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A Happy Ending: Interview with Mikkel Christoffersen on eLending in Denmark
8 February 2019The story of eLending in Denmark is a particular one. However, following some years of tension, Danish libraries are now lending more eBooks than ever, with all major publishers readily supporting this work. We interview Mikkel Christoffersen to find out what has happened.
Nominations for the IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2019 are open!
8 February 2019Is your public library something out of the ordinary? Fill out our application form and submit your nomination today! Please be sure the read the assessment criteria – and don’t hesitate, nominations close on April 15th 2019.
IFLA WLIC Preconference Satellite Meeting
6 February 2019This is a call for participants to register and attend Satellite meetings on 22 & 21 Aug 2019.
EXTENDED DEADLINE Call for Papers - 2019 Satellite Meeting now launched: "Building Digital Libraries through International Collaboration"
5 February 2019The Acquisition and Collection Development Section is seeking proposals for papers to be presented at the satellite meeting in New Cairo, Egypt, from August 21-22, 2019. The satellite meeting will focus on building digital libraries within and among countries. It will explore collaboration models that utilize national resources with an international scope.
Education and Training with Library Theory and Research Section and Information Technology Satellite Meeting in Italy
5 February 2019Transforming LIS education for professionals in a global information world: digital inclusion, social inclusion and lifelong learning Date: 30-31 August 2019 Satellite meeting in the Vatican Library and Library School, Rome (Vatican City)
Call for papers: Library Love Stories
4 February 2019Would you fall in love in a library? Can a place of culture, knowledge and information be a place of passion?
Call for Papers - Academic and Research Libraries Section with Health and Biosciences Libraries Section is now open
4 February 2019Deadline for proposals: 8 March 2019
Call for Papers "LIS Education Role in Libraries Dialogue for Change" for WLIC in Athens Greece Aug. 24-30
3 February 2019The IFLA Education and Training Section invite interested professionals to submit proposals for the open session to be held in Athens, Greece, 24-30 August 2019. This session’s objective is to provide comprehensive coverage of new techniques, infrastructure, and academic and professional aspects for LIS future development.
IFLA joins the call for deletion of articles 11 and 13 in the EU copyright reform
31 January 2019This week, 89 organisations, defenders of freedom of expression and freedom of access to information, co-signed a letter asking for the deletion of controversial articles in the proposed European Copyright Directive. IFLA, who had already openly underlined the threat posed by these provisions to access to information, is among the signatories. There is right now momentum for their deletion.
PAC open session at IFLA WLIC 2019: Deadline for Proposals extended to 15 March 2019
31 January 2019Please note: Deadline for Proposals extended to 15 March 2019.
IFLA Standing Committee Elections 2019–2023
31 January 2019For those Sections where the number of nominees exceeded the number of vacancies, a postal ballot has been dispatched on 29 January 2019 to all Members and Affiliates registered for the respective Section.
Our January 2019 newsletter is now online!
30 January 2019The latest issue of the bi-annual newslettter of the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section is now online! Please find our January 2019 issue here.
IFLA/UNESCO School Library Manifesto 1999 into Farsi
30 January 2019Listen, Hear Our Voices: Preserving and Valuing Indigenous Languages and Cultures
28 January 2019Preserving and celebrating culture can be key to efforts to promote cohesion and cooperation in diverse societies. This is no truer than in the case of indigenous communities, who have historically been isolated or persecuted, but now, rightfully, demand equality.
Bringing the Marrakesh Treaty closer to practice: IFLA releases new monitoring report
24 January 2019IFLA has today published an update to its Marrakesh Monitoring Report. This sets out which countries have ratified or acceded to the Treaty, and which have taken the necessary steps at the national level to make it a reality. It underlines the need for continued attention at the national level to make a reality of the promise of Marrakesh.
Now available: new resource for RELINDIAL papers
23 January 2019We've now created a dedicated webpage that collects them all.
IFLA Green Library Award 2019
23 January 2019Application deadline: 1 April 2019