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Call for Papers: The Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section is organizing an Open Session during the 2018 WLIC in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia.

Call for Papers: The Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section is organizing an Open Session during the 2018 WLIC in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. We invite proposals for papers to be presented at a two hour program. Theme: “Transform Resource Sharing-exceed expectations.” Information technology has transformed every sector of our society during the last decades and the transformation is still happening in front of our eyes.

Trending: IFLA Releases Trend Report Update 2017

The IFLA 2017 Trend Report Update is out now! How will the latest trends identified in the Library and Information Services field affect you?

Call for Papers: 2018 IFLA International News Media Conference

When Risk becomes Real, Preserving News becomes Critical

Copyright reform in Colombia: IFLA sends an open letter to the Colombian Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism

IFLA welcomes all steps towards making legislative changes that adapt current copyright frameworks to the digital age. Colombia is now in the process of reforming its copyright law (Ley 23 de 1982). In light of this, IFLA’s president Glòria Pérez-Salmerón has sent an open letter to the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.

Call for Papers (CfP): Open Session - Joint KM, ARL and Rare Books and Special Collections Sections -

Theme: Digital scholarship and knowledge management: building confidence in the digital world

Call for bids to host the 16th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference (ILDS) 2019

IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, invites bids from IFLA Members to host the 16th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference to be held in September or October 2019. This conference typically runs 2 to 3 days in length, attracts between 150 and 250 delegates, and operates with a budget of approximately EUR 50,000 - 100,000.

Accessible, Open, Empowering, Lasting: IFLA Engages on Internet Governance

IFLA will be attending this year’s annual Internet Governance Forum – the 12th edition – in Geneva, Switzerland. This is an important opportunity both to make the case for an Internet that works for libraries, but also to show how libraries can build a better Internet.

The IFLA Member and Viewpoints Survey: requesting your feedback

IFLA is undertaking its first member and viewpoints survey and invites your input.

Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section Winter 2017 Newsletter Now Online!

Shared History, Shared Challenges, Shared Efforts – Preserving Francophone African Heritage

The countries of French-speaking Africa have a rich and diverse history. Much of this is recorded not through books or manuscripts, but through a vibrant tradition of oral history and know-how. Yet with preservation practices not always well-suited to these forms of heritage, and limited resources available, the need for cooperation in order to ensure that they are not lost is essential. A conference in Dakar on 17-19 November explored how best to do this.

Getting Copyright Right in Viet Nam: IFLA Speaks at WIPO Event

Like all aspects of government policy, copyright laws should serve to promote the long-term public interest. As the way in which people create and access information changes, copyright rules for libraries need to evolve to reflect this. IFLA, represented by Sue Warren (Gold Coast, Australia), underlined this message at a conference in Viet Nam, organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.

IFLA is Coming to Greece: World Library and Information Congress 2019 to be held in Athens

IFLA today announced that the World Library and Information Congress 2019 will take place in Athens, Greece. Following the opening of a new national library building, and its designation as 2018 World Book Capital, the city will in two years’ time play host to the biggest truly international gathering of the library field.

Call for Papers / Genealogy and Local History Section joint with the Asia and Oceania Section

"Local Histories and Genealogies in Multicultural World"

With Strong Libraries, Everyone Can Learn: Cameroonian Librarians Engage at WIPO Conference

Around the world, libraries are at the heart of education institutions, giving access to the materials students and teachers need. Librarians from Cameroon attended a WIPO conference on 21-22 November in order to underline the need to support their institutions as part of a comprehensive development strategy.

Spreading Library Values through Global Dialogue – IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress (WLIC)

IFLA exists in order to empower the library field.

Call for Papers - "Diverse indigenous voices, decolonizing, transforming, centering practices"

:نشر القيم المكتبية من خلال الحوار العالمي: مؤتمر الإفلا العالمي للمكتبات والمعلومات

.إن الإفلا موجودة كي تدعم وتقوي قطاع المكتبات

Human Rights Day 2017: IFLA welcomes the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner today wrote to IFLA members to mark the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Emptying Libraries Weakens Democracy – IFLA Statement on the Destruction of Library Books in Turkey

IFLA is deeply concerned by the announcement of the destruction of 140 000 books held by public-controlled libraries in Turkey. As established in IFLA’s Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, decisions on the selection and availability of library materials and services should be governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views. Such broad and indiscriminate withdrawals of books from libraries risks challenging the principle that the right of freedom of access to information should be guaranteed in all but the most extreme circumstances.

Cultural Heritage at Risk: IFLA attends the UNESCO Meeting on Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict

The Twelfth Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict took place in Paris, on 29-30 November. IFLA was invited as one of the eminent professional NGOs who have a formal relation with UNESCO.