IFLA Trends 1989-1990

Abstract

This biennial report describes IFLA's events and activities during 1989-1990. They are treated under the following headings: (1) Managerial Aspects, including membership and organization, fund raising, regional offices, publications, and conferences; (2) Divisions, Sections, Round Tables, focusing on professional groups and including projects, integration of IFLA's professional work, guidance to officers, new groups, and future issues; (3) Core Programmes, including Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC, Universal Availability of Publications, Preservation and Conservation, Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications, and Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World (ALP); (4) ALP, including concept, objectives, orientation, work plan, and goals; (5) Finances, including accounts, budget forecasts for 1991-92, and graphs of 1990 income and expenditures; and (6) IFLA's Long Term Policy, including the role of libraries, general policy issues, educational and social roles, access to information, enhancement of the library profession, and new information technology.