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IFLA's Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Section latest blog post was kindly contributed by our colleague Jim O'Donnell, who coordinates the Section's Satellite Meeting that will he hosted by Erasmus University next 18-19 August in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
IFLA's Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Section is pleased to welcome seven new colleagues coming from a variety of countries and institutions who, pursuant to the latest round of IFLA Elections, will soon join our Standing Committee.
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 5 JUNE 2023. The IFLAPARL Standing Committee is pleased to announce registration is now open for our Pre-Conference, to be held in The Hague, on 17-18 August 2023.
This webinar was co-organized by IFLA Continuing Professional Development and Workforce Learning (CPDWL) Section and Information Technology (IT) Section.
As part of its SDG webinar series organized by the IFLA Asia-Oceania Regional Division Committee, this webinar focused on the best practices by Northeast Asian libraries and librarians to support the UN SDGs. Through this program, IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania aims to inspire and encourage colleagues within the region to advance their efforts to bring the UN SDGs to fruition.
Un grupo de los voluntarios regionales de IFLA, provenientes de diferentes países de América Latina y el Caribe, que integran las Unidades Profesionales de esta Federación, hablaron sobre su trabajo, y por qué su compromiso con IFLA y las Unidades Profesionales de IFLA es importante para la región.
A number of IFLA’s regional volunteers on IFLA’s Professional Units who are from different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean talked about their work, and why their engagement with IFLA and IFLA’s Professional Units matters for the region.
IFLA's Asia-Oceania Regional Division delivered a regional webinar on “the strategic role of government libraries in providing evidence to support the preparation of Voluntary National Reviews”, as a side-event at this year’s Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) organised by the office on United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific – UN ESCAP in Bangkok.
Following the UN’s Transforming Education Summit in September 2022, the UNESCO Section for Education for Sustainable Development has launched a global, multistakeholder partnership to coordinate efforts to get every learner climate ready.
IFLA is happy to announce the results of the runoff elections among Professional Unit Sections that resulted in a tie following the April elections and the allocation of Professional Division Chairs to their Divisions for 2023-2025
The IFLAPARL Standing Committee is pleased to announce registration is now open for our Pre-Conference, to be held in The Hague, on 17-18 August 2023.
Welcome to the May 2023 issue of the IFLA Newsletter, focused on cultural diversity. 21 May is the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, making a clear link between the richness and variety of our cultures, and the success of our societies as a whole.
The Czech Republic, with its population of over 10.5 million and its more than 5,000 libraries, is often considered a country with the densest library network in the world. Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 the country has become a temporary home for nearly half a million refugees (mostly women, children and the elderly). Czech libraries have reacted very quickly to the influx and began providing support for incoming refugees.
As President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, I am honoured and proud to announce the IFLA Governing Board’s unanimous decision to appoint Sharon Memis as the new IFLA Secretary General.
The recording is available via YouTube and the slides/resources are available on SlideShare.
Libraries had a strong presence at the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, through engagement in sessions, direct contact with delegates, and a side-event focused on how libraries empower people to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
We are delighted to announce that our travel grant awarding process is now completed.
Complimenting the existing Principles of Engagement around disasters (both natural and human-made), the just released IFLA Principles for Responding to Conflict aim to set out a basis for determining how IFLA should react to situations of civil or military conflict, in any part of the world, which impact on libraries.