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20 December 2025East West University (EWU), Dhaka, marked Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2025 under the theme “Minds Over AI – MIL in Digital Spaces,” highlighting the role of critical thinking and ethical judgment in an AI-driven information environment. Through talks, panels, and youth dialogues, the event demonstrated how MIL advances the Sustainable Development Goals by empowering informed, responsible, and digitally resilient citizens.
20 December 2025Held from March to September 2025, KELANA (Kelas Literasi Anak) is an inclusive literacy programme by the National Library of Indonesia that nurtures children’s reading, creativity, and life skills through themed, interactive sessions. Aligned with SDG 4: Quality Education, the initiative transforms the library into a joyful learning space where librarians, families, and communities collaborate to foster lifelong literacy and learning.
20 December 2025Held from 9-11 September 2025 at Raja Tun Uda Library, Shah Alam, the three-day IFLA PPM workshop brought together 38 senior librarians from across Malaysia to strengthen skills in measuring, evaluating, and demonstrating the impact of library services. Facilitated by Dr Premila Gamage, the programme equipped participants with practical frameworks and evidence-based storytelling techniques to articulate the strategic value of libraries as drivers of community development.
20 December 2025As part of its 30th anniversary, the National Library Board, Singapore (NLB) launched Open Book: The NLB30 Keynotes, a series of moderated conversations from July to October 2025 that brought together global thought leaders to explore the future of reading, learning, and knowledge institutions. Featuring diplomats, writers, and international library and archives leaders, the series highlighted the enduring value of books, community, and libraries amid digital transformation and the rise of AI.
20 December 2025Twenty-two librarians from academic, public, school, and special libraries across Thailand participated in the three-day workshop, gaining practical skills in measurement, evaluation, and evidence-based storytelling to demonstrate library impact. Through interactive learning led by IFLA Impact Trainer Dr. Premila Gamage, participants strengthened their capacity to design community-centered projects that support the Sustainable Development Goals.
20 December 2025Message from IFLA's Asia-Oceania Regional Office Manager
20 December 2025Message from IFLA's Asia-Oceania Regional Division Committee 2025-2027 Chair, Kim Taunga.
19 December 2025There are positive signs of a readiness to talk about outputs from long-running discussions about copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries at the World Intellectual Property Organization. Nonetheless, questions remain about final formats and prioritisation.
19 December 2025Edited by Heather Todd, Prudence W. Dalrymple, Luisa Marquardt and Ning Zou, "Libraries Empowering Society Through Digital Literacy" (De Gruyter, 2025) explores concepts, frameworks, and practices in digital literacy to foster adoption of initiatives to extend digital literacy to all.
18 December 2025The IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Section (MetLib) invites you to save the date for the 2026 MetLib Conference — Planning for Futures (Be Bold) — taking place from 24 to 28 October 2026 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
18 December 2025United Nations Member States have endorsed by consensus the outcome document of the WSIS+20 High-Level Meeting. This both maintains a focus in general on ensuring that the internet serves development goals, and specifically highlights the role of libraries.
18 December 2025Libraries, alongside post offices, have a unique ability to offer solutions to the complex challenge of digital inclusion. With the right support and integration into wider planning, they can make a reality of digitally driven development.
17 December 2025This post is Part 1 of a two-part blog series. This first part explores the first two pillars of green programming and green resources.
17 December 2025The Information Literacy Section Newsletter is published twice a year. This Winter Issue 2025 features 10 articles, with contributors from around the world. To reflect the diversity of perspectives, the issue is organized into three thematic sections. The first section focuses on information literacy innovations in higher education, highlighting how academic libraries in Singapore, China, India, and Iran are advancing information and AI literacy through localized and innovative practices. The second section explores information literacy in primary education, with case studies from Croatia and South Africa that illustrate both creative approaches and real-world challenges in school contexts. The third section presents insights from international conferences, featuring key discussions from ECIL and the Information Literacy Section Satellite Meeting at WLIC 2025.
17 December 2025The IFLA Governing Board invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) from its member national associations or other member representative bodies worldwide to host two distinct upcoming IFLA events: WLIC 2028 and WLIC 2029
16 December 2025On 10 December delegates from FAIFE participated in the celebration of the Croatian Library Association’s Committee for Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression. Founded 25 years ago, the committee has every year organised a roundtable on a poignant topic related to free access to information. This year, Croatian librarians as well as international guests met at Zagreb City Library for the event “A quarter of a century of the Commission for Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression”.
15 December 2025IFLA will be active at the concluding event of the WSIS+20 process, held in the context of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Our arguments will focus on the need for local infrastructures like libraries to ensure meaningful digital inclusion.
15 December 2025A meeting of IFLA’s Regional Offices, kindly hosted by our Office for the Middle East and North Africa at Qatar National Libraries, offered an opportunity to explore in more depth how to work through partnerships to achieve our goals.
15 December 2025This message from Leslie Weir, IFLA President 2025-27, was distributed to IFLA members and volunteers in all official languages from 12 December onwards.