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Libraries Lead in the War on Information Poverty: IFLA Addresses UN Commission on Social Development
31 January 2018The sustainable development of our societies requires access to information for all, and libraries are essential to achieving this. Donna Scheeder (IFLA President, 2015-2017) underlined this point in her address to the UN Commission on Social Development on 30 January in New York.
Llamado a presentar: Tema de la sesión :"La comunicación científica transforma las sociedades"
31 January 2018Congreso Mundial de Bibliotecas e Información, 24-30 agosto 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
L’Appel à Contributions: Thème de la session:"La communication savante transforme les sociétés"
30 January 2018Congrès Mondial des Bibliothèques et de l’Information, 24-30 août 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Libraries Must Change their Mindset: IFLA President Interview with Livres Hebdo
29 January 2018IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón has placed realising the potential of libraries to empower their users in a digital society, and so achieve development goals, at the heart of her mandate. In an interview with French magazine Livres Hebdo, she sets out her vision and priorities.
Call for Papers — Open Sessions
29 January 2018Preservation and Conservation Section joint with the News Media Section: "Planning for newsprint, now and into the future for paper media"
RISS Call for Papers for IFLA 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
26 January 2018The IFLA Reference and Information Services Section is seeking proposals to present a workshop style session "Reference and Information Services Shifting Gears."
Joint RISS/IT Call for Papers for 2018 IFLA Satellite at University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
26 January 2018Reinventing Reference with Technology Transformations A Joint Satellite Meeting of Reference & Information Services and Information Technology Sections
LPD Symposium: Guidelines 2.0 for public libraries and persons with print disabilities
25 January 2018International Symposium: (IFLA) Guidelines 2.0 for public libraries and persons with print disabilities, also for Rafiq, Nancy and Alice? February 28, 2018 - Muntpunt Brussels INTRODUCTION On February 28, Luisterpunt and IFLA LPD organise an international symposium on the necessity (or not) of guidelines for public library services to persons with print disabilities, focusing particularly on not so common target groups …
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23 January 2018Call for Papers: Session Theme: Empowering Scholarly Communication Transforms Societies
20 January 201884th IFLA General Congress and Assembly, 24-30 August 2018, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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19 January 2018Call for Papers - Theme: "Collections, Ethics, Perspective, and Voice: The Importance of Context"
18 January 2018Call for Papers - Theme: "Collections, Ethics, Perspective, and Voice: The Importance of Context" Around the world, libraries are beginning to address the ways in which established methods of collecting, cataloguing, preserving, sharing information about and giving access to resources perpetuates cultural bias, patriarchal thinking, racism, colonialism, among other issues and structures and therefore informs the collection itself.
President of Greece Gives Full Support to IFLA WLIC 2019
18 January 2018Yesterday at the Presidential Palace, Athens, Greece, IFLA President Glòria Pérez-Salmerón and IFLA Secretary General Gerald Leitner met with Prokopis Pavlopoulos, President of the Hellenic Republic, to discuss the congress.