Libraries make an essential contribution to development
28 June 2016New IFLA publications to support your work on the UN 2030 Agenda. Act now to make sure libraries are included in your country’s national development plans for the SDGs!!
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CPDWL Satellite Meeting in Cleveland Canceled
27 June 2016We are very sorry to inform you that the CPDWL satellite meeting in Cleveland, Transforming Libraries: What does this mean for continuing professional development and workplace learning? is canceled.
*REMINDER* Professional Unit Communication Award 2016 – Call for nominations
23 June 2016DEADLINE: 30 June 2016
Global Commission Recommends Governments to Invest in Public Access in Libraries
22 June 2016“Government should invest in public Internet access points, especially in schools, libraries and other social service venues” states new report by the Global Commission on Internet Governance.
Now available: IFLA WLIC 2016 Convening Notice & proxy forms for IFLA General Assembly in Columbus, Ohio
17 June 2016The IFLA General Assembly meetings will take place on 17 & 18 August 2016.
eBooks – a Step Forward
16 June 2016With eBooks becoming an ever more normal way of reading, it is high time that the law caught up with reality. IFLA therefore welcomes the Opinion of the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union on eLending.
Help Us to Help You: Reforms Necessary for European Libraries to Do Their Jobs
16 June 2016Libraries have long been key to education, research and culture policies, in Europe and around the world. To continue to deliver the public interest mission given them, they need laws that reflect the times. A paper signed by IFLA and European library and cultural heritage institutions sets out how to do this.
New CPDWL guidelines now available!
15 June 2016IFLA Guidelines for Continuing Professional Development: Principles and Best Practices
The Internet as a Human Right? IFLA Promotes Public Access at EuroDIG
14 June 2016The internet offers an invaluable tool for achieving the key objective of libraries – providing equitable access to knowledge and information. Librarians have been quick to seize the opportunity, offering not only physical access, but also training and specific resources online that help users learn, enjoy and explore. At the European Dialogue on Internet Governance, IFLA representatives argued for policies and practices that support them in this role.
New Blog Post: "An IFLA mindmap"
10 June 2016This is a post by Antoine Torrens, IFLA NPSIG Information Coordinator.
New Blog Post: "When a door closes, a window opens"
10 June 2016Interview with Courtney Young, American Library Association Immediate Past President, the youngest President the ALA had in the last 80+ years.
How do libraries use digital devices to promote reading? - Online articles published
10 June 2016Section's most recent article collection is online.
Be Open to Open Science – Libraries Call on All Stakeholders to Play a Constructive Role
9 June 2016Libraries today urged all players to work together and apply their efforts to build an open science system.
Libraries and Archives Are Embracing Digital: It’s Time the Law Did the Same
7 June 2016Digital technologies offer rich opportunities to collect, preserve and make the world’s knowledge available. But to make the most of these collections, libraries and archives need the right laws. At a meeting of world copyright experts and law makers, librarians and archivists underlined the challenges they face from anachronistic laws, often the fruit of lobbying by established interests.
IFLA Strategic Plan 2016-2021 now available in seven languages
3 June 2016With this Strategic Plan the IFLA Governing Board sets out IFLA's...
Pre-register now for Off-site Session in Columbus: Worth a Thousand Words: A Global Perspective on Image Description, Discovery, and Access
2 June 2016Sponsored by the Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Art Libraries Section