Norwegian papers and lectures at IFLA 1993-2008

On this web page I have listed contributions from Norway at all IFLA conferences since 1993. The listing is probably not one hundred percent correct - late changes in the program are seldom registered. Corrections are invited and most welcome.

The purpose of this compilation is to give an overview of Norwegian activities at IFLA over time - with easy access to papers that are available on IFLA-net as full-text documents.

Quebec 2008 - 8

1. The image of the Norwegian Polar Hero. HARALD ØSTGAARD LUND (National Library of Norway, Oslo).
2. The Locker-Room Librarian: The Maradona of literature dissemination. STIG ELVIS FURSET (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo / Buskerud County Library, Drammen)
3. Theoretical approaches on public libraries as places creating social capital. ANDREAS VÅRHEIM (Oslo University College).
4. Legal deposit of audiovisual and multimedia materials in Scandinavia. TROND VALBERG (National Library of Norway, Mo i Rana).
5. Count the traffic. TORD HØIVIK (Oslo University College).
6. Revisiting the added value of the school library. GRY ENGER (Vahl Primary School, Oslo)
7. How much is much? Developing and interpreting national library visitor statistics. TORD HØIVIK (Oslo University College).
8. INGEBJØRG RYPE (National Library of Norway), Magdalena Svanberg (National Library of Sweden), and I gave a condensed version of the talk Ingebjørg and I presented the week before at the ISKO Conference

1. Loads of books in mother tongue make the child a happy one! Babelbarn - a library project on books and services to dual language families. NINA STENBRO and KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)
2. The Multicultural Library Manifesto - a tool for creating a better world KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)
3. Linn Christin Røhne Tønnessen, Stavanger Public Library, spoke about children’s books *
4. Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions: Indigenous People’s Perspectives. MATTIAS AHREN (Saamia Council, Norway)
5. The open access association? EAHIL’s new model for sustainability. TONY MCSEAN (Great Britain) and ARNE JAKOBSSON (Norway)
6. Information Literacy Applied on Electronic Resources - Practices from Brasov, Romania and Bergen, Norway. ANGELA REPANOVICI (Transilvania University Library of Brasov, Romania) and ANE LANDØY (University of Bergen Library, Bergen, Norway)
7. “The dung beetle effect” : Taking law to the people in Southern and Eastern Africa, with an emphasis on Zimbabwe. CCECILIE BUTENSCHØN-MAIRI, librarian at the Southern and Eastern Regional Centre for Women’s Law in Harare (Zimbabwe).

 

1. Presenting the Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo, Norway LIV SÆTEREN (Deichmanske Bibliothek, Oslo, Norway)
2. IFLAs role in diffusing professional norms: results from an international survey. RAGNAR AUDUNSON (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)

 

