Dear colleagues
On behalf of the Latin America and the Caribbean Section of IFLA we would like to thank the honorable invitation to join the V CIBU 2016, International Congress of University Libraries (http://congreso.pucp.edu.pe/
Under the coordination of Eng. Jorge Solis and staff (PUC Peru), the event was an impeccable organization. Luis Ramirez (Universidad Cesar Vallejo), Eugenio Sotomayor (Universidad Austral de Chile) and Fernando Ardito (Universidad Peruana Cayetado Heredia) were responsible for a excellent programme.
Fernando, specifically, was in charge with the keynote speakers invitation and he put together a group of very good friends: Eloy Rodrigues from Portugal, Jesus Lau from Mexico, Malgorzata Lisowaska from Colombia Sueli Mara Ferreira of Brazil (IFLA LAC Chair).
The innovation, creativity and relevance of several activities being developed in several academic libraries in Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Portugal and Uruguay were evident in all the papers presented, which will be available in PUCPeru repository briefly (http://repositorio.pucp.edu.
Also took place during the event, the opening of the National Digital Science Repository of Technology and Innovation from Peru, named ALICIA (Acceso Libre a la Scientific Información) that provides open access to intellectual heritage result of production in science, technology and innovation made in public sector entities or state funding (http: //alicia.concytec.gob. pe / VuFind /).
Congratulations to the Organizing Committee for the success of the event and lets see if the next VI CIBU 2017, at the Universidad Austral de Chile, we will have more and more participants from Latin America and the Caribbean.
Best regards
Sueli Mara Soares Pinto Ferreira
IFLA LAC STANDING COMMITTEE CHAIR
IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
LAC - Latin America and the Caribbean Section - Sección América Latina y el Caribe
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