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Events Calendar

Discover opportunities to engage and connect with the global library field!

November 2025
04 November
06 November

World Social Summit 2025

Location: Doha, Qatar

Governments and United Nations agencies from around the world will meet in Doha, Qatar, on 4-6 November in order to reflect on progress towards achieving social development goals. 

From: Powering Sustainable Development
05 November
06 November

IFLA 100 Authors’ Symposium: Advancing the Global History of Libraries and Librarianship

Location: Royal Library of the Netherlands (KB), The Hague, The Netherlands and Online

To mark IFLA’s centenary in 2027, the Library History Special Interest Group is coordinating an ambitious volume with De Gruyter that will comprehensively examine the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions’ (IFLA) 100-year history.

From: Library History Special Interest Group
13 November

WEBINAR 1: Libraries at the Frontlines of Climate Action

Location: Online

The IFLA SSA RDC is planning  a series of webinars between November 2025 and July 2027.

From: Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division

The IFLA ENSULIB Webinar Series: Sustaining a Seed Library

Location: Zoom

Presented by Rebecca Newburn, Sustaining a Seed Library: Borrowing Procedures and Donations from the Community, is helpful for anyone looking to start or enhance a seed library.

From: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section
20 November
23 November
25 November

36th Annual Conference of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI)

Location: Education City Student Center (Multaqa), Doha, Qatar

The State of Qatar, represented by Qatar National Library, is hosting the 36th Annual Conference of the Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI) from 23 to 25 November 2025 at the Education City Student Center (Multaqa) in Doha, Qatar.

From: Middle East and North Africa Regional Division
24 November