Landegg International University is hosting an international conference for librarians and archivists, 2nd – 4th January 2003.

The conference will bring together gathering of scholars and non-scholars familiar with or interested in Bahá’í-related libraries and archives. Its principal themes include:

· A survey of current Bahá’í libraries

· A survey of current Bahá’í archives

· The establishment of private libraries and archives: case studies

· Identification of development needs: issues in the training of non-professionals to work in Bahá'í archives and libraries;

· The role of trained Bahá’í librarians and archivist employed in other professional settings

· Potential for formation of an association, or expansion and development of the existing "network".

· Issues in collection development

· Issues in cataloguing, classification and description

· Issues in preservation of electronic sources

· Issues in digitization of archival material for preservation and access.

· Other internet-related issues

· Access policies to ‘for Bahá’í only’ material

· Potential areas for collaboration

For further information on the conference please contact Mrs. Barbara Geisey, LIU Librarian, at bgeisey@landegg.edu