IFLA's new briefing paper: Disaster Risk Response – A brief on Libraries and the Sendai Framework
15 April 2018IFLA has put together a brief on the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and what it means for libraries around the world.
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IFLA Global Vision: Latin America and the Caribbean share their ideas for action
13 April 2018What a start! The first 2018 IFLA Global Vision Regional Workshop began this week in the Biblioteca del Congreso de Chile in Santiago, Chile and what a fantastic opening to our world tour it was.
IFLA Congratulates New Senior Staff at UNESCO
12 April 2018As the leading UN institution working on education, science and culture, UNESCO is a key partner for libraries. IFLA already engages with the institution across a wide variety of issues, from cultural heritage at risk to Internet universality. The announcement of four new senior appointments in key sectors – in education, culture and communications and information, as well as a new Deputy Director-General – is therefore a useful opportunity to reaffirm these relationships.
Sustainable Development Needs Smart Citizens: IFLA to Take Active Role at UN SDG Forum in Santiago
11 April 2018Libraries promote an inclusive model of development by giving all individuals the information they need to learn, find work, and live healthy lives. This requires the right policies not just globally, but also at the regional, national and local levels. This is the message IFLA will be bringing to the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2018, held in Santiago de Chile, Chile, on 17-20 April 2018.
Two Past IFLA Presidents Participate in the 7th International Summit of the Book
11 April 2018The book retains its status as a symbol of the possibility to preserve and share knowledge, the foundation of our evolution and development. Libraries continue to focus on collecting and giving access to books, alongside other resources now, and have a key function in preserving historic texts for the future. This was the message at the 7th International Summit of the Book, held in Baku, Azerbaijan 18-19 March 2018, which two past IFLA Presidents helped open.
Tell us your story: IFLA’s “Libraries and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Storytelling Manual” is now published
10 April 2018This practical guide was designed to help librarians and library advocates in telling compelling stories about library activities, projects and programmes, showing their impact on communities and people’s lives.
IFLA Provides Input on the Challenges to the Right of Privacy in the Digital Age
10 April 2018The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights invited stakeholders to provide input on human rights challenges relating to the right to privacy in the digital age. Read IFLA's contribution to this fundamental topic.
Aiming High: IFLA Initial Submission to WIPO Consultation on Collective Management
4 April 2018IFLA has submitted initial comments on a draft document on best practices for collective management organisations produced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). This initiative marks a welcome recognition that the legitimacy of the copyright system depends on the professionalism and good practice of all actors involved in it.
IFLA President's Meeting 2018 speaker presentations now available!
28 March 2018Speaker presentations from this year’s IFLA President’s Meeting have been made available online, giving delegates and all our library friends who were unable to attend an opportunity to access core content from one of our key events of the year.
IFLA Global Vision Kicks Off next phase to power literate, informed and participative societies
28 March 2018It is all systems go for the IFLA Global Vision discussion after a hugely successful two-day kick-off meeting in Barcelona, Spain on 20 and 21 March 2018.