2021 World Library and Information Congress: 17-19 August 2021, Virtual Theme: Multicultural Library Services Worldwide: 15 years of the IFLA/UNESCO Multicultural Library Manifesto 2020 No conference due to COVID-19 pandemic. 2019 World Library and Information Congress: 24-30 August 2019, Athens, Greece Theme: Session 260 – Multiculturalism… Read More
Current Conferences The next IFLA World Library and Information Congress will take place in Athens, Greece on 24 – 30 August 2019. IFLA 2019 Program and Activities – Local History and Genealogy Collections Section Click here to download events programme, a breakdown starting with the satellite… Read More
CLM focuses its energies on areas of copyright where it can have the greatest impact, and where threats to libraries’ ability to preserve a balance between user and owner rights are most pressing. It is mostly concerned with the global copyright arena, as IFLA is an international organisation. CLM… Read More
2021 WLIC 2021: Virtual Conference Open Programme 17-19 August 2021 2020 World Library and Information Congress: 86th IFLA General Conference and Assembly 15-21 August 2020, Dublin, Ireland. (Cancelled) 2019 World Library and Information Congress: 85th IFLA General Conference and Assembly August, 24-30, Athens, Greece Theme: Library Associations in… Read More
2021 World Library and Information Congress: 2021 IFLA General Conference and Assembly. Let’s Work Together for the Future. Virtual Conference Theme: Libraries Include – Navigating the Government Information and Official Publications Landscape: Authority, Reproducibility and Accessibility. Session Recording available via the IFLA WLIC 2021 website. Carol Riccalton, Head of… Read More
The News Media Section is a dynamic forum for sharing information on all issues relating to news media, in any form and on any platform, from print, microfilm, TV, radio, streaming, and news on the Web. History Starting in the 1980s as the Working Group on Newspapers, the group became… Read More
Berlin, Germany, August, 2003 During the World Library and Information Congress in Berlin,there was much debate about the US PATRIOT Act and similar legislation being enacted elsewhere around the world. The sessions organised by the IFLA Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) committee in… Read More
This book contains the Proceedings of the 13th Seminar of IFLA’s Library Buildings and Equipment Section, which was this time co-organised with IFLA’s Public Libraries Section. The event took place as one of the satellite meetings of the World Library and Information Congress 2003 in Berlin, and took place in… Read More
The IFLA MCULTP (Library Services to Multicultural Populations) section is one of the few IFLA sections whose mandate is directly aligned with DEI. While Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is experienced and practiced in differently across the globe, many common grounds exist that can provide a foundation and basis for concerted efforts amongst LIS professionals internationally. Read More
Along with some great impressions from the cultural evening at the Rotterdam Zoo, poster sessions, and videos featuring delegates, our Day Two recap of IFLA WLIC 2023 focuses on some of the incredible work our many professional units and committees are presenting during WLIC week. Read More