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Open Call: IFLA Preservation and Conservation Network Hub  

Recording Available: FamilySearch's Ottoman Initiative [Webinar]

This presentation was sponsored by the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, Middle East and North Regional Division, and Local History and Genealogy Section.

Call for papers – 24 Hours of Global Information Technology

The IFLA Information Technology Section, IFLA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Special Interest Group, and IFLA Big Data Special Interest Group are pleased to announce an upcoming international virtual event focused on Information Technology (IT) and Libraries. This webinar held across multiple time zones seeks to provide a snapshot of IT challenges and opportunities in libraries and provide regional perspectives on issues. 

This Just In! Key messages from IFLA’s climate communication and education survey

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Division D Joint Mid-Term in Istanbul, Türkiye"

Change of name: From LSN to EALS

Webinar Recording Available: Providing New Insights in the Fields of Genealogy and Local History in Asia: Part 2

IFLAeCamp Call for Proposals: Libraries of Future

Volunteer Visions: developing a new code of conduct for IFLA

Earlier this year, a call for volunteers went out to the IFLA membership to serve on the Code of Conduct for Volunteers Working Group.

IFLA at the WSIS+20 Forum: Libraries for a more people-centered Internet

Last week the WSIS+20 Forum High-Level Event took place in Geneva from the 27 to the 31 of May. This event marked a significant milestone of twenty years of progress made in the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society, which took place in two phases — Geneva in 2003 and Tunis in 2005. Twenty years ago WSIS was the space that set an initial framework for global digital cooperation with a vision to build people-centric, inclusive, and development-oriented information and knowledge societies. Just as in the the past, IFLA attended this event to continue its ongoing involvement in this process since its foundation at the 2003 Geneva Summit; and engaged in diverse multistakeholder discussions to highlight the crucial role that libraries play as key actors of the information society.

IFLA Joins Creative Commons in Outlining a Roadmap towards Open Culture

IFLA joins Sister Organisations in Declaration on the Protection of Cultural Heritage during armed conflicts

IFLA joined partners from around the world in the Hague to mark 70 years of protecting cultural heritage at a conference hosted by UNESCO and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is on this occasion that we join sister organisations and fellow founding members of Blue Shield International to reaffirm our calls for the protection of archives, libraries, museums and heritage places during armed conflicts and political instability.

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Persistent Identifiers in Australia"

Webinar Registration Open: Egypt's Cultural Heritage: Status and Future Prospects

This webinar is sponsored by the Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, the Local History & Genealogy Section, and the Middle East and North Africa Regional Division.

IFLA Division D Mid-term Meeting 5-7 June 2024

Does the global library profession need a World Library and Information Congress?

Does the global library profession need a World Library and Information Congress? Yes, it does! This was confirmed by 93.6% of more than 300 respondents to the first of four WLIC Review pulse surveys, which focussed on the need for such a Congress in the profession.

IFLA Newsletter, May 2024: The Library Workers Issue

Welcome to the May 2024 IFLA Newsletter! With International Workers’ Day (Labour Day) falling on the first of the month, we’re focused on the library workforce in this edition.

IFLA Sub-Saharan African Regional Division (IFLA SSA RDC), May 2024 Newsletter

IFLA Sub-Saharan African Regional Division (IFLA SSA RDC), May 2024 Newsletter

Message from the IFLA President, 17 May 2024

I am happy to be writing to you to with the latest update on all that is happening at IFLA, and specifically the work of our Governing Board. I would like to acknowledge the positive feedback on these monthly messages from many of our members and volunteers. Thank you for your comments. We are continuing to issue these updates in all IFLA languages, which I hope assists in updating you on key matters.

IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award Winners 2024

Media release of the IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award Winners 2024. Sponsored by PressReader, the IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award is presented by the IFLA Section on Management and Marketing. The Award recognizes the best library marketing projects from 2023, aims to encourage marketing in libraries and provides an opportunity for libraries to share marketing experience and expertise globally.