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IFLA co-signs Statement on the occasion of the 18th session of the Commission on Science and Technology for Development

IFLA critiques licensing solutions at the European Parliament

Imagine a world where every book on every shelf across the world had different usage terms and conditions - this is the reality of the digital world we now live in.

IFLA WLIC 2015 Academic & Research Libraries Section Attendance Grant Winners Announcement

Congratulations to our attendance grant winners.

Preservation and Access Challenges (PACS) for Government and Parliamentary Information—A Knowledge Café at IFLA WLIC 2015

19 August 2015, 09:30-12:45, Ballroom East

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Call for Papers: IFLA Journal special issue on Cultural Heritage

Peer review submission deadline: 14 May 2015

Call for nominations: IFLA Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters (CLM)

term of office August 2015 – August 2017

Call for nominations: IFLA Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE)

term of office August 2015 – August 2017

IFLA Journal Editorial Committee call for nominations

Deadline: 1 June 2015. IFLA Journal is an international journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Library and Information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact access to information through libraries.

World-wide Review of Statement of International Cataloguing Principles (ICP) — 2015 edition

Comments are due by June 1, 2015.

Professional Unit Communication Award 2015 – Call for nominations

DEADLINE: 15 June 2015

Now available: IFLA Annual Report 2012-2013

Read all about these exciting two years!

IFLA Presidential and Governing Board Elections 2015-2017

Ballot papers, including supporting information, have been dispatched to all voting Members of IFLA on 18 March 2015.

United Nations to focus on the role of technology in sustainable development at next SDG negotiations in New York

From 21-24 April 2015 the United Nations will host a joint session of negotiations on technology facilitation mechanisms, science, and other technological innovation issues, as part of the inter-governmental negotiations on the new set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

IFLA signs Letter on Financing for Development in the Post-2015 UN Sustainable Development Goals

IFLA is pleased to announce that it has co-signed a letter on the importance of transparency, accountability and participation in the Financing for Development (FfD) process in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

IFLA Standing Committee Elections 2015-2019

General information for IFLA Members and Affiliates

Two weeks remaining: Call for submissions for the 2015 IFLA/Brill Open Access award

Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2015. IFLA and Brill are pleased to announce the new IFLA/Brill Open Access award, which consists of a cash prize (€ 1000), travel, accommodation, and registration for the IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) 2015...

New Use of the Public Library

A summary from the seminar ‘New uses of the public library’, held in Barcelona on 26 February 2015 is now available.

ARL satellite meeting program and registration details now available

ARL's satellite meeting to be held on August 13 and 14 prior to the IFLA Congress in Cape Town