As we have watched the refugee crisis unfold in Europe we have been flooded with examples of how public libraries have responded in practical and heartfelt ways. Read More
Members of IFLA’s Public Libraries Standing Committee and their colleagues have joined together to collect some examples and stories of the role public libraries are playing in the refugee crisis, particularly in Europe. The resulting document is not meant to be exhaustive but is more of a starting point… Read More
Read about the experience of attending the IFLA Congress from our attendance grant winners Read More
The IFLA Children and Young Adults Section is revising the Guidelines for Children's Library Services. The new Guidelines will promote and encourage the development of effective library services for children by giving guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading. Read More
At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the program Learning Across Boundaries: a workshop (Session 092). As part of the session each of our four presenters provided a number of questions that were discussed by participants in a world café. Read More
At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA’s Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the program Learning Across Boundaries: a workshop (Session 092). As part of the session each of our four presenters provided a number of… Read More
The Management and Marketing Standing Committee, Academic and Research Libraries' Standing Committee and E-Metrics Interest Group held a very successful session. Thank you to all our presenters. Papers are available via IFLA's repository. Some presentations are also available. The Dilemma of Value as a Concept… Read More
IFLA Autism Spectrum Guidelines EALS has started to develop Autism Spectrum Guidelines. For more information, please see our project page. IFLA Richtlinien für Gefängnisbibliotheken The German translation of the IFLA Guidelines for People in Prisons is now published. Please see our project page for more information. IFLA Guidelines… Read More
​ The IFLA Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments operates at the intersection of two international communities: one of libraries, which finds its global voice in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), and the other of parliaments, represented at the highest level… Read More
The Guidelines for Parliamentary Research Services, a joint publication between IFLA and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), was launched today at the Section’s pre-conference in Cape Town. Read More