Working Group on Digital Library Guidelines Meets in Washington The International Federation of Library Institutions and Associations (IFLA) and the Library of Congress co-hosted a meeting of the IFLA-World Digital Library Working Group on Digital Library Guidelines in Washington on May 4, 2007. The working group was established by IFLA in early 2007 to develop digital library guidelines and best practices for use by libraries and other cultural institutions around the world.
The IFLA group is one of four working groups established at the conclusion of the UNESCO expertsâ?T meeting on the World Digital Library on December 1, 2006. UNESCO, the Library of Congress, IFLA, and a number of national libraries are cooperating on the development of a plan for a World Digital Library. The guidelines developed by the IFLA working group will be a contribution to this plan. The guidelines also are expected to be of value to all libraries that are creating or that intend to create digital libraries, whether or not they participate in the World Digital Library. Claudia Lux, Director General of the Central and Regional Library, Berlin and president-elect of IFLA, convened the group and chaired the meeting. Other members of the working group who participated were Allene Hayes, Library of Congress; Jaesun Lee, National Library of Korea; Catherine Lupovici, Bibliothèque nationale de France; Dale P. Peters, Digital Imaging South Africa; Winston D. Roberts, National Library of New Zealand; Ingeborg Verheul, Koninklijke Bibliotheek; Simone Vieira, Federal Senate Library of Brazil; and Marcia L. Zeng, Kent State University. Members of the World Digital Library team at the Library of Congress who participated as observers included John Van Oudenaren, Michelle Rago, and Donna Wilson. The working group met with Dr. James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress, and discussed with him his vision of a World Digital Library and its relationship to other national and regional digital initiatives. The members of the group organized their work and established subgroups to work in the areas of content selection, metadata, technology, service, and organization. The group is expected to produce a set of recommendations and guidelines by mid-2008.
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