Finnish Library Association
 

Program
Study tour
Registration form
 

Libraries for Active Citizenship - 
Global Perspectives

The goal of the seminar is to exchange visions and experiences about the role of libraries as information and knowledge disseminators in different societies, and to get aqcuainted with the increasing co-operation between the memory institutions in this respect. The background contest is the World Summit on the Information Society.
IFLA Tool Kit for the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Geneva December 2003 and Tunis 2005

The seminar venue is the Auditorium of the Finnish Parliament in the very city centre, Mannerheimintie 30

The seminar is free of charge. For the invited foreign visitors the study tour is free of charge, from others, we unfortunately must charge 50€ for the transportation (will be charged on-site).

Please send your registration before September 1, 2004

Accommodation
We recommend these two hotels near to our seminar venue:

Hotel Martta * * * weekend price (Fri-Sun), single 75€, double 85/95€, on 
weekdays (Sun-Fri) single 98€, double 120/136€

Hotel Helka * * * weekend price (Fri-Sun) / room 75€, on weekdays (Sun-Fri) 
101€

For more affordable accommodation possibilities in Helsinki, see

http://www.hel.fi/tourism/EN/suunnittele_majoitus.asp?kieli=en&ASPID=1&a=0&page=1&sijainti=hostel 

Organisers:
Finnish Library Association
Library of Parliament, Finland
Helsinki City Library
Espoo City Library
Vantaa City Library