IFLA's First Fifty Years : : Achievement and Challenge in International Librarianship.

• Superior document: IFLA Publications ; v.10
• Author: Koops, Willem Roelf Henderikus.
• TeilnehmendeR: Wieder, Joachim.
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin/Boston : : Walter de Gruyter GmbH,, 1977.; Ã1977.
• Year of Publication: 1977
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IFLA Publications
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the information profession. The series IFLA Publications deals with many of the means through which libraries, information centres, and information professionals worldwide can formulate their goals, exert their influence as a group, protect their interests, and find solutions to global problems.

Table of Contents

Intro -- IFLA - Past and Present -- Introduction -- An Outline of IFLA's History -- The Evolution of Professional Activities and their Interplay with IFLA's Structure -- The Prehistory of IFLA -- IFLA - The Geneva Years -- USA Librarians and IFLA -- The Socialist Countries of Europe in IFLA -- Reminiscences of IFLA -- Personal Recollections of IFLA -- IFLA's Future - The View from the Library of Congress -- Thoughts about IFLA's Future -- IFLA - A Provocative View -- A Prospective View on IFLA's Future -- IFLA and the Developing Countries -- The developing countries and IFLA -- Library education in the Global Village -- General Council Meetings 1927-1977 -- List of Presidents and Secretaries General of IFLA 1927-1977 -- List of Sevensma Prize Essay Subjects and Winners, 1947-1977 -- Contributors.