IFLA 2005
Presentations from Norway

The information has been collected from the IFLA programme.

Poster sessions - 10

Digital topics - 7

1. LåtLån - Virtual Circulation of Digital Music Files. Ann Kunish
2. Norwegian Digital Reference Service - Ask a Librarian. Siri Tidemann-Andersen
3. The Seamless Library Oppland. Gunhild H. Aalstad
4. The Østfold Library - a library without wall. Anne Berit Brandvold
5. Speech synthesizers and DAISY - new technology improving accessibility to printed material for all. Benedikte Nes
6. Norwegian Digital Library Programme (NDLP). Carol van Nuys
7. A Common Digital Library for the Collections of Four Norwegian Universities. Øyvind Eide

Other topics - 3

8. Den kulturelle skolesekken - a National Initiative for Professional Art and Culture in Education in Norway. Astrid Holen
9. The Accessible Library - a voyage of discovery - for all? Tone Moseid
10. Library development through a long distance partnership. Else-Margrethe Bredland and Matilda Kuzilwa

The public library sector is represented by six posters (1-4, 8, 9), The poster sessions - which are centrally selected - clearly attract more digital projects. I wonder why?

Presentations - 33

Since I am interested in the role of smaller public libraries, I note, with some regret, the low number of IFLA presentations from the public library sector. Oslo Public Library has four papers (great!) and Nordland County Library (which is a resource center) has one. The more honour, then, to Morten Haugen from Ørland (5.100) and Mikael Lagerborg from Longyearbyen (1.100 inhabitants).

Digital topics - 9

1. Our digital heritage as source material to end-users: collection of and access to net publications in The National Library of Norway. KJERSTI RUSTAD (The National Library of Norway, Oslo)
2. Guidelines on the production and preservation of digital audio objects - optimizing quality access through digital preservation practice. JACQUELINE VON ARB (Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound, IASA, Stavanger) and LARS GAUSTAD (National Library of Norway, Rana)
3. A world wide web of possibilities. Using the web to present audiovisual and multimedia collections. KIRSTEN RYDLAND (National Library of Norway, Rana)
4. Embracing the flood - or rather diverting a tributary in order to help prevent future flooding. ELISABETH EIDE (National Library of Norway, Oslo)
5. Counting the buttons: research assessments on open source publishing and documentation. ANNE-METTE VIBE and ARNE JAKOBSSON (University of Oslo Library)
6. Delivering Sizzling Services and Solid Support with Open Source Software. ROGER EVANS (Oslo Public Library)
7. Local history world wide: an international internet inventory. RAGNHILD HUTCHISON (The Norwegian Institute of Local History, Oslo)
8. Web Portals and internationalisation: a survey of Norwegian academic and research libraries and specialised libraries. MARIA-CARME TORRAS (Bergen University Library, Bergen, Norway) and ROBERT VAAGAN (Oslo University College)
9. The Norwegian Digital Library - easy access to information and knowledge sources. CAROL VAN NUYS (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo)

Library development - 7

1. Eenie meenie miney moe: Overview of Norwegian public libraries and their services to children and young adults - and some challenges for the future. LEIKNY HAGA INDERGAARD (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo)
2. The necessity of working with partnerships. LIV SÆTEREN (Oslo Public Library)
3. The new Oslo Public Library project. LIV SÆTEREN (Oslo Public Library)
4. The Mobile Culture Library: Gaerjah Sijti Jarngeste. TOM KAPPFJELL (Nordland County Library, Norway)
5. Norwegian policy: empowering school libraries. ELISABETH RAFSTE (Agder University College), TOVE PEMMER SAETRE (Bergen University College) and ELLEN SUNDT (Directorate for Primary and Secondary Education, Oslo)
6. New visions for multicultural library services. KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Oslo Public Library)
7. Co-operation between the libraries at Mzumbe University (Tanzania) and Agder University College (Norway): an overview for the present and the future. MATILDA S. KUZILWA (Mzumbe University, Tanzania) and ELSE-MARGRETHE BREDLAND (Agder University College, Norway)

Library policies - 5

1. Human rights at the heart of library services? JON BING (University of Oslo)
2. Cross-sectorial challenges for archives, libraries and museums. JON BIRGER ØSTBY (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo)
3. fr@ ditt bibliotek and ieÿ@t girjerádjosis. TORE ANDERSON (Norwegian Library Association, Oslo)
4. Partnerships with developing world libraries: the role of professional associations. ELISABETH HUSEM (University of Oslo), TONY McSEÁN (Elsevier) and LENNY RHINE (University of Florida, USA)
5. An investigation of the role of IFLA in promoting change and diffusing professional norms in libraries with a weight on norms, standards and policies relating to lifelong literacy. Progress report from Norway. RAGNAR AUDUNSON (Oslo University College)

Library history - 3

1. The library of the Molde labour association, 1910. ROBERT HAUGEN (Oslo University College)
2. Early public libraries in the Arctic: a part of the library history of Longyearbyen Svalbard. MIKAEL LAGERBORG (Freelance Librarian, Longyearbyen, Norway)
3. Where would libraries be without readers? A methodological approach to historical literacy, based on the situation in Norway in the 18th century. LIS BYBERG (Oslo University College)

Technical papers - 3

1. Mountain vaults: a thousand years perspective. GUNHILD MYRBAKK (National Library of Norway, Mo i Rana, Norway)
2. Hypoxic air venting - fire protection for library collections. CHRISTIAN NØRGAARD MADSEN and GEIR JENSEN (Cowi A/S, Trondheim, Norway) and JAN HOLMBERG (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
3. Bibliographic control in the Nordic countries. UNNI KNUTSEN (Oslo University College)

Library education - 3

1. Critical aspects of the professional socialization of freshmen library school students. HELGE HOIVIK (Oslo University College)
2. The cultural dimension in library education. JOFRID KARNER SMIDT (Oslo University College)
3. Library and information science education: is there a Nordic perspective? RAGNAR AUDUSSON (Oslo University College)

User studies - 3

1. Reading and non-reading among male juvenile Norwegians. MORTEN HAUGEN (Ørland Public Library, Brekstad, Norway)
2. The value of public libraries. SVANHILD AABØ (Oslo University College)
3. Initiatives for the Social Inclusion of "Non-Traditional" Library Users - The University of Limerick Experience. VIBEKE KALLAR (Oslo) and MICHAEL O'hAODHA (Electronics University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland)

Dignitaries

1. Culture, knowledge and power. HILDE FRAFJORD JOHNSON (Norway's Minister of International Development, Oslo, Norway)
2. Libraries and the challenge of cultural policies in a digital age. ÅSE KLEVELAND (Swedish Film Institute & the Board of Scandinavian Films, Oslo, Norway). Kleveland is a former minister ofculture.