The below contribution comes from IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia-Oceania member Togi Tunupopo (National University of Samoa and Library Association of Samoa, Apia). Read More
Focus areas of this action plan include supporting countries in Europe to engage effectively in their own Voluntary National Reviews; working with other European library associations in order to develop shared approaches around the SDGs; organising introductions to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) topics, and working to encourage national library… Read More
Access to information is often taken for granted, but represents a key condition for achieving innovation and positive change. At a seminar at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, around 50 libraries explored opportunities for stronger engagement in development initiatives. Read More
As library publishing programmes expand around the world, reports and research pertaining to standards and workflows have proliferated. This paper calls for library publishing programmes to explore the impact of their pogrammes at local, national and international level in relation to their contribution to open access publishing, EDI agendas and… Read More
As part of the IFLA RDC-Asia Oceania Action plan on UN Sustainable Development Goals, IFLA Regional Division Committee South Asia Working Group is planning to organisea Webinar on The South Asian Libraries and UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). Read More
Advocacy The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need to improve evidence-informed decision-making in preparation for the next crisis, but librarians are rarely part of conversation. In response we are developing an Advocacy Toolkit for Global and Disaster Health, for use by librarians in multiple sectors and to better inform key stakeholders. Read More
Sponsored by the IFLA Health and Biosciences Section, the IFLA Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group works to promote and strengthen the roles that librarians play in times of disaster and in response to global health challenges. In the spirit of partnership, this month IFLA features the IFLA Health and Biosciences (HBS) Section and their partner the IFLA Evidence for Global Disaster and Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group in the Units + Strategy recognition series, for their collaborative efforts not only with each other, but with several external medical and health-related information organisations. Read about what they’ve been doing and what they’ve got planned for 2022-2023. Read More
If you missed IFLA’s Asia and Oceania & Middle East and North Africa webinars in September, you can now watch them again, and learn all about their open sessions at IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin. Read More
Through this programme, the IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania aims to inspire and encourage colleagues within the region to advance their efforts to bring the UN SDGs to fruition. Read More
IFLA's Middle East and North Africa Regional Division Committee will moderate a special session titled "The Role of Libraries and Knowledge in Sustainable Development" at the Jordan Library Conference. Read More