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Auf wiedersehen:; IFLA World congress draws 4,500 to berlin.(Special News Report)(International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions )

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Some 4,500 professionals from 131 countries gathered in Berlin, Germany, August 1-9 for the World Library and Information Congress, the newly renamed annual conference of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). The IFLA conference is arguably the world's most important and widely attended international library conference, offering nine days of programming emanating from eight divisions and 45 sections involved in every conceivable area of international librarianship.

Among the featured speakers was Jean-Marie Arnoult, inspector general of libraries in France, who recently returned from a UNESCO mission to assess the damage to ...

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