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As part of its work on the 2011-2012 Key Initiatives, the IFLA Governing Board appointed a working group to draft a background paper on digital lending. At its April meeting the IFLA Governing Board endorsed this paper, and we are now pleased to present a version for download.
350+ page report broadly covers information related to the earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011 and libraries in Japan. Selected text and Summary available in English...
Dear IFLA colleagues: From the 12th to the 14th of April, we welcomed some of the IFLA community to my hometown of Vancouver to participate in my first IFLA Presidential Meeting which took the theme of Traditional Knowledges: Local priorities, Global contexts.
Just off the press as Nr. 45 in the IFLA Series on Bibliographic Control...
Deadline: 30 April 2012.
JAZZ: a universal language of freedom and creativity
In a festive celebration two days ago in Armenia, IFLA President Ingrid Parent witnessed the official hand over of the World Book Capital for the year 2012
Find the world’s wealth and wisdom through books — a video message from IFLA President Ingrid Parent
As the conflict in Syria continues to deteriorate, and following its first statement of May 2011, the Blue Shield reaffirms its deep concern regarding the safeguarding of the country’s invaluable cultural and historical heritage and bemoans the great suffering and loss of life the situation has entailed.
On April 4 in Dakar, 51 distinguished African scholars and library directors (from 14 countries) have signed the "Call to preserve the ancient manuscripts of Timbuktu and Mali".
At a stakeholder hearing in the European Parliament today, IFLA's Director of Policy & Advocacy, Stuart Hamilton, raised severe concerns about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
In cooperation with UNESCO's Information for All Programme (IFAP), the IFLA Information Literacy Section drafted new Media and Information Literacy Recommendations...
The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with Emerald is pleased to announce the winners of the 10th IFLA International Marketing Award for 2012...
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IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda...
IFLA is pleased to report that a new Dynamic Coalition on Public Access in Libraries has been approved by the Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum...
A year has now passed since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake—one of the largest ever recorded—and ensuing tsunami devastated Japan, leaving more than 15,000 dead, several thousand missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, massive property damage, and lingering nuclear worries.