INFORMATION PROFESSIONAL - DEMANDS FOR NEW POLICIES AND NEW STRUCTURES IN THE PROFESSION - EXPERIENCES AND PROGRAMS IN EASTERN AND CENTRAL-EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES

The gap between the information poor and the information rich is widen ing in the modem societies of western countries and continues to divid e East and West, the developed and the developing countries. The trans formation from collection-oriented to access-oriented libraries and in formation centers too often neglects the cultural precondition of diff ering societies, but must be taken into account in organising training and other forms of continuing education. In this context, workshops a nd training seminars are being organised by the Foreign Relations Offi ce at the German Library Institute in Berlin and are described in brie f here.