It is recognized, of course, that not everybody has the option to travel
to international conferences or to have experience of meeting colleagues
in other countries face-to-face . The Section uses both new and traditional
methods to provide alternative means of support. It publishes a newsletter
twice yearly in English,Russian,and Spanish that is freely available on the
IFLA Website and the Section's smartgroup and also available in DAISY
audio or print. Official papers appear on the Section's pages of the IFLA
Website (www,ifla,org/VII/s31/index,htm), The Section also maintains a
smartgroup for informal communications and as a file archive, both open
to anyone who is interested on request. Cheaper telecommunications
mean that multilateral meetings by teleconference are also a reality.