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Ethics checklist for discussion in Athens

The draft ethics checklists, which will be discussed at the IFLAPARL pre-conference in Athens, are available on the Ethics Project web page.

Updates to the National Bibliographic Register

Profiles updated for Colombia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden

IFLA President’s Meeting 2019: New Perspectives, New Possibilities and a Call to Action for Libraries as Motors of Change

With the agreement of the United Nations 2030 Agenda in 2015, the world’s governments underlined the importance of access to information as a driver of development. The 2019 IFLA President’s Meeting, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 23 May, explored how libraries, as guarantors of this access, can be motors of change, and saw a call to action to all participating, in person and online.

Now available: Library Publishing Mid-Term Meeting (Dublin 2019) Conference Proceedings

The Library Publishing SIG Midterm meeting organisers are pleased to announce that the slides and videos from that meeting (held in Dublin, Ireland, from February 28th through March 1st, 2019) are now available on the IFLA Library Publishing SIG website.

Satellite Meeting: Samos 2019

The Management and Marketing Section of IFLA, in collaboration with Samos Public Library, are organizing a satellite meeting in Pythagoreion, Samos, Greece willbe held 22 - 23 August 2019.

Access to Information Online: Towards an Adequate Transposition of Art. 17 in Europe

The European Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market was recently published in the official journal, marking its entry into force and the start of the implementation process. Civil society organizations defending freedom of expression and freedom of access to information online, among which IFLA, have come together to request an inclusive stakeholder dialogue throughout implementation.

And the nominees for the 2019 IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award are...

The jury has now agreed on the four shortlisted libraries for the 2019 IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year award. All four will now be considered for selection as the world’s best new public library.

Tracking Progress, Underlining Potential: Launch of the 2019 Development and Access to Information Report

On 23 May, IFLA launched the 2019 edition of the Development and Access to Information report, on the occasion of the President’s Meeting in Buenos Aires.

Ministers of Culture and Representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean Commit to Libraries as Motors of Change

On 22 May, Ministers of culture and their representatives from 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean affirmed their commitment to the UN 2030 Agenda, and to the power of libraries and access to information to achieve it, by signing the Buenos Aires Declaration.

Executive Guide on Digital Preservation released

UNESCO PERSIST and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) have collaborated to produce the UNESCO/DPC Executive Guide on Digital Preservation, an online resource for raising awareness of the importance of digital preservation, leading to action to preserve digital assets, including digital documentary heritage, in an institution, organization or government.

Preserving and Promoting the Igbo Language in Libraries

2019 is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. IFLA has been celebrating and promoting the year, sharing stories of libraries from all over the world, which are contributing to the safeguarding and promotion of indigenous languages and cultures. The next stop in our trip around the world is in Nigeria.

Change Management in Academic Libraries Webinar - Recording and Slides

Recording and slides are now available

Results of election of IFLA Governing Board 2019-2021

IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the election of the Governing Board 2019-2021...

IFLA Library Reference Model translated into Hungarian

Guidelines in Arabic

Save the date! Live Streaming of the Forum of Ministers and Secretaries of Culture of Latin America and the Caribbean and IFLA President's Meeting 2019

On 22 and 23 May, two key events on the future of libraries and sustainable development will take place in Buenos Aires, and live streaming will be available!

M&M Member Named Division IV Chair

Catharina Isberg has been named the new Chair of IFLA Division IV and new member of IFLA Governing Board for the period 2019-2021. Catharina is also a member of the IFLA Management and Marketing Standing Committee.

Record of a great mid-term in Tampere

Exploring the Marrakesh Treaty and its implications for public libraries; visiting the spectacular Oodi Library in Helsinki; working on our major initiatives in snowy Tampere; and ice swimming with karaoke to follow. This is the stuff the Public Libraries Mid-Term in Finland was made of! The Minutes are now available to download.

What is the value of coaching?

Join Catharina Isberg (Sweden), Barbara Wennheden (Sweden) and Bergita Shannon (Australia) as they explore the role of coaching, particularly in terms of its value for developing library and information professionals for the future. This free webinar will be held on 28 May 2019. Check the CPDWL webinar page for full details of the speakers and their interest in the topic of coaching.