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IFLA ENSULIB SIG will hold it's Business Meeting on Tuesday 20, from 11:30 to 13:00. in Room 308. Please note: unlike Monday's Green Libraries Day's activities, this one is ON-site at Suntec.
Library and information professionals have descended on Singapore for the 79th World Library & Information Congress, the opening session is behind us and the launch of the IFLA Trend Report is only a day away away!
The size of the digital universe is predicted to double every two years, with its content increasingly shaped by different social, political, and commercial agendas. The IFLA Trend Report, being launched on Monday 19 August in Singapore during the World Library & Information Congress, considers how hyper-connected societies will shape our global information environment.
The IFLA Trend Report, being launched on Monday morning 19 August in Singapore during the World Library & Information Congress, (Session 93: Plenary session), looks closely at changes to the boundaries of privacy and data protection in the evolving information environment.
The rise of Open Access and availability of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) are just two initiatives having a profound impact on education.
Heading to the World Library & Information Congress in Singapore next week? Don’t miss the launch of the IFLA Trend Report on Monday morning 19 August (Session 93: Plenary session), with IFLA President Ingrid Parent and IFLA Secretary-General Jennefer Nicholson. In December 2011 the IFLA Governing Board set up a Steering Committee to commission a major Trend Report modelling the evolving digital information environment.
Please join the Library History SIG for papers and discussion of the development of libraries and librarianship in Asia.
Papers from the 2012 mid-year conference in Antwerp.
ENSULIB will have a Green Monday at WLIC 20123! The Environmental Sustainability and Libraries SIG has scheduled several events on that special day, under the theme "Future Libraries going Green":
At this time of year, so many of our colleagues are preparing for meetings, conference sessions, and new initiatives. That’s even before we arrive at our Annual Congress, which this year will take place in the wonderful city of Singapore. In this newsletter, I’m delighted to share with you news on IFLA’s recent collaboration with organisations around the world, and highlights of our coming Congress.
Just off the press as Nr 161 in the IFLA Publications Series…
The latest issue of the Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression.
English version of the Functional Requirements for Authority Data (FRAD)
The IFLA Education and Training Section (SET) is pleased to announce the winner of the IFLA/ekz Library and Information Science (LIS) Student Paper Award 2013
IFLA President Ingrid Parent today launched the IFLA Library (library.ifla.org), a repository for IFLA World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) papers and, in future, other IFLA publications