Anne Norma Hall (Library and Museum Services, Fairfield City Council, New South Wales – Australia), Public Library Resources and Services to Pan Mediterranean Language Groups in Australia

Kirsten Leth Nielsen (Oslo Public Library – Norway), The IFLA Multicultural Library Manifesto – A Tool for Creating Global Understanding

13.00-14.30: Buffet Lunch (courtesy of Humana res)

14.30 Session Two: Cultural Institutions and the Mediterranean

Begoña Colmenero (Cervantes Institute, Tunis – Tunisia), "Babel de Papel": The Cervantes Institute Library Network as Multicultural Meeting Places

Olga Cuadrado Fernández (Foundation "Three Cultures of the Mediterranean", Sevilla – Spain), The Increasingly Active Role of Libraries as Multicultural Agents: from Information Providers to Dynamic Players. The Case of the Special Library of the Foundation "Three Cultures of the Mediterranean"

Loriene Roy (School of Information, The University of Texas, Austin - US), From "We Shall Remain" to "Operation Teen Book Drop": New National Indigenous Library Services Initiatives

20.00 Social dinner (*)

09.30 Key-note paper: Sohair Wastawy (Alexandrine Library, Alexandria – Egypt), Freedom of Information: A Reality or Panacea?

10.30 Session Three: Mediterranean-focused Library Collections and Services

Olga Cuadrado Fernández (Foundation "Three Cultures of the Mediterranean", Sevilla – Spain) and Emilio García-Miguel (Information Resource Center of the US Embassy, Madrid – Spain), Pressing Oranges: an Euro-Med Project Aimed to Share Experiences on How to Better Serve Diverse Audiences within Libraries

11.15 Coffee break

11.45 Session Three: Mediterranean-Focused Library Collections and Services

Ahmed Ksibi (Higher Institute of Documentation of Tunis - Tunisia), Mediterranean Libraries: Cultural Bridges from South to North

Cristina Ameijeiras (Biblioteca Municipal “Sagrada Familia”, A Coruña - Spain), Many cultures, an alone library

13.00-14.30: Buffet Lunch (courtesy of Humana res)

14.30 Session Four: Resources on the Mediterranean in Libraries

Aldo Sparti (State Archives of Catania – Italy), The experience of the Mediterranean Archives as a useful instrument for cultural cooperation among Mediterranean countries

Gisela Sendra Pérez (Gandia Public Library Network – Spain), Gandia: the response of its libraries to growing cultural diversity

16.00 Conclusions

17.00 Cultural visits, and free evening (or… surprise!) to follow

06.30-14.30 Excursion to "Lo Zingaro" Nature Reserve (*)
Bus transfer to the Nature reserve, Guided visit and Packet Lunch. On the way back to Palermo, the bus can make a stop at the Palermo International Airport for those participants leaving in the afternoon.

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