Call for candidates for a co-opted member of the North America Regional Division Committee
29 June 2023Candidacies are welcomed for 1 position as co-opted member of IFLA’s incoming North America Regional Division Committee.
Candidacies are welcomed for 1 position as co-opted member of IFLA’s incoming North America Regional Division Committee.
With a growing focus on how both to address problems in the online world, and find ways to realise its potential to support development, the 2023 European Dialogue on Internet Governance provided a great opportunity to highlight library contributions and values.
IFLA’s 19 June announcement regarding the decision to hold the 2024 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates has generated strong reactions – both positive and negative – from its members, committee volunteers and the general public. The IFLA Governing Board takes this feedback seriously and is currently discussing the next steps to take in order to gather views from all Members.
In collaboration with KU Leuven Libraries, the Local History and Genealogy Section is pleased to invite you to take part in our free satellite meeting "Innovative approaches in engaging people with local history and genealogy."
This newsletter issue highlights the power of collaboration and shows how much libraries can achieve when working together.
How can librarians provide critical community-first information services before, during, and after disasters? We will be exploring this question in our participatory workshop during the IFLA congress 2023
Candidacies are welcomed for up to 10 positions as co-opted members of IFLA’s incoming Middle East and North Africa Regional Division Committee.
Candidacies are welcomed for up to 10 positions as co-opted members of IFLA’s incoming Middle East and North Africa Regional Division Committee.
Dr. Raymond Pun, Librarian at the Alder Graduate School of Education and Standing Committee Member of IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section, will be presenting at the satellite meeting. Lan Gao, Chair of IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, has the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Pun.
E4GDH's upcoming satellite session "It’s getting hot in here!" will shine a light on the contributions to Open Science from library and information professionals in different sectors and geographies. Together we will come up with practical ideas on what more can be done through our work, communities of practice, and professional organisations.
The United Nations has released a new Policy Brief around one of the key themes in the upcoming Summit of the Future – Information Integrity. Making a political priority of the question of access to reliable information – and the need to address misinformation, disinformation and hate speech, it point to a number of roles for libraries.
IFLA WLIC in Rotterdam is in sight and the sections are busy with their arrangements. However, it is necessary to focus on some recent events on sustainability.
IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group announces the ninth edition of IFLAcamp! This event is organised together with the Goethe-Institut Niederlande in Rotterdam on 18 - 19 August, 2023. Join us for this exciting event focused on the theme of "The European Year of Skills" established by the European Commission in 2023.
The IFLA Governing Board met in June 2023 during which it had a robust and thoughtful discussion and considered a range of inputs from stakeholders before taking the decision to hold the 2024 World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Hague, Netherlands – 19 June 2023 – The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) has selected Dubai, United Arab Emirates to host the 2024 World Library and Information Congress.
The UN Secretary-General has released a Policy Brief offering a first idea of the principles, objectives and recommendations that could feature in the Global Digital Compact. This includes some welcome steps for libraries, but there remain areas needing clarification in order to ensure that it reflects the needs of libraries and their users.
Our SIG will be promoting access to reliable healthcare information as a human right.
The June 2023 newsletter of the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section has now been published online.
Candidacies are welcomed for up to 10 positions as co-opted members of IFLA’s incoming Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division Committee.