: Document Supply and Information Services
National Library of South Africa
5 Queen Victoria Street
8001 CAPE TOWN
South Africa
Tel. +(27)(21)4875604
Fax +(27)(21)4233359
E-mail: kim.baker@nlsa.ac.za

16. Serials and Other Continuing Resources

Chair: Ann OkersonAssociate University Librarian for Collections & International Programs
Yale University Library
Sterling Memorial Library - 116B, 130 Wall Street
NEW HAVEN, CT 06520
United States
Tel. +(1)(203)4321764
Fax +(1)(203)4327231E-mail: ann.okerson@yale.edu

17. Government Information and Official Publications

Chair: Jackie Druery
Head, Learning & Research Services,
Stauffer Library
Queen's University
KINGSTON, ON K7L 5C4
Canada
Tel. +(1)(613)5333309
Fax +(1)(613)5336401
E-mail: drueryj@queensu.ca

18. Rare Books and Manuscripts

Chair: Ms Bettina Wagner
Academic Librarian, Department of Manuscripts
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Abteilung für Handschriften und Seltene Drucke
Ludwig Straße 16
80539 MÜNCHEN
Germany
Tel. +(49)(89)286382982
Fax +(49)(89)286382266
E-mail: bettina.wagner@bsb-muenchen.de

19. Preservation and Conservation

Chair: Per Cullhed
Director, Cultural Heritage Group
Uppsala University Library
P.O. Box 510
SE-75120 UPPSALA
Sweden
Tel. +(46)(18)4716214
Fax +(46)(18)4713929
E-mail: per.cullhed@ub.uu.se

20. Library Buildings and Equipment

Chair: Andrew Cranfield
Horsholm Public Library
Bibliotekstorvet 1
2970 HORSHOM
Denmark
Tel. +(45)160814
Fax +(45)160871
E-mail: anc@horsholm.dk

21. Information Technology

Chair: Reinhard Altenhöner
Head of the IT-department
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Adickesallee 1
60322 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
Tel. +(49)(69)15251700
Fax +(49)(69)15251799
E-mail: altenhoener@d-nb.de

22. Statistics

Chair: C. Colleen Cook
Dean
Texas A & M University Libraries
5000 Tamu
COLLEGE STATION, TX 77843
United States
Tel. +(1)(979)8458111
Fax +(1)(979)8456238
E-mail: ccook@tamu.edu

23. Education and Training

Chair: Anna Maria Tammaro
Department of Cultural Heritage–Section Library Science
University of Parma
Via Montebeni, 9
I-50014 Fiesole (FI), Italy
Tel. +(39)(055)697585
Fax: +(39)(0521)902365
E-mail: annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it

24. Library Theory and Research

Chair: Ragnar Andreas Audunson
Oslo University College, Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science
Pilestredet 48, Postboks 4, St. Olavspl
NO-0130 OSLO
Norway
Tel. +(47)22452600
Fax +(47)22452605
E-mail: ragnar.audunson@jbi.hio.no

25. Africa

Chair: Buhle Mbambo-Thata
Executive Director
UNISA, Library Services
P.O. Box 392
PRETORIA 0003
South Africa
Tel. +(27)(12)4293131/4293844
Fax +(27)(12)4292925
E-mail: mbambtb@unisa.ac.za

26. Asia and Oceania

Chair: Premila Gamage
Librarian
Institute of Policy Studies
99, St. Michael's Road
COLOMBO 3
Sri Lanka
Tel. +(94)(11)2431368
Fax +(94)(11)2431395
E-mail: premila@ips.lk

27. Latin America and the Caribbean

Chair: 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
E-mail: felipe@cuib.unam.mx

28. Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

Chair: Heather Todd
Executive Manager, Engineering and Sciences Library Service
University of Queensland Library
St. Lucia Campus
ST. LUCIA, Queensland 4072
Australia
Tel. +(61)(7)33464394
Fax +(61)(7)33464200
E-mail: h.todd@library.uq.edu.au

29. Classification and Indexing

Chair: Patrice Landry
Swiss National Library
Hallwylstrasse 15
3003 BERN
Switzerland
Tel. +(41)(31)3240625
Fax +(41)(31)3228463
E-mail: patrice.landry@slb.admin.ch

30. Art Libraries

Chair: Ms Olga Sinitsyna
Deputy Director General
All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
1 Nikolojamskaja Street
109 189 MOSCOW
Russian Federation
Tel. +(7)(495)9153621
Fax +(7)(495)9153637
E-mail: olgas@libfl.ru / ombs@libfl.ru

31. Libraries for the Blind

Chair:
Vacant

32. Library Services to Multicultural Populations

Chair: Mijin Kim
Manager, Library and Archives Canada
550 de la Cité Blvd., Room 3-34
GATINEAU, Québec K1A 0N4, Canada
Tel. +(1)(819)9345834
Fax +(1)(819)9345839
E-mail: mijin.kim@lac-bac.gc.ca

33. Reading

Chair: Ms Ivanka StricevicAssistant Professor
University of Zadar, The Lis Department
Ulica Dr. Franje Tudjmana 21
23000 ZADAR
Croatia
Tel.+(385)(23)311540
Fax +(385)(23)311540E-mail: ivanka.stricevic@zg.t-com.hr

