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Philippines’ 29th Library and Information Services Month “Inclusive, Innovative, Interconnected”
12 January 2020Pursuant to Proclamation No. 837 s. 1991, Library and Information Services (LIS) month is commemorated during November every year. The LIS month celebration aims to promote awareness of the different services of the library as well as the importance of libraries in our community. It also aims to develop a unified calendar of activities for libraries; generate interests about libraries and services; and discover the best practices of outreach services in various libraries across the Philippines.
New Year Message from Tina Yang, RSCAO Chair
12 January 2020Dear Colleagues, Greetings to you all! At the start of the New Year, it might be good to remind us of what we achieved in the past year and what is up for the year ahead.
Call for Papers - Climate change: Supporting communities, Users, Collections and Spaces in the era of Climate Uncertainty
10 January 2020Climate change forces all of us to face the reality that we will see major shifts in our economic models, our physical landscapes, our energy systems, and resource management more generally. Libraries, archives, and other members of the cultural heritage space are facing and are predicted to face tremendous impacts on our collections, collecting, facilities, services, funding, users, communities, and professional lives.
IFLA Green Library Award 2020 [Deadline extended]
10 January 2020Application deadline: 31 January 2020
****2020 WLIC CANCELLED****EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers for 2020 WLIC: "Collection Development in the Era of Open Access"
10 January 2020CPDWL Newsletter January 2020 Issue Out!
9 January 2020The latest issue of CPDWL Newsletter is out!
IFLA Joins Blue Shield International to Oppose the Targeting of Iranian Cultural Sites
9 January 2020IFLA joins international organisations in voicing concern over recent threats by the President of the United States of America specifically targeting, among other locations, sites of cultural importance in Iran.
Promoting Cross-Border Connections between Libraries and the IFLA Strategy: An Interview on the UK Working Internationally Initiative
8 January 2020IFLA’s Strategy 2019-2024 is driving efforts to create an inspired, engaged, enabled and connected library field. Success will depend on libraries and library associations being ready to think and work internationally. We interviewed Rabeea Arif, the Working Internationally Project Manager at CILIP, the UK Library Association, about work in the United Kingdom.
Call for papers "Rethinking the concepts of art libraries, in view of changing cultural heritage paradigms: collection building, facilitating access, reaching new audiences"
7 January 2020How can cultural heritage institutions such as museums, archives and libraries are dealing with collections that are culturally and materially diverse?
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6 January 2020Call for Papers: LIS Education in Developing Countries joint with Information Literacy
5 January 2020The IFLA LIS Education in Developing Countries Special Interest Group and the Information Literacy Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Dublin, Ireland, 15-22 August 2020.
Out Now: December 2019 issue of IFLA Journal
30 December 2019View the complete issue online
LOCAL HISTORY AND GENEALOGY SECTION Chair’s Update
29 December 2019Season's Greetings! An update on what has been happening related to the Local History and Genealogy Section. Peace to all! Cecilia
[CANCELLED] Call for Papers — Open Sessions at IFLA WLIC 2020
23 December 2019The IFLA Preservation and Conservation Section and IFLA Information Technology Section invites Librarians, Information Scientists and other interested professionals to submit proposals for the Open Session to be held during the 86th IFLA WLIC, in Dublin, Ireland.
Uncertainty, Innovation, Opportunity: IFLA Launches Trend Report Update 2019
22 December 2019IFLA has published the 2019 Update of its Trend Report. As the latest in a series looking at the key issues and developments that shape the world in which we operate, it offers a basis for reflection and long-term thinking in the field.