IFLA Conference - August 13-18, 2011, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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The World Library and Information Congress 2011, 77th IFLA General Conference Assembly took place in Puerto Rico this past week.  It provided the opportunity for library and information professionals from around the globe to exchange ideas and learn from one another. This was my first IFLA conference but it won't be the last.  The theme this year was: Libraries beyond libraries: Integration, Innovation and Information for all.  The challenge of creating, managing and preserving digital information was a topic of several workshops I attended (and even one at which I presented).  One session reminded me of the virtual time capsule project required of LIBR 284 Archivists: Meet Web 2.0. It was on e-legal deposit: from legislation to implementation; from ingest to access.  Representatives from several countries--including France, Finland, UK, and Chile--explained the processes they use to capture, manage and attempt to preserve digital objects from the web.  No, the picture isn't from the conference site. Who could resist a trip to the El Yunque rain forest when in Puerto Rico?