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IFLA and De Gruyter seek a Series Editor for the IFLA Publication Series

IFLA and De Gruyter are seeking Expressions of Interest for the position of Series Editor for the IFLA Publication Series. Closing date: 11 October 2024.

IFLA Newsletter, September 2024: The Future

Welcome to the September 2024 edition of the IFLA Newsletter! With less than a week away from the start of the IFLA Information Futures Summit, this month’s newsletter is all about The Future. 📡

Call for Preliminary Expressions of Interest: Future WLICs, 2026-2029

IFLA is currently carrying out a review of our World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) model, with a view to establishing recommendations by the end of the year about how we should go forwards with our flagship event. Key decisions will need to be made about the organisation and format of Congresses, as well as their frequency, based on the information that will have been received from our surveys and consultation sessions. 

From Pact to Act: how the UN Pact for the Future can support you in your advocacy

The UN’s Pact for the Future, as well as the Global Digital Compact and Declaration on Future Generations annexed to it, includes plenty of relevance to libraries. This article highlights key points, and suggests ten ways you can work with these documents in your advocacy.

Library Professional Development in Europe Survey

Europe Regional Division Committe is running a survey on Library Professional Development in Europe. It aims to study the gaps and needs in library professional development across the European Region.

New IFLA ARL Blog post: "Paving the way for Open Access in Hong Kong and Greater China"

Message from the IFLA President, 20 September 2024

The below message was sent by the IFLA President on 20 September 2024 directly to all IFLA Members, affiliates, and volunteer.

Building the future of multilateralism: libraries and the Summit of the Future

The UN’s Summit of the Future comes to a close today, with the Pact for the Future – the key output text – already agreed. Through IFLA’s engagement in the preparatory process, and at events in New York, we were able to support calls for stronger recognition of, and support for, the role of information, knowledge, culture and libraries in achieving policy goals.  

Global action, global access? The IGO licensing landscape

Following work that led to IFLA's 2018 Statement on Open Access in Intergovernmental Organisations (IGOs), we're happy to release updated analysis of how open content licensing approaches are. This highlights some progress, but much work still to do to facilitate the dissemination and uptake of publications. 

IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Section: Focus on the Future

The IFLA Metropolitan Libraries Section’s focus for 2024-2025 is on urban transformation, sustainability, and civic engagement. The future of metropolitan libraries is entwined with the future of the large cities they serve. Cities are places where diversity and the density of people and ideas fosters innovation and well-being. At the same time, stark contrasts between wealth and poverty, along with pluralism, may generate friction. How can libraries contribute toward the achievement of equity and inclusion, sustainable urban growth, learning, and innovation?

Culture, Knowledge, Community: Looking Forward Together

With a grant from Spain’s Ministry of Culture, as well as the support of other generous sponsors, several IFLA Sections have come together and are pleased to organize the International Library Conference titled “Culture, Knowledge, and Community” in Barcelona, Spain, October 6-9, 2024.

Women, Information and Libraries Special Interest Group Report – September 2024

CPDWL Webinar: Open Science Unveiled: Empowering Knowledge Sharing in the Digital Age

Save the Date: C&YA Midyear Meeting 5-8 April 2025

IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section will be holding their 2025 Midyear Meeting in Istanbul, Turkey, 5th through the 8th of April.

Fulbright Foundation and IFLA host Fulbright Specialist, Melissa Levine, Chair, Advisory Committee on Copyright and Related Matters, IFLA

IFLA hosted Melissa Levine, Chair of our Advisory Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters in the Netherlands as a Fulbright awardee. 

On the agenda: IFLA Governing Board meeting, 18 September

The meeting will help kick start a number of key processes, including our nominations and elections, as well as budget and work planning for 2025. There are updates about the Information Futures Summit, IFLA’s finances, and decisions about the logo and theme of WLIC 2025.

Now available: IFLA C&YA Section Newsletter, Summer 2024

Enjoy the latest newsletter from the Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section!

Now available: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section Newsletter, Summer 2024

IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section actions update; News from parliamentary libraries and research services worldwide; IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section projects; New publications, articles, and events reviews

Four impressive libraries nominated for the IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2024

IFLA and its new prize sponsor Baker & Taylor are happy to announce the nominated libraries for this year’s prestigious prize for the best new library in the world.

Equity and inclusion at the centre of Open Science & Scholarship Advisory Committee’s initial work

The creation of the new Advisory Committee on Open Science and Scholarship (OSS) was endorsed by the Governing Board in late 2023 and membership finalised in early 2024. OSS continues and builds on the work of many IFLA initiatives, including a statement on Open Access and Open Access Working Party. Its members span IFLA’s regions and many library types, showing how open science affects all parts of the profession.