Pamella Benson, Executive Director of the National Library and Information System Authority (NALIS) has been elected President of INFOLAC at the recently concluded VIII Consultative Meeting of Information Systems and Networks in Latin America and the Caribbean (INFOLAC), held in Trinidad and Tobago.

INFOLAC is a regional programme of the Information, Informatics and Communications Section of UNESCO established in 1986 by resolution of the XXIII General Conference of UNESCO, and enjoys support of UNESCO and its member countries. INFOLAC’s objectives are to serve as a regional advisory body for governments, UNESCO and other regional and international organizations in the area of information services, to integrate and develop the information sector in Latin America and the Caribbean and to foster information services in the Caribbean. INFOLAC Meetings are held every two years in one of its member countries.