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From Vision to Action: Towards the IFLA Strategic Plan 2019-2024
14 December 2018IFLA is on a journey. Through the IFLA Global Vision, the library field has come together and started a worldwide conversation about how we can create the future, together.
Partnerships in the Public Interest: IFLA Submits Initial Comments to UN High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation
12 December 2018IFLA has prepared an initial response to the consultation launched by the United Nations High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation. This highlights the importance of action for access to information, and the need to involve libraries in discussions about the future of the internet.
E4GDH newsletter is now available
11 December 2018Our first E4GDH Special Interest Group newsletter is now available. Read highlights from our first 10 months and plans for future activities - and sign up to receive these occasional updates by email.
Art, Culture and Information in the Perspective of the 2030 Agenda
11 December 2018In September 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 6th Information Seminar on Art was held, with the theme "Art, Culture and Information in the Perspective of the 2030 Agenda". The IFLA President, Glòria Pérez-Salmerón, was the guest of honor of this event, organized by the Network of Libraries and Art Information Centers in the State of Rio de Janeiro (REDARTE/RJ), with the sponsorship and support of the Cervantes Institute of Rio de Janeiro.
Partners for Literacy: IFLA Underlines Contribution of Libraries at Global Meeting
11 December 2018IFLA representatives played an active role in the Global Alliance for Literacy Policy Forum, a meeting of ministers and senior officials responsible for literacy organised by UNESCO on 13-14 November.
Rights at the Library: IFLA Celebrates 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights
10 December 201870 years ago today, United Nations Member States signed up to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In doing so, they established a set of principles that underpin any sustainable and successful society. In statements released today, IFLA’s Secretary General, Gerald Leitner, and President Glòria Pérez-Salmeron, underlined the work of libraries in ensuring that all can benefit.
Revised Guidelines for Library Services to Children aged 0-18 years published
7 December 2018We are deeply grateful for the contribution of the international library community on the work with the guidelines.
Work continues at the World Intellectual Property Organization: a week of #Copyright4Libraries
5 December 2018IFLA is just back from another exciting week at the World Intellectual Property Organization, where United Nations Member States discussed how to move forwards on exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries and other topics
Delivering the Promise: IFLA Secretary General Urges Support for Copyright Reforms that Benefit South African Libraries, Users
5 December 2018IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner has written a letter to key South African ministers and parliamentarians, urging them to take the final steps necessary to approve a copyright reform that will be good for libraries and good for their users. People with print disabilities will benefit particularly from the ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty that the reforms enable.
Webinar: Finding the evidence for global and disaster health
4 December 2018Our first E4GDH webinar - a practical session on finding the evidence for global and disaster health - took place on 19 November 2018. The recording is now available.
Memories of Wolfgang Dietz and Gerhard Hahn
3 December 2018A new article has been published offering a recollection of Wolfgang Dietz (Bonn Library) and Gerhard Hahn (Bundestag Library) and their contributions to post-war developments in legislative library practice and history.
Call for nominations to the IFLAPARL Standing Committee
3 December 2018Reminder - nominations for the section Standing Committee (for August 2019 – August 2023) must be submitted to IFLA HQ by 3rd January 2019.