COSWL Cause

Canada played host to the 74th World Library and Information Congress of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
(IFLA), which convened August 10 in Québec.
Loriene Roy, immediate past president of the American Library Association, keynoted a session called "Indigenous Knowledge: Language, Culture, and
Information Technology." Along with another past president of ALA, Barbara Ford, and Veronda Pitchford of the Urban Libraries Council, Lesley Farmer of California State University at Long Beach, Michele M. Reid of North Dakota State University in Fargo, Lori Driscoll of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and delegates from the U.K. and Canada, she participated in a discussion group on "Women, Information, and Libraries," with a focus on "empowering women professionals to lead in the information society."