34. Management and Marketing

Chair: Ms Angels Massísimo i Sanchez de Boado
Professor
University of Barcelona, Faculty of Library and Information Science
c/ Melcior de Palau 140
08014 BARCELONA, Catalonia
Spain
Tel. +(34)(93)4035784
Fax +(34)(93)4035772
E-mail: amassisimo@ub.edu

35. Audiovisual and Multimedia

Chair: Trond Valberg
Scientific Officer
National Library of Norway
P.O. Box 2674 Solli
0203 OSLO
Norway
Tel. +(47)(23)276000
Fax +(47)(23)276010
E-mail: trond.valberg@nb.no

36. Reference and Information Services

Chair: Martin Kesselman
Life Sciences Librarian
Rutgers University, State University of New Jersey
Chang Science Library,
Foran Hall, 59 Dudley Road
NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey 08901-8520
United States
Tel. +(1)(732)9320305x163
Fax +(1)(732)9320311
E-mail: martyk@rci.rutgers.edu

37. Genealogy and Local History

Chair Interim: Ruth Hedegaard
Librarian
Vendsyssel historical Museum Historical Archives
Museumsgade 2
9800 HJOERRING
Denmark
Tel. +(45)96241060
Fax +(45)96241051
E-mail: rhe@stofanet.dk

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(Mobile Libraries Merged with Public Libraries)

39. Newspapers

Chair: Hartmut Walravens
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preussischer Kulturbesitz
D-10772 BERLIN, Germany
Tel. +(49)(30)2662498
Fax +(49)(30)2662378
E-mail: hwalravens@gmx.net

40. Management of Library Associations

Chair: Keith Michael Fiels
Executive Director
American Library Association (ALA)
50 East Huron Street
CHICAGO, IL 60611
United States
Tel. +(1)(312)2803205
Fax +(1)(312)9443897
E-mail: kfiels@ala.org

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(Women's Issues is being phased out)

42. Information Literacy

Chair: Jesus Lau
Universidad Autónoma de Juárez
Av. López Mateos 20
32310 Cd. JUAREZ, Chih, Mexico
Tel. +(52)(656)113167
Fax +(52)(656)113168
E-mail: jlau@uacj.mx

43. Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning

Chair: Ian Smith
Manager - Library Human Resources
La Trobe University Library
BUNDOORA VIC. 3086
Australia
Tel. +(61)(3)9479 1918
Fax +(61)(3)9479 3018
E-mail: i.smith@latrobe.edu.au

44. Library History

Chair: Alistair Black
School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University
Beckett Park Campus
LEEDS LS6 3QS, United Kingdom
Tel. +(44)(113)2832600
Fax +(44)(113)2837599
E-mail: a.black@lmu.ac.uk

45. -

(Library and Information Science Journals is being phased out)

46. Metropolitan Libraries Section

Chair: Ms Liv Saeteren
City Librarian
Oslo City Library, Deichmanske Bibliotek
Henrik Ibsens GT 1
0179 OSLO, Norway
Tel. +(47)23432870
Fax +(47)22113389
E-mail: liv@deichman.no

47. Knowledge Management Section

Chair: Judith Field
Senior Lecturer, Library and Information Science
Wayne State University
106 Kresge
Detroit, MI 48202
USA
Tel.: +(1)(313)577-8539
Fax: +(1)(313)577-7563
E-mail: aa4101@wayne.edu

48. Law Libraries

Chair: Holger Knudsen
Max-Planck-Institut fuer auslaendisches und internationales Privatrecht
Mittelweg 187
D-20148 Hamburg, Germany
Tel. +(49)(40)41900-226
Fax. +(49)(40)41900-288
E-mail: knudsen@mpipriv-hh.mpg.de

Discussion Groups

Agricultural Libraries Discussion Group

Convenors: Deva E. Reddy
Assistant Professor
Evans Library, Texas A&M University
College Station, TX, 77843 - 5000
USA
Tel. +(1)(979)8621062
Fax +(1)(979)4580112
E-mail: devaereddy@tamu.edu

LIS Education in Developing Countries

Convenors: Ismail Abdullahi
North Carolina Central University
School of Library and Information Sciences
1801 Fayetteville Street
DURHAM, North Carolina 27707
USA
Tel. +(1)(919)5305213
Fax +(1)(919)5306002
E-mail: iabdullahi@nccu.edu

New Professionals

Convenors: Andrew Cranfield
Director, EBLIDA
PO Box 16359
NL-2500 BJ The Hague
Netherlands
Tel: +31 70 3090551
Fax: +31 70 3090558
Email: cranfield@debibliotheken.nl

Public Libraries & Democratic Process

Convenor: Ms Mary Sherman
Director, Pioneer Library System
225 North Webster Ave
NORMAN OK 73069
United States Tel. +(1)(405)7012642
Fax +(1)(405)7012649
E-mail: mary@pls.lib.ok.us

Quality Issues in Libraries

Convenor: Ms Christina Jonsson-Adrial
Senior Executive Officer
BIBSAM, The Royal Library's Department of National Coordination and Development
Box 5039
SE-10241 STOCKHOLM
Sweden
Tel. +(46)(8)4634358
Fax +(46)(8)4634274
E-mail: christina.jonsson.adrial@bibsam.kb.se

Regional Offices

Clearinghouses

Web site administration

For questions about the Web site or for submitting materials to be put online.

c/o IFLA Headquarters
IT/Web Manager
P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

Tel. +31 70 3140884
Fax +31 70 3834827
E-mail: iflanet@ifla.org