Conferences

World Library and Information Congress (WLIC)

World Library and Information Congress (WLIC):  89th IFLA General Conference and Assembly Uniting Knowledge, Building the Future August 18-22, 2025, Astana, Kazakhstan | DDRS Events and Sessions

IFLA Interlending and Document Supply Conference (ILDS)

• 18th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Global to Local: Diversity and Inclusiveness in Resource Sharing
  ADA University, Baku, Republic of Azerbaijan
  02 – 04 December 2024
  See the Recap Video
• 17th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Sharing To Heal: Resource Sharing Through the Pandemic and Beyond
  Qatar National Library, Doha, Qatar
  20 – 22 September 2022
• 16th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Beyond the Paywall: Resource Sharing in a Disruptive Ecosystem
  [video archive]
  National Library of Technology in Prague (NTK), Prague, Czech Republic
  October 2019
• 15th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: No Library Left Behind: Cross-Border Resource Sharing
  Bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations (BULAC), Paris, France
  October 2017
• 14th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Resource Sharing at the Crossroads
  T.R. Prime Ministry Directorate General of State Archives, Directorate of Ottoman Archives, Istanbul, Turkey
  October 2015
• 13th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Resource Sharing: Global Vision, Local Strategy
  Peking University, Beijing, China
  October 2013
  • Attendees’ Report 1 from Mr. Syed Ghyour Hussain (PDF)
  • Attendees’ Report 2 from Mr. Ramesh Bhattarai (PDF)
  • Attendees’ Report 3 from Bouakhay Phenphachanah (PDF)
• 12th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Resource Sharing in the Digital Age
  Chicago, Illinois, United States
  September 2011
• 11th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Strategic Alliances and Partnerships in Interlending and Document Supply
  Hannover Congress Centrum (HCC), Hanover, Germany
  October 2009
• 10th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Resource Sharing for the Future – Building Blocks to Success
  National Library, Singapore
  October 2007
• 9th IFLA ILDS Conference 
  Theme: Making Library Collections Accessible Locally and Worldwide
  National Library of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
  September 2005
• 8th IFLA ILDS Conference
  Theme: Breaking Barriers: reaching users in a digital world
  National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia
  October 2003
• 7th ILDS International Conference
  Theme: Providing access through co-operation
  National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia
  October 2001
• 6th ILDS International Conference
  Theme: Empowering Society through the Global Flow of Information
  University of South Africa and the State Library, Pretoria, South Africa
  October 1999
• 5th ILDS International Conference
  Theme: Resource Sharing Possibilities and Barriers
  State and University Library, Aarhus, Denmark
  August 1997
• 4th ILDS International Conference
  Themes: The role of national libraries in achieving universal availability of publications, the manager’s viewpoint, the user perspective, the impact of technology developments in the academic environment
  Canadian Library Association (CLA) and the National Library of Canada, Calgary, Canada
  June 1995
• 3rd ILDS International Conference
  Themes: Developments in networking, electronic information
  National Library of Hungary – Palace of Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary
  March 1993
• 2nd ILDS International Conference
  Themes: Measuring the performance of interlending and document supply systems, the costs of interlibrary cooperation, charging policies and practices for international interlending and document supply, new developments in international document transport, intelectual property and illegal photocopying
  British Library – New Connaught Rooms, London, England
  November 1990
• 1st ILDS International Conference
  Theme: Variety of topics
  British Library – New Connaught Rooms, London, England
  November 1988

IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC)

2019

85^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
24–30 August 2019, Athens, Greece
Theme: Resource Sharing Tips and Tricks

2018

84^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
24–30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Theme: Transform Resource Sharing – Exceed Expectations

2017

83^rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
19–25 August 2017, WrocÅ‚aw, Poland
Theme: LinkedUp: Connecting Users and Libraries Around the World

2016

82^nd IFLA General Conference and Assembly
13–19 August 2016, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Theme: ILL is dead! Longlive resource sharing: the changing landscape of lending

2015

81^st IFLA General Conference and Assembly
August 17-23, Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: Strength in numbers: resource sharing in a networked global environment

2014

80^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
16-22 August 2014, Lyon, France
Theme: Conversion of print to electronic – impact on resource sharing

2013

79^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Singapore
Theme: Strengthening access to information: the future of resource sharing

2012

78^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Helsinki, Finland
Theme: Innovations in Resource Sharing: New methods, new technologies

2011

77^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Theme: e-Books and interlibrary loan

2010

76^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Gothenburg, Sweden
Theme: Open access to knowledge

2009

75^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Milan, Italy
Theme: The Interlending, Document Delivery and Resource Sharing tradition: evolving with the changing knowledge economy

2008

74^th IFLA General Conference and Assembly
Québec, Canada
Theme: Global resource sharing across borders: crossing geographical, language and conceptual boundaries in interlibrary loan and document delivery services