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Standards in the Open: Making IFLA Standards Work on the Web

26 June 2025

    The IFLA Namespaces site is our central platform for publishing IFLA standards as linked data was launched in 2020. This initiative supports the broader goal of making bibliographic standards more usable, discoverable, and machine-readable—key pillars of digital access. By structuring standards as linked data, we enable libraries, developers, and metadata professionals to integrate them directly into cataloguing tools, discovery systems, and research workflows.

    REMEDIS project releases its evaluation planner

    26 June 2025

      As part of the Horizon Europe-funded REMEDIS project (REthinking MEdia DIgital Skills), an international consortium has launched a new digital tool to support educators, librarians, civil society actors, and policymakers in evaluating Media Literacy and Digital Skills (ML&DS) interventions.

      IFLA SSA RDC pre-conference workshop held during the 6th AFLIA Conference

      25 June 2025

        The IFLA Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Division hosted a successful preconference workshop under the theme "Advocacy & Networking for a Sustainable LIS Profession." The session was strategically aligned with the overall conference theme, "Open Knowledge: Present, Future, and African Realities" and was held at the University of Namibia (UNAM) Library Video Conference Room.

        IFLA elections and nominations: data analysis

        24 June 2025

          Over half of IFLA's members took part in our elections this year, while more than one in five nominated a candidate. Within this, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa stood out for their mobilisation, while overall we saw an increase in the regional diversity of the membership of our Section standing commitees.

          From: Elections

          Registration Open for Satellite Meeting: Uniting Knowledge, Building the Future: Libraries Serving Multicultural Communities through Local History and Genealogy

          20 June 2025

            Registration is now open for the Library Services to Multicultural Populations and Local History and Genealogy Sections' Satellite Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 15 August 2025. In collaboration with the National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Library Services to Multicultural and Local History and Genealogy Sections are pleased to invite you to take part in the satellite meeting “Uniting Knowledge, Building the Future: Libraries Serving Multicultural Communities through Local History and Genealogy."