On December 19, 2011, at the National Library of Viet Nam, Dr. Dan Dorner had a talk with Vietnamese librarians with the theme “The role of IFLA and the IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania (RSCAO) and how Vietnamese libraries can be involved; Current issues of cataloging and digital libraries”.
Dr. Dan Dorner
Attending the talk are Executive Committee members of the Vietnamese Library Association (VLA) in the North Viet Nam; Leaders and staff of public, academic and special libraries, institutions of library training in Hanoi and surrounding provinces.
At the talk, Dr. Dan Dorner has given brieft introduction about IFLA, core activities of IFLA, new initiatives of IFLA and efforts for strenthening collaboration and connection among libraries in the Asia and Oceania. He also shared viewpoints and international experiences about current issues of cataloging standards and digital libraries building.
Dr. D
an Dorner is the Chair of the IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania, Senior Lecturer of School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. To the Vietnamese library profession, he is known as the leader of a MLIS training project for Viet Nam with over 20 Masters of Library and Information Sciences to be trained at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Vietnamese librarians at the Talk of Dr. Dan Dorner
Mr. Pham The Khang – representing the VLA and Mr. Dang Van Uc, represeting the National Library of Viet Nam give souvenir to Dr. Dan Dorner
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News: Hong Van, photos: Hung Manh