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EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers - 2019 Satellite Meeting now launched: "Building Digital Libraries through International Collaboration"

The Acquisition and Collection Development Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at the satellite meeting in New Cairo, Egypt, from August 21-22, 2019. The satellite meeting will focus on building digital libraries within and among countries. It will explore collaboration models that utilize national resources with an international scope.

Education and Training with Library Theory and Research Section and Information Technology Satellite Meeting in Italy

Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning Date: 30-31 August 2019 Satellite meeting in the Vatican Library and Library School, Rome (Vatican City)

Call for papers: Library Love Stories

Would you fall in love in a library? Can a place of culture, knowledge and information be a place of passion?

Call for Papers - Academic and Research Libraries Section with Health and Biosciences Libraries Section is now open

Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2019

Call for Papers "LIS Education Role in Libraries Dialogue for Change" for WLIC in Athens Greece Aug. 24-30

The IFLA Education and Training Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Athens, Greece, 24-30 August 2019. This session’s objective is to provide comprehensive coverage of new techniques, infrastructure, and academic and professional aspects for LIS future development.

Call for Papers - IFLA World Library and Information Congress - 2019

IFLA joins the call for deletion of articles 11 and 13 in the EU copyright reform

This week, 89 organisations, defenders of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information, co-signed a letter asking for the deletion of controversial articles in the proposed European Copyright Directive. IFLA, who had already openly underlined the threat posed by these provisions to access to information, is among the signatories. There is right now momentum for their deletion.

PAC open session at IFLA WLIC 2019: Deadline for Proposals extended to 15 March 2019

Please note: Deadline for Proposals extended to 15 March 2019.

IFLA Standing Committee Elections 2019–2023

For those Sections where the number of nominees exceeded the number of vacancies, a postal ballot has been dispatched on 29 January 2019 to all Members and Affiliates registered for the respective Section.

Our January 2019 newsletter is now online!

The latest issue of the bi-annual newslettter of the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section is now online! Please find our January 2019 issue here.

IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto 1999 into Farsi

Listen, Hear Our Voices: Preserving and Valuing Indigenous Languages and Cultures

Preserving and celebrating culture can be key to efforts to promote cohesion and cooperation in diverse societies. This is no truer than in the case of indigenous communities, who have historically been isolated or persecuted, but now, rightfully, demand equality.

Bringing the Marrakesh Treaty closer to practice: IFLA releases new monitoring report

IFLA has today published an update to its Marrakesh Monitoring Report. This sets out which countries have ratified or acceded to the Treaty, and which have taken the necessary steps at the national level to make it a reality. It underlines the need for continued attention at the national level to make a reality of the promise of Marrakesh.

Now available: new resource for RELINDIAL papers

We've now created a dedicated webpage that collects them all.

IFLA Green Library Award 2019

Application deadline: 1 April 2019

Controlled Digital Lending: an Interview with Jonathan Band

The concept of controlled digital lending is receiving growing attention. Originating in the United States, it is now a subject of discussion elsewhere in the world, raising both interest and concern. IFLA has interviewed Jonathan Band, a member of the Libraries Copyright Alliance, to find out more.

GIOPS 2019 Call for Papers: International Financial Institutions, Governments, and Austerity

IFLA Celebrates the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019

2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Lanaguges. It provides a great opportunity to highlight the work that libraries are doing to support and promote languages, and the communities that speak them.