Conference of Directors of National Libraries
Newsflash!CDNL Annual General Meeting 13 August 2012Members of CDNL and other authorized country representatives are cordially invited to attend the next annual meeting of the CDNL, in Helsinki, Finland. The meeting is hosted by the National Library of Finland. Visit: Marina Congress Center website Delegates who need hotel accommodation can be offered rooms at a special price at the Scandic Grand Marina Hotel which is very near the IFLA Congress venue. More information can be obtained from Kristina Linnovaara who is our host at the National Library of Finland. She can be contacted at Kristina.linnovaara@helsinki.fi There will be an opportunity for poster exhibitions. Members are invited to bring a poster about their libraries in order to share information with colleagues. The poster size should preferably be: A2 (420mmX594mm) or A1 (594mmX841mm). The agenda is being drafted and will be circulated soon. Suggestions for topics to be covered on the agenda are welcome. Online registration is now open, closing date for registration is 15 June 2012. The meeting will be followed by a Reception to be held at the National Library of Finland, transport will be available.There will be an opportunity to experience the Finish Sauna after reception. Only 40 delegates can be accomodated. Please register directly with Kristina Linnovaara. Please note that the meeting will take place during the IFLA Congress. CDNL members are expected to cover all their travel and accommodation costs. Those who need formal invitation on the CDNL Letterhead should contact CDNL secretary at rachel.more@nlsa.ac.za
About CDNL CDNL is an independent association of chief executives of national libraries, established to facilitate discussion and promote understanding and cooperation on matters of common interest worldwide. CDNL meets annually, usually on the Wednesday of the week of the IFLA conference. The annual meeting is hosted by the National Library of the country which hosts the IFLA conference. The Chief Executive or Director of the national library of every country is a member of CDNL as of right. Members may be represented at the meeting by their deputies. CDNL Vision for the Global Digital LibraryThe world’s national libraries share a common mission of collecting, recording, organising, storing, preserving in perpetuity, and providing access to their nation’s cultural patrimony and intellectual output in documentary form. CDNL's long-term vision is the development of a global distributed digital library - comprehensive, open, seamlessly-connected, and universally accessible on the internet - giving ready access to library materials in the collections of all the national libraries of the world in the interests of scholarly research, education and lifelong learning, innovation and economic development, and the promotion of international understanding. A statement of the 'CDNL Vision for the Global Digital Library' was prepared in 2008 - a copy of the statement is available here CDNL Vision for the Global Digital Library . Other CDNL DocumentsPress ReleasesFollow-up from the Annual Meeting in Gothenburg, August 2010Selected photos from the CDNL Annual Meeting 2010 in Gothenburg - photos were taken by Ross Becker (New Zealand), Pavel Kiselev (Russia) and Karin Carlsson George (Sweden) ContactThe CDNL Executive
CDNL-L Discussion ListThe CDNL List is used to distribute information and communicate with members of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries. The list is hosted by IFLANET. CDNL list is limited to members only and moderated by the CDNL Secretariat. Members are encouraged to post matters of interest to the CDNL list at :cdnl-l@infoserv.inist.fr Persons eligible may apply to join the list via the ‘subscribe’ function at http://infoserv.inist.fr/wwsympa.fcgi/info/cdnl-l. History of CDNL
Previous chairs and meeting venues: Mr Guy Sylvestre, National Librarian, National Library of Canada (1974-78) Washington, 1974; Oslo, 1975; Lausanne, 1976; Brussels, 1977 Sir Harry Hookway, The Chief Executive, British Library (1978-84) Mr William Welsh, Deputy Librarian of Congress, Library of Congress(1984-88) Ms Marianne Scott, National Library of Canada (1988-92) Mr Bendik Rugaas, National Library of Norway (1992-1996) Mr Peter Lor, National Library of South Africa (1996-2000) Ms Jan Fullerton, National Library of Australia (2000-2004) Dr Celia Zaher, National Library of Brazil (2005-2006) Mr Erland Kolding Nielsen, Royal Library of Denmark Ms Penny Carnaby, National Library of New Zealand (2006- 2010) Mr John Tsebe, National Library of South Africa
References Scott, M., Conference of Directors of National Libraries: forum for discussion and action, Alexandria; 7 (1) 1995, p.37-46 Rugaas, B., Past, present and future relations between the IFLA Section of National Libraries and the Conference of Directors of National Libraries, IFLA Journal; 20 (2) 1994, p.141-44 Useful linksIFLA Section of National Libraries The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, maintains a listing of national library websites and national library catalogues. This list is not compiled or maintained by CDNL and any enquiries about it should be addressed to the University of Queensland. CDNL-AO: The Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania is CDNLAO. The annual meeting of CDNL-AO was held on 13 April 2010 at the National Library of Singapore. Papers from the meeting can be found on the website of CDNL-AO which is hosted by the National Diet Library, Tokyo, and can be accessed from the following URL: http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/index.html . Papers of CDNLAO (country reports, presentations, minutes, etc.) are carried on that website. The CDNLAO Newsletter is also integrated with the site; the URL is: http://www.ndl.go.jp/en/cdnlao/newsletter/index.html ABINIA (Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica) NatLib Africa. National Libraries of Africa. CENL The Conference of European National Librarians. |
 |
.jpg)
