On the Agenda: Governing Board Meeting, 21 February
20 February 2025IFLA’s Governing Board meets for a virtual session on Friday 21 February, its first meeting of 2025.
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Libraries supporting the local social covenant
18 February 2025IFLA participated actively at United Cities and Local Governments' annual retreat and campus meetings, underlining the importance of knowledge, culture and libraries for delivering inclusive, sustainable development.
Now available: IFLA ARL Newsletter issue #13
18 February 2025Sharing ideas for IFLA100: what you told us
16 February 2025Earlier this year, we shared a survey designed to collect your ideas about what makes a successful major anniversary, and what you wanted from IFLA’s own centenary in 2027. We are happy to share the results here.
New Publication: MCULTP February 2025 Newsletter released
16 February 2025Recording Available: Emerson History & Genealogy Center: An Exploration of Collection Moves, Genealogy Services, and a Memory Lab
13 February 2025A Skills Agenda for the IFLA Trend Report
10 February 2025Faced with an uncertain future, shaped by a variety of different trends, what are the trends we should be developing? The Skills Agenda for the Trend Report, prepared by emerging leaders from around the world, offers insights.
New IFLA ARL Blog post: “The Necessity of AI Literacy in Academic Libraries in Bangladesh”
10 February 2025Exploring Information Integrity – the Role of Libraries in Asia and Oceania
10 February 2025With information integrity now recognised by the UN as a key policy priority, librarians from across Asia and Oceania met in Brisbane to reaffirm their commitment to this goal, and explore how best to achieve it.
The right copyright for African libraries
9 February 2025Libraries played a prominent role at the International Conference on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, held in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa, from 3-6 February. Discussions highlighted the need the voice and experience of Africans – and the librarians who support them – to be better reflected in the way copyright works.
18th IFLA ILDS 2024 Conference: the theoretical & practical outcomes and vision
7 February 2025The IFLA Document Delivery and Resource Sharing (DDRS) Section is pleased to present the latest episode of its webinar series, dedicated to reviewing the 18th IFLA Interlending and Document Supply (ILDS) Conference 2024. This prestigious event was organized by ADA University’s Library and Information Services Department in collaboration with the IFLA DDRS Standing Committee and took place at ADA University in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Survey on the IFLA Code of Ethics for Librarians and Other Information Workers
7 February 2025What ethical principles matter for library and information workers? How relevant are those set out in IFLA’s 2012 code? What other issues should we be taking into account now? Share your views, and help shape the revision of the code through our survey.
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6 February 2025A Goal for Culture: Culture2030Goal campaign launches process to develop new version
4 February 2025The Culture2030Goal campaign, of which IFLA is a founding member, has formally launched the process of developing a new goal. Read on to find out about the roadmap, and to participate in the survey.
Advancing knowledge management for inclusive, equitable and sustainable growth
4 February 2025An IFLA side-event at the International Council on Science General Assembly underlined positive trends in information collection, management and sharing, across disciplines and borders, especially in the Middle East and North Africa Region. Yet the support of governments and partners is still very much needed to realise goals.