Oslo 2005 - 33

1. Embracing the flood - or rather diverting a tributary in order to help prevent future flooding. ELISABETH EIDE (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)
2. Eenie meenie miney moe: Overview of Norwegian public libraries and their services to children and young adults - and some challenges for the future. LEIKNY HAGA INDERGAARD (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo, Norway)
3. Critical aspects of the professional socialization of freshmen library school students. HELGE HOIVIK (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
4. Indigenous knowledge Systems - the true roots of humanism OLE HENRIK MAGGA (Professor of Sami linguistics, The Saami University College, Guovdageaidnu, Norway)
5. Cross-sectorial challenges for archives, libraries and museums. JON BIRGER ØSTBY (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo, Norway)
6. Counting the buttons: research assessments on open source publishing and documentation. ANNE-METTE VIBE and ARNE JAKOBSSON (University of Oslo Library, Oslo, Norway)
7. The library of the Molde labour association, 1910. ROBERT HAUGEN (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
8. Early public libraries in the Arctic: a part of the library history of Longyearbyen Svalbard. MIKAEL LAGERBORG (Freelance Librarian, Longyearbyen, Norway)
9. Where would libraries be without readers? A methodological approach to historical literacy, based on the situation in Norway in the 18th century. LIS BYBERG (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
10. The value of public libraries. SVANHILD AABØ (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
11. The necessity of working with partnerships. LIV SÆTEREN (Oslo City Library, Deichmanske bibliotheket, Oslo, Norway)
12. Mountain vaults: a thousand years perspective. GUNHILD MYRBAKK (National Library of Norway, Mo i Rana, Norway)
13. Hypoxic air venting - fire protection for library collections. CHRISTIAN NØRGAARD MADSEN and GEIR JENSEN (Cowi A/S, Trondheim, Norway) and JAN HOLMBERG (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)
14. Local history world wide: an international internet inventory. RAGNHILD HUTCHISON (The Norwegian Institute of Local History, Oslo, Norway)
15. The cultural dimension in library education. JOFRID KARNER SMIDT (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
16. Library and information science education: is there a Nordic perspective. RAGNAR AUDUNSON (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
17. The Mobile Culture Library: Gaerjah Sijti Jarngeste TOM KAPPFJELL (Nordland County Library, Norway)
18. Libraries and the challenge of cultural policies in a digital age. ÅSE KLEVELAND (Swedish Film Institute & the Board of Scandinavian Films, Oslo, Norway)
19. Reading and non-reading among male juvenile Norwegians. MORTEN HAUGEN (Ørland Public Library, Brekstad, Norway)
20. Our digital heritage as source material to end-users: collection of and access to net publications in The National Library of Norway. KJERSTI RUSTAD (The National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)
21. New visions for multicultural library services. KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)
22. Bibliographic control in the Nordic countries. UNNI KNUTSEN (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
23. Co-operation between the libraries at Mzumbe University (Tanzania) and Agder University College (Norway): an overview for the present and the future. MATILDA S. KUZILWA (Mzumbe University, Tanzania) and ELSE-MARGRETHE BREDLAND (Agder University College, Norway)
24. The new Oslo Public Library project. LIV SÆTEREN (Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)
25. Delivering Sizzling Services and Solid Support with Open Source Software. ROGER EVANS (Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo, Norway)
26. fr@ ditt bibliotek and ieÿ@t girjerádjosis. TORE ANDERSON (Norsk Bibliotekforening, Norway)
27. Web Portals and internationalisation: a survey of Norwegian academic and research libraries and specialised libraries. MARIA-CARME TORRAS (Bergen University Library, Bergen, Norway) and ROBERT VAAGAN (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
28. Culture, knowledge and power HILDE FRAFJORD JOHNSEN (Norway's Minister of International Development, Oslo, Norway)
29. The Norwegian Digital Library - easy access to information and knowledge sources. CAROL VAN NUYS (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo, Norway)
30. Partnerships with developing world libraries: the role of professional associations. ELISABETH HUSEM (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway), TONY McSEÁN (Elsevier) and LENNY RHINE (University of Florida, USA)
31. An investigation of the role of IFLA in promoting change and diffusing professional norms in libraries with a weight on norms, standards and policies relating to lifelong literacy... Progress report from Norway. RAGNAR AUDUNSON (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway) ...
    
32. Guidelines on the production and preservation of digital audio objects - optimizing quality access through digital preservation practice. JACQUELINE VON ARB (Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound, IASA, Stavanger, Norway) and LARS GAUSTAD (National Library of Norway, Chair of the IASA Technical Committee, Mo i Rana, Norway)
33. A world wide web of possibilities. Using the web to present audiovisual and multimedia collections. KIRSTEN RYDLAND (National Library of Norway, Rana, Norway)

 

 

1. The Paradigma Project and its quest for metadata solutions and services CAROL VAN NUYS, KETIL ALBERTSEN, LINDA PEDERSEN and ÅSBORG STENSTAD (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)
2. Multimedia projects in the new library. LIV SÆTEREN (Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo Public Library, Norway)
3. 101 things you wanted to know about mobiles, but were afraid to ask IAN STRINGER (Barnsley Public Library, Barnsley, UK) and RUTH ØRNHOLT (Hordaland County Librarian, Bergen, Norway)
4. Bibliography Section Activities TALBOTT HUEY (Michigan State University Libraries, East Lansing, MI USA), BOHDANA STOKLASOVA (National Library of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic) and UNNI KNUTSEN (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)
5. Is that really so? Some guidelines when evaluating research RAGNAR AUDUNSON (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)
6. Children are a worthwile investment LEIKNY HAGA INDERGAARD (Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority, Oslo, Norway)
7. Experiencias en la introducción de un curso de habilidad informativa VIGGO GABRIEL BORG PEDERSEN (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)

 

1.      Library and Research Services for Parliaments - Research Day. Trends, ideas, innovations. Chair: BOB GARDNER (Ontario Legislative Library, Canada). … BRIT FLØISTAD (Parliamentary Research Service, Norway)…

2.      Library innovation is hard work. Lessons from a Norwegian case study BOZENA RASMUSSEN (Gjerdrum Public Library, Gjerdrum, Norway) and TORD HØIVIK (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway)

3.      Electronic national bibliographies: state of the art review UNNI KNUTSEN (Norwegian National Library, Oslo, Norway)

4.      Why is quality control so hard? Reference studies and reference quality in public libraries: the case of Norway. TORD HØIVIK (Oslo University College, Department of Journalism, Library and Information Studies, Oslo, Norway)

5.      Working in a distributed electronic environment. Experiences with the Norwegian edition. UNNI KNUTSEN (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)

