Conferences

Past Annual Conference Sessions

August 2019: Athens, Greece

• 24 August, 15:45 – 17:45, session 044, 1st Standing Committee Meeting – Government Libraries Section
• 27 August, 10:45 – 13:15, session 160, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting – Government Libraries Section 
• 28 August, 13:45 – 15:45, session 238, Gatekeeping to Advocacy – Government Libraries, co-sponsored with Library and Research Services for Parliaments.

August 2018: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Tuesday 28 August, 09:30 – 11:30, session 187A, UN Sustainable Development Goals transforming societies through informed policy – Government Libraries, co-sponsored with Library and Research Services for Parliaments
• Friday 24 August, 15:45 – 17:45, session 044, 1st Standing Committee Meeting – Government Libraries Section
• Monday 27 August, 11:45 – 12:45, session 150, Role of government and law libraries in times of crisis and turnoil – Law Libraries, co-sponsored with Government Libraries
• Wednesday 29 August, 08:00 – 10:30, session 216, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting – Government Libraries Section 

August 2017: Wroclaw, Poland

• Saturday 19 August, 12:30 – 14:30, session 044, 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Wednesday 23 August, 09:30 – 11:30, session 191, Government and Parliamentary Libraries: Supporting UN Sustainable Development Goals – co-sponsored with Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Law Libraries
• Thursday 24 August, 08:00 – 10:30, session 215, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting

August 2016: Columbus, Ohio, USA

• Saturday 13 August, 15:15 – 17:45, session 045, 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Tuesday 16 August, 16:00 – 18:00, session 153, Government and Parliamentary Libraries as innovators: supporting communities of practice – co-sponsored with Library and Research Services for Parliaments.
• Thursday 18 August, 11:30 – 13:00, session 218, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting

August 2015: Cape Town (South Africa)

• Saturday 15 August, session 042, 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Monday  17 August, session 096, Networks of Government Libraries – provider of access to information
• Tuesday 18 August, session 154, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting

August 2014: Lyon (France)

• Saturday 16 August, 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Tuesday 19 August, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting
• Thursday 21 August, session 201: Libraries, Governments and Cultural Heritage, (Government Information and Official Publications with Government Libraries)
• Thursday 21 August, 10:45 – 12:45, session 211: Government Libraries as Knowledge Platforms for Citizen Engagement,  (Government Libraries with Government Information and Official Publications)

August 2013: Singapore (Singapore)

• Saturday 17 August, 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Tuesday 20 August, 2nd Standing Committee Meeting
• Tuesday 20 August, session 126: Open Access to Official and Authenticated Legal Information in Asia (Law Libraries with Government Libraries and Library Research Services for Parliaments Sections).
• Wednesday 21 August, session 166: Government Libraries as Voices for Open Government  (Government Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications)
• Thursday 22 August, session 221: Information for Development action: governments, civil society and libraries (Government Information and Official Publications with Government Libraries)

11-17 August 2012: Helsinki (Finland) 

• Saturday 11 August, session 47. 1st Standing Committee Meeting
• Tuesday 14 August, session 129. Promoting global access to law: developing an open access index for official authenticated legal information. Part 2: Europe (Law Libraries with Government libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments, Government Information and Official Publications)
• Thursday 16 August, session 193 The surprising world of government libraries: trends and prospect of new user services (Government Libraries with Government Information and Official Publications, Libraries and Services for Parliaments and Law Libraries)
• Thursday 16 August, Session 203 Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories (Social Science Libraries with Law Libraries and Government Libraries)
• Thursday 16 August, Session 209a 2nd Standing Committee Meeting

• Saturday 13, 14:45 – 17:15, Room 202b: 1st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Section
• Monday 15, 13:45 – 15:45, Session 105, Exhibition Hall A: Political and constitutional status of Puerto Rico: a continuing challenge (with Law Libraries)
• Tuesday 16, 9:30 – 11:30, Session 124, Room 104: e-Government: the role of librarians (with Government Information and Official Publications Section)
• Wednesday 17, 11:30 – 13:00, Room 102b: 2nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Section
• Thursday 18, 8:30 – 10:30, Session 194, Grand Salon B: Promoting global access to law: developing and open access index for official, authenticated legal information (with Government Information and Official Publications Section and Law Libraries Section)

10-15 August 2010: Gothenburg (SWEDEN)

• Creating an international legal information policy agenda:  issues and challenges (with Law Libraries and Government Information & Official Publications Section)
• Librarians in action:  information policy & human rights (with Law Libraries, Government Information & Official Publications Section, Knowledge Management Section, and the Preservation & Conservation Section)

22-23 April 2010: Barcelona (SPAIN). Mid-term conference: Case studies in government libraries

23-27 August 2009: Milan (ITALY). Session 133: Transforming learning cultures: government libraries as the treasures within

10-14 August 2008: Québec city (CANADA). Session 165: Conquering barriers – the politics of information: communication, collaboration and content.  Powerpoint sheets only: Moving towards a new information specialist profile by Daniel J. Caron (Library and Archives Canada, Gatineau, Canada)  Français

19-23 August 2007: Durban (SOUTH AFRICA). Government libraries: approaches to multi-lingual collections and services

19-21 April 2007: Cardiff (UNITED KINGDOM). Mid-term conference: Government libraries: creating impact from information 

20-24 August 2006: Seoul (SOUTH KOREA). Sessions 78 and 110 (with Social Sciences Libraries): Customer needs: the engines of change for government libraries and information centers; Parnership building with government and social science libraries

March 2006: Addis Ababa (ETHIOPIA). Mid-term conference: Access to Information and Knowledge for Development

14-18 August 2005: Oslo (NORWAY). Session 98: Destination unknown? Piloting innovation in government libraries

10-12 August 2005: Stockholm (SWEDEN).  Preconference.

22-27 August 2004: Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA). Session 81: The role of information literacy in a democracy: how government libraries can help

1-9 August 2003: Berlin (GERMANY). Session 129: Changing governments, changing libraries. Session 172: Off-site workshop

18-24 August 2002: Glasgow (UNITED KINGDOM). Session 81: National information policies and the role of government libraries

14-15 August 2002: London (UNITED KINGDOM). Seminar / workshop: Informing government: government library and information services in the information age.

23 August 2001: Boston (UNITED STATES). Off-site workshop: Strategies for recognition – how to promote government libraries and services

1999: Moscow (RUSSIA). Mid-term conference: The role of libraries in ensuring public access to official publications and government information.

See also: Conferences 2001-2007