TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide a flavour of the content of the second IFLA Presidential Meeting held in Berlin, Germany in January 2008.Design/methodology/approach– An outline description of the issues, contents and participants of this conference is presented in the paper.Findings– The meeting followed three themes – commercialisation or public financing, how libraries are managed to provide literature for science and society, and digitalisation relating to the cultural and societal context.Originality/value– The paper provides a brief conference report of value to library and information professionals regarding “Libraries on the agenda”.
VL  - 109
IS  - 7/8
SN  - 0307-4803
DO  - 10.1108/03074800810888212
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800810888212
AU  - Koren Marian
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Challenges for science and society in the digital age: 2nd IFLA Presidential Meeting in Berlin
T2  - New Library World
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 393
EP  - 395
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -