The SIG Library History Action Plan for 2017-18 is now on our website and as you read it you will see that the SIG is planning a session for the IFLA conference in Kuala Lumpur in 2018 and the session title is: "Transform Libraries. Transform Societies: Library Outreach… Read More
Summary of the 2016-7 Activities 1. Provide advocacy and advancement for all information professionals to increase their understanding of the value of KM to their organizations. 1.1. Plan an open session for the Wrocław, Poland (2017) Conference dealing with appropriate topics and themes, promoting the participation… Read More
IFLA Knowledge Management Standing Committee Annual Report 2015-2016 Overview It’s a pleasure to report on the exciting time spent together in Columbus for the 82nd IFLA Conference. It was a very busy time: a satellite meeting in Cincinnati, our own open session, a joint session with Academic… Read More
Our Annual Report records our achievements and progress in relation to our Action Plan for the last year. Read our Action Plan for the past year (2016/17) to see what we set out to achieve. We are now working towards the objectives on our current… Read More
Public Libraries Section Action Plan 2017-2018 The Public Libraries Section is very engaged and our Action Plan outlines the key initatives for the year 2017-2018. Updates on the many projects and events we’re involved with can be found on our web page, our Blog , Facebook , Twitter and… Read More
Media and information literacy (MIL) plays a key role in giving people the ability to find, understand, evaluate and create information. Libraries have a long expertise in helping users of all ages, in all situations do this, in order to create, innovate, and improve their lives. IFLA attended this year’s Global MIL Week feature conference in Jamaica in order to underline this point in front of an international audience. Read More
​ IFLA’s eagerly-awaited Global Vision Report Summary reveals incredible insights into the views of over 31,000 participants from 190 UN Member States across all seven continents. Overwhelmingly, the most important key finding from the global vision discussion is the discovery that we are globally… Read More
[PDF] CPDWL Guidelines for Satellite Meetings October 1, 2017 Ewa Stenberg and Susan Schnuer Please note that the CPDWL guidelines are based on the IFLA Guidelines for Satellite Meetings. https://www.ifla.org/wp-content/uploads/files/assets/hq/officers/conference-information/guidelines-satellite-meetings.pdf CPDWL has a reputation for organizing strong and valuable satellite meetings… Read More