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28 February 20192019 will be a key year to show what libraries around the world need from copyright laws. A series of regional seminars organised by the World Intellectual Property Organisation will bring together senior officials, and IFLA will be there.
28 February 2019Science and Technology Libraries Section joint with Evidence for Global and Disaster Health (E4GDH) Special Interest Group are holding our preconference in Vienna, Austria. Do join us on 21 August!
28 February 2019Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning (CPDWL) and the Evidence for Global and Disaster Health SIG (E4GDH) are joining forces to run an open session on exploring, testing and evaluating ways to transfer skills within our profession and with our communities.
Submissions may take the form of a regular presentation which shares an innovative approach, or delivery of content via an interactive learning technique.
26 February 2019The Information Literacy Section in partnership with Library Theory and Research Section invites you to submit proposals for our session at the IFLA World Congress in Athens Greece, August 24 – 30th.
26 February 2019Theme: Libraries: dialogue for change – how library publishing can act as a dialogue for change
26 February 2019This year, LIS Education in Developing Countries joins Division V and IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) for a satellite meeting in Alexandria, Egypt from 20-12 August 2019.
25 February 2019The Statistics and Evaluation Section of IFLA is hosting a two day Satellite event August 22-23 at the University of Piraeus, Greece: “More Than Numbers: Implementing New Assessment Methods for Libraries”
25 February 2019The IFLA School Libraries Section in collaboration with the Statistics and Evaluation Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Athens, Greece, from 24–30 August 2019.
25 February 2019Barbara Lison is elected to serve as President-elect for the term 2019-2021 and to serve as President for the term 2021-2023.
25 February 2019IFLA Headquarters dispatched ballot papers and supporting documents for its Governing Board Elections 2019-2021 to all Voting Members on 22 February 2019. We are encouraged to see the number of viable candidates standing for elections increase with each election cycle and this year we have almost double that of the previous cycle.
24 February 2019The February 2019 issue of the Section's newsletter is now available.
22 February 2019Theme: "Local History Collections, Genealogy, and Oral History as Critical Information Services in Libraries"
22 February 2019Are you eligible to vote for the Public Libraries Standing Committee? Make an informed choice, read our candidate profiles on our blog.
21 February 2019Preserving and celebrating languages is a core part of wider efforts to safeguard and develop our tangible and intangible heritage. On 21 February we celebrate International Mother Language Day, a celebration of all the languages around the world.