Delivering an impassioned keynote address to a packed plenary hall of the International Federation of Library Associations, Ismail Serageldin, the Librarian of Alexandria and Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, reviewed the glorious past, attacked the current challenges and surveyed the possibilities of the digital future for the library world if we have the courage to dream and the ability to embrace this exciting future.
In a whirlwind round of meetings and interviews with the Argentinean press Serageldin and his colleagues from the BA have made the institutions presence felt at this important international gathering.