IFLA at the Frankfurt Bookfair, October 2009

Just as in previous years, IFLA had a presence at this year's Frankfurt Bookfair which was held this past October.   On 13 October a one-day conference was held on the theme Enhancing the culture of reading and books in the digital age in a cooperation of IFLA with a number of other organisations; for details, please refer to the programme. 
 

Presentations:

• Opening Remarks [PDF]
  Elisabeth Niggemann, Director-General of the German Library
• Opening Remarks [PDF]
  Magdalena Vinent, President IFRRO
• The legal framework in the digital environment: the importance of the copyright to the economy [PPT]
  Ricahrd Owens, Director Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, WIPO
• The importance of copyright to creativity [PDF]
  Olav Stokkmo, Chief Executive, IFRRO
• The promotion of reading culture: access to reading materials (including in libraries and online) [PDF]
  Pirjo Hiidenmaa, European Writers´ Council
• Exceptions and limitations to exclusive rights in international instruments [PDF]
  Victoria Owen, IFLA
• Access to copyright works through copyright licensing [PPT]
  Tarja Koskinen-Olsson, Honorary President, IFRRO
• Digital libraries [PDF]
  Kai Ekholm, National Librarian of Finland
• The great books of Europe: a project for Europeana and The European Library [PPT]
  Elisabeth Niggemann, Director-General of the German Library
• Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age – ARROW [PPT]
  Olav Stokkmo, Chief Executive, IFRRO
• How can libraries and rightsholders co-operate to enhance accessibility to copyright works? [PPT]
  Benjamin White, Head of Intellectual Property, British Library
• How can libraries and rightsholders cooperate to enhance accessibility to copyright works? [PDF]
  (Panel Discussion)

In addition, we also had a booth where IFLA was promoted; many colleagues also dropped by to greet us or to request for specific information about our upcoming Congress in Gothenburg . China was the Guest of honor of the Frankfurt Bookfair 2009, so many Chinese colleagues were attending.