IFLA has released its checklist for legal deposit laws, aiming to help those analysing existing laws or planning new ones. It is intended to ensure that key issues or questions are not forgotten, but rather included in reflections on this key area of legislation for libraries and their users.
Since the beginning of 21st century IT development have brought new forms of eBooks and complex objects for renewed and enhanced user / reader experience. These innovative cultural objects imply new challenges for preservation and conservation: how can we archive device dependent multimedia, interactive systems, or information flows? Does new data technologies open new possibilities for long-term conservation?
The LRM is now available in Italian
On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm (CET). An important meeting in a pandemic context In the context of a global pandemic, WIPO has needed to be flexible, and so is organizing, in agreement with its members, an online meeting to continue discussions on the agenda developed previously at the last meeting in October 2019.
Following the General Assembly on 5 November 2020, IFLA will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia on 12 February 2021 to decide on the adoption of the new IFLA Statutes.
Following the General Assembly on 5 November 2020, IFLA will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia on 12 February 2021 to decide on the adoption of the new IFLA Statutes.
In this article, we explore the ways that the Guyana Library Association has been showing its commitment in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.
The Governing Board met on Friday 6 November 2020 to follow up on the General Assembly that was held the day before at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), in The Hague, The Netherlands.
In a first for our organisation, IFLA’s General Assembly 2020 was livestreamed from the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague. Those participating shared in the highlights of IFLA’s work over the past years, celebrated the recipients of Honours and Awards, and looked to an exciting future. A recording of the session, as well as our Annual Report 2019, are now available.
The 2020 Internet Governance Forum – the first one to take place fully online – has just wrapped up its first week. Here is a quick look back at some relevant discussions – and engagement ideas for the coming days!
SIG Library History 2020 Annual Report, and Action Plan 2020-2021
ENSULIB is now seeking nominations for the interim role of Chair, Secretary and Information Coordinator to serve through the remainder of the term – August 2021.