IFLA Governing Board Elections 2017-2019
28 March 2017Ballot papers, including supporting information, have been dispatched to all voting Members of IFLA on 23 March 2017.
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GENLOC Call for Papers Wroclaw - Deadline Extended
27 March 2017We wish to inform that 1 April is the new deadline for submitting proposals for the session in Wroclaw.
Unanimous Support for Access for the Print Disabled: European Parliament Committee Votes on Marrakesh Treaty Ratification
26 March 2017The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee sent out a strong signal to the European Union’s Member States last week by voting unanimously for laws which will ensure that people with print disabilities, and those that support them, are not faced with needless and harmful barriers to access to knowledge and culture.
Programme for 2017 School Libraries Satellite meeting in Wrocław, Poland
25 March 2017The workshop will be aimed at the implementation of the 2nd edition of the School Library Guidelines.
72 countries are now part of IFLA's International Advocacy Programme (IAP)
24 March 2017Two more IFLA IAP Regional Workshops were held in February and March 2017, bringing together participants from a further 20 countries to join the International Advocacy Programme (IAP). This capacity building initiative was launched by IFLA in the last quarter of 2016 and has now seen six regional workshops organised, with almost 150 participants in total.
Support Builds for Libraries in Europe
23 March 2017At the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France) last week, library representatives and Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) discussed the path towards a copyright reform that will empower Europe's over 100M library users.
Satellite Meeting before WLIC 2017
21 March 2017Open Access : Action Required. Aug. 16-18 at the European Solidarity Center, Gdansk, Poland.
FRBRoo as IFLA standard
18 March 2017FRBRoo is a conceptual model for bibliographic information in object-oriented formalism. Version 2.4 is now an IFLA standard.
Out Now: March 2017 issue of IFLA Journal
16 March 2017View the complete issue online
Call for Applications to the IFLA Journal Editorial Committee
15 March 2017Deadline: 14 April 2017. IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Library and Information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.
Results of the nominations received for the position of IFLA President-elect 2017-2019
14 March 2017IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of President-elect 2017-2019: Congratulations Christine Mackenzie!
Call for submissions: IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Short Film Award 2017
14 March 2017Sponsored by the Free Library of Philadelphia
Notice of IFLA 2017 General Assembly and Call for Agenda Items
14 March 2017IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda...
New address for the Relindial Cartonera Project
10 March 2017The Relindial Cartonera Project has now its own e-mail address
Peace and Sustainable Development in Colombia: Reflections and Actions from the Library Sector
9 March 2017Libraries in general, and public libraries in particular, play an active role in times of armed conflict. Many spaces that at one time were affected by the violence, or threatened by urban guerrilla units, or common criminals, have been transformed by the creation of library-linked reading programs, generating new dynamics of access to culture in communities, especially written culture.
Stream STEAM into Sydney
9 March 2017STEAM into Sydney was fully subscribed within 4 hours of us opening registrations. Sadly many of you missed the opportunity to be in the Metcalf Auditorium at the State Library of New South Wales but it’s not all bad news! As promised we will be streaming the sessions so you can sit in the comfort of your office or lounge room and follow the proceedings