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IFLA and De Gruyter announce new Editor for IFLA Publication Series

Janine has published and presented widely and undertakes consultancy services in the areas of strategic planning, library design and leadership training.

IFLA invites you to submit examples of how libraries contribute to the United Nations 2030 Agenda

IFLA launches a call for examples, to support the advocacy work done by the library community at national, regional and global levels. Data and examples are key to show policy makers how libraries are already supporting development through their programmes, products and services. Therefore, this survey aims to gather examples that will be used for the advocacy work done by IFLA, its members and the broader library community related to the UN 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

CNN broadcasts How To Spot Fake News infographic

This morning, CNN International picked up on IFLA’s infographic and broadcasted it in a Christiane Amanpour coverage of the Ukrainian news channel fighting fake news.

IFLA Standing Committee Elections 2017-2021

General information for IFLA Members and Affiliates

Obituary: Marie Zielińska, former Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section Chair (1989-91)

Help shape our future of change! Join us at the President's Meeting 2017!

While the shared values of libraries and the information field remain a constant, continuous change in society creates challenges for the profession. What are the major challenges to maintaining these values? The issues facing libraries today require a collective and joint response; successfully achieving a common vision.

Libraries included in the recently published Finnish National Development Plan

On 2 February 2017, Finland published its National Development Plan for implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve the UN Agenda 2030. The plan includes libraries. Libraries are acknowledged in the context of the action plan to prevent hate speech and racism and to promote social inclusion: “The role of public libraries as promoters of active citizenship, cultural diversity and democracy shall be strengthened”.

Call for Papers: Session Theme: "Altmetrics : It's Time to Take Action," Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section

World Library and Information Congress, 83nd IFLA General Congress and Assembly, 19-25 August 2017, Wroclaw, Poland

WLIC 2017 Wroclaw - Open Sessions - Call for Papers

A joint open session hosted Monday 21 August. Theme, "New insights at the intersection of genealogy and other professional communities - including librarians, archivists, historians, demographers, linguists, anthropologists and geneticists"

Second Call for Papers - Satellite Meeting Vilnius 2017

“The Challenge of Multiple Identities - Multi-ethnicity in Genealogy, Local History and Regional Memory - Challenges and Opportunities for Libraries and Other Memory Institutions" is the theme for the main session. Genealogy and Local History Section (GENLOC) joint with Asia and Oceania Section and Information Technology Section invite proposals for papers to be presented at the session.

One week left to register for our seminar Storage! The final frontier

New blog post - Klaus Werner on Library Training Rooms

Libraries Educate, Copyright Reform can Help

Education is central to the work of libraries, from simply giving access to books to more formal courses on anything from literacy and language to computer skills, creative writing and other subjects. To facilitate this, libraries, schools and other institutions offering education need copyright rules that make it easy to create and use materials for teaching. IFLA, alongside 33 other organisations, has called on the EU to pass reforms that will set an example for this.

IFLA KM Open Session Wroclaw, Poland

Is it time to make a change? Tell us about it! IFLA KM is accepting proposals on the role of information professionals and change management for the open session at WLIC 2017 in Wroclaw, Poland 19 - 25 August 2017

IFLA Knowledge Management Satellite Conference Deadline Extended to 28 February 2017

Theme: New Directions in Knowledge Management Date: Friday, 18 August, 2017 Venue: Wrocław University of Economics, Wrocław, Poland Organizer: IFLA Knowledge Management Section

Digital unification – libraries working together to unite documentary heritage

Collections and original documentary cultural heritage objects have, over time and due to a wide variety of circumstances, found their homes in countries and memory institutions which were not the original producers of these objects.

IFLA Calls on European Parliament to Get Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Right

There is less than a month to go before a planned vote in the European Parliament on ratifying the Marrakesh Treaty. If this is done correctly, people with print disabilities could enjoy much wider access to knowledge and culture. IFLA continues to maintain the pressure for laws that let libraries maximise the impact of their work here.