IFLA President's Message, February 2025
4 March 2025The below message was distributed to IFLA's members and volunteers directly by e-mail in IFLA's official languages as of 27 February 2025.
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers and Presentations: "Uniting Knowledge, Building the Future: Libraries Serving Multicultural Communities through Local History and Genealogy"
28 February 2025The Local History and Genealogy Section and Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section of IFLA is accepting submissions for the satellite meeting at National Academic Library of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 15 August 2025.
Upcoming Event: M&M Talk Explores IFLA Trends and Library Marketing in the AI Age
27 February 2025The event will delve into the 2024 updated IFLA Trend Report, a document that highlights essential topics concerning AI and the prospective roles of libraries and librarians. The M&M Standing Committee (SC) is placing a spotlight on these pivotal themes, offering three compelling presentations by esteemed professionals.
How Librarians Can Protect Researchers from Untrustworthy Journals and Book Publishers
27 February 2025IFLA Newsletter, February 2025: Promoting engagement
27 February 2025In the February 2025 IFLA newsletter, we answer the question “what is IFLA?” by taking a curated deep dive into our most recent activities, updates, and initiatives, as well highlighting the importance of promoting engagement.
Engaging with IFLA’s past, preparing for the future
27 February 2025As we look towards our 100th, we’ve started a process to change how anyone with an internet connection can engage with our past in new ways. Looking back helps to position ourselves for possible futures and for this we’ve made some tools and resources visible, and even audible. Dig in!
Towards a Common Understanding of Documentary Heritage: CCH and University of Cape Town Libraries host regional workshop
26 February 2025View Online: Centering degrowth in assessing environmental sustainability in libraries
25 February 2025Convocatoria Boletín Edición especial - BIBLIOTECAS EN PELIGRO
24 February 2025Por ello, solicitamos artículos breves en español e inglés que aborden los retos a los que se enfrentan las bibliotecas y la profesión bibliotecaria, sobre todo en términos de censura, condiciones de trabajo precarias, servicio a poblaciones marginadas y las luchas por el acceso a recursos y servicios.
Now available: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Newsletter, February 2025
21 February 2025IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Newsletter, Feburary 2025
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.
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.