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Call for papers WLIC 2018 - Audiovisual and Multimedia Section joint session with Information Technology Section

Theme "Video Games: Winning strategies for libraries"

The European copyright reform's potential harm to fundmental rights and freedoms: IFLA co-signs an open letter

Over 80 organisations, among which IFLA, have co-signed an open letter to Ministers attending the European Union’s Competitiveness Council on 30 November - 1 December 2017. The letter underlines, in only one sentence, the potentially irreparable damage that the European copyright reform could cause to Europe's fundamental rights and freedoms, economy and competitiveness, education and research, innovation and competition, creativity and culture, if the wrong decisions are taken.

Making Digital Durable: IFLA Celebrates First International Digital Preservation Day

Digital technologies have massively reduced the costs of producing and sharing information, and have allowed for an explosion of creativity. But to ensure we have a record of this for future generations, we need to act today. IFLA is therefore celebrating the first International Digital Preservation Day as an opportunity to mark the work already done, and highlight the challenges before us.

Library History SIG Action Plan for 2017-18 is now online

A 3rd Senior Advisor Appointed!

Call for Papers (CfP): “Is knowledge management the new library science?” Satellite Conference 23 August 2018

Trade Deals Should Favour, not Restrict, Access to Knowledge

The work of libraries relies on the existence of a modern and complete set of exceptions and limitations to copyright. While national legislation is usually the responsibility of national parliaments and policy-makers, the influence of International trade deals – and Treaties – is significant. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – currently under renegotiation – is no exception. Following a meeting in Washington, IFLA and other library organisations have endorsed a series of principles on balance in trade deals.

Inaction is not an Option: Case Builds for Meaningful Action for Libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organisation

IFLA attended the 35th session of WIPO’s Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights to make the case for the need of a minimum standard of exceptions and limitations to copyright for libraries, archives and museums. While a minority of states continue to question the need for action, the majority remain convinced that effective, universal access to information requires progress at the international level.

Preserving Cultural Heritage – The IFLA Scoping Workshop on Palm Leaf Manuscripts

The report from the scoping workshop sets out recommendations for implantation of coordinated regional work. Participants will continue to work together to deliver a metadata framework, as well as to explore other relevant issues.

IFLA Welcomes Renewed Focus on Library Objectives at 39th UNESCO General Conference

The 39th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) saw a new Director General, new Executive Committee members, and a renewed focus on key priority areas for the library community.

IFLA at Mozfest

Our participation to Mozfest was a blast. We met new people and learned a lot from them. Read about the experience and learn the new web literacy tools Mozilla made available to all.

The IFLAPARL latest annual report

IFLAPARL section action plan 2017-2018

The report of the 2017 IFLAPARL pre-conference in Warsaw

Reports from the IFLA Genre/Form Working Group

Call for Papers WLIC 2018 Open Session: Designing Inclusive Libraries

Participate in our hugely successful WLIC Open Sessions

Innovative Partnerships: a Strategic Imperative 2018 mid-year seminar in Birmingham (UK) 23 February 2018

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IFLA Library Map of the World – more than 2 million libraries counted!

Thanks to data contributors from around the world IFLA was able to count more than 2 million libraries in 99 countries. During this initial phase of the Library Map of the World project we have learned about the state of libraries in these countries and moved closer to our shared goal of having reliable global library statistics.