New on the LTR blog: About the Global vision and KL program
4 July 2018Read about the LTR program at the upcoming IFLA conference and LTR's work on the IFLA global vision project
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IFLA PAC Centres attend Memory of the World General Meeting in Gwangju, Korea
3 July 2018Mr. Udaya Cabral Director, IFLA PAC Center Sri Lanka and Ms. Jaesun Lee, Director, IFLA PAC Center Korea attended the 8th UNESCO, MOWCAP (Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific) General Meeting in Gwangju, Republic of Korea in beginning of June 2018.
Africa prepares for final IFLA Global Vision regional workshop
2 July 2018It’s the IFLA Global Vision regional workshop finale later this week as Africa takes to the stage on 7- 8 July in Durban, South Africa to discuss their ideas for actions for a united library field.
The Transforming Digital Scholarship Model – From Service Provider to Interdisciplinary Partner
1 July 2018Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship SIG, IFLA Knowledge Management Section
The new CPDWL Newsletter is now available
29 June 2018IFLA 2018 General Assembly Agenda
29 June 2018The IFLA 2018 General Assembly will be held during the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2018, 84th IFLA General Conference and Assembly, in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Cultural Heritage in Europe: linking past and future
28 June 2018Half way through the European Year of Cultural Heritage (EYCH) IFLA attended the high-level conference on Europe’s shared history and values. The conference took place at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on 26 June 2018.
Finalists in 2018 IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year Announced
28 June 2018And the nominees for the 2018 Public Library of the Year are... The jury has now agreed on the five nominees for the 2018 Public Library of the Year award. All five will now proceed for selection as the the world’s best new public library.world’s best new public library.
IFLA launches a new Net Neutrality Toolkit
27 June 2018IFLA is launching an important tool for librarians: the Net Neutrality Toolkit. It provides a definition of terms and an several online tools to assess whether your connection has been throttled and what to do about it. Also, the links to several important partners in the battle to maintain Net Neutrality are highlighted for your convenience.
New Publication: Summer 2018 Newsletter released
25 June 2018The Summer 2018 issue of IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section's newsletter is now available!
Sustainable and Inclusive Development through Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean – Call for Views on Draft Declaration
22 June 2018IFLA is encouraging the library community across the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to share their views on a draft declaration on libraries, access to information and development. This, the result of close collaboration between IFLA and the Hernán Santa Cruz Library of the UN Economic Commission for LAC, aims to send a strong, unified message to ministers in 2019.
Sunshine and Clouds: The European Parliament Takes Position on the Copyright Directive
21 June 2018Yesterday, the Legal affairs committee at the European Parliament (EP) voted on the copyright Directive. There is welcome confirmation of the value of exceptions to copyright as a guarantee of access to knowledge and use of information across borders. But a sting in the tail remains, with broad scope for obliging educators to pay for licences for all uses of works, and a backwards step on technological protection measures.
Syrian experts attend workshop at the PAC Regional Centre for Asia
20 June 2018The PAC Regional Centre for Asia at the National Diet Library (NDL) of Japan is one of the sixteen IFLA PAC Centres that are spread all over the globe. The PAC Centres have a wide range of expertise concerning preservation and conservation as well as safeguarding cultural heritage. The PAC Regional Centre for Asia is specialised in paper conservation and digitization, it was this expertise that was shared with experts from Syria.
Nominate an extraordinary educator
17 June 2018Nominate an extraordinary educator under 30 by July 31!