ALISE is an association member of

IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IFLA accomplishes its work through two kinds of professional groups (35 sections with their round tables and discussion groups organized into 8 divisions; and 5 core programs). The divisions and their respective sections include:

1. General research libraries (National Libraries, University Libraries and other Research Libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments)
2. Special libraries (Government Libraries, Social Science Libraries, Geography and Map Libraries, Science and Technology Libraries, Biological and Medical Sciences Libraries, Art Libraries)
3. Libraries serving the general public (Public Libraries, Libraries Serving Disadvantaged Persons, Libraries for Children and Young Adults, School Libraries and Resource Centres, Libraries for the Blind, Library Services to Multicultural Populations)
4. Bibliographic control (Bibliography, Cataloguing, Classification and Indexing)
5. Collections and services (Acquisition and Collection Development, Document Delivery and Interlending, Serial Publications, Government Information and Official Publications, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
6. Management and technology (Preservation and Conservation, Library Buildings and Equipment, Information Technology, Statistics, Management and Marketing)
7. Education and research (Education and Training, Library Theory and Research, Reading)
8. Regional activities (Africa, Asia and Oceania, Latin american and the Caribbean)

The core programmes (IFLA uses British spelling) include:

1. Universal Availability of Publications (UAP)
2. Universal Bibliographic Control and International MARC (UBCIM)
3. Preservation and Conservation (PAC)
4. Universal Dta Flow and Telecommunications (UDT)
5. Advancement of Librarianship Programme (ALP)

ALISE selects four IFLA sections as part of its basic membership, nominating a representative to each Standing Committee (the governing body for a section) by March 1 of odd-numbered years. The four sections that ALISE currently belows to with the ALISE representative who is a member of that section's Standing Committee are:

Section on Education and Training:	Evelyn Daniel (North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Section on Library Theory and Research	No current representative.
Section on Statistics:	Michael Koenig (Dominican)
Section on Information Technology:	S. Michael Malinconico (Alabama)

ALISE members are nominated for four-year terms to each IFLA Standing Committee of which ALISE is a member. No member may serve more than two consecutive terms (8 years) on any Standing Committee.

Any ALISE member may request to be nominated. A nominee should have a working knowledge of at least one working language of IFLA (English, German, French, Russian or Spanish) and should have reasonable expectations of attending annual meetings of the Standing Committee at no cost to IFLA or ALISE. ALISE members wishing to be nominated should submit a resume with an explanation of why you desire to be a nominee with information that IFLA requires:

• a short statement of qualifications and current job assignment
• a statement by the nominee that he/she can fulfill the working language and travel requirements.

If more than one qualified request is received, the International Committee of ALISE will recommend the best qualified to the ALISE Board for selection.

Nominations are solicited from IFLA every two years. The next request will come on or about October 2000 with a deadline for submission of about March 2001 for service beginning with the August 2001 conference.

Personal memberships and institutional memberships are also possible. Cost of a personal membership is NLG 200 (Netherland guilders as IFLA Headquarters are in The Hague -- cost in US dollars varies but is about $87 (as of 4/9/00). Cost of the ALISE association membership and institutional membership is NLG 750 (about $325).

Future IFLA Conferences:

• 2000:  August 13 - 18, Jerusalem
• 2001:  August 16 - 25, Boston
• 2002:  August 18 - 24, Glasgow
• 2003:  August 1 - 8, Berlin
• 2004:   Buenos Aires
• 2005:   not yet determined
• 2006:   Seoul