6.      The public library as a gateway to society - life long learning in small communities. RUTH ØRNHOLT (Hordaland County Library, Bergen, Norway)

7.      The ethics of librarianship in selected countries and regions. Chair: Wallace Koehler. …  The Nordic Countries. ROBERT WALLACE VAAGAN (Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway) …

8.      The Beacon for Freedom of Expression of Bibliotheca Alexandrina. METTE NEWTH and HEGE N. NOURI (Beacon of Freedom of Expression, Oslo, Norway)

9.      How to achieve better performance in ILL, a Norwegian point of view. METTE KROG (University of Oslo Library, Library of Medicine and Health Sciences, Oslo, Norway)

1.      Mobile Meet. …  The International Perspective. … RUTH ØRNHOLT (Norway)

2.      Creating a public library role in the lifelong learning process. BRITT MARIE HÄGGSTRÖM (DIK, Sweden) and TORNY KJERKSTAD (Barum Public Library, Bekestua, Norway)

3.      Critical technological and architectural choices for access and preservation in a digital library environment SVEIN ARNE SOLBAKK (Norwegian National Library, Mo I Rana, Norway)

4.      From bud to blossom - How to become an information - literate person and learn a subject/topic ELISABETH TALLAKSEN RAFSTE (Agder University College, Arendal, Norway)

5.      Aging and Verbal Creativity - Creative Writing for Elderly in the Library ODDGEIR SYNNES (Hordaland County Library, Bergen, Norway)

6.      Depository, copyright and the notion of a "document" JON BING (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)

7.      Data mining MARC to find: FRBR? KNUT HEGNA (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway) and EEVA MURTOMAA (Helsinki University Library, Helsinki, Finland)

8.      Developing reference statistics for library planning. TORD HOIVIK (Oslo University College, Norway) [Not presented because of illness]

9.      ISBD (CR) and title changes - applied in practice. UNNI KNUTSEN (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)

10.  Access to web archives: the Nordic Web Archive Access Project. SVEIN ARNE BRYGFJELD (National Library of Norway, Oslo, Norway)

1.      Genealogy and Local History Librarians Making a Difference to Society in Social and Cultural Development. FRODE BAKKEN (President, Norwegian Library Association, Norway… and others

2.      Establishing a research service in the Norwegian parliament: why the right time was now BRIT FLØISTAD (Head, Research Service of the Norwegian Parliament, Oslo, Norway)

3.      Aging and Verbal Creativity ODD SÆTRE (Flaktveit, Norway)

4.      Mobile Libraries in the Scandinavian countries: development in view of legislation and financial support RUTH ØRNHOLT (Hordaland County Library, Bergen, Norway)

5.      National Bibliographies and the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services Recommendations: Introduction ANNE M. HASUND LANGBALLE (Associate Professor, Bibliographic Services Department, National Library of Norway, Oslo Division, Oslo, Norway)

6.      National bibliographies and the International Conference on National Bibliographic Services recommendations: Europe; North, Central and South America; and Oceania ANNE M. HASUND LANGBALLE (National Library of Norway, Oslo Division Oslo, Norway)

7.      Changes in the National Bibliographies, 1996-2001 UNNI KNUTSEN (Head, Bibliographic Services Department, National Library of Norway, Oslo Division, Oslo, Norway)

 

1. The purpose of this session is to promote greater understanding between the library and public lending right communities. Participants will describe how public lending right operates in the world. …. Presenters are …HELGE SØNNELAND (Royal Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Oslo, Norway)  …
2. FAIFE report on Kosovo mission. FRODE BAKKEN (Norwegian Library Association, Oslo, Norway) and CARSTEN FREDERIKSEN (FAIFE Office, Copenhagen, Denmark)
3. Public libraries: copyright issues. FRODE BAKKEN (Norwegian Library Association, Oslo, Norway)
4. WTO and libraries - an introduction. FRODE BAKKEN (Library of Buskerud, Buskerud, Norway)
5. Open session on the Norwegian gift to the new Alexandria library, the Alexandrina database on censored books. Introduction by METTE NEWTH (Project Leader, Norway)
6. Libraries in the West Bank and Gaza: Obstacles and possibilities. ERLING BERGAN (Bibliotekarforbundet, Oslo, Norway)
7. "Epos" - Norway´s floating library ANNE MARIE ØVSTEGAARD (Møre og Romsdal fylkeskommune, Fylkesbiblioteket)

 

 

1. Library history revisited: research areas and methodology. LIS BYBERG (Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science, Oslo College, Oslo, Norway)

 

