IFLA is a founding member of the Blue Shield, the cultural equivalent of the Red Cross. The Blue Shield based its statues on the 1954 Hague Convention (Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict) and was created in part to identify… Read More
The latest update on activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals from IFLA includes information on the following: IFLA SDG Update (Dec 2020): Update on 2021 VNRs, Africa Youth SDG Forum, UN Meetings in 2021, Reviewing 5 years of VNRs, Digital Inclusion, Library Map of the World, Library Stat of the Week, Delivering on the SDGs during COVID, and a list of recent blogs. Read More
IFLA Journal and the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Advisory Committee are pleased to announce a call for abstracts for a special issue that marks the 20th anniversary of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom. Submission Deadline: 23 April 2021 (extended) Read More
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The committee’s activities have been focused in two areas: 1) Taking up the challenges rising from the results of the GIOPS Members Survey; and 2) Advertise IFLA Professional Report “The Importance of Expertise in Libraries Relating to Government Information, Data and Knowledge”. Read More
The 2020-2021 Action Plan for the School Libraries Section is now available. Read More
In a first for our organisation, IFLA’s General Assembly 2020 was livestreamed from the National Library of the Netherlands in The Hague. Those participating shared in the highlights of IFLA’s work over the past years, celebrated the recipients of Honours and Awards, and looked to an exciting future. A recording of the session, as well as our Annual Report 2019, are now available. Read More
The 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. Read More