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Digital Technologies and Social Development: We Need Meaningful Inclusion Efforts

IFLA has submitted a statement ahead of the 59th meeting of the United Nations Commission on Social Development, focus on the role of digital technologies. The statement underlines the need to give everyone the connection, collections and confidence to use the internet effectively.

Fiji Library Association + IFLA Strategy: Reflections and Moving forward

In this article, we explore the ways that the Fiji Library Association has been showing its commitment in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.

World Day for Audiovisual Heritage 27 October 2020

2020 Theme: Your Window to the World

IFLAPARL July 2020 Newsletter Published

IFLA SDGs Update: October 2020

The latest update on activities related to the Sustainable Development Goals from IFLA includes information on the following: Voluntary National Reviews 2021, our Data for Advocacy webinar, the Library Pledge for Digital Inclusion, an update on the Library Map of the World, our latest Library Stat of the Week posts, the Gates Foundation's Goalkeepers report, IFLA's Get Into Guides, and a list of relevant recent blogs.

Libraries in Belgium Promoting and Protecting Human Rights

Over the past months, IFLA, FAIFE and our partners in different countries around the world have prepared a series of submissions to the Universal Periodic Review processes organised by the Human Rights Council. This month, we had an opportunity to take an in-depth look at how libraries in Belgium help deliver on the human rights of the communities they serve.

IFLA signs joint statement with IATUL on Publisher Pricing

IFLA, alongside the International Association of University Libraries, has signed onto the below statement, calling for publishers to recognise pressures on library funding, and reduce prices in 2021, in order to avoid a significant drop in the information available to students and researchers.

IFLA celebrates World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day

In this article, IFLA celebrates World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day and illustrates the work of IFLA’s Health and Biosciences Libraries Section (HBS) and its sponsored Special Interest Group: Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) in supporting the achievement of the IFLA Strategy.

Agenda for the 2020 IFLA General Assembly

The 2020 IFLA General Assembly will be held Thursday 5 November in the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5, in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Health and Biosciences Libraries Section Action Plan for 2019-2021

Press Release: Every Community Connected - A Call to Action

A coalition of organisations representing libraries and technologists has called on governments and decision-makers to ensure that every community is connected, and, through libraries, has access to the content and skills needed to enjoy the benefits that the internet can bring.

Every Community Connected: A Call to Action, a Pledge to Engage

IFLA is proud to sign up to two documents addressing a key issue of our time – the digital divide. The first calls on governments to act to support investment in wider connectivity and the libraries that help users make the most of it. The second represents a pledge to do all in our power to promote digital inclusion, and is open to wider signatures.

New Names of Persons file available: "Chinese names"

The file deals with the structure of personal names from mainland China, and Hong Kong and Macau special administrative regions

ENSULIB is on its way from SIG to Section!

”Conservation and Restoration of Manuscript and Printed Heritage” International Roundtable Discussion

Researchers and heads of libraries from Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan joined PAC Centres Russia and Kazakhstan for an online international roundtable discussion.

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IFLA at the 2020 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum: Access to Information and Meaningful Digital Inclusion

The 2020 Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum took place between 27 and 30 of September. This platform offers unique opportunities for dialogue and collaboration among the different stakeholders interested and engaged in the way the Internet works and is governed in a region that includes the majority of the world’s population. An IFLA-led workshop explored the policy and practice perspectives on meaningful digital inclusion and access to information, drawing on the work and experiences of libraries in the region.

CPDWL Annual Report 2019-2020, Action Plan 2020-2021 and Annual Business Meeting Minutes 2020

The CPDWL Annual Report 2019-2020, Action Plan 2020-2021 and Annual Business Meeting Minutes Available Now!