Presentations now available: “A common international standard for rare materials? Why? And how?”
6 May 2016Read abstracts and presentations from the Rare Books and Special Collections Section Midterm meeting in Lisbon.
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From the Small Print to the Headlines: IFLA Engages for International Copyright Reform at WIPO
6 May 2016IFLA will be represented at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) next week. Talk of copyright is normally consigned to the small-print. But in 2016, it seems to be just as regularly in the headlines.
World IP Day - Libraries, Copyright and Creativity
26 April 2016On World IP Day, we show how libraries support creators and creativity.
Call for online articles: How do libraries use digital devices on promoting reading?
25 April 2016Submit your proposal by 2 May 2016
Blue Shield Statement on Palmyra issued today
22 April 2016In the latest Statement of the Blue Shield, the organisation welcomes the removal of Da’esh from the World Heritage Site of Palmyra and stresses that it stands ready to support and stand together with Syrian colleagues to work on stabilising the site and prepare it for the future.
Action Plan 2015-2017
20 April 2016Come together! Or what is an IFLA Special Interest Group about
16 April 2016This is a blog post by Katia Shklyar, NPSIG Information Co-Coordinator.
Libraries are fighting for public, not commercial interests - a response to comments at the International Publishers' Congress 2016
13 April 2016IFLA has co-signed a letter in response to comments made by Hachette Livre CEO Arnaud Nourry at this week's International Publishers' Congress. In it, we reject entirely the argument that libraries are proxies for the commercial sector, and invite publishers and others to work with us in passing limited but necessary reforms to copyright. These will strengthen the legal base on which librarians rely in order to fulfil their missions at a local, European and global level.
Reform Copyright without Curtailing Internet Freedoms: IFLA Co-signs Open Letter to European Commission
7 April 2016IFLA has co-signed an open letter calling on the EU Commission to ensure that upcoming copyright reforms promote access to information and freedom of expression across Europe.
IASL - IFLA Joint Committee
6 April 2016Hot off the press - new IFLA buildings publication - High Quality Design on a Low Budget
6 April 2016High quality design on a low budget Edited by: Dorothea Sommer, Janine Schmidt & Stefan Clevström Berlin/Munich: De Gruyter Saur, 2016 ISBN 978-3-11-037527-5