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IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which
wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in
Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was
invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer
because I had left the profession and had no time to do any
research. I added innocently, however, that I would be delighted to
speak out of personal experience, for instance on the impor tance
of American librarianship in my professional life. This pro posal
was accepted; I delivered the lecture and my text was printed in
Libraries and the Life cif the Mind. Before I had read my paper in
Chicago I received a request from the International Federation of
Library Associations (IFLA) to contribute with Recollections of a
President to the fiftieth anniver sary volume of IFLA (1927-1977).
For reasons with which I agreed IFLA did not publish my paper in
full, such as it is given here as chapter 10. I am confident that
no one will compare the two versions in order to try to find out
\\That has been left out in the earlier printing. Two other papers
have appeared in German Festschrifts, one for Kurt Koster from
Frankfurt-aiM (chapter 7) and one for Gerhard Liebers from Munster
(chapter 5) the former being focussed to accord with the interest
of the recipient on medieval Dutch manuscripts, the latter, for
similar reasons, on library buildings."
The nucleus of this volume consists of a number of papers presented
at the Advanced Research Workshop on liThe Impact of New
Information Technologies on Library Management, Resources and
Cooperation" , held in Luxembourg fran 19-23 November 1984. The
oorkshop was a joint effort of four international organisations.
The Scientific Affairs Division of the North .Atlantic Treaty
Organization, through a personal canmitment and interest expressed
by Dr. H. Durand, Assistant Secretary General for Scientific
Affairs, was the first and major sponsor acting as a catalyst in
enabling the Workshop to take place. Through its support for travel
and subsistence costs of some of the North American participants,
the Workshop could become a platfo~in for the exchange of ideas
between parties concerned with information handling and
transmission and information policy in Western Europe and North
America. The Directorate General for Information Market and
Innovation of the Canmission of the European Communities hosted the
Vlorkshop in its facilities - the Jean l'bnnet Building in
Luxembourg - also providing for simultaneous translation in the
main languages of the European Community. Moreover, the Canmission
generously funded the participation of key participants fran
Community countries and provided participants with ample
info~ination on existing Community programmes related to electronic
publications, electronic transmission of documents, copyright
problems, problems of standards, telecanmunication, and so on.
'I'he Council of Europe supported attendance fran Sweden, Austria
and Spain. And lastly, the European Cultural Foundation organised
the event on behalf of all these organisa tions.
The nucleus of this volume consists of a number of papers presented
at the Advanced Research Workshop on liThe Impact of New
Information Technologies on Library Management, Resources and
Cooperation" , held in Luxembourg fran 19-23 November 1984. The
oorkshop was a joint effort of four international organisations.
The Scientific Affairs Division of the North .Atlantic Treaty
Organization, through a personal canmitment and interest expressed
by Dr. H. Durand, Assistant Secretary General for Scientific
Affairs, was the first and major sponsor acting as a catalyst in
enabling the Workshop to take place. Through its support for travel
and subsistence costs of some of the North American participants,
the Workshop could become a platfo~in for the exchange of ideas
between parties concerned with information handling and
transmission and information policy in Western Europe and North
America. The Directorate General for Information Market and
Innovation of the Canmission of the European Communities hosted the
Vlorkshop in its facilities - the Jean l'bnnet Building in
Luxembourg - also providing for simultaneous translation in the
main languages of the European Community. Moreover, the Canmission
generously funded the participation of key participants fran
Community countries and provided participants with ample
info~ination on existing Community programmes related to electronic
publications, electronic transmission of documents, copyright
problems, problems of standards, telecanmunication, and so on.
'I'he Council of Europe supported attendance fran Sweden, Austria
and Spain. And lastly, the European Cultural Foundation organised
the event on behalf of all these organisa tions.
IT ALL STARTED with the American Library Association (ALA) which
wanted to celebrate its centenary in 1976 at its headquarters in
Chicago. With five American librarians and non-librarians I was
invited to give a centennial paper. I declined the flattering offer
because I had left the profession and had no time to do any
research. I added innocently, however, that I would be delighted to
speak out of personal experience, for instance on the impor tance
of American librarianship in my professional life. This pro posal
was accepted; I delivered the lecture and my text was printed in
Libraries and the Life cif the Mind. Before I had read my paper in
Chicago I received a request from the International Federation of
Library Associations (IFLA) to contribute with Recollections of a
President to the fiftieth anniver sary volume of IFLA (1927-1977).
For reasons with which I agreed IFLA did not publish my paper in
full, such as it is given here as chapter 10. I am confident that
no one will compare the two versions in order to try to find out
\\That has been left out in the earlier printing. Two other papers
have appeared in German Festschrifts, one for Kurt Koster from
Frankfurt-aiM (chapter 7) and one for Gerhard Liebers from Munster
(chapter 5) the former being focussed to accord with the interest
of the recipient on medieval Dutch manuscripts, the latter, for
similar reasons, on library buildings."
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