On the origin of the international organization of librarians (IFLA): the Congress of Librarians in Prague, 1926

28 June-3 July 1926: International Congress of Librarians and Friends of the Book [Prague, Czechoslovakia] "The recent visit of the President of IFLA, Mr. Herman Liebaers, the Director of the Royal Library in Brussels, initiated discussions concerning the present, the past and the future of IFLA - the International Federation of Librarians' Associations. The beginning of IFLA's activities was also remembered, the first concrete proposals to establish an institution which would take care of the development of international relations among libraries and create the necessary conditions for the mutual international co-operation of librarians. And it is with Prague and the association of Czech librarians of that time that these oldest memories of the IFLA are connected." [from the introduction]