Grants for IFLA WLIC 2019
14 February 2019IFLA is pleased to announce an expanded range of conference participation grants for our IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019, 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in Athens, Greece.
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Mixed Messages – Provisional Deal on Draft EU Copyright Directive Retains Key Flaws
14 February 2019After thirty months of discussion, there was provisional agreement yesterday on the EU’s draft Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market. While there have been marked steps forwards for libraries, the text retains provisions that pose serious threats to freedom of access to information and freedom of expression.
ILDS 2019 Conference in Prague - Registration now open!
13 February 2019IFLA WLIC 2019: Joint session with CPDWL and E4GDH SIG
13 February 2019We live in a world of challenges and uncertainties: LIS professionals need new skills in learning and development to support their users and communities. Send us your proposal to share your strategies to build and transfer knowledge!
IFLA WLIC 2019: CPDWL Open Session
13 February 2019Submit your ideas for the CPDWL open session: Navigating your own professional development: Effective use of the 2016 IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development. Proposals due 15 March 2019.
Extended Deadline for Proposals WLIC 2019 – Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
12 February 2019Extended Deadline for Proposals WLIC 2019 – Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group
Ensuring Equality: IFLA Submits Comments to New Zealand Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Consultation
8 February 2019Following a call for comments by the government of New Zealand Te Aotearoa on draft legislation designed to implement the Marrakesh Treaty, IFLA has made a submission. This highlights the need to reject provisions that go beyond what the Treaty requires, and to respect the fundamental principle of non-discrimination.
Call for papers: Library Love Stories
8 February 2019Would you fall in love in a library? Can a place of culture, knowledge and information be a place of passion?
Request for Proposal for PCO for IFLA WLIC 2022-2024
8 February 2019A Happy Ending: Interview with Mikkel Christoffersen on eLending in Denmark
8 February 2019The story of eLending in Denmark is a particular one. However, following some years of tension, Danish libraries are now lending more eBooks than ever, with all major publishers readily supporting this work. We interview Mikkel Christoffersen to find out what has happened.
Nominations for the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2019 are open!
8 February 2019Is your public library something out of the ordinary? Fill out our application form and submit your nomination today! Please be sure the read the assessment criteria – and don’t hesitate, nominations close on April 15th 2019.
IFLA WLIC Preconference Satellite Meeting
6 February 2019This is a call for participants to register and attend Satellite meetings on 22 & 21 Aug 2019.
EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers - 2019 Satellite Meeting now launched: "Building Digital Libraries through International Collaboration"
5 February 2019The Acquisition and Collection Development Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at the satellite meeting in New Cairo, Egypt, from August 21-22, 2019. The satellite meeting will focus on building digital libraries within and among countries. It will explore collaboration models that utilize national resources with an international scope.
Education and Training with Library Theory and Research Section and Information Technology Satellite Meeting in Italy
5 February 2019Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning Date: 30-31 August 2019 Satellite meeting in the Vatican Library and Library School, Rome (Vatican City)
Call for papers: Library Love Stories
4 February 2019Would you fall in love in a library? Can a place of culture, knowledge and information be a place of passion?
Call for Papers - Academic and Research Libraries Section with Health and Biosciences Libraries Section is now open
4 February 2019Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2019
Call for Papers "LIS Education Role in Libraries Dialogue for Change" for WLIC in Athens Greece Aug. 24-30
3 February 2019The IFLA Education and Training Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Athens, Greece, 24-30 August 2019. This session’s objective is to provide comprehensive coverage of new techniques, infrastructure, and academic and professional aspects for LIS future development.
IFLA joins the call for deletion of articles 11 and 13 in the EU copyright reform
31 January 2019This week, 89 organisations, defenders of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information, co-signed a letter asking for the deletion of controversial articles in the proposed European Copyright Directive. IFLA, who had already openly underlined the threat posed by these provisions to access to information, is among the signatories. There is right now momentum for their deletion.