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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ahead of the forthcoming Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku, Azerbaijan where IFLA, Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) and the Internet Society (ISOC) have arranged a workshop (number 130) on libraries and public access, I would like to a share with you a quick report from this month’s major conference on libraries and development in Washington DC. The Beyond Access conference, which featured IFLA as an organising partner along with several other library organisations (<a href="http://www.beyondaccess.net/beyond-access-members/">http://www.beyondaccess.net/beyond-access-members/</a>), bought together librarians, policymakers and funders to look at the ways that public libraries can deliver information and advance development. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A short report is available here on the IREX website: <a href="http://www.irex.org/news/usaid-administrator-irex-and-partners-point-libraries-change-lives?utm_source=IREX+Get+Updates&utm_campaign=51039be703-Beyond_Access_Recap10_18_2012&utm_medium=email">http://www.irex.org/news/usaid-administrator-irex-and-partners-point-libraries-change-lives?utm_source=IREX+Get+Updates&utm_campaign=51039be703-Beyond_Access_Recap10_18_2012&utm_medium=email</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In the coming week we will make an announcement regarding the IGF workshop that will contain details of how you can follow it online, and participate remotely. The IGF will also see the first meeting of the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries. You can find more information on this here: <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-process/1003-dynamic-coalition-on-public-libraries">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/component/content/article/114-preparatory-process/1003-dynamic-coalition-on-public-libraries</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please share this information with interested colleagues, and I look forward to your participation (remotely or onsite) in our workshop in Baku.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Stuart<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Stuart Hamilton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Director of Policy and Advocacy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>P.O. Box 95312<br>2509 CH The Hague<br>Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>00 31 70 314 0884<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Twitter: @iflaspa<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>