The 63rd IFLA Council and General Conference 1997 will take place at the Bella Center/Copenhagen Congress Center from August 31 to September 5, 1997.
Conference theme 1997: "Libraries and Information for Human Development".
Some background information:
Access to information, to knowledge and to culture are fundamental human rights which, in addition to education, are recognised world-wide as key elements with regard to sustained human development, and to economic and social progress.
The 1997 IFLA Conference will deal with important aspects of "Libraries and Information for Human Development" with regard to the means, methods, demands and opportunities of the Information Society to point out current problems and to set up new strategies in both developed and less developed countries.
The focus of the conference will be on the main theme of "Libraries and Information for Human Development", but the conference will also highlight a number of related issues by way of the sub-themes pointing towards two set of visions:
Centre of Information
Center of Culture
More detailed information about Preliminary Programme, Satellite Meetings, Workshops, Open Sessions, Registration, Accommodation etc. is available at WWW-addresses: