In mid August, Seoul, South Korea, saw an influx of over 4,000 librarians from around the world. The occasion was the IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations) World Library and Information Congress, returning to Asia for the first time since 1999 when it was in Bangkok. In this city of some 12 million people, one of the most populous and expensive cities of the world, the delegates did not dominate the streets as they did last year in Oslo. Seoul, all by itself, exceeds the total population of Norway by at least an order of magnitude. The issues considered by IFLA, however, were important ones, not to be dwarfed by the size of the venue. more...
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