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7 August 2025MLAS honors IFLA MLAS Officer, Loy Jyoon Chin, for her exceptional service as MLAS Secretary from 2019 to 2025, including her dedicated representation of MLAS at the IFLA Governing Board as needed, her contributions to the IFLA WLIC Review Committee, and her invaluable work across several MLAS working groups, where she consistently went above and beyond in advancing our collective mission. On behalf of IFLA MLAS, Loida Garcia-Febo, Chair
7 August 2025We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the dedicated members who are concluding their terms on the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS). Your commitment, expertise, and contributions have been invaluable to the advancement of our shared goals. Thank you for your leadership, passion, and service—your efforts will be remembered and appreciated for years to come.
4 August 2025IFLAPARL Newsletter, July 2025 issue
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4 August 2025Join us! Management of Library Associations Section @ IFLA WLIC 2025 in Astana: (1) MLAS Business Meeting: Sunday, August 17, 13:15-15:15 PM, Room: Yesil/Congress Center //// (2) MLAS Open Session “Successful Strategies for Library Advocacy & Financial Sustainability“ Tuesday, August 19, 09:00 AM – 10:15 AM, Grand Ballroom/Hilton
1 August 2025IFLA has joined with partners from the library, archive, museum and wider cultural community in endorsing the Four Digital Rights for Memory Institutions. These set out something that arguably should be obvious: that libraries need to be able to fulfil their missions in a digital age.
1 August 2025IFLA has been helping library professionals get involved in consultations and trainings for cultural rights defenders organised by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). This interview shares the experiences and key take-aways from two library leaders and asks, why should librarians be considered as cultural rights defenders?
31 July 2025The below message was shared from 30 July 2025 with IFLA members and volunteers in IFLA's official languages.
31 July 2025In this month's edition of the IFLA newsletter, we explore how strong partnerships can strengthen ties and bridge gaps. 🤝
30 July 2025ENSULIB is thrilled to announce the release of its new book, Libraries Driving Education for Sustainable Development. This is number 186 in the IFLA Publications Series, and is published open access via a generous funding provided by the IFLA Professional Council.
28 July 2025As technology continues to transform how information is created, shared, and accessed, the vision of global access to authoritative metadata remains more important than ever. The rapid growth of digital content and the increasing complexity of the information landscape demand reliable, standardised, and interoperable metadata. This is essential to ensure trustworthy access to global knowledge. In this context, IFLA is pleased to announce the release of the new Professional Statement on Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC), a strategic, updated reaffirmation of a long-standing commitment to global bibliographic coordination.
25 July 2025Copyright can sometimes be portrayed (especially by those with an interest in slowing reform) as complicated and conflictual. But as new IFLA research shows, all library associations and actors around the world can get involved and help both build confidence and promote the laws and policies we need.
24 July 2025After two decades of involvement on the WSIS process, IFLA continues to echo libraries voices via this dialogue policy platform. This year, the forum took place at the same time and venue as the AI for Good Summit looking to promote an ethical use of AI and emerging technologies within the WSIS framework. This is a pivotal moment for the WSIS process as it will undergo an overall review by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 16-17 December 2025, where the assembly will provide strategic direction for the next phase of its implementation.
24 July 2025IFLA launches a new Digital Cultural Heritage Network to bring together diverse perspectives and address the challenges and opportunities that digital cultural heritage poses to collecting institutions.