"Weaving the Information Society: a Gender and Multicultural Perspective"

Women’s information services and centres don’t just collect and disseminate information, they make sure that the information that the customers need is available and accessible. Once every four years women and men working in these centres come together to share strategies, invent new ways of making information available and plan joint ventures. For one week, the world community of women’s information providers design the information future for those that seek.

The 2006 host is Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género (PUEG) in Mexico. Together with the Know How Secretariat, the Latin American program committee and the international program committee are planning a stunning event.

Know How Conference 2006: 23-26 August
The conference goal is to increase the availability, accessibility and visibility of information relevant to advancing the position of women and girls throughout the world, and to share documentary efforts, strategies and tactics. PUEG distinguishes four main objectives: to establish strategies for the development of the work of gender/ women’s libraries, centers and networks; to generate specific policies to attend to the information needs of indigenous and rural women; to narrow the digital gap for women and information; and to construct the Latin American Network of Information Centers and Libraries on Women’s and Gender Studies.

Three themes are woven into the fabric of the conference:

1. Globalization, culture, information and gender:
   • Media, gender perspective and its use as an instrument to promote access to information.
   • ICT’s, digital gap and gender perspective.
   • ICT’s, information society and indigenous women.
2. Policies for development of librarians in the context of the Know How community.
3. Strategies and alternatives for financing.

Pre-Conference Know How Academy / 20-22 August
One of the new and exciting aspects of Know How 2006 is the opportunity to share knowledge and learn. The Know How Academy provides certificated training modules in which practitioners will learn techniques and skills, to enhance their cooperation. As with the program, the content will be affected by what the participants themselves indicate as priority needs.

Possible Know How Academy Sessions:

• Bibliographic formats and database design
• Usage of free software for libraries
• The digital library
• Cataloguing of special materials
• Management for information and communication organizations

Know How Conference 2006 – The Details
Dates:

• 20-22 August Know How Academy
• 23-26 August Know How Conference

Price: Still to be finalized. For Europeans and North Americans probably US$ 200.

Know How Conference Manager:
J Félix Martínez Barrientos
Torre II de Humanidades, piso 7,
Circuito Interior Ciudad Universitaria
Coyoacán, D.F., C.P. 04510
Tel. 56-23-00-17 / 56-23-00-20 al 23
Fax 56-23-00-19
Email: felmar@servidor.unam.mx
Web site: knowhow-pueg.unam.mx

For questions or more information please contact: knowhow@iiav.nl
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