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12 December 2022The webinar series "Sustainable Development Goals and Library Associations" follows the IFLA Strategic Direction 1.1 Show the power of libraries in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. A working group from MLAS in collaboration with IFLA New Professionals SIG and IFLA Regional Divisions will coordinate webinars about various top topics resulting from a survey MLAS carried out during 2020-2021. The webinar format includes interactive opportunities to engage attendees in conversations in languages spoken in the regions. Stay tuned for more information,
12 December 2022Newsletter with articles about libraries for children and young adults, including how libraries teach about climate, environment, and sustainability.
8 December 2022On the occasion of the Regional Workshop that IFLA organised in Bangkok, IFLA's Asia-Oceania Regional Division Committee had the opportunity to hold their first in person business meeting as a Committee in their own region. It was held in Bangkok, 16-17 November 2022. Read more here.
5 December 2022At the weekend, the world marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities - the 30th anniversary of the celebration. With a future-orientated theme - the role of innovation - it is nonetheless also an opportunity to remember the need to get the basics right, not least the right of access to information. IFLA encouraged those working with providing this access to help us update our Marrakesh Monitoring Report.
2 December 2022Approximately 150 librarians met at the ninth Knowledge Café, held during the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Dublin, Ireland, July 26-29, 2022.
1 December 2022From 6-20 November 2022, 35,000 delegates from 190 countries, including more than 90 heads of state, came together in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference – COP27.
1 December 2022We are pleased to announce the result of the IFLA Extraordinary Election for the key post of Chair of the Professional Council.
1 December 2022The below contribution comes from IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia-Oceania member Togi Tunupopo (National University of Samoa and Library Association of Samoa, Apia).
28 November 2022As we move towards the end of the year, we’ve not been slowing down at all. This edition, with its special focus on Documentary Heritage, provides just a glimpse of all the great work going on in our Federation to support the future of our field.
25 November 2022The IFLA Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL) Standing Committee held its The call to action: academic libraries responses to the SDGs webinar on 2 November, 2022.
23 November 2022In recent years, IFLA has focused strongly on how to develop library fields – the people, institutions, infrastructures and services that make it possible for communities to benefit from all that libraries can provide.
23 November 2022 IFLA representatives played a central role in the first meeting of a new network focused on strengthening and realising the potential of public and school libraries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
23 November 2022UNESCO’s Memory of the World (MoW) Programme celebrated its 30th anniversary from 27 October - 5 November 2022. This programme seeks to ensure that the documentary heritage of the world is preserved, protected, and accessible – for people now and in the future.
23 November 2022Coming after Media and Information Literacy week in late October and the Memory of the World celebration in early November, we highlight the News Media Section as part of this month’s Units + Strategy coverage. News Media has a lot on offer for 2022-2023, so read on to find out more about what this IFLA Professional Section has planned.
23 November 2022Access to information is often taken for granted, but represents a key condition for achieving innovation and positive change. At a seminar at the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific in Bangkok, around 50 libraries explored opportunities for stronger engagement in development initiatives.
23 November 2022IFLA's News Media Section raises the issue of "born digital" content preservation and its projects toward capture of, access to, and preservation of news media in this form.
23 November 2022The December 2022 issue contains 18 articles that represent perspectives from across the LIS field.
22 November 2022Cherie Bush, Chair of the IFLA Local History and Genealogy Section shares how the Section’s work contributes to documenting the heritage of the world through sharing collections, best practices, and stories.
22 November 2022Anna Bohn, Gregory Lukow, and Chair, Monique Threatt, of IFLA’s Audiovisual and Multimedia Section discuss the importance of restoration, digitisation and long-term preservation of audiovisual heritage in celebration of World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
22 November 2022Art libraries and art librarians have long endeavored to preserve, protect, and make accessible the treasures and expressions of humanity that have been collected in our respective institutions. The IFLA Art Libraries Section recognize and value the history and future of mankind which finds a voice through creative expression. It is an honor to foster connection between heritage objects and the people that we serve.