IFLA HeadquartersHarbo, OleYasue, AkioTronbacke, Bror IngemarSinitsyna, OlgaThomas E.Sabaratnam, Julie S.Reid, Edna O.F.2025-06-172025-06-171997-050340-0352https://repository.ifla.org/handle/20.500.14598/4097This issue of the IFLA Journal presents global insights into library planning, preservation, accessibility, and modernization. Topics range from Denmark's library infrastructure to China's management of ancient collections. Articles explore advances in mass deacidification, easy-to-read materials for literacy, and international collaboration between libraries. The Singaporean experience in future-proofing libraries and national IT strategies is also featured, offering a vision of digital integration. Together, these contributions illustrate how libraries worldwide are adapting to technological, cultural, and educational demands while preserving heritage and enhancing access for diverse populations.enUK: Apart from fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, and only as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the Publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency (www.cla.co.uk/). US: Authorization to photocopy journal material may be obtained directly from SAGE Publications or through a licence from the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc. (www.copyright.com/). Inquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to SAGE.LibrarianshipInformation servicesLibrary servicesIFLA Journal. May 1997Flagship PublicationInternational Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)