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Just Released: IFLA Statement on Open Access

...clarifying IFLA’s position and strategy

Just Released: Draft Treaty on Copyright Exceptions and Limitations for Libraries and Archives

After wide consultation with librarians, representatives of Member States and other knowledgeable individuals, IFLA's working group has developed a Treaty...

IFLA 9th Marketing Award Winners Announced!

The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing in collaboration with Emerald is pleased to announce the winners of the 9th IFLA International Marketing Award for 2011.

Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: Guidelines for librarians

Report on the support for preservation in Northeast Japan after March 11th earthquake

Noriko Nakamura, PAC Regional Director for Asia (Tokyo), has written...

Notice of IFLA 2011 General Assembly and Call for Agenda Items

IFLA Members may propose items for inclusion in the agenda...

Message from Matsuoka Kaname, Secretary General of the Japanese Library Association

To IFLA members from Japan Library Association

Out now: March 2011 issue of IFLA Journal

View the complete issue online...

IFLA and the Prince Claus Fund sign contract to help preserve Haitian cultural heritage

Creating a solid foundation for Haiti's cultural reconstruction...

Presidential and Governing Board Elections 2011-2013

Ballot papers, including supporting information, have been dispatched to all voting Members of IFLA on 24 March 2011.

Message from Dr. Makoto Nagao, Librarian of the National Diet Library in Tokyo, Japan

We are still learning the whole picture of the devastation wrought in Tohoku...

Blue Shield Statement on Libya

Following the recent events in Libya, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country's invaluable cultural heritage amid the existing turmoil. The Blue Shield deplores the suffering and loss of life this conflict has imposed on the Libyan population...

The Destruction of a Public Library is a Blow Felt by All

Help Rebuild Cairo's Public Libraries...

Blue Shield Statement on Christchurch

Following the recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Blue Shield expresses its great sorrow for the loss of lives...

IFLA Presidential Newsletter No. 6 March 2011

One of the major achievements of 2010 was the formulation and implementation of the new IFLA Strategic Plan, which covers 2010-2015. With its new and appealing mission and vision statements it clearly supports...

IFLA President Ellen Tise appointed to the International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme

We are pleased to announce that UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has appointed IFLA President Ellen Tise...

IFLA Governing Board member Mike Heaney appointed to International Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme

We are pleased to announce that UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has appointed IFLA Governing Board member Mike Heaney to the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the Memory of the World Programme for a four-year period from 2011 to 2014.

Blue Shield Statement on Egypt

Following the recent events in Egypt, the Blue Shield expresses its great concern about the safeguarding of the country's invaluable cultural heritage...

Statement from Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Library of Alexandria, Egypt

Egypt is currently passing through a crisis and I believe that the anger and demands for better living conditions and jobs are fully justified.

The ENSULIB SIG presented in Madrid, Spain

The Instituto Cervantes in Madrid included in the program of its meeting on "Development, Sustainability and Culture: the Social Role of Libraries" a presentation of the IFLA Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group.