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Meetings of the Committee on Standards in Poland

The IFLA Committee on Standards will meet during the WLIC in Poland.

Meetings of LIDATEC in Poland

LIDATEC will meet on Thursday 24 August in Poland, during the WLIC.

Realising the Potential of Digital for Development: Not Without Libraries

As highlighted in the Development and Access to Information Report 2017, produced by IFLA in partnership with the Technology and Social Change Group at the University of Washington, for access to information to be meaningful, people need skills and the right conditions. Libraries can play a unique role in delivering both, as highlighted in IFLA's submission to the latest call for examples on Connecting and Enabling the Next Billion.

LIBRARY THEORY AND RESEARCH SECTION Newsletter • July 2017

From Information to Development: IFLA Participates in 2017 Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum

For information to play a full role in helping people to learn, find work and live healthily, simply laying cables may not be enough. The way in which access to knowledge is provided strongly affects the impact it has in communities, especially those facing the toughest development challenges. At the Asia-Pacific regional Internet Governance Forum, IFLA set out how libraries can help.

Preserving Everyone’s Heritage – IFLA Holds Workshop on Palm Leaf Manuscript Preservation

While tools and standards for preservation are advanced for materials like books, this is not the case everywhere. As a result, when a community’s cultural heritage is on other materials, such as palm leaf manuscripts, it is harder for libraries, both individually and as a network, to pursue their public interest missions. A workshop organised by IFLA in Sri Lanka on 6-7 July started moves to address this problem.

IFLA SIG Library History session at 2017 Conference Wroclaw - UPDATE

Stage 1 complete! IFLA’s Global Vision Discussion reaches 140 countries across six regions. Now it’s your turn!

The Hague, 20 July 2017— The worldwide response to International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) ‘s Global Vision Discussion, a venture which will generate a united library field and a roadmap for the future, has been nothing short of remarkable.

IFLA Green Library Award 2017 Winners Announced

IFLA’s Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) is pleased to announce the winner of the IFLA Green Library Award 2017.

Meaningful Access to Information To Leave No One Behind: Launch of the 2017 DA2I Report

IFLA, in partnership with TASCHA, launched today the first Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report at The New York Public Library, during the United Nations High Level Political Forum.

South Africa Can Lead the Way: IFLA Delivers Submission on Copyright Reform

South Africa is reforming its copyright framework, and the Copyright Amendment Bill takes an ambitious approach that could set a great example not only for neighbouring countries but also internationally. It contains some very positive provisions for libraries and cultural heritage institutions, such as the recognition of library e-lending, the supply of digital documents, the possibility to make collections available through secure computer networks, the limitation of liability and on the making available of out of commerce works.

In Copyright, Everyone’s Rights Must be Protected: IFLA calls for Reconsideration of W3C Decision on Extended Media Extensions

Following the decision of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to incorporate Extended Media Extensions in to the HTML Standard, IFLA has called for reconsideration. While recognising both the potential for technological protection measures to hinder infringing uses, as well as the additional simplicity offered by this solution, IFLA is concerned that it will become easier to apply such measures to digital content without also making it easier for libraries and their users to remove measures that prevent legitimate uses of works.

Open, Inclusive Access to Information: IFLA Speaks at UN High Level Political Forum

On Friday 14 July, at the main session of the United Nations High Level Political Forum: "Science-policy interface and emerging issues", IFLA intervened speaking on behalf of the NGO Major Group underlining the need for meaningful access to information in order to succeed in the UN 2030 Agenda.

No Truly Sustainable Development Without Access to Information, and No Meaningful, Inclusive Access Without Libraries

The DA2I side event “2030 Vision: How Libraries Support the UN’s Work on Sustainable Development” was a unique opportunity to highlight and illustrate the major role of libraries in delivering effective and meaningful access to information driving progress for development at the national and global levels.

Full programme for WLIC 2017 now available online

Featuring three LBES events including our joint open session Branding, Bridging, Building: Telling and Selling the Space Story at 13.45 on August 25

Mind the (Information) Gap: IFLA Makes the Case for Action by Governments

Just days before the official launch of the Development and Access to Information (DA2I) Report, participants at the UN High Level Political Forum (HLPF) had a first glimpse at its findings on Tuesday 11 July.