Section on Education and Training (SET) Celebrates its 40th Anniversary
19 December 2013Over the past few decades, the Section for Education and Training (SET) has supported and enhanced library and information science (LIS) education and training based on research and professional practice on an international scale to encourage collaboration and development across the profession.
Call for papers: 2014 FAIFE satellite meeting in Geneva
17 December 2013Survey report on the benefits of attending IFLA conferences is published
13 December 2013The final report on the Section's project, evaluation the benefits of attending IFLA conferences, is now available.
IFLA publishes Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining
12 December 2013IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining.
Call for papers Lyon 2014, Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section with Africa Section
11 December 2013Libraries in Africa meeting the needs of children and young adults
UNESCO encourages Member States to implement IFLA policies on Information Literacy and Print Disabled People
9 December 2013The IFLA Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Recommendations and the Libraries Serving People with Print Disabilities (LPD) Manifesto were passed at the 37th UNESCO General Conference held in Paris.
Call for Papers for IFLA Satellite Meeting in Paris, France [August 23, 2014]
9 December 201315 to 20 year olds reading across the world: Why? Where? How?
EIFL Call for proposals
6 December 2013Reports from ARL's 2013 essay winners
5 December 2013Thank you to our three essay winners who attended the IFLA Congress in Singapore: Saseka Harris, Aditya Nugraha, and Joseph Semugabi. Their reports are now available from our blog page: http://blogs.ifla.org/arl/. Hopefully these reports will provide inspiration for essay candidates in 2014!
IFLA welcomes US Court decision on legality of Google Books digitization; cautions against growing digital information divide for libraries elsewhere
25 November 2013As an organization committed to the principle of freedom of access to information, and the belief that equitable access to information is vital to the educational and cultural well-being of communities, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) welcomes the decision of the US District Court with regards to the legality of the Google Books project.
Call for Papers: Art Libraries Meet the Challenges of E-publishing, Satellite Conference in Paris, 12-14 August, 2014
22 November 2013CALL FOR PAPERS "History of Librarianship" Satellite Conference, DEADLINE: 30 November 2013
15 November 2013Satellite congress in Lyon, 25-26 August 2014
Typhoon Haiyan
14 November 2013On behalf of President Sinikka Sipilä, the IFLA Governing Board, and IFLA colleagues around the world we express our deep sorrow for the disaster that has struck the people of the Philippines. We hope that our colleagues in the Philippines, and their families, are safe.
IFLA Management and Marketing Section Call for Papers Pre-Conference: Paris, France
6 November 2013Call for Papers International Federation of Library Agencies Management & Marketing Section Libraries Section Pre-Conference: Paris, France Pompidou Center: August 15th, 2014