[Pal-dc] IGF Baku - Digital Inclusion and Public Access to the Internet (6th November 2012, Workshop 130)

[Julia Brungs]

Dear all, 

 

IFLA, together with Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL
<http://www.eifl.net/> ) and the Internet Society (ISOC
<http://www.internetsociety.org/> ) will hold a workshop during this
year's Internet Governance Forum (IGF <http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/>
) in Baku, Azerbaijan.  The workshop will highlight the importance of
libraries for guaranteeing public access to the internet and the
essential role libraries are playing in this. Every day, the world's
230,000 public libraries play a key role in enabling tens of millions of
users to access up to date and crucial information through the Internet.
You can find further information on this in the background brief
<http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/clm/WSIS/libraries_public_access.pdf>
.  

The workshop is intended to further develop the conversation surrounding
libraries as agents for development, and to raise awareness within the
IGF's multistakeholder community that libraries are the perfect partner
to solve the problem of digital inclusion.

If you are not in Baku, the good news is that you can still join and
actively participate in the workshop via remote participation
<http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/remote-participation>  where you can add
your questions and comments. We look forward to your active input in the
session. If you are in Baku for the IGF, please come and join the
discussion in Workshop 130 (6th November, Room 7, 14.30pm Baku time).

 

For more information about the IGF and IFLAs participation please, see
here
<http://wsms1.intgovforum.org/content/no130-digital-inclusion-and-public
-access-internet-what-policymakers-need-and-how-libraries-> . 

 

 

Julia Brungs

Policy and Projects Officer

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

P.O. Box 95312
2509 CH The Hague
Netherlands

 

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