IFLA will be participating in the annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting on 25-29th of November in Berlin. The IGF is a UN-based open multistakeholder platform which brings together actors from public, private and civil society sectors to discuss how the internet works and should be governed. Read More
As public spaces, open to all members of the community, libraries enable people to exercise and enjoy their human rights. A new report from the UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights highlights this role, and the conditions for it to be realised. It provides a useful advocacy tool for libraries. Read More
In June 2019, the European Union’s new Copyright Directive entered into force. Member States must implement this Directive into their national laws by 7 June 2021. In many, the process is underway - libraries should be involved! Read More
Representatives from IFLA will attend the Second Inter-regional Conference for the Memory of the World to speak on our work towards preserving and providing access to Digital Heritage. A member of the Policy and Advocacy team will present IFLA’s Guidelines for Setting Up a Digital Unification Project… Read More
Workshop organized by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) Law Libraries Section and the International Law Libraries Association (IALL). Sponsored by IFLA and IALL. Read More
The Global Week of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) comes to an end today. Libraries have been active in marking the week, as well as in the work they are doing from day to day work to deliver on the goals of the UN 2030 Agenda. Read More
The Working Group on Prison Libraries was established in 2019, mainly to update the IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Prisoners. The fourth edition was published in February 2023. The Guidelines are also available in Spanish, Arabic, Chinese,… Read More
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
What? Relindial is an acronym for “Religions: Libraries and Dialogue”, a Special Interest Group dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions. Relindial is hosted by the Social Science Libraries section. Since when? The idea of Relindial… Read More
The Guidelines are now also available in Mynamar (formerly Birma). မြန်မာစာ (Myanmar) [… Read More