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Spreading Library Values through Global Dialogue – IFLA’s World Library and Information Congress (WLIC)

IFLA exists in order to empower the library field.

Call for Papers - "Diverse indigenous voices, decolonizing, transforming, centering practices"

Human Rights Day 2017: IFLA welcomes the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner today wrote to IFLA members to mark the start of the 70th anniversary year of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Emptying Libraries Weakens Democracy – IFLA Statement on the Destruction of Library Books in Turkey

IFLA is deeply concerned by the announcement of the destruction of 140 000 books held by public-controlled libraries in Turkey. As established in IFLA’s Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom, decisions on the selection and availability of library materials and services should be governed by professional considerations and not by political, moral and religious views. Such broad and indiscriminate withdrawals of books from libraries risks challenging the principle that the right of freedom of access to information should be guaranteed in all but the most extreme circumstances.

Cultural Heritage at Risk: IFLA attends the UNESCO Meeting on Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict

The Twelfth Meeting of the Committee for the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict took place in Paris, on 29-30 November. IFLA was invited as one of the eminent professional NGOs who have a formal relation with UNESCO.

What Makes a Good Reader: International Findings from PIRLS 2016

Innovative Partnerships: a Strategic Imperative 2018 mid-year seminar in Birmingham (UK) 23 February 2018 - Full Programme now available!

International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML) 2021 to be in held Africa for the first time

A Common History: Preserving Cultural Heritage in Europe

Today is the first day of the European Year of Cultural Heritage. For the next twelve months, libraries across Europe will be celebrating the importance of heritage, and the contribution it makes to communities. In doing so, they will underline the indispensable role they play in preserving, managing, and giving access.

Call for online articles: Libraries supporting curriculum

The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section invites proposals for online articles to be included in the Winter 2018 Newsletter with the special theme: Libraries supporting curriculum.

WLIC 2018 Call for Papers: Health and Biosciences Libraries Section

The Last Mile: IFLA Launches Work to Help All Libraries Deliver on the Marrakesh Treaty

When they signed the Marrakesh Treaty in 2013, the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organisation committed to removing legal barriers to access to books for people with print disabilities. They opened the way to dealing with a key cause of the book famine – the fact that barely 7% of published books were available in suitable formats. IFLA is working on a guide to ensure that libraries can make full use of the potential that the Treaty offers.

Call for papers WLIC 2018 - Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint session with Information Technology Section

Theme "Video Games: Winning strategies for libraries"

The European copyright reform's potential harm to fundmental rights and freedoms: IFLA co-signs an open letter

Over 80 organisations, among which IFLA, have co-signed an open letter to Ministers attending the European Union’s Competitiveness Council on 30 November - 1 December 2017. The letter underlines, in only one sentence, the potentially irreparable damage that the European copyright reform could cause to Europe's fundamental rights and freedoms, economy and competitiveness, education and research, innovation and competition, creativity and culture, if the wrong decisions are taken.

Making Digital Durable: IFLA Celebrates First International Digital Preservation Day

Digital technologies have massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information, and have allowed for an explosion of creativity. But to ensure we have a record of this for future generations, we need to act today. IFLA is therefore celebrating the first International Digital Preservation Day as an opportunity to mark the work already done, and highlight the challenges before us.

Library History SIG Action Plan for 2017-18 is now online

A 3rd Senior Advisor Appointed!

Call for Papers (CfP): “Is knowledge management the new library science?” Satellite Conference 23 August 2018

Trade Deals Should Favour, not Restrict, Access to Knowledge

The work of libraries relies on the existence of a modern and complete set of exceptions and limitations to copyright. While national legislation is usually the responsibility of national parliaments and policy-makers, the influence of International trade deals – and Treaties – is significant. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – currently under renegotiation – is no exception. Following a meeting in Washington, IFLA and other library organisations have endorsed a series of principles on balance in trade deals.