Call for papers: Cataloguing Section open session at IFLA WLIC 2020
11 February 2020Session to be held in Dublin, Ireland, 15-21 August.
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[Postponed to October 2020] IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Conference 2020 (MetLib 2020): Registration and Call for Papers
10 February 2020[Update as at 25 August 2020] Dear Colleagues and Friends, it is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of this year's MetLib 2020 Conference in Utrecht. We hope for better times and certainly look forward to resuming this annual joyful event next year in 2021. Take care, stay safe and keep well! >>>>>>>>>> ===== The annual signature event by the IFLA-Metropolitan Libraries Section will be happening in the beautiful city of Utrecht this year, with the theme "Staffing the Public Library in 2030"! Registration is now open, so go ahead and lock in your participation soon to enjoy the special fee for early birds. At the same time, the call for Papers, Presentations and Pecha Kucha talks is also active and we certainly look forward to receiving your submissions*. [Closing Date: 1 March 2020 - extended]
Libraries for a Better Internet: Safer Internet Day 2020
10 February 2020Libraries work to protect the online safety and wellbeing of their patrons and communities by promoting digital literacy and offering inclusive ICT skills training and assistance. On Safer Internet Day 2020, libraries in many countries are joining the campaign to raise awareness and help children and young people develop the skills for safe and responsible Internet use.
Finding the evidence: Coronavirus
10 February 2020Public Health England’s Knowledge and Library Services Team has collated this page of resources to help those working on the current coronavirus outbreak embed evidence-informed decision-making in their daily practice.
IFLA WLIC 2020: our ‘increasing access to multi-language evidence’ lightning talk session.
10 February 2020Theme: "Engage, enable and connect in global and disaster health: increasing access to multi-language evidence". Our call for lightning talk proposals is now open, deadline: 16 March 2020.
IFLA Engages at UN to Share Library Action on Homelessness
10 February 2020IFLA is attending the Commission on Social Development of the United Nations, highlighting how effective library services can make a difference in finding solutions to homelessness.
"Health Literacy": call for papers for our joint 2020 Satellite Meeting in Dublin
7 February 2020Health and Biosciences Libraries section and Evidence for Global and Disaster Health SIG are now inviting abstracts for our joint satellite meeting on 14 August in Dublin. We are delighted to be working with local partners The Health Sciences Libraries Group of the Library Association of Ireland.
2019-2020 Action Plan (Collection Assessment and Open Access Publishing) are now available!
5 February 2020WLIC 2020 Call for Papers - Government Libraries Section
3 February 2020GLS invites proposals for short presentations on the theme of "Evidence based policy",to be presented at WLIC Dublin in August 2020.
Australian Bushfires
3 February 2020Australian Bushfires
Call for Papers (video or multimedia work) IFLA WLIC 2020 Dublin – The Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint with Metropolitan Libraries Section
3 February 2020Theme: Inspire, Enable, Engage and Connect: Video and Multimedia Productions by and for Libraries and Library Users
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Library Board, Singapore
3 February 2020The Chief Executive Officer of the National Library Board, Singapore
Message from IFLA Regional Office
3 February 2020Message from IFLA Regional Office
Call for Papers - Academic and Research Libraries Section with Statistics and Evaluation Section
2 February 2020Deadline for proposals: 5 March 2020
IFLA WLIC 2020: Joint 'Climate Change' session with WIL and ATINA
1 February 2020In partnership with the IFLA Women, Information and Libraries (WIL) Special Interest Group and the Access to Information Network – Africa (ATINA) SIG, we are inviting proposals for papers to be presented at our joint open session during the 2020 IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland.
"Library Services for Open Science": 2019 Satellite Meeting presentations online.
1 February 2020Our joint satellite meeting with Science and Technology Libraries section took place in Vienna, Austria in August 2019 with an Open Science theme.
Call for IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year 2020 is open!
1 February 2020The “IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year” award celebrates new public libraries. Applications being accepted from 1 February 2020.
January 2020 newsletter is now online
1 February 2020Library Publishing SIG Mid-Term Meeting: Oslo, 5-6 March 2020
31 January 2020The programme and registration for the mid-term meeting are now available.