Delivering Development at Every Level
26 August 2019IFLA continues to encourage libraries to work with the United Nations 2030 Agenda as a means of getting to the heart of policy discussions.
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Opening Address by IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón
25 August 2019Full transcript of the President's address given at the Opening Session on Sunday, 25 August 2019
Opening Session Address by IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner
25 August 2019Full transcript of the Secretary General’s speech given at the Opening Session on Sunday, 25 August 2019
Access by Right – 20 Years of the IFLA Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom
24 August 2019As it turns 20, IFLA’s Statement on Libraries and Intellectual Freedom retains its power as a reference point for libraries looking to promote their values.
You’re Invited! Get Involved with IFLA’s Professional Units at WLIC 2019
24 August 2019Enrich your WLIC experience by meeting the committee, networking with others in the field and staying up to date with the work of IFLA across the Library Profession!
Now available: UPDATES 2019 for UNIMARC, 3rd. ed.
21 August 2019Change to the Agenda for the IFLA General Assembly, Thursday 29 August 2019, Athens
21 August 2019Concerning Motion 11.3: Motion to hold the election of the 10th member of the Governing Board...
2019 WLIC GIOPS Sessions in Athens
20 August 2019All are welcome!
Connect and engage from wherever you are: IFLA live streams highlights of the World Library and Information Congress 2019
20 August 2019This year’s IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) will again be live streamed. With an even larger offer than in previous years, you will be able to access 11 key sessions from our diverse and world-class programme.
Agenda WLIC 2019
20 August 2019More Countries Join Marrakesh: Update of the Marrakesh Monitoring Report
19 August 2019Since the adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty, IFLA has been monitoring how countries make it a reality. Today we publish the fourth update of the Marrakesh Monitoring Report, which looks into countries that have signed or ratified the Treaty since January 2019 and the way they are implementing it nationally.
News from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
17 August 2019Latest updates from the IPU on New PARLINE and the consultation process for the third Global Parliamentary Report.
Introduction to Open Access Webinar
17 August 2019Slides now available
Recording and Slides now available for the IFLA ARL Webinar Series: Academic Libraries Engaging in Publishing
15 August 2019Recording now available
National Libraries Section Sessions at the WLIC 2019 in Athens!
14 August 2019Three great sessions this year from the National Libraries Section, the Special Interest Group on National Organisations and International Relations (SIG-NOIR), and the Special Interest Group on National Information and Library Policy (SIG-NILP).
WLIC 2019: Call for stories!
10 August 2019Have you ever heard of a love story in a library? Among users? Among professionals? Please tell us your story, short or long!
NPSIG activities at IFLA Conference in Athens!
10 August 2019The New Professionals Special Interest Group is in Athens, Greece, from August 21st to August 29th, 2019. And there will be many opportunities to meet!
Reflecting Diversity and Building Understanding in Chocó, Colombia
9 August 2019As part of our series of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous languages in the context of the International Year of Indigenous Languages, this contribution from Alejandra Velez, University of Chocó, talks about her library’s work in this area.
Library turns publisher in order to promote indigenous language reading
9 August 2019In a further contribution to our collection of examples of how libraries protect, preserve and promote indigenous lanaguges and the communities that speak them, the below example comes from Trøndelag county library in Norway. We are grategul to Morten Olsen Haugen for the below contribution.