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Generation Google needs us: new roles for visibility in the digital age for information & reference services — Reference and Information Services

2012 recipients of the Registration Grant to attend IFLA announcement

Each year, the Academic and Research Libraries section awards three grant to cover registration at the IFLA World Library and Information Congress. Each recipient receives € 435 registration expenses at the 2012 IFLA Congress. The Awards will be formally presented at Conference Session 165: 15 August 2012 09:30 - 11:30 | Room: 6 Hot topics in research support

Article "Expanding horizons - developing the next generation of international professionals"

Have a look at this recent article featuring joint efforts by IFLA Management of Library Associations Section and IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group.

Now available: Libraries in the Early 21st Century: An International Perspective—Volume 2

This two-volume work represents an excellent contribution to international librarianship and allows comparative studies both at graduate and professional level.

IFLA Communicator of the Year Award — 2012 Call for Nominations

DEADLINE:14 August 2012

New Publication: Intergenerational Solidarity in Libraries

Remembering Maija Jussilainen

Last Easter we got sad news when our colleague Maija Jussilainen passed away due to cancer. As information management professional, she was very active in IFLA's Government Libraries and Government Information and Official Publications Sections.

Empowering library users to solve problems: our stories

The IFLA Social Sciences Libraries Section invites you to the…

Now available: FRSAD in Korean

Korean version of the Functional Requirements for Subject Authority Data...

IFLA Statements at WIPO SCCR 24

Just released: The Moscow Declaration on Media and Information Literacy

In order to raise public awareness of the significance, scale and topicality of the tasks of media and information literacy advocacy among information, media and educational professionals...

IFLA Statement on Visually Impaired and Print Disabled Persons

On Friday 20th July library delegation leader Winston Tabb delivered the following statement on behalf of IFLA ...

Winner announced for the IFLA Library and Information Science (LIS) Student Paper Award 2012

This year, the selection panel chose the paper of two LIS students from the Philippines...

WIPO Copyright Committee: 24th meeting opens with discussions on copyright flexibilities

The 24rd meeting of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) opened in Geneva. The 185 WIPO Member States will discuss copyright flexibilities for visually impaired and print disabled people, for libraries and archives and for education and research.

Port Harcourt named World Book Capital 2014

The city of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) was named the World Book Capital for the year 2014 after the Selection Committee, composed of representatives from the international organizations representing the three major sectors of the book industry and from UNESCO, met on 5 July at the Organization’s Headquarters.

2012 CILIP/IFLA Aspire Award winner selected

Yulia Kashpruk has been selected to receive the CILIP/IFLA Aspire award for a new professional in Ukraine in 2012.

Call for Applications: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2013 Access to Learning Award

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is currently accepting applications to its 2013 Access to Learning Award (ATLA)...

IFLA and other library organisations express concern about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA)

Between July 2-10 in San Diego, United States, negotiators from nine countries are meeting in to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA).

Out now: June 2012 issue of IFLA Journal

View the complete issue online...