10 December 2003

CROATIAN LIBRARIANS PROMOTE ACCESS TO INFORMATION


To mark Human Rights Day on 10 December, the Croatian Library Association Committee for Freedom of Expression and Free Access to Information is hosting its third annual round table discussion in Zagreb on improving public access to library services.

Preliminary research indicates that some sectors of society, including disabled people, minority ethnic groups and the blind, have been deprived of adequate library services, the committee says.

The discussion will seek to raise awareness among librarians of the special needs of these groups so that they can have equal access to free information provided by public libraries.

The committee is affiliated with the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions' Committee on Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (IFLA/FAIFE), an IFEX member.

For more information, contact Aleksandra Horvat: ahorvat@ffzg.hr

Visit these websites:

- IFLA/FAIFE website: http://www.ifla.org/faife/index.htm
- UN Human Rights Day: http://www.un.org/events/humanrights/


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Also from the Communiqué, 10 December 2003

INTERNATIONAL: IFEX MEMBERS PROMOTE FREE EXPRESSION AT INFORMATION SOCIETY SUMMIT 10 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL: WIPC CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON WRITERS AND IMPUNITY 10 December 2003 BURMA: DEATH SENTENCED FOR JOURNALIST "DISTURBING" 10 December 2003 RWANDA: "HATE MEDIA" TRIAL ENDS IN CONVICTIONS 10 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL: IFJ LAUNCHES PUBLIC BROADCASTING CAMPAIGN 10 December 2003 SOUTH KOREA: PUBLIC BROADCASTER THREATENED, SAYS IFJ 10 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL: SEMINAR EXAMINES MEDIA'S ROLE IN PEACE-BUILDING 10 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL: CHECHEN ACTIVIST WINS 2004 MARTIN ENNALS AWARD 10 December 2003 INTERNATIONAL: Commonwealth Survey Shows Right-to-Information Deficit 10 December 2003

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