CPDWL's Newest WeGroup Chat
30 October 2020If you are a WeChat user, join CPDWL's WeChat Group! Our group name is IFLA CPDWL SC.
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IFLA Governing Board meeting report, 27 October 2020
29 October 2020The Governing Board met on Thursday 27 October. Items on the agenda included the new statutes for IFLA that will guide the Federation and that reflect the work done on the Governance Review. The Governing Board approved the draft statutes which will be available to members at the General Assembly on 5 November and will be voted on at the Extraordinary General Assembly on 12 February 2021.
IFLA IL & LSN Joint Webinar, "Using Universal Design for Learning to Enhance Information Literacy Programs: Online and In the Library"
29 October 2020Joint Webinar from the IFLA Information Literacy (IL) Section and Library Services to People with Special Needs (LSN) Section on "Using Universal Design for Learning to Enhance Information Literacy Programs: Online and In the Library" - Recordings, presentation slides and reference materials from the speakers are available now.
SET Instagram Account
28 October 2020Join SET on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/iflaset/
Digital Technologies and Social Development: We Need Meaningful Inclusion Efforts
27 October 2020IFLA has submitted a statement ahead of the 59th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Social Development, focus on the role of digital technologies. The statement underlines the need to give everyone the connection, collections and confidence to use the internet effectively.
Fiji Library Association + IFLA Strategy: Reflections and Moving forward
27 October 2020In this article, we explore the ways that the Fiji Library Association has been showing its commitment in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.
World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 27 October 2020
26 October 20202020 Theme: Your Window to the World
IFLAPARL July 2020 Newsletter Published
24 October 2020IFLA SDGs Update: October 2020
24 October 2020The latest update on activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals from IFLA includes information on the following: Voluntary National Reviews 2021, our Data for Advocacy webinar, the Library Pledge for Digital Inclusion, an update on the Library Map of the World, our latest Library Stat of the Week posts, the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers report, IFLA's Get Into Guides, and a list of relevant recent blogs.
Libraries in Belgium Promoting and Protecting Human Rights
23 October 2020Over the past months, IFLA, FAIFE and our partners in different countries around the world have prepared a series of submissions to the Universal Periodic Review processes organised by the Human Rights Council. This month, we had an opportunity to take an in-depth look at how libraries in Belgium help deliver on the human rights of the communities they serve.
IFLA signs joint statement with IATUL on Publisher Pricing
23 October 2020IFLA, alongside the International Association of University Libraries, has signed onto the below statement, calling for publishers to recognise pressures on library funding, and reduce prices in 2021, in order to avoid a significant drop in the information available to students and researchers.
IFLA celebrates World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day
20 October 2020In this article, IFLA celebrates World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day and illustrates the work of IFLA’s Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (HBS) and its sponsored Special Interest Group: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.
Agenda for the 2020 IFLA General Assembly
20 October 2020The 2020 IFLA General Assembly will be held Thursday 5 November in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Press Release: Every Community Connected - A Call to Action
16 October 2020A coalition of organisations representing libraries and technologists has called on governments and decision-makers to ensure that every community is connected, and, through libraries, has access to the content and skills needed to enjoy the benefits that the internet can bring.
Every Community Connected: A Call to Action, a Pledge to Engage
16 October 2020IFLA is proud to sign up to two documents addressing a key issue of our time – the digital divide. The first calls on governments to act to support investment in wider connectivity and the libraries that help users make the most of it. The second represents a pledge to do all in our power to promote digital inclusion, and is open to wider signatures.
New Names of Persons file available: "Chinese names"
16 October 2020The file deals with the structure of personal names from mainland China, and Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions