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The National Library & Documentation Services Board of Sri Lanka conducted the National Library Research Symposium on Library and Information Science (NatlibSYMPO 2019), in collaboration with the Asia & Oceania section of IFLA, on 31 October 2019 at the National Library premises, Colombo.
The sixth edition of the International Conference on Digital Landscape – ICDL 2019, themed ‘Digital Transformation for an Agile Environment’ was held at The India Habitat Centre IHC, New Delhi in November 6–8, 2019.
The Department of Historical Research and the National Library of Myanmar, in cooperation with the Library & Archives Solutions Pte Ltd (LAAS) (formerly known as Cybrarian Ventures Pte Ltd) and LanTro (Myanmar) Co., Ltd., organized the E-Library, Archives and e-Government Conference at the National Library of Myanmar (Nay Pyi Taw) on 18 October 2019.
This is a call for participants for a joint session at the World Library and Information Congress 2020 about "Preserving complex digital objects in libraries".
Madhu Limaye Library of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow organized two days 2nd National Conference on Development of Digital Libraries in IPR Regime on December 21-22, 2019.
The National Library of China (NLC) held the 2019 Southeast Asian Librarians Seminar in Beijing and Tianjin, China from 21t to 29 November 2019 with the support of the Central Academy of Culture and Tourism Administration (CACTA).
Three Attendance Grants to the 2020 World Library and Information Congress
Pursuant 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.
Dear 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.
Climate 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.
Application deadline: 31 January 2020
The latest issue of CPDWL Newsletter is out!
IFLA 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.
IFLA’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.
How can cultural heritage institutions such as museums, archives and libraries are dealing with collections that are culturally and materially diverse?