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Date:         Tue, 14 Feb 1995 15:19:41 CST
From:         Kuny Terry <txk@ITS.NLC-BNC.CA>
Subject:      Announcement: The International Federation of Library
              Associations and Institutions (IFLA) WWW server
To:           Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L@UHUPVM1.UH.EDU>

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The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
IFLANET WWW server

URL:       <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/>

Contact:
           Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme
           e-mail:  <ifla@nlc-bnc.ca>

IFLA, in conjunction with SilverPlatter Information Inc. and the UDT
Core Programme, is pleased to present IFLANET,
our new Internet hypertext information system.

We look forward to presenting our members and interested individuals
with an evolving range of electronic information resources and services
through the use of Internet technologies.

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
or  (IFLA), is a worldwide, independent organization created to provide
librarians around the world with a forum for exchanging ideas,
promoting international  cooperation, research and development
in all fields of library activity.

IFLA's objectives are:

    - to represent librarianship in matters of international interest;
    - to promote the continuing education of library personnel;
    - and to develop, maintain and promote guidelines for library services.

It is registered in the Netherlands as an Institutional Association
and has its secretariat in The Hague.
Over twelve hundred institutional and individual
members from more than one hundred and thirty-five countries
currently comprise IFLA's membership, which is extended to all
countries providing library and information services.
The Annual General Conference, held in August each year,
provides an opportunity for colleagues from around the work to meet,
identify and discuss their concerns.

Among the current electronic services of IFLANET:

     A WWW brochure with information about the 1995 IFLA Conference which
         will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on August 20-25, 1995.

     IFLA listserver (electronic mailing list)
         Information about subscribing to the IFLA mailing list.

     The IFLA Virtual Library

         A collection of Internet guides, information policy statements,
         virtual library papers, standards pointers, and other
         documents of note.

        Some of the documents and pointers included here are:

        - standards information and organizations pointers
          <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/services/standard.htm>

        - a selection of those RFCs that might appeal to a general
          readership or individuals interested in the intersection
          of Internet technologies and the future "virtual library".
          <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/services/rfcs.htm>

        - a selection of Internet and WWW indexes and finding aids
          <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/services/netaids.htm>

        - Library and related information policy statements
          <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/services/libpol.htm>

     Internet and Library Software Archive

         A selection of freeware and shareware applications
         for libraries and for Internet use.
         (these pages are still under development)

     HTML and ASCII versions of the UDT Newsletter
         <http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/pubs/core/udt/udtnews.htm>

Please post and distribute this message to your colleagues.
If you have any suggestions, comments or items that you would
like to see added to this collection, please direct your messages
to:

Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme

           e-mail:  <ifla@nlc-bnc.ca>

Your support of IFLANET is encouraged and appreciated!