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IFLA100: your ideas sought!
6 January 2025With IFLA's centenary year now only two years away, we are keen to learn what, for you, makes for a great anniversary. Share your experiences, from the library field and beyond, via our survey. Deadline: 2 February.
IFLA Newsletter, December 2024: Evaluation and Impact
23 December 2024Welcome to the December 2024 edition of the IFLA Newsletter. In our last edition of the year, we look at the topic of evaluation and impact.
Strengthening the Movement, Deepening the Community: Knowledge Rights 21 Funding Extension
20 December 2024We are thrilled to announce that the Knowledge Rights 21 Programme has been extended for a further five years thanks to the generous support of Arcadia. This continued funding, amounting to €5.5 million, will allow us to further invest in building capacity for reforms that enhance 21st-century access to research, education and culture.
A year of building an impact focus within the library field
20 December 2024More than a thousand library workers in all regions of the world benefited from IFLA’s training programme on “Measurement, evaluation, and demonstrating impact of library services” in 2024. Read more about how the year went.
A pathway to partnering: new training resources for libraries
19 December 2024A new set of training materials offers insights for libraries and library associations into the basics of grant-based partnerships. Through a handbook, three how-to guides and a recorded webinar, learn about what you need in order to build, manage and sustain partnerships. This work is funded by SIGL.
Advancing gender-responsive and inclusive frameworks at the Internet Governance Forum 2024
18 December 2024IFLA continued its partnership and collaboration with UNESCO-IFAP by hosting a session led by the IGF Dynamic Coalitions from each organization: the Dynamic Coalition of Public Access in Libraries (DC-PAL) and the Dynamic Coalition on Measuring Digital Inclusion (DC-DI). The session was also co-hosted by members of the Global Digital Inclusion Partnership (GDIP).
Connected freedoms: IFLA joins panel at the International Publishers’ Association Congress
17 December 2024Jonathan Hernandez-Perez, Chair of the IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression, spoke for IFLA at the event in Guadalajara, Mexico, sharing library experiences and reflecting on the interconnection between freedom of expression, and the freedoms to publish and read.
Out Now: December 2024 issue of IFLA Journal
17 December 2024The June 2024 issue of the IFLA Journal delves into the multifaceted roles of libraries in navigating contemporary global challenges. This issue underscores the diversity of library practices worldwide, highlighting their pivotal role as catalysts for knowledge, technology, and social resilience in the face of global challenges.
A new chapter in IFLA's engagement in MENA: IFLA regional office officially opens
17 December 2024IFLA President Vicki McDonald and Secretary-General Sharon Memis joined the President and Executive Director of Qatar National Library formally to open IFLA's Regional Office for the Middle East and North Africa.
Message from the IFLA President,13 December 2024
17 December 2024The below message was sent out individually to IFLA Members and volunteers on 13 December by IFLA President Vicki McDonald.
Inviting Entries: 2025 IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award
16 December 2024Call: 2024 IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award
Just published: IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons: Refugees, Migrants, Immigrants, Asylum seekers
16 December 2024The first ever IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons grew from a chapter inside the IFLA Guidelines for library services to people who experience homelessness published by the IFLA Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section (EALS), formerly LSN, in 2017. Read more about this 2024 publication.
It's a great time to join IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group!
15 December 2024IFLA’s New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) is an open global network for new library and information professionals, paraprofessionals, LIS students and supporters. Read more about this group, which aims to positively impact the experience of new professionals as they enter the field.
Congratulations to Rabat, World Book Capital 2026
15 December 2024IFLA welcomes UNESCO's decision to designate Morocco as World Book Capital 2026. With a strong national library and wider library sector, there are strong possibilities for the year to support engagement in reading and creativity.
A Report on Programming on Evaluation and Impact for Libraries
13 December 2024One of the IFLA Statistics and Evaluation Section goals for this year was to host professional development sessions on evaluation and impact. Beginning in June, we conducted a Focus on Impact series.
2025 MLAS Webinars
13 December 2024IFLA Management of Library Associations Section is pleased to announce the following webinars to be presented during the period between March to July 2025. We will announce each event separately, but for now keep these themes in mind to join us: IFLA MLAS Advocacy-Impact Evaluation Project; IFLA Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group: opportunities to collaborate; MLAS Building Strong Library Associations Initiative: Financial Sustainability. Stay tuned!
Now available: Object-oriented LRM conceptual model
13 December 2024LRMoo is newly available in the IFLA repository. It is a conceptual model that expresses the IFLA Library Reference Model (IFLA LRM) in an object-oriented modeling framework. Its approval by the Professional Council in April 2024 marked the conclusion of a project launched by the Bibliographic Conceptual Models Review Group (BCM RG) in 2017, shortly after the publication of IFLA LRM. LRMoo is a high-level, compact model that is tightly aligned with IFLA LRM and reflects its decisions about scope and granularity.