1. The rationale of permanent paper. ROLF DAHLØ (Riksbibliotekjenesten, Oslo, Norway)
2. Remote access electronic serials and the National Library of Norway. ANNE M.H. LANGBALLE (University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
3. Multicultural library services in Oslo Public Library. KIRSTEN LETH NIELSEN (Multilingual Library, Oslo Public Library, Oslo, Norway)

 

1. Public libraries more vital than ever. SISSEL NILSEN (Bærum Public Library, Bekkestua, Norway)
2. Preparing Babette's feast: developments in education for librarianship in northwestern Norway. JOHAN KOREN (Nordland Regional Library, Mo I Rana, Norway)
3. Change processes in public libraries: the structuring power of professional norms and standards versus external-inducing forces. RAGNAR ANDREAS AUDUNSON (Faculty of Journalism, Library and Information Science, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway)
4. Lifelong learning: a challenge for public libraries. RAGNHILD SOLBERG (Norsk Hydro, Oslo, Norway)
5. NOSP revisited: the Scandinavian Union Catalogue of Serials. PER MORTEN BRYHN (University of Oslo Library, Oslo, Norway)
6. The Odin : The central web server for official documentation and information from Norwaydocumentation and information from Norway. ELISABETH SUNDHOLM (Head of Section, Government Administration Services, the Documentation Centre, Norway)
7. The National Library of Norway. EIRIN HAUGEN (National and University Library, Oslo, Norway)
8. How librarians apply marketing (a) SISSEL NIELSEN (Norway) and CHRISTINA TOVOTE (Sweden) … and others
9. The use of Internet in small Norwegian libraries. AASE-LIV BIRKENES (Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries, Oslo, Norway)
10. 10.  The ARCA Z39.50 Client  (PDF). … The panel discussion will include the speakers above, plus … and Liv Holm (Oslo College, Oslo, Norway)

1. Digital lib: an economic agenda for library research. TORD HØIVIK (Oslo College, Department of Journalism Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway)
2. Libraries serving the general public. SISSEL NILSEN (Baerum Public Library, Bekkestua, Norway) and TORNY KJEKSTAD (Norwegian School of Marketing, College Library, Oslo, Norway)
3. Copyright legislation: fair use and the efficient dissemination of scientific knowledge. OLE BRONMO (Trondheim University, Trondheim, Norway)
4. Charging in document delivery and interlending: the Scandinavian discussion and scene. FRODE BAKKEN (Tønsberg Public Library, Tønsberg, Norway)
5. An example of regional cooperation between ISSN Centres and Union Catalogues: NOSP - the Nordic Union Catalogue. PER MORTEN BRYHN (University Library of Oslo, Oslo, Norway)
6. "Managing Academic Libraries: The Challenge of Change" . A guided exploration of some scenarios illustrating these issues by a panel: … KIRSTEN ENGELSTAD (Norway)

 

 

1. Introduction to Division III: Libraries Serving the General Public. SISSEL NILSEN and TORNY KJEKSTAD (Norwegian Library Association, Oslo, Norway)
2. A spoonful of words: experiences from projects of cooperation between public libraries and children's health control centres. LIS BYBERG (Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries, Oslo, Norway) and SISSEL NILSEN (Norwegian Library Association, Oslo, Norway)
3. Electronic books for the visually impaired: the Norwegian project. GRETE KNUDSEN and EIVIND KNUDSEN (Horten, Norway)
4. Performance measurement in public and special libraries: similarities and differences. JAN BRUUSGAARD (Government Administrative Services, Oslo,Norway)

 

 

1. Should IFLA adopt a new Core Programme for Literacy? SISSEL NILSEN (Bærum Bibliotek, Bekkestua, Norway) and FRANCES KAISER (Prison Service, Ministry of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands)
2. Cooperation and educational aspects: library services for young adults: Norwegian cooperation projects between public and school libraries. TORNY KJEKSTAD (Norwegian School of management, School of Marketing, Oslo, Norway)
3. Study on Functional Requirements of Bibliographic Records. Panel Discussion on "Applications of Study for Different Cataloguing Traditions". Panelists: … INGER CATHRINE SPANGEN (Norwegian School of Library and Information Science, Olslo, Norway)

 

 

1. Report of the Section on Cataloguing. INGER CATHRINE SPANGEN (Norwegian School of Library and Information Science, Oslo, Norway)
2. Connectivity and protocols. LIV HOLM (Statens Bibliotekhogskole, Oslo, Norway)
3. Integrated national bibliography in Norway. KAREN MARIE ELLEFSEN (Norwegian Talking Book and Braille Library, Oslo, Norway)
4. Past, present and future relations between the IFLA Section of National Libraries and the Conference of Directors of National Libraries. BENDIK RUGAAS (National Library Authority, Oslo, Norway)