IFLA General Assembly 2022: Call for agenda items and resolutions
10 June 2022The 2022 IFLA General Assembly will take place on 25 August in hybrid form. Today, IFLA Members have been invited to propose agenda items and resolutions.
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Knowledge Rights 21 call for proposals: Training on copyright and advocacy
10 June 2022The Knowledge Rights 21 Programme (KR21), of which IFLA is a partner, has launched a call for proposals to undertake work on copyright and advocacy training.
#EvidenceforAll: join our round-table in Dublin
10 June 2022JOIN the E4GDH SIG at WLIC in Dublin on Thursday 28 July 2002, 11:00 - 12:30 at Wicklow Hall 2 for 'Librarians as evidence intermediaries during times of crisis' (Session 142)
Now available: IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Newsletter - Spring Issue 2022
10 June 2022Newsletter from IFLA Section Libraries for Children and Young Adults with articles on reading promotion and early literacy.
Join IFLA's Metropolitan Libraries Section as a Co-Opted member
8 June 2022IFLA’s Metropolitan Libraries (MetLib) Section is seeking a Co-Opted member to fill vacancies.
Why Internet Governance Matters for Libraries, and Libraries Matter for Internet Governance
8 June 2022To offer insights into how to get involved in Internet Governance matters in Europe, IFLA’s European Regional Division Committee and EuroDIG (European Dialogue on Internet Governance) organised a webinar and its recording is now available to watch.
Save the date: RESCHEDULED IFLA ARL Webinar series re: Research Ethics in an Open Research Environment
7 June 2022As we increasingly move to a more open access research environment, there are considerations to tackle as we share research instrumentation, data, and published output. Join us as we consider these issues with librarians who have already been involved in adapting practices to a new open access environment.
Now Available: IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News – May 2022 Issue
7 June 2022We are proud to present the IFLA Asia & Oceania Regional Newsletter (May 2022). Download the PDF to dive right into the articles.
IFLA’s Participation in the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)
6 June 2022Dr Premila Gamage, Member of the Regional Division Committee for Asia-Oceania and Dr Basheerhamad Shadrach, Founder of Indian Public Library Movement and the South Asian Chapter of the INELI programme, represented IFLA and travelled to Bangkok in March 2022 to attend the 9th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD).
A Coastal Paradise, Dawei Millennium Centre
6 June 2022A self-sustaining community library, Dawei Millennium Centre, was established in 2007 by five university graduates in the city of Dawei, the capital of Tanintharyi region, Myanmar. The library was founded in the region with the ultimate goal of transforming the community into a knowledgeable and digitally literate society.
Is Your Library & Information Science (LIS) School on the IFLA Map? Be Part of a Strong and Visible Network
6 June 2022Locating LIS schools worldwide is often challenging as there are no global databases currently in existence. The IFLA global database and map of LIS schools and programmes is an international collaborative project launched by the IFLA Building Strong Library and Information Science Education (IFLA-BSLISE) Working Group to address this gap. The global interactive database will be built using data gathered through an online questionnaire to be completed by LIS schools.
From Jawi to Rumi: The Preservation of Malay Manuscripts as a Cultural Heritage
6 June 2022The Manuskrip Melayu project began during Malaysia’s Movement Control Order (MCO) when libraries closed and librarians had to work from home.
Thailand Nursing Library Network & Thailand Nursing Research & Educational Resources Gateway
6 June 2022Established on 31 May 2021, the Thailand Nursing Library Network was based on the project ‘A study on Collaboration among Nursing Libraries in Thailand’ by Miss Surang Sirorojsakul,Librarian, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University and her team, with funding from the Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University.
SDG Stories from Asia and Oceania
6 June 2022We are pleased to present SDG Stories from Asia and Oceania, a booklet which aims to showcase how libraries in the Asia-Oceania region are supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Message from the Regional Office for Asia and Oceania
6 June 2022We are proud to present the May 2022 issue of the IFLA Asia & Oceania Regional Newsletter, which features thoughtful articles from seven countries in the region.
Message from Chair of Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania
6 June 2022For us in the library sector, it is more important than ever to defend the values we believe in, and which underlie our work to defend freedom of access to information, equitable access for all sectors in society without discrimination, and freedom of expression among the other human rights agreed many decades ago by the international community.
International Essay Competition: “Relevance of Ranganathan”
3 June 2022The Central University of Haryana Department Of Library & Information Science Announces "International Essay Competition in remembrance of Padma Shri Dr. S. R. Ranganathan"
Delivering on children’s fundamental rights during the pandemic: library perspectives and experiences
2 June 2022In the first weeks of 2022, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights gathered inputs and contributions for an upcoming study on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people’s fundamental rights. An input prepared by the IFLA Section on Library Services for Children and Young Adults and HQ draws on library experiences to highlight some key challenges and measures taken to deliver on the rights of young users.
Innovating and enterprising for libraries in development initiatives: interview with Merve Yavuzdemir
1 June 2022At the heart of the work of IFLA and the library field as a whole around the SDGs is the fact that libraries are partners for development, across the policy agenda. As a result, it makes sense that libraries should also be involved in wider initiatives that look to deliver on development goals, at the national and international levels. We interviewed Merve Yavuzdemir from Turkey, who is running library projects with the United Nations Development Programme, to find out more, and to underline the possibilities for libraries everywhere to be proactive in taking a place at the table!
Setting a course on culture: Respond to the Culture 2030 Goal survey!
31 May 2022As a founding member of the Culture 2030 Goal campaign, IFLA encourages the global library field to engage with a new survey looking to make a first key step towards defining what an explicit goal for culture in the post-2030 development framework could look like. You have until 21 June to respond.