In 2009 as a member of the IFLA Public Library Section I was in charge of running a survey evaluation of the IFLA / UNESCO Public Library Manifesto to see if it was fulfilling the expectations of the work of public libraries in the new digital environment.

We saw the mission and functions defined were still standing the main role of the public library and I decided to  produce some additional recommendations to supplement the Public Library Manifesto so that public libraries can place their services in the 21st century using modern technologies which have become available since 1994