IFLA Knowledge Management Cafe Table Reports Available
12 January 2017See full reports of the IFLA Knowledge Management Cafe, August 2016, Columbus, Ohio USA
See full reports of the IFLA Knowledge Management Cafe, August 2016, Columbus, Ohio USA
The Rare Books and Special Collections Section invites you to serve on our standing committee!
The Reference and Information Services Section has room for several new members on our standing committee!
Read about the Rare Books and Special Collections Section program plans for WLIC 2017 in Wrocław.
Relying on News Media. Perspectives for Long Term Preservation and Our Collective Memory
Theme: Literacy Matters: It takes a community to raise a reader – building a nation of readers and creating a reading culture
ENSULIB hosts a satellite meeting in Berlin (Germany) just before the annual conference in Wroclaw (Poland) 2017. The call for papers is published!
The work of libraries in providing access to knowledge is not a simple one. As well as much discussed constraints linked to levels of funding, staffing and copyright laws, librarians and library workers must also solve questions where fundamental rights and principles come into play. At recent events, FAIFE Chair Martyn Wade has shared IFLA's work on ethics and freedom of expression.
The Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments (IFLAPARL) has issued a call for presentations for its open session at WLIC 2017. This interactive knowledge sharing session will focus on the theme 'Parliament and the People: Transparency, Openness, Engagement'.
Just off the press in the IFLA Publications Series…
IFLA’s capacity-building International Advocacy Programme (IAP) is now fully underway. “50 countries have joined IFLA in this journey, and are already making progress towards promoting and supporting the role libraries can play in the planning and implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”, IFLA President Donna Scheeder.