An IFLA delegation made up of representatives from Argentina, South Africa, Namibia, Oman, Georgia and the United States made the most of the 2024 High-Level Political Forum to build connections and get people thinking about how libraries can contribute to the SDGs.
IFLA’s newest advisory committee, Open Science & Scholarship, was endorsed by the Governing Board in 2023. The committee is using its first term to August 2025 to further define IFLA’s contributions to these issues, raise awareness among the Federation, collaborate with other IFLA units and partners to to shape opinion and debate around open access and library values, including intellectual freedom and human rights. Other issues that intersect with open science and scholarship include copyright reform and rights retention, equity and diversity (in all forms), trust and misinformation.