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IFLA MLAS: Empowering Communities through Stronger Library Associations
5 May 2025The IFLA Management of Library Associations is closely aligned with the broader goal of empowering communities in terms of MLAS’ core mission to strengthen libraries and their role within society. Read more about its activities on this essay by MLAS Chair, Loida Garcia-Febo, originally published in the IFLA Newsletter April 2025 — Vol. 5, No. 4.
IFLA Governing Board 2025-2027: Election Results
5 May 2025IFLA has pleasure in announcing the Governing Board 2025-2027 election results
IFLA MLCE Guidelines for Effective, Easy to Implement, low-to-no Resource Media Literacy Interventions for Libraries and Information Professionals 📝
1 May 2025The results are timely as they provide clarity on some modern paradoxes such as teenagers and young people being digital natives with high exposure to technology, but often lacking awareness of its ethical implications, environmental impact and of the invisible systems that sustain it. For adults and other age groups there was also a significant mismatch between exposure to content and understanding. Beyond the above reflections and the impact achieved, this report is also a means to center the experience of librarians and educators and to highlight the multi-purpose capabilities of libraries, in particular when it comes to digital literacy.
Now available: Boletín Edición especial – BIBLIOTECAS EN PELIGRO
1 May 2025El 1° de mayo es el Día Internacional del Trabajo y, en este boletín, buscamos celebrar, honrar y escuchar las historias de los bibliotecarios del mundo. Sus esfuerzos para servir a sus comunidades son imparables y merecen condiciones de trabajo que sean apreciadas, equitativas, seguras y pagadas justamente. Nunca olvidemos que, donde sea que haya bibliotecas y bibliotecarios, la vida es un poco mejor y, cuando es necesario enfrentarse a la injusticia, las bibliotecas son uno de los bastiones más importantes que hay.
Empowering Voices: The IFLA LGBTQ+Users SIG and Community Impact
30 April 2025Libraries, as cornerstones of information and community, hold a vital role in fostering inclusivity. The IFLA LGBTQ+ Users Special Interest Group (SIG) stands at the forefront of this mission, actively working to empower LGBTQ+ communities worldwide through the library and information science field.
Empowering New Voices: NPSIG in Action
30 April 2025The IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) is dedicated to empowering early-career librarians and information professionals by creating opportunities for learning, networking, and global collaboration. Among its key initiatives is IFLACamp—an innovative and informal satellite event that brings together new professionals from around the world to share experiences, spark dialogue, and explore emerging trends in the field of librarianship. Since its inception, IFLACamp has become a vibrant platform for creativity, professional growth, and intercultural exchange within the global library community.
Just Launched: Worldwide Review of the IFLA Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) – 2025
30 April 2025The UBC Working Group is pleased to announce that the revised draft of the IFLA Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) has been finalized for public consultation.
IFLA Newsletter, April 2025: Empowering communities
30 April 2025In this month's edition of the IFLA newsletter, we focus on the true superpower of our profession, communities. 💚
Realising potential, supporting users: IFLA Statement on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence
29 April 2025With their ability to regulate the way in which information is accessed, used, shared and created, copyright laws potentially have a major role in deciding not just how new AI models are trained, but also how they can be used. Bearing in mind libraries’ wider ambitions for – and reservations about – AI, a new IFLA Statement, prepared by the Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters and approved by the Governing Board, sets out recommendations for governments and libraries alike.
Keeping the Music Playing: World IP Day recording available
29 April 2025Libraries play a key role not just in safeguarding music and related materials for future generations, but also in activating it today, supporting creativity and access for all. A joint IFLA-IAML webinar highlighted the richness of this contribution.
Empowering Communities: The Modern Role of Metropolitan Public Libraries
29 April 2025The Metropolitan Libraries Section of IFLA (MetLib) offers continuing education to help metropolitan libraries around the globe serve their communities. MetLib has annual conferences on various themes important in urban areas such as sustainability, inclusivity, democracy, fostering resilience, and others featured in SDG Goals. Read more about how globally Metropolitan libraries are serving as a powerful and necessary resource in their communities.
Updated IFLA-UNESCO School Library Manifesto Endorsed by the UNESCO Information for All Programme
28 April 2025The update was led by IFLA’s School Libraries Section, in order to reflect the changing landscape of education, including technological advances, the evolution of the teaching role of school librarians, and the role of education in sustainable development.
Rural Artists' Digital Skills Development in Makonde, Zimbabwe: Boosting the indigenous creative economy
28 April 2025Collaborative community initiatives can strengthen and foster sustainable development by boosting the creative economy to make inroads into digital spaces, turning the digital divide into a digital dividend. Read about an innovative initiative gaining traction in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland West Province.
IFLA Advisory Committee on Standards Symposium Metadata Standards Matter: Building a Sustainable Future for Information
28 April 2025The National Library of Greece hosted the symposium, “Metadata Standards Matter: Building a Sustainable Future for Information” and mid-year meetings of the Advisory Committee on Standards, the IFLA metadata sections, the Review Groups, and the Accessibility Metadata Network. Read more about this gathering of metadata specialists from across the globe, who met to discuss and share experiences, practices, problems and solutions related to metadata standards.
Enhancing Visibility and Engagement: Highlights from the IFLA Management & Marketing Section for Egyptian Library Professionals
25 April 2025On April 10th, 2025, the IFLA Management and Marketing Section hosted a significant event titled "Enhancing Library Services Marketing: Definitions and Strategies for Greater Impact" at the Maadi Public Library in Cairo. The workshop welcomed library and information professionals from across Egypt, including those from academic, public, and school libraries.
CFP for 2025 WLIC Open Session by News Media Section
25 April 20252025 IFLA WLIC Open Session “Media behavior and news consumption in the age of AI and digitalization” to explore the evolving dynamics of media consumption, news dissemination, and digital literacy in today's rapidly changing social and cultural landscape.