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A brief report of SOCRS business meeting 2022

Ready to advocate for the right copyright for libraries in Europe? Find out more about Knowledge Rights 21 at WLIC

Attending the 87th World Library and Information Congress in Dublin? Take the opportunity to check in with the Knowledge Rights 21 team and find out more about how you can get involved and contribute to its goals, especially on Thursday 28 July, 13:15, in Liffey Hall 2.

Making library voices heard at the highest level: successful IFLA participation at UN HLPF

A strong delegation of libraries engaged actively at the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development. In addition to building links with senior decision-makers, they gained valuable insights to share with colleagues, contributing to building a more sustainable library field.  

Digital Skills On Fire Workshop, July 26, WLIC 22 Dublin

CoS at WLIC 2022: Sessions about standards

Now Released IFLA Guidelines for Professional LIS Education Programmes and Invitation to Guidelines Session

Let's think collaboratively about Transformative Agreements

7th IFLA Green Library Award 2022 Results

SOCRS 2022 business meeting

[Webinar announcement] Where Do We Meet? Perspectives from Software Developers and Subject Specialists on Creating Machine Learning Projects

The IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Section’s Working Group on Automated Indexing is organizing the webinar titled "Where Do We Meet? Perspectives from Software Developers and Subject Specialists on Creating Machine Learning Projects". Webinar will be organized on Wednesday, Nov 9, 2022, 14:00 - 18:00 CET.

IFLA WLIC 2022 Satellite Conference: SET Training School: Towards a Curriculum for Social and Digital Inclusion and Lifelong Learning- Program

IFLA's Regional Division Committees participate at their first IFLA World Library & Information Congress in 2022

IFLA's Regional Division Committees will participate at their first IFLA World Library & Information Congress (WLIC) 2022 scheduled for Dublin, Ireland. They have prepared exciting Open sessions and are more than ready to share views and ideas on strengthening library advocacy at the regional evidence. Join their Open sessions to get to know what is happening in the world of libraries across all the regions of the world.

Subject Analysis and Access Section Open session at WLIC 2022: Semantic Shift and Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS)

Subject Analysis and Access Section will be at WLIC 2022 with the Open session titled Semantic Shift and Knowledge Organization Systems (KOS). Join us on Wednesday, July 27, 11:15 - 12:30, Liffey Hall 1.

Subject Analysis and Access Section - 1st Business Meeting at WLIC 2022

The IFLA Subject Analysis and Access Standing Committee will hold the first of two business meetings in person during IFLA WLIC 2022 on 25 July at 11:15-13:15 IST. (Wicklow Meeting Room 5)

Fascinating Facets: Recent Developments in Genre and Form Vocabularies - webinar presentations available

Presentations from the webinar “Fascinating Facets: Recent Developments in Genre and Form Vocabularies” organized by the Subject Analysis and Access Genre/Form Working Group on May 19, 2022 are available online.

WLIC-Global Action for School Libraries on Models of Inquiry in the Digital Age-Saturday July 23 at 8:30 to 15:30

WLIC- School Libraries Section-Business Meeting Monday July 25 : 11:15- 13:15

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter June 2022 issue is published

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter June 2022 issue is now published. 

Common Practices Published in IFLA Repository

Now available: Guidelines for Parliamentary Libraries, 3rd edition

The aim of this publication is to help develop and promote standards and best practice in making information and knowledge available to parliaments. They provide a comprehensive overview of the work of parliamentary libraries and research services.