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ACD Business Meeting (Hybrid)13.11.24
5 November 2024Early Market Engagement: Professional Conference Organisers
4 November 2024IFLA is looking to compile a list of professional conference organisers prior to a formal request for proposals in early 2025. Deadline: Monday 25 November 2024.
Using AI technologies to improve discovery and accessibility in libraries and archives
4 November 2024The use of artificial intelligence technologies in libraries and archives enhances cataloging, search, and access to information resources. AI enables advanced automation, personalizes recommendations, and facilitates access to historical documents through digitization, thus improving operational efficiency and enriching the user experience.
IFLA MLAS Launches webinar series “Building Strong Library Associations”
1 November 2024IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Women, Information and Libraries (WILSIG), and IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to announce a webinar series on Building Strong Library Associations. MLAS webinar series will be presented between November 2024 and July 2025. Stay tuned for more news. Follow MLAS on Facebook and Twitter.
Join colleagues taking part in IFLA’s pre-nominations phase
1 November 2024Keen to join an IFLA committee but you can’t find someone to nominate you? Join the many colleagues around the world seizing the opportunity of our pre-nominations phase.
Proposed Serbian library tax threatens closures, undermines credibility of public lending right
31 October 2024IFLA has been alarmed by the news from Serbia about a proposed form of Public Lending Right that risks forcing mass closures of public libraries across the country. We strongly support the mobilization of the Serbian Library Association in this respect, urge the government to rethink its proposal, and call on the international reprographic rights community to condemn this step that undermines the credibility of such schemes.
From trends to partnerships practice: summary of Information Futures Summit sessions
30 October 2024Partnerships are essential to libraries, core both to who we are and what we do. In three sessions at the Information Futures Summit, participants explored what partnerships mean and can mean, and what is needed to make more of them. Thanks in particular to Ashleigh Lowry, Secretary of ALIA Queensland, whose participation and note-taking made this report possible.
On the Agenda: IFLA Governing Board meeting, 1 November
29 October 2024IFLA’s Governing Board will be meeting this Friday, 1 November, for a virtual meeting. As the first meeting since the IFLA Information Futures Summit, and with planning for 2025 well underway, the agenda is a busy one.
Highlighting the role of our 2024 MIL initiatives during the Global Media and Information Literacy week
29 October 2024As in previous years, we commemorate and celebrate the importance of the Global Media and Information Literacy week that is taking place this year from the 24th to the 31st of October. This year was not an exception for libraries to continue playing a significant role in promoting skills, helping people of all ages and backgrounds navigate misinformation, think critically about media content and understand the influence of media on public perception.
IFLA WLIC Review: Take our 3rd and final Pulse Survey!
28 October 2024We are pleased to bring to you our third and last survey to seek your input on the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) as part of our WLIC Review process.
IFLA meets Charleston: ACD Panel session about diversity in collections on 13.11. and 11.12.24
28 October 2024IFLA Newsletter, October 2024: Sustainable urbanisation
28 October 2024Welcome to the October 2024 newsletter! This month, the theme is close to our hearts as we explore what libraries mean for the future of cities and all sorts of human settlements. 🏘️
Libraries boosting connectivity project - Survey launch and call to action 🌐
23 October 2024We are excited to announce the launch of the “Libraries boosting connectivity project” and survey. This initiative aims to gather crucial data on how libraries are navigating and adapting to the digital landscape. The project has a special focus on gathering library data on geolocation, connectivity, and the broader digital challenges and opportunities that libraries face today.
'Supercharged by AI': A new creative intervention about the effects of AI on our online lives
22 October 2024From chatbots to deepfakes, AI-generated content is becoming increasingly common online. New AI tools make it easier, faster and cheaper to generate text, images, videos, and more. In turn, the harms that have always existed online – scams, harassment, polarization and bias – are now being “Supercharged” by AI.
CPDWL podcast series: interview with Vadim Duda
22 October 2024The CPDWL Podcast Series has been connecting with librarians globally since 2019. The latest episode features an interview with Vadim Duda, President of the Russian Library Association.