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IFLA WLIC 2014 = Lyon, France!

During the Closing Session in Helsinki Finland on 16 August, IFLA President Ingrid Parent officially announced the host location for the 2014 World Library and Information Congress

New IFLA Publications: Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge & 85 Years IFLA

Just off the press as Nr 151 and Nr 155 in the IFLA Publications Series…

Now available: Moscow Media and Information Literacy (MIL) meeting overview

From 24 to 28 June 2012 130 participants from 40 countries representing all continents...

Final Conclusions from SCCR 24 in Geneva

Now available: 2011 IFLA Annual Report

Read all about this exciting year!

The Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group held in Tampere, Finland August 8th to 10th.

Librarians from fifteen countries participated in the satellite meeting of the Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group held in Tampere, Finland August 8th to 10th.

Just released: IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and other Information Workers (full version)

Endorsed by the IFLA Governing Board in August 2012, this Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct is offered as a series of ethical propositions for the guidance of individual librarians as well as other information workers...

Manifesto for libraries serving persons with a print disability

WLIC 2012 Conference Session 98

Generation Google needs us: new roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services — Reference and Information Services

2012 recipients of the Registration Grant to attend IFLA announcement

Each year, the Academic and Research Libraries section awards three grant to cover registration at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. Each recipient receives € 435 registration expenses at the 2012 IFLA Congress. The Awards will be formally presented at Conference Session 165: 15 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: 6 Hot topics in research support

Article "Expanding horizons - developing the next generation of international professionals"

Have a look at this recent article featuring joint efforts by IFLA Management of Library Associations Section and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group.

Now available: Libraries in the Early 21st Century: An International Perspective—Volume 2

This two-volume work represents an excellent contribution to international librarianship and allows comparative studies both at graduate and professional level.

IFLA Communicator of the Year Award — 2012 Call for Nominations

DEADLINE:14 August 2012

New Publication: Intergenerational Solidarity in Libraries

Remembering Maija Jussilainen

Last Easter we got sad news when our colleague Maija Jussilainen passed away due to cancer. As information management professional, she was very active in IFLA's Government Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications Sections.

Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section invites you to the…

Now available: FRSAD in Korean

Korean version of the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data...