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Partners in Metadata

20 February 2023

    In alignment with our February newsletter theme, partnerships, we explore the relationship between IFLA’s metadata Sections - Bibliography (BIB), Cataloguing (CAT),  and Subject Analysis and Access (SAA) - how these IFLA sections are related and work together, and how their work intersects with the work of IFLA’s Review Groups: Bibliographic Conceptual Models (BCM), ISBD, LIDATEC, and UNIMARC. We also highlight their individual Section projects, which contribute globally to the area of the bibliographic universe.

    Getting started with an IFLA SIG

    17 February 2023

      Magdalena Gomułka, Convenor of IFLA's New Professionals Special Interest Group, encourages those beginning their IFLA journey to look to a SIG of interest as a starting point. Read more about the value of getting involved in one of the 12 IFLA Special Interest Groups. 

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      Partners in Library Publishing

      17 February 2023

        Library Publishing is part of a broader range of scholarly communication activities driven and managed by librarians in all types of libraries including national, state, academic, and public as well as learned societies Library Publishing advances the open scholarship agenda globally via the production of journals, monographs, and other publication outputs on a predominately open access basis. Library publishing programmes have strong EDI missions while strengthening bibliodiversity in the international scholarly communication landscape.

        Libraries partnering for the SDGs

        16 February 2023

          Libraries already do a lot for development on their own. But they can do even more as part of partnerships with a wide variety of actors, making unique contributions. This article focuses on examples taken from the IFLA Library Map of the World.