An der University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign findet von 27. bis 30. Oktober 2005 die Konferenz "Libraries in Times of War, Revolution & Social Change" statt. Zur Aktualität des Themas: "Events such as the pillage and burning of Iraq's National Library in Spring of 2003 have sent cultural shock waves around the world. The apparent contradictions of libraries, traditionally taken to represent stability and continuity, and wars and revolutions, which involve rapid and disruptive change, suggest a number of urgent historical questions". Hinweis aus Inetbib.