Limited access to research not only prevents people in many countries from contributing to the latest thinking and innovations, but also means that they cannot apply this knowledge in their own societies. We interviewed Latia Ward, from Cornell University, to find out about GOALI - an initiative aimed at providing a solution. Read More
​ ​ As part of IFLA’s global campaign to highlight the importance of libraries as partners for development, we have prepared this poster to mark the Global Day of Action for the SDGs on 25 September 2018. In celebration… Read More
When the United Nations Member States agreed the 2030 Agenda, they recognised that without specific targets and a framework for measuring progress, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) would be meaningless. As a result, connected to the 17 headline goals, there are 169 targets and 232 indicators that will allow us… Read More
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’s (IFLA) Library Map of the World (LMW) provides you with a unique digital space to share the story of your library’s activities, projects, and programmes as well as their impact on your community, and how that contributes to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable… Read More
The World Intellectual Property Organisation’s annual General Assembly saw exciting announcements around the Marrakesh Treaty, welcome support for better laws for libraries, archives and museums, and an emphasis, from Member States, on the need for intellectual property laws to support development. Read More
As part of IFLA’s global campaign to highlight the importance of libraries as partners for development, we have prepared this poster to mark the Global Day of Action for the SDGs on 25 September 2018. We encourage librarians around the world to print this poster and put it up in… Read More