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Approximately 100 high-level representatives and observers from around the world attended yesterday’s annual CDNL meeting. The session was organised under the theme of National Libraries Connecting Continents and Communities and included a special segment devoted to IFLA’s Global Vision discussion.
There is no doubt that access to information is essential to achieving development across the board. And it is only when it is free, safe, and open for all, with communities who know how to find, apply and reuse information, that access can help everyone to improve their lives.
The General Assembly is the annual general meeting of IFLA members. At this meeting, the President, Treasurer, and Secretary General will report on IFLA's annual activities and strategic directions.
Libraries play a central role in recording and preserving the life of our communities. From conserving ancient manuscripts to web harvesting, they help guarantee that researchers and citizens tomorrow will be able to understand life today.
IFLA’s Global Vision discussion invited associations to be at the forefront of holding conversations in their country on how a united library field can tackle the challenges of the future.
The Internet provides opportunities for finding, sharing and creating knowledge that were unimaginable a generation ago. It allows for more effective delivery of the human right of access to information than ever before, as well as letting families, friends, colleagues and research collaborators connect.
The Internet provides opportunities for finding, sharing and creating knowledge that were unimaginable a generation ago. It allows for more effective delivery of the human right of access to information than ever before, as well as letting families, friends, colleagues and research collaborators connect.
Three new publications highlight the broad spectrum of IFLA’s activities.
UNESCO is a key partner for IFLA, given its involvement in many of the areas where libraries are most active – literacy, information literacy, culture, Internet governance, and of course safeguarding cultural heritage. The UNESCO session at WLIC 2017 focused on three areas where engagement is bringing benefits for libraries.
Wrocław’s Centennial Hall came alive in spectacular fashion on Sunday 20 August, as some 3100 delegates from 122 countries filled the historic space to experience the official opening of the 83rd IFLA General Conference and Assembly.
Do you want to help shape the future of the library field and be involved in a truly worldwide brainstorm? Today is the day you can play your part in IFLA’s Global Vision discussion, as the online voting platform has now launched during the World Library and Information Congress in Wrocław, Poland.
Advocacy efforts at the global, regional and national level are severely hindered by the fact that IFLA and many national associations do not have basic information about the state of libraries in their countries. Reliable global library statistics is our shared vision.
Release of the “Literature review on the use of licensing in the library context, and the limitations this creates to access to knowledge”
Full text of President Duda's welcome letter to WLIC 2017 delegates presented at the Opening Session
Transcript of Gerald Leitner's address given at the Opening Session on Sunday.
Full text of IFLA President's address given at the Opening Session on Sunday.
Freedoms of access to information and expression online are at risk. The spread of deliberately misleading information risks undermining confidence in the Internet, while heavy-handed reactions from authorities and platforms limit fundamental human rights.