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IFLA (The International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions) is the leading international body
representing the interests of library and information services and their
users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.
IFLA has several 'core activities', one of which is Action for Development
through Libraries (ALP). In the IFLA website it has been described as
follows:
"The mission of ALP is to further the library
profession, library institutions and library and information services in
the developing countries of Africa, Asia and Oceania and Latin America and
the Caribbean. Within the special ALP areas the goals are to assist in
continuing education and training; to facilitate the establishment of new
library associations and the implementation of IFLA Guidelines on the
management of library associations; to promote the function of libraries:
services to the general public, information literacy and lifelong
learning, and to combat functional illiteracy; to promote the use of ICT
and the creation of electronic resources and to increase publishing
activities and dissemination of information to the communities, with
special attention to marginalized groups."
So, under this mission and strategy of IFLA,
Independent University Bangladesh, (IUB) has been selected to host the
above stated international workshop for the first time in Bangladesh.
Contact person:
Member Secretary,
Advisory Committee IWIL 2009
M. Hossam Haider Chowdhury
Librarian
Independent University, Bangladesh
Phone:
880-2-9884498,
880-2-9881917,
880-2-9881681
Fax: 880-2-8823959, 880-2-9896575
E-mail:
mhhc@iub.edu.bd
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