WADAH PERPUSTAKAAN
bruneilibraryassociation.wordpress.com
Bil.9
Sept 2013
ISSN 1609-4271
WISHING OUR READERS A HAPPY TEACHERS DAY
WORLD LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CONGRESS
79TH IFLA General Assembly And Conference
th
Singapore hosted the International Federation of Library Associations WLIC” 79 General Conference
And Assembly, "Future Libraries: Infinite Possibilities", the leading professional event for the
International and information Congress comprised of professional presentations, poster sessions and
Trade Exhibition. It was hosted by IFLA and the National Library Board Singapore and the Library
Association of Singapore and was held from 17-23 August at the SUNTEC Singapore International
Convention and Exhibition Conference Centre.
The conference opened with a dazzaling dragon dance, followed by an Indian-Chinese-Malay dance
drum routine by youths. This was followed by speeches from Mdm Ingrid Parent, IFLA President, Mr
Yaacob Ibrahim Minister of Communications and Information Singapore; Keynote by Mdm Amb Chan
Heng Chee. After speeches the children from the NLB reading programme entertained the audience.
This year there were 3,500 registered delegates from 120 countries. Brunei Darussalam was
represented by a 20 member delegation of librarians. Go to page 6
Wadah Perpustakaan Bil.9 Set 2013
Page 1