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Our thoughts are with you (fwd)   2001-09-14 11:10:00 <Arlene Cohen> Please forgive any cross posting of this message from IFLA on the tragic events in the United States. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:24:45 +1300 From: Elizabeth Reade Fong <fong_e@usp.ac.fj> Subject: Our thoughts are with you >Dear Colleagues and friends, I am forwarding this on behalf of the IFLA Regional Standing Committee for Asia and Oceania. Rashidah Begum is the Chair of our Standing Committee. Sincerely, Elizabeth Member, RSCAO Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:02:09 +0800 >From: Rashidah Begum <rashidah@usm.my> >Subject: Our thoughts are with you > >For your info, newsletters etc > >>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:00:31 +0200 >>From: "Ross Shimmon" <Ross.Shimmon@ifla.nl> > <lux@zlb.de> >>Subject: Our thoughts are with you >> >>Dear colleagues: >> >>The President and Governing Board of IFLA and the staff at IFLA HQ, wish >to express our deepest sorrow to our members and friends in the United >States for the lives lost in the terrible tragedies in New York, Pittsburgh >and Washington. We have all been watching and reading about the events with >horror and anxiety for your welfare. We are unable to find adequate words >to express our sadness, but we wish you to be assured that our thoughts and >deepest sympathies are with you all. That we were with you so recently, >experiencing your wonderful hospitality, makes it all the more poignant. >> >>Events such as this serve to test our resolve, as library and information >professionals, to cling to our ideals of freedom of information and >commitment to cultural diversity. May we find the strength to do so. >> >>We would be glad if you could ensure wide dissemination of this message, >which will appear on IFLA-L. >> >>Ross Shimmon >>Secretary General >>International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions >>(IFLA) >>PO Box 95312 >>Prins Willem Alexanderhof 5 >>2509 CH THE HAGUE >>Netherlands >>Tel: +31 70 3140884 >>Fax: +31 70 3834827 >>Email: ross.shimmon@ifla.org >>Visit our Website:<www.ifla.org >> >>Uniting library and information services globally >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>2595 BE The Hague, Netherlands >>Tel.: *(31)(70)3140884 >>Fax: *(31)(70)3834827 >>E-mail: ross.shimmon@ifla.org >>Visit our Website: http://www.ifla.org >> >>Uniting library and information services globally. >> >> >> >********************************** >*Rashidah Begum >*Ketua Pustakawan >*Universiti Sains Malaysia >*11800 Pulau Pinang MALAYSIA >*Tel: 04-6585518/Faks: 04-6571526 >*http://www.lib.usm.my >* ********************************** >*Rashidah Begum >*Chief Librarian >*Universiti Sains Malaysia >*11800 Pulau Pinang MALAYSIA >*Tel: 04-6585518/Faxs: 04-6571526 >*http://www.lib.usm.my >************************************* > > Elizabeth C. Reade Fong (Mrs.) Deputy University Librarian (Customer Services) The Library The University of the South Pacific GPO Suva FIJI Tel: (679) 313900 x 2363 or (679) 212363 Fax: (679) 300830 E-mail: Fong _e@usp.ac.fj