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Systematic Review Success: IFLA Social Science Libraries' Webinar Program is available

The program of the IFLA Social Sciences Libraries’ webinar Systematic Review Success: An Introductory Workshop for Librarians & Information Professionals has been published! What we will discuss: • Systematic Review in the Realm of Social Science • Implementing an Interdisciplinary Systematic Review Service • Conducting Systematic Reviews in a Limited Resourced Country: A Namibian Experience • Large Language Models for Writing Scientific Reviews

SAVE THE DATE: IFLA Social Sciences Webinar: Systematic Review Success, June 5, Wednesday

SAVE THE DATE: You are invited to attend the IFLA Social Sciences Libraries’ webinar "Systematic Review Success: An Introductory Workshop for Librarians & Information Professionals" scheduled on June 5, Tuesday, 10 am-11:30 am EST. More information will be published soon.

Lincoln Corners: Cultural understanding in Pakistan

Lincoln Corners is a partnership program between the Embassy of the United State of America and Pakistani university libraries, public libraries and cultural centres are part of this program. Currently 19 Lincon Corner centres are providing services throughout Pakistan via consuls general in Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and Peshawar.

Call for candidates: co-opted members of the Social Science Libraries Standing Committee

Candidates are welcomed for several positions as co-opted members of IFLA’s Social Science Libraries Standing Committee for a term of up to four years.

Join us at the "Bringing Back Patrons to the Library" Session at WLIC-2023!

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section (SocSci) in cooperation with Reference and Information Services Section (RISS) are hosting an ignite talks session “Bringing Back Patrons to the Library: Promoting Community and In-Person Programming in Digital World” at the 2023 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, on Wednesday, 23 August, 11:30 – 12:30, at RTM Stage (Session ID: 151)

Bringing Back Patrons to the Library — Call for Papers for Open Session 2023

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section (SocSci) in cooperation with Reference and Information Services Section (RISS) are hosting an ignite talks session “Bringing Back Patrons to the Library: Promoting Community and In-Person Programming in Digital World” at the 2023 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 21-25 August 2023.

Call for Papers: WLIC-2022 "News Literacy: Fighting Fake Information at Your Library"

The Social Sciences Libraries Section and News Media Section are hosting an ignite talks session “News Literacy: Fighting Fake Information at Your Library” at this year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022. Paper proposals are due 29 April 2022 (updated).

Religions: Libraries and Dialogue (RELINDIAL) Special Interest Group is welcoming the applications for the Committee Members

Alongside other Members of the RELINDIAL SIG Committee, successful candidates are responsible for working together to develop and deliver action plans responding to the needs of the library field in their area of focus and review progress on delivering the IFLA Strategy and building awareness of IFLA’s work, and reach out to non-Members.

SSLS planning for the 2021-23

SSLS Standing Committee Business Meeting II

We are pleased to invite you to the IFLA Social Science Libraries Section Standing Committee Business Meeting II.

Facing the future: working together to improve the interreligious dialogue

The session was organised by RELINDIAL - Religions: Libraries and Dialogue Special Interest Group.

Call for Papers on International Research in LIS – Submit to Our Satellite Meeting!

[cancelled] This is a call for paper submissions to our satellite meeting in Dublin on 13-14 August 2020, preceding this year’s IFLA WLIC in Dublin, Ireland. Please consider sharing your international research project, commentary on international research, or case for a research clinic by 7 March 2020.

Call for papers for an IFLA WLIC 2020 session on Open Science, due Feb. 29

[cancelled] We invite you to submit a proposal to our IFLA 2020 session on Open Science, co-hosted by the Social Sciences Section and the Science & Technology Section.

A free Workshop on Text Mining and the HathiTrust Research Center at the IFLA in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia

Are you attending the IFLA 2018 World Library and Information Congress? JOIN US ON: August 23, 2018, for a day-long text mining workshop for librarians hosted by the IFLA Social Science Libraries Satellite Meeting.

Understanding Your Library from the Inside Out: A Workshop in Library Ethnography for User Assessment - Social Science Libraries with Africa Section

The workshop is free, but requires a registration and is limited to 30 participants. Lunch will be served.

RELINDIAL SIG Religious Libraries in Dialogue: Call for Papers: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information

Theme: Tools Developed for a Better Sharing of Religious Information

Social Science Libraries Section Call for Papers: Libraries and Social Movements: A Force for Change

Theme: Libraries and Social Movements: A Force for Change

Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section invites you to the…