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The National Library is pleased to announce that Ingrid Parent, director general, Acquisitions and Bibliographic Services, was elected to serve on the IFLA Executive Board for a mandate of four years. Along with Canada, three other countries were elected to fill vacant positions in IFLA’s highest governing body: Denmark, Germany and Spain. The remaining members of the Board come from the United States, the United Kingdom and Botswana. The president of IFLA and the Chair of the Professional Board, as ex officio members, also sit on the Executive Board.
The Executive Board is IFLA’s governing body which is responsible for the organization’s general policy, management and finances, and external communications.
Ms. Parent has been involved in IFLA activities since 1993 and has previously served as Chair of the IFLA Section on Cataloguing, Chair of the Division of Bibliographic Control, and as a member of the Professional Board.