Last update: 13 October 2020 Key Resources for Libraries in responding to the Coronavirus Pandemic The information and resources below are provided on a non-exhaustive basis but will be updated regularly. It is based on publicly available information, and that submitted to [email protected]. We welcome additional ideas, references, suggestions… Read More
Loving the Rural Community Children with Open Spaces for ICT in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges The incorporation of Information & Communication Technology (ICT) to enhance children’s rights is an important factor in making children feel loved and wanted in the society. The idea with our program, “Loving… Read More
The 2019 Development and Access to Information Report, to be presented on 23 May 2019 in Buenos Aires, will offer new data, examples and arguments for placing libraries at the heart of national development strategies. Read More
Article 19 of the Universal Convention on Human Rights offers freedom of access to information for all. IFLA’s presence at the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2017 and the 35th Session of the Human Rights Council allowed delegates to hear the library perspective on three aspects of access to information – open, public and meaningful. Read More
Introduction Network neutrality[1], or net neutrality, is the principle that all data or traffic on the Internet should be treated equally. Internet users’ freedom of choice should not be restricted or affected giving preferential treatment to certain content, services, applications, or devices… Read More
[PDF] Contents: Freedom of speech and censorship – project Surveillance and censorship intertwined Who controls the internet? Paradoxes of democracy Big media – concentration, globalization and user data Media redefined Big data Information regime and respect for the user References Additional information & contacts… Read More
[PDF] Abstract In an attempt to assess the role of libraries as contributors to the freedom of (official) information published in the journal Alexandria in 2001, Sturges examined both the definition of freedom of information and the actual role of libraries in providing better… Read More
2) Report from the IPU / ASGP / IFLA Seminar: “Informing democracy: Building capacity to meet parliamentarian’s information and knowledge needs” – Geneva 16 October 2008 Introduction A one-day conference, Informing Democracy: Building capacity to meet parliamentarians’ information and knowledge needs, was held… Read More