IFLA Journal vol. 31 no.2 (2005)

Here's the PDF version of the IFLA Journal, vol 31, No. 2 - www.ifla.org/V/iflaj/IFLA-Journal-2-2005.pdf

This issue focuses on libraries in the five "Nordic countries" - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - to provide a background to the World Library and Information Congress (71st IFLA Conference) in Oslo, August 2005.

Table of Contents:

• Editorial: Northern Highlights/ Lis Byberg
• A Voyage Through the Norwegian Library Landscape and Some Challenges on the Horizon/ Leikny Haga Indergaard
• The Nordic Countries: cultural and library cooperation/ Asbjørn Langeland
• Library Development in the Electronic Environment: Iceland 2005/ Sigrún Klara Hannesdóttir
• New Demands - Old Skills. A strategy for bridging the competence gap: building competencies in a daily working context/ Jens Thorhauge
• The Manuscript and the Internet: digital repatriation of cultural heritage/ Ivan Boserup
• How do Politicians and Central Decision-Makers View Public Libraries? The case of Norway/ Ragnar Audunson
• Collaborative Information Literacy by Government/ Anne Kauhanen-Simanainen
• Together We Shape Better Libraries: the Swedish Quality Handbook Project/ Christina Jönsson Adrial, Johan Edgren, Jan Nilsson and Susanna Månsby
• Nordic Networking: cooperation in Nordic LIS research/ Nils Pharo
• REPORT: ICABS - A New Approach to International Cooperation/ Renate Gömpel
• NEWS
• INTERNATIONAL CALENDAR
• ABSTRACTS

Several articles had really interesting snippets. I'll blog about them separately.