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IFLA Brought the Voice of Libraries to the UNESCO World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development – MONDIACULT 2022

IFLA’s core message at MONDIACULT 2022 was a call to policymakers, including ministers of culture from around the world, to look to library associations and institutions as partners in realising the potential of culture to leave no one behind. We stressed that, through its transversal impact across the development agenda, culture is critical for achieving sustainable development goals. Read More

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  • 05 October 2022

Library outside Library – with new partners to new users

The pandemic has affected the lifestyle of millions, especially those in big cities. Due to its vicinity to the Serbian capital and a geographical position, Silver Lake, a nearby tourist destination on the territory of Veliko Gradiste Municipality had a record number of tourists and temporary residents, who found working… Read More

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  • 29 September 2022

ENSULIB/CYA Open Session Ideas

ENSULIB and Children & Young Adults sections had an Open Session in IFLA WLIC 28th July (Session 152), with the theme of Climate Action in Libraries: Creating a More Sustainable Future by Engaging and Inspiring Youth.  Open session was a great success with about 120 participants and consisted of invited… Read More

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  • 27 September 2022

Ambassadors for Sustainable Development – Making Green Libraries Visible

Against the background of IFLA’s involvement in the 2030 Agenda, this paper asks about the visible commitment of libraries and library associations as ambassadors for the dissemination of the SDGs. On the other hand, it also examines to what extent this commitment – if any – is reflected in national… Read More

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  • 26 September 2022

Parliamentary Libraries & Archives: Providing information and related services

Constitutions assign to parliaments not only the functions of law making and approval of expenditure/taxation but also the role of overseeing the work of the executive branch of government. Focusing on this last function of parliaments Josefa Fuentes, IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments (IFLAPARL) Chair, analyzes some of the inherent challenges ensuring public access to information produced and attained by the libraries and research services in parliaments related to government information. Read More

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  • 20 September 2022

IFLA releases new resources for SDG Action Week 2022

It is currently SDG Action Week, a period of focus on the steps required in order to deliver on the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda. To mark this, IFLA has launched a number of new materials, as well as a mailing list to keep in touch around our work in this area. Read More

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  • 19 September 2022

Get into SDG Action Week 2022

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Action Week takes place around the anniversary of the agreement of the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda in 2015. Organised by the UN and civil society platforms, it is an opportunity both to raise awareness around the SDGs and show how different actors – including libraries… Read More

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  • 16 September 2022