64th IFLA General Conference August 16 - August 21, 1998 Code Number: 077-155(WS)-E Division Number: III. Professional Group: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Joint Meeting with: Library Theory and Research: Workshop Meeting Number: 155. Simultaneous Interpretation: No Analyzing and Understanding Cultural Differences: Experiences from Education in Library and Information Studies Mirja Iivonen, Diane H. Sonnenwald, Maria Parma and Evelyn Poole-Kober Department of Information Studies University of Oulu, Tampere, Finland Abstract In the paper the need to understand cultural differences is discussed. The authors show how cultural differences can be analyzed. They also describe how cultural information was exchanged and analyzed during the library and information