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Blue Shield Statement on Yemen

The Blue Shield offers its unequivocal support for the United Nations Secretary General’s statements. We also offer our total support for UNESCO’s Director General’s calls on all parties to protect Yemen’s unique cultural heritage.

WSIS Forum 2015: Continue to prioritize ICTs for Sustainable Development

IFLA attended the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2015, held in Geneva from 25–29 May.

"The World through Picture Books" Exhibition in Australia

Travelling exhibition of picture books "The World through Pictube Books" was presented in Erina Library, Gosford NSW Australia. See the article for impressions and photos.

Results of the election of President-elect 2015-2017

IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of President-elect 2015-2017

Results of election of Governing Board 2015-2017

IFLA has pleasure in announcing the result of the postal ballot for the election of the Governing Board 2015-2017...

De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2015 Winner

De Gruyter Saur and IFLA are delighted to announce that the winner of...

Just published: A Korean translation of the Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections

The guidelines have been translated into Korean by Dr. Hye-Eun LEE (Curator, National Library of Korea) / 이혜은 역 / and are made freely available as a PDF file under a Creative Commons license.

Now available: Guidelines for translations of the IFLA ISBD namespace in RDF

The Guidelines for translations of the IFLA ISBD namespace in RDF is intended to encourage, support and give guidance to professionals on the process of translations of the ISBD namespace

Final day: IFLA Presidential and Governing Board Elections 2015-2017

The deadline for the Presidential and Governing Board elections is the close of business on Wednesday, 13 May 2015.

IFLA signs The Hague Declaration: Immediate reform to IP Laws!

IFLA is an original signatory to the Declaration which aims to foster agreement about how to best enable access to facts, data and ideas for knowledge discovery in the Digital Age.

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.