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Attendance grant winners' reports from 2015 Congress

Read about the experience of attending the IFLA Congress from our attendance grant winners

Preparing a new edition of Guidelines for Children's Library Services

The IFLA Children and Young Adults Section is revising the Guidelines for Children's Library Services. The new Guidelines will promote and encourage the development of effective library services for children by giving guidance to the international library community about children's needs and rights on information, literacy and reading.

Public Libraries Satellite Presentations now On-Line

If you missed the Public Libraries Satellite in Cape Town don't despair, the presentations are now available on-line.

CPD - Your thoughts

At the World Library and Information Congress in Cape Town IFLA's Continuing Professional Development and Workplace Learning and Public Libraries Sections joined together to deliver the program Learning Across Boundaries: a workshop (Session 092). As part of the session each of our four presenters provided a number of questions that were discussed by participants in a world café.

Reference Interview - Jane Sánchez, Library of Congress, United States

Here is the first installment of the new RISS feature, "Reference Interview," in which we chat with members of the Standing Committee to learn more about them!

New Feature - Reference Interviews!

Now available: Acceptance speech of IFLA President Donna Scheeder

delivered on 22 August at the 81st IFLA Congress in Cape Town, South Africa

French software company BibLibre is the new sponsor of the IFLA International Library Marketing Award

French software company BibLibre new sponsor of IFLA Marketing Award. The IFLA International Marketing Award, one of the flagship awards of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), will get a new sponsor in 2016. BibLibre is a French company, based in Marseille. Their marketing campaign is very appealing: “A different company. Made in France”.

Call to Action: International Literacy Day

“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope...” – Kofi Annan

Now available: video from the Opening Session‬ on 16 August 2015

Pictures from the Rare Books and Special Collections section events in Cape Town.

Meetings, sessions, events.

Honours and Awards at the IFLA WLIC 2015 Closing Session

During the Closing Session on 20 August, IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä and IFLA Professional Committee Vice-Chair Clara Chu conferred the following honours and awards..

IFLA WLIC 2017 = Wrocław, Poland!!!!

During the Closing Session, IFLA President Sinikka Sipilä officially announced the host location for the World Library and Information Congress 2017.

IFLA Publishes a Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment

At its 14 August 2015 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, the IFLA Governing Board endorsed an IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment.