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GIOPS 2020 Member Survey Results

Thank you for participating in the GIOPS 2020 Member Survey!

Upcoming AVMS Webinar

ResCarta Toolkit: Make Audio and Video Digital Collections full-text searchable

IFLA ARL Section + IFLA Strategy: Acting locally, Reaching Globally

In this article, IFLA celebrates the work of the IFLA ARL Section and their engagement with the IFLA Strategy.

Libraries in the Race to Zero November Dialogues

IFLA ARL Webinar series: Innovative and expanded academic library services: the ripple begins locally

Recording now available

Libraries Engaged in Advocacy for Access to Health in Chile

An important part of the right to health is the right to health information and knowledge. COVID-19 has only underlined this connection. We interviewed María Angélica Fuentes Martínez and Mónica Núñez of the Association of Chilean Librarians to find out more about their involvement in a project to strengthen advocacy around this.

IFLA continues raising awareness around library needs at WIPO

On 16-20 November 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization hosted the 40th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR). The objective of this meeting – the first in over a year – was to take stock of work so far, and explore steps forwards on the Committee’s agenda, including its work on exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries, archives and museums.

2020-2021 Open Access Publishing Action Plan is now available!

GIOPS 2020 Annual Report Now Available!

Internet Governance Forum 2020: Takeaway Messages for Libraries

The 2020 IGF – the first to take place in a fully virtual format – has drawn to a close. With over 250 online sessions, many issues that were raised are relevant for the global library sector.

IFLA LAC Section + IFLA Strategy: Uniting libraries in Latin America & the Caribbean

In this article, IFLA celebrates the work of the IFLA LAC Section and their engagement with the IFLA Strategy.

Securing SDG Success in Africa through Youth

IFLA was present at the 3rd African Youth SDGs Summit in Accra, Ghana, on 4-5 November. IFLA’s representative, Damilare Oyedele, shared the below report.

IFLA Releases Checklist for Legal Deposit Laws

IFLA has released its checklist for legal deposit laws, aiming to help those analysing existing laws or planning new ones. It is intended to ensure that key issues or questions are not forgotten, but rather included in reflections on this key area of legislation for libraries and their users.

Professional Unit Virtual Event - Preservation of Digital Complex Objects

Since the beginning of 21st century IT development have brought new forms of eBooks and complex objects for renewed and enhanced user / reader experience. These innovative cultural objects imply new challenges for preservation and conservation: how can we archive device dependent multimedia, interactive systems, or information flows? Does new data technologies open new possibilities for long-term conservation?

Committee on Standard/LIDATEC - IFLA Namespaces Basic Training

New translation of Library Reference Model

The LRM is now available in Italian

Looking ahead to the 40th Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

On 16-20 November 2020, the fortieth session of the Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization will begin. The sessions will take place every day from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm (CET). An important meeting in a pandemic context In the context of a global pandemic, WIPO has needed to be flexible, and so is organizing, in agreement with its members, an online meeting to continue discussions on the agenda developed previously at the last meeting in October 2019.

Agenda: IFLA Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia

Following the General Assembly on 5 November 2020, IFLA will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia on 12 February 2021 to decide on the adoption of the new IFLA Statutes.

Convening Notice for IFLA Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia

Following the General Assembly on 5 November 2020, IFLA will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly in Melbourne, Australia on 12 February 2021 to decide on the adoption of the new IFLA Statutes.