Wadah Perpustakaan 2013

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