Lynne Rudasill
Global Studies Librarian
Global Studies Library
303 International Studies Building MC-402
910 South Fifth Street
Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
(217) 265-6879
Thursday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Friday: 9 AM to 5 PM
Other times by appointment
Please join us when the Social Science Libraries Section of IFLA holds a satellite conference from August 8-10, 2011 in Havana, Cuba. The theme of the conference, Social Science Libraries: A Bridge to Knowledge for Sustainable Development, will provide librarians and library workers with an opportunity to share and develop best practices relating to the digital library of the future and its place as a driver for sustainable development.
The disciplines of the social sciences have made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the economic, political and social life of nations in the past century. Social sciences now have an important role to play in the context of the information society as significant sources of academic and social knowledge, and more importantly, for their contribution in defining and guiding strategies for change in public policy and in citizen participation. The proliferation of digital information supports and strengthens economic, social, and political development providing the tools needed by citizens and policymakers to understand the problems they must address and the possible solutions to those problems.
Please note the conference will be limited to approximately 60 participants.
The conference venue is the National Library of Cuba José Martí.
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