Expressions of Interest to Attend IFLAPARL 2020 Satellite Meeting in Dublin due March 22!
12 March 2020Expressions of Interest to Attend IFLAPARL Satellite Meeting in Dublin due March 22!
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LBES holds successful mid-year meeting and seminar in Montreal
12 March 2020Our section held a very successful mid-year meeting in Montreal, Canada from 4-6 March 2020.
Ensuring Every Voice is Heard: IFLA Holds Ballot on New Decision-Making Rules
11 March 2020IFLA is working hard to become a more inclusive organisation. Ahead of key decisions about our structures, we are contacting our Members to seek views on a change to our Statutes that will ensure that when we make such important choices, the voice of every Member counts.
Memory Institutions from Arab Region Trained on Collection Management and Documentation Techniques
11 March 2020The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and Qatar National Library, as the IFLA Regional Preservation and Conservation (PAC) Center for Arab countries and the Middle East, jointly organized a four-day capacity building course to support documentary heritage institutions in the Arab region.
WIPO Nominates Daren Tang as New Director General
10 March 2020The UN agency that manages the global intellectual property system – including copyright – has nominated a new Director General. As the current Chair of the organisation’s copyright committee – and as a modernising reformer nationally – he will bring a strong awareness of the needs of libraries to the role.
IFLA Represented at the UNESCO International Consultation on the Safeguarding, Accessibility and Promotion of Ancient Manuscripts from the Sahel
10 March 2020Mr. Norbert Tangmo, director of the IFLA Regional PAC Centre in Cameroon represented IFLA at this sub-regional meeting. He highlighted the IFLA PAC Programme, and spoke to the activities that his centre intends to carry out for preservation and conservation in French-speaking Africa.
International Women’s Day 2020: How Libraries Help Deliver on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women
9 March 20202020 marks 25 years since UN Member States and international society committed to the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action - an ambitious roadmap towards gender equality. A new IFLA study looks at how far governments have, in their implementation efforts, sought to draw on libraries and address questions where information plays a role.
A Clear Contribution: Libraries Engage at African SDG Forum
6 March 2020Libraries were well represented at the African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development on 24-27 February. Through formal sessions, intense advocacy and a successful side-event, library speakers underlined the message that libraries – and access to information – are essential for development.
LGBTQ Users Call for Papers for IFLA WLIC 2020!
5 March 2020IFLA’s LGBTQ Users Special Interest Group invite you to submit a proposal for its Joint Session at the 86th IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2020 in Dublin, Ireland, 15-21 August.
A Question of Judgement: New IFLA-ICA Statement on Archiving and Privacy
4 March 2020Recent privacy laws have reinforced the idea of a right to delete personal data held by others. This is broadly welcome but should not lead to situations where libraries and archives are obliged to destroy works in their collections. The new IFLA-ICA statement sets out principles and alternatives.
Better Decisions from Town Halls to Households: IFLA Participates in UCLG Retreat
4 March 2020The importance of both information skills and cultural public spaces was clear at a recent meeting of local government leaders and thinkers. IFLA was there to underline how libraries can contribute.
WIPO Member States Meet to Choose a New Director General
3 March 2020This week, the Coordinating Committee of the World Intellectual Property Organization meets to take a provisional decision on a new Director General. Getting the right candidate could provide helpful support for libraries and wider efforts to promote access to information in support of development.
Now available: Library Theory and Research's February 2020 Newsletter
2 March 2020The Library Theory and Research's February 2020 Newsletter is now online!
On the Road to New Opportunities: Update on the IFLA Governance Review
2 March 2020Work to update IFLA's structures in order to deliver on our Strategy and our wider goal to be a more inclusive, effective organisation is continuing. IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner has sent the following message to all of IFLA's members, setting out progress and plans.
Call for papers: Music in the library world
1 March 2020What space do we provide – or prohibit – for music to exist inside our libraries?
Call for papers for the Big Data SIG open session at WLIC 2020 now open
1 March 2020The call for papers for the IFLA Big Data SIG’s open session at the forthcoming congress in Dublin, Ireland, August 15 - 21 is now open. The Big Data SIG is seeking papers focused on finding collaborative solutions to the practical challenges of working with data in libraries.
An important message from IFLA Headquarters: Information on COVID-19
29 February 2020Here is an important message from IFLA Headquarters: Information on COVID-19
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers — Open Sessions: Local History and Genealogy joint with Indigenous Matters and Rare Books and Special Collections
29 February 2020Important dates 31 March 2020: Submission of abstract 15 April 2020: Notification of acceptance to author(s) 5 June 2020: Submission of full paper