Management of the WSF Information
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Introduction
This page is about managing the information of the World Social Forum. It focusses on the seventh WSF Event in Nairobi, Kenya, 20-25 January 2007. Background to the librarians' preparations is found on the website of the Network Institute for Global Democratization, NIGD. If interested, please subscribe to the related mailing list.
As a part of the preparations towards the Nairobi WSF, Information for Social Change publishes a special issue on Libraries and Information in a World Social Forum Context, which contains, for instance, an article on The Management of the WSF Information by Esther Obachi, the secretary of Kenya Library Association.
The World Social Forum
Selection
Library Success
The existing WSF information materials
The January 2007 and future conferences
Classification and cataloguing
Preservation
Dissemination
Dissemination Centres
Public and University Libraries, Schools, NGOs, and Government Institutions
Dissemination Formats
Websites, brochures,leaflets, seminars, workshops
Publicity
The major marketing strategies for the WSF information will include: radio, tv, newspapers, workshops, websites and individual contacts.
