The February 2020 issue of the IFLAPARL Section’s newsletter is now available online. This edition includes the following: Message from the Chair How to join… Read More
​A new IFLA-ICA statement underlines the need to consider the importance of archiving – and the skills of those managing archival collections – when passing privacy legislation. The emergence of a new, tougher, generation of privacy laws around the world is a welcome step towards protecting the… Read More
Recent 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. Read More
IFLA has prepared a response to the call for submissions by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, highlighting the role libraries play in realising people’s right to culture in educational contexts. Read More
IFLA has shared its comments on a draft issues paper prepared by the World Intellectual Property Organisation about artificial intelligence. These look to ensure that the case for copyright exceptions, the need for preservation, and the broader impact of new rights are all taken into account. Read More
IFLA is attending the Commission on Social Development of the United Nations, highlighting how effective library services can make a difference in finding solutions to homelessness. Read More
GIOPS Paper Proposal Theme: "Navigating the Government Information and Official Publications Landscape: Authority, Reproducibility and Accessibility" Read More
[cancelled] We invite you to submit a proposal to our IFLA 2020 session on Open Science, co-hosted by the Social Sciences Section and the Science & Technology Section. Read More
You are invited to submit an abstract for a paper to be presented at the joint Science & Technology and Social Sciences Libraries Sections program at WLIC 2020 in Dublin, August 15-21. Read More
IFLA has joined with over 40 civil society organisations across Europe in calling for the sharing of draft guidelines on the implementation of the controversial upload filter provisions in the Copyright Directive. Read More