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Opening Address by IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä

Full text of IFLA President's address given at the Opening Session on Sunday.

Guidelines for parliamentary research services launched

The Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services, a joint publication between IFLA and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), was launched today at the Section’s pre-conference in Cape Town.

Now available: De Gruyter / IFLA 2015 Research Award papers (runners-up)

Ahead of next month's publication of the winning paper, we would like to share the papers of the top runners-up. They are all worthy of your attention as well!

Latest News on Cape Town Book Project: what will happen at IFLA conference

Winner of the 2015 IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award

Mr Winner Chawinga, Master's student at University of Western Cape, is the recipient of the 2015 IFLA/ekz LIS Student Paper Award.

Upcoming events for the Art Libraries Section at IFLA WLIC 2015 in Cape Town, South Africa

Please join the Rare Books and Special Collections section in Cape Town for a Satellite Conference on 14 August, a Conference Session, and business meetings

Just published: A Chinese translation of Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections

New Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre for tropical climates and pest control

IFLA is pleased to announce the creation of a new Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Centre with expertise in tropical climates and pest management.

C&I Section meetings in Cape Town

Make the most of your IFLA WLIC conference

IFLA Welcomes the UN 2030 Agenda

On 2 August 2015, after more than three years of negotiations and intense involvement from many stakeholders, including IFLA, the Member States of the United Nations agreed a final version of the post-2015 Development Agenda – now known as 2030 Agenda.

Call for Programme Proposals

The IFLA Management and Marketing Section is organizing a satellite meeting on "Managing Human Resources in the library and information context: How do we want to work tomorrow?" to take place before the IFLA World Library and Information Congress in 2016.

GIOPS Events for the WLIC 2015

IFLA at the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum

IFLA invited a team of chief librarians, researchers and experts in the field of development, information communication and technologies (ICT) and communication and knowledge management from the Asia Pacific region to lead the panel discussion.

LTR's conference sessions at IFLA WLIC 2015

This year the LTR section is holding a satellite meeting and two conference sessions at IFLA WLIC 2015

IFLA High-level meeting sets the advocacy agenda for libraries in Africa