Last chance to nominate candidates for IFLA committees!
12 April 2021Use the next 24 hours well; IFLA’s future is in your hands.
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Nicaraguan libraries + IFLA Strategy: all aboard for a national strategic plan
9 April 2021In this article, IFLA celebrates the work of the Nicaraguan Association of Librarians and Related Professionals, the Asociación Nicaragüense de Bibliotecarios y Profesionales Afines (ANIBIPA) and its engagement with the IFLA Strategy.
Libraries for Digital Inclusion: Charting the Course for 2021
9 April 2021Public access in libraries can be a powerful tool to bring more people online - particularly as the world is working to meet global connectivity goals and ambitions in the next few years. But how to realise its potential? You can join the discussion and help shape the agenda of the Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries for 2021!
Register Now! Virtual Event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage
9 April 2021Learn about how libraries are finding dynamic ways to connect their communities to cultural heritage at our upcoming virtual event: Libraries Inspire Engagement in Cultural Heritage.
Act Now: Last Days to Nominate Candidates for IFLA Volunteer Positions
7 April 2021We’re into the final week of IFLA’s nominations process! You have just over six days left to complete your nomination and nominee consent forms for IFLA’s elections and appointments 2021.
Promise, progress... and persistent problems: catching up on the situation for eLending in the United States
6 April 2021The past year has underlined how essential it is for libraries to be able to offer access to content digitally. With major expansion in demand from users, there have been both welcome moves from publishers to facilitate access, but also increasingly clear evidence of underlying challenges in the eBook market. We interviewed Sari Feldman and Alan Inouye, ALA, to get an update.
IFLA's recommendations on the WIPO Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organizations
2 April 2021IFLA responds to WIPO's call for recommendations to improve the Good Practice Toolkit for Collective Management Organizations and ensure the transparency, good governance and proper functioning of CMOs.
Reflecting Back & Looking Forward
31 March 2021Join us to hear about some inspiring stories of how public libraries adapted to service delivery during COVID-19; innovative approaches to literacy and reading during this time; listen to international library leaders contemplate the future; plus meet some of the worlds amazing Children's Laureates and Ambassadors. AND we have a specially curated session in Portuguese. The Literacy and Reading + Public Libraries mid-term is the place to be!
Upcoming LBE webinet — Library Design Matters! Outdoor Spaces as Key Library Assets
30 March 2021Next webinet May 6th - bookings open now!
Libraries supporting human rights: good practices and key trends from Eswatini, Greece and Ireland
30 March 2021IFLA has submitted contributions for the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Reviews of Eswatini, Greece and Ireland, working with local partners. These demonstrate how libraries are delivering on rights, as well as highlighting overall trends and priorities.
Raising SDG Awareness... through Competitions! An Interview with Dr Yakov L Shrayberg, Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology
30 March 2021Libraries can have an important role in building understanding of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We interviewed Dr Yakov L Shrayberg, President of the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology, to find out about their International SDGs Calendar contest and how to get involved.
Notice of IFLA 2021 General Assembly and Call for Agenda Items
30 March 2021The IFLA 2021 General Assembly will be held on Wednesday 25 August 2021 in The Hague, Netherlands. IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda (Statutes, Art. 9.5). Proposals must reach the IFLA Secretariat by 25 May 2021.
Get ready for IFLA WLIC – 17-19 August 2021
26 March 2021We're delighted to announce the dates for IFLA WLIC 2021 and look forward to your participation from 17-19 August 2021.
IFLA MLAS + IFLA Strategy: Engaging our membership
26 March 2021In this article, IFLA celebrates the work of the IFLA MLAS and their engagement with the IFLA Strategy.
City Leaders’ Call for Green, Just and Local Recovery Offers Opportunities for Libraries
26 March 2021With a unique understanding of how our institutions support positive progress, the local government leaders meeting as part of the Urban 20 initiative are well placed to highlight how libraries, and culture more broadly, contribute to sustainable development.
Bibliography Section 2021 mid-year meeting minutes posted
26 March 2021The minutes of the mid-year meetings held February 26 & March 12, 2021 are now posted
IFLA joins organisations globally in calling for COVID TRIPS waiver to facilitate research, education and cultural participation
25 March 2021IFLA has joined with partners in signing a call for World Trade Organisation Members to make it clear that where intellectual property rights make it more difficult to tackle COVID-19 and its consequences, governments should be able to take steps to enable use of protected works.
Libraries in the European Cultural Heritage Green Paper
25 March 2021The European Cultural Heritage Green Paper, officially launched on Monday, 22 March, seeks to put Europe’s shared heritage at the heart of the European Green New Deal.
An Indispensable Player in Policy Success: Library Contributions Featured at Side Event at the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development
24 March 2021A side-event at the Asia-Pacific region’s forum on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provided an opportunity to underline the importance of access to information everywhere, and the potential of libraries to support effective policy delivery.
Streaming of Section's 2021 Midyear Meeting available
23 March 2021The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section held it’s 2021 Midyear Meeting online on March 19th via Zoom. Since the registrations were booked very fast we decided to stream the Midyear Meeting – for the first time in the history of the Section!