Fwd: Announcement

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From: Birgitta Bergdahl <Birgitta.Bergdahl@xxxxxxxx>
To: "African Libraries Listserve" <AFLIB-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Announcement
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 15:18:21 +0200
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>
>COLLECTING AND SAFEGUARDING ORAL TRADITIONS :
>AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
>
>Organized as a Satellite Meeting of the General Conference of the
>International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA)
>
>August 16-19, 1999
>Khon Kaen, Thailand
>
>A 4-day Conference will be held on the theme of  Collecting and
Safeguarding
>Oral Traditions  in Khon Kaen, Northern Thailand, from 16-19 August
1999.
> This Conference is open to all with an interest in the preservation
of oral
>traditions.
>
>Within the context of the UNESCO  Memory of the World  Program, the
>Conference will deal with various aspects of collecting and
safeguarding
>oral heritage, including the socio-cultural context; collection
>methodologies and selection criteria; care, handling, storage and
>preservation issues; and technical matters.  Included in the
Conference will
>be an excursion to the Research Institute of Northeastern Arts and
Culture
>and the Sirindhorn Isan Information Center (Mahasarakham, Thailand),
an
>academic resource centre with comprehensive information related to
all
>aspects of northeastern Thai cultures.
>
>The Seminar venue will be the Khon Kaen Sofitel Hotel.  Special rates
have
>been arranged, beginning with US$45 per night.  There are frequent
flights
>between Khon Kaen and Bangkok.
>
>This Conference was originally planned as part of the series of
biennial
>Pre-Session Seminars for developing countries, held under the
auspices of
>the IFLA Professional Board.  In 1999 it will be organized as a
Satellite
>Meeting.  Procedures for registration, including the registration fee
for
>this event will be announced early in 1999.
>
>Participants attending this Conference may wish to attend the 65th
IFLA
>Council and General Conference in Bangkok from 20-28 August, 1999.
>
>Subsidies for travel and registration will be available to a limited
number
>of candidates from the developing world.  They will be selected from
the
>nominations already presented earlier in 1998 for the originally
planned
>Pre-Session Seminar.  Funding will be made available from UNESCO,
DANIDA,
>the IFLA ALP Core Programme and the IFLA PAC Core Programme (South
East Asia
>and the Pacific).
>
>Additional information may be obtained from IFLA Headquarters or from
the
>Chairperson of the Satellite Meeting Planning Committee.
>
>IFLA Headquarters   Ralph W. Manning
>P.O. Box 95312 National Library of Canada
>2509 CH The Hague   Ottawa K1A 0N4
>Netherlands    Canada


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Birgitta Bergdahl
IFLA ALP
c/o Uppsala University Library
Box 510, S-751 20 UPPSALA, Sweden
Tel.: +46 18 471 3989, Fax: +46 18 471 3994
E-mail: Birgitta.Bergdahl@xxxxxxxx
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