Public Library Agenda for Kuala Lumpur is now Available
13 August 2018Are you attending one of the Public Libraries Standing Committee meetings in Kuala Lumpur? Download the agenda so that you can be fully engaged.
Count-down begins for IFLA’s 84th World Library and Information Congress. Join us!
9 August 20182 days to go! The count-down has begun for IFLA’s 84th World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in stunning Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 24 - 30 August. Join us!
Call for online Articles: Young Adults at the Library
9 August 2018The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section invites proposals for online articles to be included in the December 2018 Newsletter with the special theme: Young adults at the library.
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
9 August 20189 August is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples! To celebrate, IFLA has published a briefing offering an idea of how to get involved in the upcoming UN International Year of Indigenous Languages.
Licensing as a solution to rights management? IFLA publishes extended collective licensing background paper
7 August 2018Extended collective licensing (ECL) is promoted by some as a solution for libraries looking to obtain rights for use large quantities of books or other materials. But does it deliver? A new IFLA background report explores the characteristics of effective schemes, and suggests some lessons for others considering its introduction.
2018 WLIC GIOPS Sessions
1 August 2018GIOPS Events in Kuala Lumpur - IFLA WLIC 2018
Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group at WLIC 2018: Collections, Ethics, Perspective, and Voice
31 July 2018During WLIC 2018 in August, we will explore questions of bias in library collections. Here is all the information you need to take part in that conversation.
WLIC 2018: events for AVMS
31 July 2018Section meetings and Open Session
2018 Pre-Conference Programme: Update
30 July 2018Updates to the agenda for the 2018 IFLAPARL Pre-Conference
IFLAPARL July 2018 newsletter published
30 July 2018The July 2018 issue of the Section's newsletter is now available (under Publications).
Global Vision Discussion 2018 - IFLAPARL's Response
28 July 2018IFLAPARL's response to the IFLA Global Vision call to action
Results of the Survey of Digital Legal Deposit Policies and Practices at National Libraries
25 July 2018In 2014 seventeen National Libraries were surveyed about their born digital news content, legal deposit policies and practices. The results of the survey were presented at the 2015 International News Media Conference hosted by the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden. Three years later, the authors expanded their team and the focus of the survey from news to all types of digital content.