In August 2004, in Buenos Aires, there was the 1st Social Forum of Information, Documentation and Libraries. Among other things, it accomplished the following:
The main outcome was that it raised the need to continue a permanent forum that has its presence through committes and working groups which will focus primarily on subjects like user formation, preservation of heritage documents, prison libraries, a School of Latin American Library Science Thought, the impact of OMC/ALCA on libraries, etc
You can read the Buenos Aires Declaration that came out of this forum.
Well, time has come for the 2nd Social Forum of Information, that will be held in Mexico City, in the Fall of 2006. To get involved, check it out.
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