New Publication: MCULTP June 2024 Newsletter released
24 June 2024The latest IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section’s June 2024 newsletter has been published.
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Back to the webinar "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Digital Preservation"
21 June 2024The IFLA Information Technology and Preservation and Conservation sections, along with the Artificial Intelligence SIG, organized a webinar on the intersection of artificial intelligence and heritage and culture preservation in the context of libraries. The event is a milestone on the challenging exploration of that topic.
Celebrating achievements, looking to the future: IFLA General Assembly 2024
21 June 2024IFLA’s members have given overwhelming support for the necessary changes to the Federation’s Statutes to allow us to apply for charity status, as well as approving the annual accounts for 2023. With this, IFLA is one step further forwards in its work towards a sustainable future.
Out Now: June 2024 issue of IFLA Journal
21 June 2024The June 2024 issue of the IFLA Journal delves into the multifaceted roles of libraries in navigating contemporary global challenges. This issue underscores the diversity of library practices worldwide, highlighting their pivotal role as catalysts for knowledge, technology, and social resilience in the face of global challenges.
2024 IFLA Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards
20 June 2024A dynamic Professional Unit has the greatest impact on IFLA’s global work – engaging members, developing strong leadership and identity, delivering high-quality services with measurable impact, and communicating activities within IFLA and beyond. The Professional Council launched the Dynamic Unit and Impact Awards to recognise the Professional Units who have excelled in putting Dynamic Unit goals into practice. Three IFLA Professional Units were awarded this year.
IFLA ARL awarded "DUIA" at IFLA General Assembly
20 June 2024We are pleased to share that IFLA Academic & Research Libraries (ARL) Section has been honored with the 2024 "Dynamic Unit Impact Award for Member Engagement & Leadership Development"
Culture2030Goal Campaign welcomes recognition of culture in new draft of the Pact for the Future
20 June 2024The latest draft of the United Nations’ Pact for the Future, likely to be a milestone document for the UN this decade, represents welcome progress towards recognising the importance of culture – and the need for a goal in future development agendas.
IFLA MLAS Library Associations Aligned with UN efforts
20 June 2024IFLA MLAS activities are aligned with efforts by the United Nations: the High Level Political Forum 2024 and the Summit of the Future 2024. Here is a one-pager document to show this alignment. It is a living document that will be updated as MLAS continues work throughout the year. This document can be used to by library associations and libraries to build their own advocacy one-pager.
Knowledge for development in Small Island Developing States
19 June 2024Small Island Developing States face unique challenges in their efforts to ensure strong, fair and sustainable development. Knowledge, information and libraries can make a major contribution to achieving this, as IFLA’s representatives at the 4th UN SIDS Conference in Antigua and Barbuda underlined.
Transforming libraries for environmental education on climate action
18 June 2024Extreme weather has been rampaging for decades, especially in recent years. Read how ENSULIB is promoting environmental education and climate awareness in libraries across the globe.
Open Call: IFLA Preservation and Conservation Network Hub
17 June 2024Help IFLA connect libraries around the world to better protect and provide access to documentary heritage! IFLA is seeking a partnership with a library to act as the coordinator of the IFLA PAC Centre Network – the IFLA Preservation and Conservation Network Hub.
Recording Available: FamilySearch's Ottoman Initiative [Webinar]
14 June 2024This presentation was sponsored by the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, Middle East and North Regional Division, and Local History and Genealogy Section.
[Extended] Call for papers – 24 Hours of Global Information Technology
13 June 2024The IFLA Information Technology Section, IFLA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Special Interest Group, and IFLA Big Data Special Interest Group are pleased to announce an upcoming international virtual event focused on Information Technology (IT) and Libraries. This webinar held across multiple time zones seeks to provide a snapshot of IT challenges and opportunities in libraries and provide regional perspectives on issues.
This Just In! Key messages from IFLA’s climate communication and education survey
13 June 2024IFLA has been working hard to bring libraries into the UN climate change debate. From COP27 to COP28, and this past week at the June UN Climate Meetings, we have been making space on behalf of our members and volunteers to highlight how libraries help achieve global goals.
New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Division D Joint Mid-Term in Istanbul, Türkiye"
13 June 2024program theme: Libraries Bridging Boundaries: Challenges & Strategies for Global Openness
Change of name: From LSN to EALS
12 June 2024We are pleased to announce that our section has now officially been renamed.
Webinar Recording Available: Providing New Insights in the Fields of Genealogy and Local History in Asia: Part 2
11 June 2024The recording is now available below for the webinar "Providing New Insights in the Fields of Genealogy and Local History in Asia: Part 2." This presentation, sponsored by the IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section, was held on 11 June 2024.
IFLAeCamp Call for Proposals: Libraries of Future
11 June 2024IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) is accepting proposals for IFLACamp which is going to be held online this year, in August. IFLACamp is all about connecting new professionals and creating an environment where we can share new ideas with one another. This year, we are accepting submissions for presentations.
Volunteer Visions: developing a new code of conduct for IFLA
5 June 2024Earlier this year, a call for volunteers went out to the IFLA membership to serve on the Code of Conduct for Volunteers Working Group.
IFLA at the WSIS+20 Forum: Libraries for a more people-centered Internet
3 June 2024Last week the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event took place in Geneva from the 27 to the 31 of May. This event marked a significant milestone of twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in two phases — Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Twenty years ago WSIS was the space that set an initial framework for global digital cooperation with a vision to build people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented information and knowledge societies. Just as in the the past, IFLA attended this event to continue its ongoing involvement in this process since its foundation at the 2003 Geneva Summit; and engaged in diverse multistakeholder discussions to highlight the crucial role that libraries play as key actors of the information society.