Facing the Future with Confidence: IFLA’s Trend Report Update 2018
28 August 2018The IFLA 2018 Trend Report Update is out now! How will the latest trends identified in the Library and Information Services field affect you?
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Seizing Opportunities, Delivering Development: IFLA and the UN 2030 Agenda
28 August 2018The United Nations’ 2030 Agenda underlines the importance for development of many key library activities. In 2019, there will be a particular focus at the UN on education, employment and equality – as well as access to information.
Getting Started: New IFLA Guide on Making the Marrakesh Treaty Real
27 August 2018The Marrakesh Treaty has already had a major impact on copyright legislation, removing legal barriers to making and sharing copies of books in accessible formats. But to ensure that people with print disabilities benefit from genuinely equal access, implementation is key. A new IFLA guide helps libraries take this final step, and make the promise of Marrakesh real.
Literacy in the workplace
27 August 2018Welcome to our congress programme in Kuala Lumpur
Accelerating Access: IFLA Releases Statement on Copyright Literacy
27 August 2018In order to explain the concept of copyright literacy, its importance within the broader work of libraries and to make recommendations to key stakeholders, IFLA has published a statement on copyright education and copyright literacy.
Presentations now available: "Libraries in the sky: large-scale collaboration strategies and infrastructures to enhance the use of digital heritage collections"
27 August 2018Presentations from the IFLA RBSC midterm conference in Oslo are now available
Tell your story! 2019 offers a crucial opportunity for library advocacy
26 August 2018The IFLA Library Map of the World, launched one year ago at WLIC 2017 in Wrocław, addresses the critical need of the library field to have basic information about the state of libraries and the overall library landscape in countries around the world.
Launched! IFLA Global Vision Ideas Store now live
26 August 2018The IFLA Global Vision Ideas Store is now open and ready to accept ideas from the library field!
"Transform Libraries, Transform Societies” comes to Kuala Lumpur at the Opening Session!
26 August 2018Plenary Hall in Kuala Lumpur’s Convention Centre came alive in spectacular fashion on Saturday 25 August, as over 3500 delegates from more than 110 countries filled Malaysia’s premier convention venue to experience the official opening of the 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly.
Now available: Data, Stories and more with Country Pages from the IFLA Library Map of the World
25 August 2018The IFLA Library Map of the World, launched one year ago at WLIC 2017 in Wrocław, addresses the critical need of the library field to have basic information about the state of libraries and the overall library landscape in countries around the world.
The Impact of the IFLA Guidelines for Library Services to Persons with Dyslexia: Revised and extended
25 August 2018A paper on the impact of these guidelines at an international, national and local level was presented at the WLIC 2018
Opening Session Address by IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner
25 August 2018Transcript of Gerald Leitner's address given at the Opening Session on Saturday
Opening Address by IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón
25 August 2018Full text of IFLA President's address given at the Opening Session on Saturday, 25 August 2018
Build Skills, Fight Censorship: IFLA’s Response to Fake News
24 August 2018Misinformation online can both distort decision-making by individuals and harm debate across societies. Yet at the same time, the notion of a fight against ‘fake news’ is also serving as an excuse for repressive laws that curb free speech.
Open, Transparent and Free: Libraries Defend an Internet that Works for Users at LACIGF
22 August 2018Given libraries’ contribution to expanding access – and reliance on the right laws and infrastructures – they have an important place in discussions about the future of the Internet. The Latin America and Caribbean Internet Governance Forum is no exception. IFLA’s representatives at the latest edition provided the following report.
IFLA Secretary-General Welcomes Naming of Michelle Bachelet as Human Rights Commissioner
22 August 2018Defending, promoting and respecting human rights is fundamental for libraries. IFLA strongly supports the work of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to identify and criticise abuses at the highest level. The naming of Michelle Bachelet to the role of High Commissioner offers hope that the pressure for improvement will grow stronger in years to come.