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7th CDNLAO Meeting

21 November 1998, Papua New Guinea

The 7th meeting of the Conference of Directors of National Libraries of Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO) was held in Port Moresby on Saturday 21 November 1998, and was hosted by the National Library Service of Papua New Guinea. The meeting was held prior to the Papua New Guinea Library Association Conference, 23-25 November.

Mr Daniel Paraide, Director of the National Library Service of Papua New Guinea, welcomed the attendees at a reception at the Islander Travelodge on the evening of the 20 of May with the formal meeting following on the next day. Delegates appreciated the opportunity to share information about library developments and challenges in our region and to balance this with the Papua New Guinean hospitality which included visits to the National Museum and Art Gallery, Parliament, the Botanical Gardens and the Variarata National Park and Sogeeri.

CDNLAO 7 Attendees Attendees at the 7th CDNLAO meeting in front on the National Library of Papua New Guinea
Back row from left to right: Mr Daniel Paraide, National Librarian, National Library Service of PNG; Mr Hernandono, Director, National Library of Indonesia; Ms Sakae Edamatsu, Director, Institute of Library and Information Science, National Diet Library of Japan; Mr Cliff Law, Director, Coordination Support Branch, National Library of Australia; Mr Cheng Zhen, Director, Information Centre, National Library of Chinao; Mrs Zawiyah Bte Baba, Director, Support Services, National Library of Malaysia
Front row from left to right: Mr Rama Ramachandran, Director, National Library of Singapore; Mr Zhang Yanbo, Deputy Director, National Library of China



Country Reports

The country reports provided a valuable source of recent information on national library developments in the region:


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