Belgian Association for Documentation
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The Belgian Association for Documentation (abbreviated ABD-BVD.[1]) is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers in Belgium.
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| Abbreviation | ABD-BVD |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1947 |
| Type | Professional body |
| Headquarters | Royal Library of Belgium |
| Location |
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President | Guy Delsaut |
Secretary-General | Michèle Orban |
| Affiliations | EBLIDA |
| Website | https://www.abd-bvd.be |
Created in 1947, the ABD-BVD's aims and activities converge to help those professionals in this permanent step towards the reinforcement of both their competence and the quality of their work.
It focuses its activities on:[2]
- promoting information science related professions
- new techniques and methods in information management
- creating competence networks and allowing experience exchange
- training its members
- defending its members' interests at a European level[3]
The Belgian Association for Documentation organizes an annual conference, the so-called "Inforum", to present important and actual topics in the field of information and documentation.[4] Since 1947, it also publishes the quarterly review Cahiers de la Documentation/Bladen voor Documentatie,[5] with articles in French, Dutch and English. The association includes today more than 500 professionals from the private and public sectors[6]
Further reading
- Schweizer, Marko, World Guide to Library, Archive, and Information Science Associations: Second, completely revised and expanded Edition (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter ed., 2011), p. 101-102.
- Vanderpijpen, Willy, Belgium, in ALA World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. 2nd ed. (Chicago: American Library Association, 1986), pp. 103–105.