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IFLA World Report 2010

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The annual IFLA World Information Congress was last week and I missed it for the first time in a while. I hope to be there next year.

At this year’s Congress, as usual, they released:

IFLA World Report 2010

Gary at ResourceShelf notes that:

“Here are most of the top-level data categories that can be expanded.

+ Country statistics, introduction and responding institution
+ Estimated Number of Libraries
+ National Library Info
+ Estimated number of research libraries in country
+ Libraries and the Internet
+ Digital Divide
+ Filtering and blocking of information
+ Financial barriers
+ Open Access
+ Legal Issues
+ Copyright laws
+ Laws Guaranteeing FAIFE Principles
+ User Privacy and Anti-terror Legislation
+ Violations of Intellectual Freedom
+ HIV/AIDS Awareness (Library Programs)
+ Women and Freedom of Access to Information
+ The disabled and Freedom of Access to Information
+ Senior citizens and Freedom of Access to Information
+ Libraries and the provision of universal primary education
+ Libraries and environmental sustainability
+ The IFLA Internet Manifesto?
+ The IFLA Glasgow Declaration?
+ The IFLA Manifesto on Transparency, Good Governance and Freedom from Corruption?

Finally, you?ll note an option to view data either per country or in a comparative table.”

You can customize reports too or access the result through a map interface.

You can read the Analysis and Conclusions (53 page PDF) here.

Is your country competitve in the foundations of knowledge economy?

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on August 22, 2010 (boomark / email).