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We are welcoming signatures from library and information workers, institutions and associations around the world for the Library SDG Pledge, an opportunity to demonstrate to leaders and partners our commitment to supporting efforts to transform our world.
Libraries were on show at the UN High-Level Political Forum 2023, with representatives from every continent underlining both the reach and depth of our contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Rotterdam Public Libraries and IFLA New Professionals in accordance with Rotterdam Central Station organise The Librarian Flashmob - Reading Children’s Books Together.
The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Section focuses on cooperation, exchange of information, and promotion and support of the role of libraries as core institutions for research and education worldwide.
IFLA's global reach and geographical diversity will be on show at this year's World Library and Information Congress, in particular through the sessions organised by our Regional Council and Regional Division Committees. Each Committee has worked hard to prepare exciting open sessions, complemented by open business meetings, and our new Hubs Results Session, sharing views from our WLIC 2023 Regional Hubs.
The Business Meeting of the IFLA Reference & Information Services Standing Committee (RISS) will be held in person during the 2023 WLIC in Rotterdam, The Netherlands:
July 2023 issue of the IFLAPARL Newsletter
To complement the English-language webinar on the LIS Education Programs Map presented on May 3, 2023 by Building Strong LIS Education (BSLISE), a working group of IFLA, and to enhance global access, we invite you to a follow-up webinar in Spanish and Portuguese.
The Digital Humanities/Digital Scholarship and the Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Groups are pleased to invite you to a joint session exploring generative AI and libraries.
IFLA’s Management and Marketing Section (M&M) Standing Committee is celebrating its 25th anniversary from 2022 to 2023.
The Culture 2030 Goal campaign has released its review of the place of culture in the reports released by national governments about how they are working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. As well as highlighting the different dimensions of culture's contribution, it underlines both the need - and the feasibility - of an explicit culture goal.
IFLA representatives were proud to attend the 64rd General Assembly of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO GA/64) 6 – 14 July 2023.
It has been a joy to serve two years as IFLA Officers of Acquisition and Collection Development (ACD) Section. We have been thrilled to develop friendships with a diverse group of IFLA professionals, share what we have learned, and witness career advancements within our Division and Section. We are excited to meet all standing committee members and observers in the business meeting on Sunday 20 August.
IFLA is proud to announce the publication of Information Services for a Sustainable Society, edited by Madeleine Fombad, Collence Chisita, Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha, and Mabel Majanja, all from the University of South Africa, Pretoria.
The IFLA General Assembly 2023 – the primary opportunity for our Members to take decisions about our Federation – will be held on Wednesday 23 August 2023 (16:00 – 18:00 CEST) and Thursday 24 August 2023 (15:00 – 17:00 CEST) in hybrid format, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and online. The formal Convening Notice, published today, sets out details about the topics for discussions, and opportunities for participation.
Welcome to the July edition of the IFLA newsletter!
We are delighted that the Academic and Research Libraries Section has kindly hosted our latest blog post on the ARL Blog. In this post, Ursula Arning talks about her role in library publishing.
With a focus on the 2023 High Level Political Forum, IFLA has developed a range of materials that, we hope, will not only offer useful insights to colleagues around the world, but also tools that can help you in your advocacy.
In the last of our series, find out what IFLA's representatives at the 2023 High Level Political Forum are looking to achieve, for libraries and their users, nationally and globally.
To help you get to know the experience and perspectives of the librarians attending this year's High-Level Political Forum, we're sharing their answers to a short set of questions. In this article - the second of three - we find out what their message is to the wider development community around how libraries can contribute to achieving the SDGs.