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IFLA Statement on Public Lending Right Updated to Include eBooks
1 February 2016On 9 December 2015, IFLA’s Governing Board approved an updated Statement on Public Lending Right (PLR) including a new section on eBooks. The updated statement identifies the complexities of considering PLR for eBooks, reinforces the need to involve libraries when considering changes to PLR programs to incorporate digital content, incorporates additional considerations for developing countries, and updates legal references from the 2005 statement.
Call for Papers by Access to Information Network-Africa (ATINA) for IFLA WLIC, 13-19 August
29 January 2016Fresh issue of online Newsletter
28 January 2016Theme: libraries supporting mental, social and physical wellbeing
CALL FOR PAPERS: "Theft in libraries -- facing the hidden truth"
28 January 2016This session at the 2016 IFLA World Congress is presented by the Rare Books and Special Collections Section and the Preservation and Conservation Core Activity. Deadline: 29 February 2016.
DEADLINE EXTENDED--Call for Proposals: IFLA’s Information Technology Section and the Women, Information, and Libraries SIG
27 January 2016IFLA’s Information Technology Section, the Women, Information, and Libraries SIG, and Northwestern University Libraries, invite proposals for a Satellite UnConference around theme of Women & Library Technology – Empowering Women’s Participation in Open Technology & Culture.
Call for Papers: "All about E-Learning: Connection. Collaboration. Community."
26 January 2016Submit a paper proposal for session entitled, "All about E-Learning: Connection. Collaboration. Community."
Call for submissions: IFLA LIS Student Paper Award 2016
25 January 2016The IFLA Education & Training Section has the pleasure to announce the 8th IFLA LIS Student Paper Award for 2016.
Deadline Extended! CPDWL Call for Papers Deadline Extended to February 7, 2016
22 January 2016Deadline Extension!
IFLA RBSCS Midterm Meeting Schedule and Conference Programme
21 January 2016Lisbon, National Library of Portugal, 22-24 February 2016
Call for Presentations, WLIC 2016 - Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section
20 January 2016The Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments invites proposals for short presentations for an interactive knowledge sharing session at the IFLA WLIC 2016 in Columbus, Ohio. The sessions will focus on the theme 'Meeting the needs of parliamentary clients'.
IFLA Green Library Award 2016
20 January 2016application deadline: 1 April 2016
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN for midyear conference in Lisbon: "A common international standard for rare materials cataloguing? Why? And how?
19 January 2016Monday, 22 February: A one-day conference at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal (Lisbon) organized by the IRLA Rare Books and Special Collections Section. Followed by Business Meetings on 23 February and a library visit on 24 February.
January 2016 Newsletter now available
15 January 2016Wikipedia birthday greetings
15 January 2016On behalf of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), I would like to take the opportunity to extend our congratulations to the Wikimedia Foundation on the 15th birthday of Wikipedia.
Applications closed for the IFLA BibLibre International Library Marketing Award
12 January 2016Big success in the 13th edition of the FLA BibLibre International Library Marketing Award! More than 70 applications. Good luck to all participants!