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Action at a local level has a key role to play in building an environment where reading and creativity is encouraged and supported, for all. The UNESCO World Book Capital Programme is there to highlight and celebrate great examples of cities and towns doing just this. Could yours be the next one? Nominations are open until 16 April 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.
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.
The UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee (IGC) for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (UNESCO’s 2005 Convention) convened for their 16th session from 7-10 February in Paris, France.
IFLA's North America Regional Division Committee successfully delivered the special session "Get To Know IFLA: Your Questions Answered" at the Ontario Library Association Super Conference 2023.
We are glad to inform that the definition from the IFLA ENSULIB Section "What is a Green Library?" is now available in 25 languages:
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.
The ISBD Review Group is pleased to announce the release of a Spanish translation of the 2021 Update of the 2011 Consolidated Edition of the ISBD.
IFLA and De Gruyter are seeking Expressions of Interest for the position of Series Editor for the IFLA Publication Series. Closing date: 3 March 2023.
The IFLA Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section Standing Committee has vacancies and we are seeking nominees with an interest in library services for young people.
The ISBD Review Group is pleased to publish the recording and slides of its webinar titled “From ISBD to ISBDM: a bibliographic standard in transformation”, held on 26 January 2023.
Are you interested becoming an advocate and change-maker in your library community through IFLA? The Section on Education and Training (SET) focuses on the new competencies and tools professional and emerging librarians need in this challenging and rapidly changing information age.
Registration is now open for the upcoming webinar "Providing New Insights in the Fields of Genealogy and Local History in Asia."
IFLA has made a submission to a call by the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression for evidence around the link between this freedom and sustainable development. This highlights the importance of freedom of access to information, and the role of libraries in making this meaningful and universal.
The Mid-Term Meeting of IFLA LAC Regional Division will be held on February 27-28 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico. In addition, an International Advocacy Seminar on "Transformation and Empowerment of Libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean” will be held on March 1 at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras.
On behalf of IFLA, I want to send strength and courage to our colleagues in Türkiye and Syria, in the wake of the terrible destruction and the sufferings of the people created by the recent earthquakes. I feel for the people in these countries who have lost not only their homes and belongings but also many people who were close to them.
The Marrakesh Treaty, signed almost 10 years ago, provides an opportunity to lift unnecessary barriers to access to information for people with disabilities, but are governments taking this up?
IFLA's Serials & Other Continuing Resources Section (SCORE) is currently seeking nominees for election to a four-year term starting in August 2023.