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IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 Cancelled

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 Cancelled

IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 Cancelled

IFLA WLIC 2020 Congress Cancelled

Call for newsletter submissions: 'Connecting with multicultural communities during the COVID-19 pandemic'

In recent months, the COVID-19 pandemic has created challenges for libraries around the world in the way that they deliver services. To help share stories of best practice, innovation, and challenging experiences, the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section will be focusing much of the upcoming issue of its newsletter on the impact of COVID-19 on libraries that work with multicultural communities.

Now Available: IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News - April 2020 Issue

We present to you the April 2020 issue of our IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly Newsletter.

April 2020 Newsletter on Children’s Libraries' Services during Corona Pandemic is online

Our April 2020 Newsletter brings best practices and interesting reports on library services to children and young adults in times of Corona pandemic from around the world to you.

Leading library, archives, and museum organisations call on WIPO to help safeguard cultural heritage

With this year's World Intellectual Property Day focusing on innovation for a green future, IFLA and its partners have come together to call on governments and the World Intellectual Property Organization not to forget the past. An open letter calling for action to ensure that intellectual property laws do not stand in the way of preservation of heritage faced with climate change already has 155 organisational and institutional co-signatories, and 55 individuals. The letter is still open for signatories.

KM Section Response to the 2020 WLIC Cancellation

Due to the cancellation of the 2020 WLIC in Dublin, the KM Section is expected to convene only for virtual business meetings in August.

Heritage cannot wait in the face of climate change: IFLA welcomes signatures to open letter on World IP Day

IFLA and its partners are welcoming signatures of an open letter on the need for the right copyright laws to allow heritage institutions to preserve their collections in the face of climate change. Launched on World Intellectual Property Day, 26 April 2020, the letter raises awareness of the need for laws that support, rather than hinder, efforts to safeguard heritage.

Work/Study from Home (W/SfH) and Physical Distancing Prevention Efforts to Spread COVID-19 in Indonesia

Online Library Service of National Library of Indonesia to Educate People Facing Coronavirus Pandemic

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) becomes a global pandemic. WHO said that every country has a responsibility to increase their level of preparedness, alertness and response to identify, manage and care for new cases of COVID-19 (WHO, 2020). Indonesia confirmed the first coronavirus case at the end of February 2020.

Facing Coronavirus Epidemic, Chinese Library Community in Action

The outbreak of the new coronavirus has attracted global attention. The National Library of China and the Chinese library community took decisive actions and effective measures to contribute to the prevention and control of the epidemic. To prevent the risk of contagion from crowd gathering, the National Library of China was closed to the public from 24 January 2020, and onsite reader services, exhibitions, performances, lectures, etc. were suspended. Different types of libraries in China also took similar measures.

Message from the Asia Oceania Regional Office

Hello everyone, The Asia Oceania Regional Office is pleased to present you the April 2020 issue of the e-newsletter...

Message from RSCAO Chair

Dear Colleagues, I hope this message finds you well! The world is facing unprecedented challenges in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused severe damages to human lives and disruptions to our daily life and work. Libraries are no exception. The impact on our global and regional library world is enormous.

In Times of Trouble, Read! Eight Things to Do on World Book Day!

World Book Day 2020 would have been a special event anyway, marking 25 years since the first celebration in 1995. But this year’s celebration will be particularly special. We look both at how libraries help meet the goals of this year's celebration - combatting isolation and loneliness - and offer eight ways you can celebrate!

Resource Sharing during COVID-19 (RSCVD) Tool Launched

Libraries around the world volunteer to help other libraries during the COVID crisis.

Libraries celebrate World Book & Copyright Day in spite of COVID-19

Despite the restrictions resulting from the COVID-19, pandemic libraries around the world are marking World Book & Copyright Day on 23 April 2020 and celebrating with their communities.

Clone of Catching Up - Latest Developments on eLending Advocacy in the United States

A lot has happened in the last six months around library eLending! Following a first interview last October about ongoing efforts to improve eLending conditions for libraries in the United States, we're happy to publish a follow-up interview with Sari Feldman, Senior Fellow at the American Library Assoication's Office for Information Technology Policy.

Catching Up - Latest Developments on eLending Advocacy in the United States

A lot has happened in the last six months around library eLending! Following a first interview last October about ongoing efforts to improve eLending conditions for libraries in the United States, we're happy to publish a follow-up interview with Sari Feldman, Senior Fellow at the American Library Assoication's Office for Information Technology Policy.

Open Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 - Cancelled

Open Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 in Dublin, Ireland, 15-21 August by Local History and Genealogy Section with the Indigenous Matters Section and the Rare Books and Special Collections Section