IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group Celebrates 10th Anniversary!
13 August 2014This year the IFLA New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG) is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
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Appointment of new editor for IFLA Journal
7 August 2014Steve Witt has been appointed as the new Editor of IFLA Journal. The IFLA Journal is an international journal, publishing peer reviewed articles on library and information services and the social, political and economic issues that impact on access to information through libraries.
Law Libraries Section Newsletter
6 August 2014Please read our most recent Newsletter!
New IFLA Publication: Libraries Serving Dialogue
4 August 2014Just off the press as Nr 163 in the IFLA Publications Series…
REMINDER: "History of Librarianship" Satellite Conference, 25-26 August 2014, at ENSSIB in Lyon.
1 August 2014Sponsored by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section and the Library History Special Interest Group. Please register online.
Does your library have an active rare book or special collections department? What kind of training is available for librarians working in these areas?
31 July 2014Attend an all-day workshop in Lyon to learn about how this area of librarianship is changing.
IFLA launches the 2014 eLending Background Paper
30 July 2014The eLending environment for libraries around the world continues to change at a rapid pace
IFLA Law Libraries Section Reception / Réception de la Section des bibliothèques juridiques de l'IFLA
29 July 2014The IFLA Law Libraries Section invites you to join a cocktail party after the Lacassagne collection presentation. / La section des bibliothèques juridiques de l’IFLA a le plaisir de vous convier à son cocktail après la présentation du fonds Lacassagne. The cocktail is offered in partnership with LexisNexis. / Le cocktail est proposé en partenariat avec LexisNexis.
Digital law libraries at the crossroads: Innovative solutions to complex challenges.
27 July 2014IFLA, Lyon, France: 19 August 2014, 09:30 - 12:45 | Room: Forum, Conference Session 121
Green libraries promoting sustainable development
25 July 2014How does the library as an institution, through the construction or renovation of a library building, promote and model sustainable behavior?
New IFLA Publication: LIS Education in Developing Countries - The Road Ahead
24 July 2014Just off the press as Nr 165 in the IFLA Publications Series…
C&I Section meetings in Lyon
22 July 2014Libraries, Development and Government Information
17 July 2014The Government Information and Official Publications Section affirms and offers its strongest support to the IFLA initiative for libraries to suppport development, and joins IFLA in advocating for access to information be included in the post-2015 United Nations development agenda.
Libraries and archives leave international copyright discussions empty handed after countries again fail to reach agreement
14 July 2014Discussions regarding an international copyright instrument for libraries and archives again collapsed inconclusively at the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) in Geneva, from Monday 30 June – Friday 4 July.
Help update the World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries
13 July 2014Keep the World Directory of Parliamentary Libraries up to date by checking your Library's information.
IFLA Continues to Engage at the UN Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals
11 July 2014IFLA attended the 12th meeting of the Open Working Group (OWG) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs) in New York June 16-20 . IFLA’s overarching goal during the OWG meetings is to emphasise the importance of access to information for development.
How do you describe a public library? - the community speaks
9 July 2014Members of the Public Libraries Standing Committee are asking their communities what words or concepts immediately come to mind when they think of public libraries.
Blue Shield Statement on Iraq
8 July 2014Protection of Iraqi cultural heritage sites