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IFLA Library Reference Model: Un modello concettuale per le informazioni bibliografiche

IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM) is a high-level conceptual reference model developed within an entity-relationship mo...

Why Public Access Matters

Libraries were early adopters of the internet, seeing its potential to connect people to ever more information. While nu...

Action Plan 2020-2021: School Libraries Section

The committee’s activities have been focused in two areas: 1) Promote the Manifesto of School Libraries; and 2) Send o...

Get into World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). 2020 Edition

IFLA works closely with the World Intellectual Property Organisaiton (WIPO) - the UN agency in charge of making rule...

Action Plan 2020-2021: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Annual Report 2019-2020: Library Services to Multicultural Populations

Minutes of meeting: Social Sciences Libraries Section, 28 October 2020

Items discussed at the meetings include 2020-2021 Action Plan, potential topics/plans for webinars, and social media bre...

Minutes of Meeting: Professional Committee, 11 September 2020

Minutes from the 11 September 2020 meeting of the IFLA Professional Council

Minutes of meeting: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section, 3 September 2020

Items discussed at the meeting include Standing Committee membership matters, Membership of the Section, Announcements a...

Get into Internet Governance Forum (IGF)

The Internet is increasingly central to the way we create, share, access and use information. For libraries to be able t...

Action Plan 2021: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section

The committee’s activities have been focused in two areas: 1) Produce programming and outreach, in-person and online, ...

IFLA Journal. October 2020

This issue features seven articles that carry the theme of Knowledge Management (KM) and Information Literacy (IL) forwa...

The response of parliamentary library & research services in the COVID-19 crisis: Report of a survey May-August 2020

With governments currently taking decisions with far-reaching consequences, there is as great a need as ever for parliam...

Minutes of business meeting: Academic and Research Libraries Section, 21 September 2020

Items discussed at the meeting include announcements from the Professional Committee, updates on ongoing Section activit...

Esta biblioteca apoia os ODS

As part of IFLA's global campaign to highlight the importance of libraries as partners for development, we have prepared...

IFLA Statement on Libraries and Artificial Intelligence

The adoption of artificial intelligence and machine learning systems in private and public spheres is rapidly growing. H...

Minutes of the annual meeting: Division IV Support of the Profession, 8 September 2020

Items discussed at the meeting include information from the Division Chair about the Governance Review, WLIC, and IFLA D...

Tech Needs and Readiness: A Briefing for Libraries

From public internet access facilities to digital collections, from online learning to makerspaces – the ICT-enabled...

IFLA Library Reference Model: Um Modelo Conceitual para a Informação Bibliográfica

IFLA Library Reference Model (LRM) is a high-level conceptual reference model developed within an entity-relationship mo...

Action Plan 2020-2021: Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning Section

The committee’s activities have been focused in four areas: 1) Strengthen the skills and capabilities of the global li...