IFLAPARL Update - March 2019
11 March 2019The deadline for the Call for Papers for our WLIC session has been extended to 29th March 2019. Initial outline for the Section's annual pre-conference is available on the website.
The deadline for the Call for Papers for our WLIC session has been extended to 29th March 2019. Initial outline for the Section's annual pre-conference is available on the website.
Local History and Genealogy Section joint with Asia and Oceania Section, would like to inform that deadline for submissions is extended to 15 April.
The minutes of the Bibliography Section Standing Committee meetings in Kuala Lumpur held August 2018 are now available.
The Spanish Senate will be hosting this summer’s ECPRD seminar from 6th to 8th June, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the mandate on cultural rights and the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights has written a report to give an overview of the work of her mandate including suggestions for strategies for advancing cultural rights during the next decade.
During times of crisis, how can public libraries aid in disaster preparedness, response, and recovery? In our next E4GDH webinar (Thursday 14th March, 11.30 am – 12.30 am ET), Feili Tu-Keefner will be discussing her research into the role public librarians have played in times of crisis, and sharing lessons learnt.
Government Libraries Section, with Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, invite proposals for presentations at WLIC 2019 to share experience in Government/Parliamentary libraries helping to provide information and evidence to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) Special Collections in collaboration with Africa Media Online and the South African Preservation and Conservation Group (Sapcon) are pleased to announce the Call for Papers, for the UKZN Special Collections: Preservation Conservation Conference 2019.
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IFLA has issued a brief on open educational resources, building on the recent UNESCO recommendation. This underlines the role librarians can play in creating, curating and ensuring access to these materials, and key issues surrounding them.
The WLIC 2019 Call for Papers in English and French has been extended to MARCH 11th.
Preservation and conservation specialists learned about the latest best practices in a workshop organized in the Sultanate of Oman by Qatar National Library, in its role as IFLA’s Regional Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center, and UNESCO.
WANTED COACHES! Do you have experience in coaching? Are you willing to learn how to coach? WE NEED YOUR HELP!
2019 will be a key year to show what libraries around the world need from copyright laws. A series of regional seminars organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation will bring together senior officials, and IFLA will be there.