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WLIC 2017: a summary

Read our summary of some of the highlights from WLIC 2017, hosted in the beautiful city of Wroclaw, Poland

IFLA 2017 Wroclaw Libraries. Solidarity. Society – SIG Library History session Sunday, 20 August 2017.

New publication project approved

Have you voted? The IFLA Global Vision discussion needs you!

The response so far to the IFLA Global Vision online voting has been incredible with thousands of votes coming in. But we need more! We need your vote so that every voice in the library field can be heard.

Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Advisory Committee welcomes new members.

Honores y Premios en la Sesión de Clausura del WLIC de la IFLA de 2017

The results are in…Real-time IFLA Global Vision voting launches next phase in the discussion

When you gather together thousands of librarians from all over the world amazing things can happen and the real-time IFLA Global Vision voting during the President’s Session at the World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Wrocław was no exception, producing incredible insights into the profession as it aims to create a globally united library field.

Honours and Awards at the IFLA WLIC 2017 Closing Session

During the Closing Session on 24 August, IFLA President Donna Scheeder and IFLA Professional Committee Chair Maria Carme Torras i Calvo conferred the following honours and awards...

¡Adiós Breslavia, Hola Kuala Lumpur!

Goodbye Wrocław, hello Kuala Lumpur!

After years of planning, it is hard to believe that the 83rd World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) is almost over and what a congress it has been! WLIC 2017 did not disappoint and the National Committee Poland delivered an exceptional event in the stunning setting of Centennial Hall.