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Professional Unit Communication Award 2017 – Call for nominations
27 June 2017DEADLINE: 31 July 2017
Please join in the Rare Books and Special Collections Section events in Wroclaw, Poland.
27 June 2017See a complete list here.
The IFLA Global Vision keeps moving forward: LAC passes the torch to the Asia Oceania region
27 June 2017Next stop: Singapore
Summer 2017 Newsletter is now available.
26 June 2017IFLA Global Vision materials for self-facilitated discussions now available in Chinese, Russian and Arabic
26 June 2017We are pleased to announce the availability of Chinese, Russian and Arabic versions of our resource package for self-facilitated discussions under IFLA’s Global Vision.
EU Digital Assembly 2017 – Libraries As Relevant As Ever in the Internet Age
24 June 2017This year’s European Digital Assembly took place in Malta, bringing together representatives of the EU, national governments, business and civil society. It focused on the opportunities and challenges raised by the development of the digital economy, and how policy makers should respond. Libraries have a clear role in ensuring that the Internet develops in a way that benefits everyone.
Showing libraries' contribution to development: How public libraries contribute to the STEM agenda
22 June 2017As an easy to read, highly illustrated document, this report has already proved to be a valuable advocacy tool, helping library managers explain to local, state and territory governments what can be achieved by investing in makerspaces and technology programs.
IFLA marks World Refugee Day
20 June 2017On World Refugee Day, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions wishes to highlight the richness and vibrancy of an inclusive and open society by reminding how libraries play an integral role in democratization and integration. IFLA believes that open societies are healthy societies and that libraries guarantee basic human rights by enabling access to information and knowledge for all.
A new CPDWL newsletter is now available
20 June 2017Invitation to attend IFLA 2017 Satellite meetings
19 June 2017This is a call for participants to register and attend Satellite meetings on 16 & 17 Aug 2017.
Open Access, Public Access, Meaningful Access: Libraries heard at WSIS Forum and Human Rights Council
19 June 2017Article 19 of the Universal Convention on Human Rights offers freedom of access to information for all. IFLA’s presence at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2017 and the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council allowed delegates to hear the library perspective on three aspects of access to information – open, public and meaningful.
Results of election of IFLA Governing Board 2017-2019
16 June 2017IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of the Governing Board 2017-2019...
Documents online presenting the “Relindial Cartonera” project
15 June 2017A special page is dedicated to the “Relindial Cartonera” project.