The impact of the new technologies is pervasive worldwide.
Borders shrink as communication networks and global information becomes a reality.
The conference will explore the ways the new technologies and emerging global information networks pose challenges and opportunities for the delivery of multicultural services in libraries. Participants will have the opportunity to learn how libraries have begun to develop initiatives to respond to the challenges of technology and globalization in a multicultural setting. International speakers from the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe will explore globalization and its effects on society and culture, the impact of technology in an information age and its role in creating a digital divide, and the challenges involved in providing services to a multicultural community. Issues and actual cases that concern implementation of such services for a multicultural population will also be examined. Sponsored by the IFLA Sections on Library Services to Multicultural Populations and on Information Technology.