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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.
9 August 20199 August is the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. It provides a great opportunity to highlight the work that libraries are doing to support and promote languages, and the communities that speak them. To celebrate, we share three stories - from Norway, the United States and Colombia.
9 August 2019Meet our newest members, get ready for WLIC and more!
9 August 2019In the context of the International Year of Indigenous Languages 2019, IFLA is highlighting examples of the different ways in which libraries protect, preserve and promote languages, cultures and communities. We're glad to share an article by Rosa Maldonaldo of the Library of Congress about the Indigenous Law Portal and how this is helping to promote autonomy in Bolivia.
8 August 2019The IFLA PAC Netowrk has one major goal: to preserve all library and archive materials, published and unpublished, in all formats in accessible form for as long as possible. To ensure this - and to celebrate the Qatar-Russia Year of Culture - the two PAC Centres in Qatar and Moscow met to exchange experience and knowledge.
7 August 2019Latest information available about the 2019 IFLAPARL pre-conference and sessions at the IFLA Congress in Athens.
5 August 2019New profiles added for Canada, Greece, and Turkey
5 August 2019The July 2019 issue of the Section's newsletter is now available
4 August 2019Meetings and Open Session
4 August 2019The Government Libraries, Library and Research Services for Parliaments and Law Libraries Sections invite to the session 238 of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2019 - #WLIC2019, to be held in Athens, Greece. Date: 28 August 2019, 13:45 - 15:45.
1 August 2019ENSULIB activities during IFLA WLIC 2019, Athens.
30 July 2019All are welcome to participate in this year’s meeting of the IFLA Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship Special Interest Group (SIG)
30 July 2019The use of technology in education is growing, and a new class of technologies has emerged that relies on tracking and analysing vast amounts of student behavioural data. The position of libraries in educational ecosystems means that they may well, both directly and indirectly, come across this trend. This briefing outlines the key ethical and security concerns for libraries to consider, and suggests some ways for libraries to promote responsible and ethical use of Edtech.
29 July 2019We present to you the July 2019 issue of our IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly Newsletter.
28 July 2019In our next E4GDH webinar (Thursday 8 August, 9.00 – 9.50 a.m. EDT), Siobhan Champ-Blackwell and Dr. Lenny Rhine will be discussing practical examples from across the globe of what library and information specialists are doing in the areas of advocacy, and in particular how these examples can be modelled for advocacy of libraries’ roles in disaster situations.
26 July 2019IFLA today announced that the World Library and Information Congress 2020 will take place in Dublin, Ireland.