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The Director General of the National Library of Malaysia

It is a great honour to have the opportunity to introduce myself in this newsletter.

Message from the Regional Office

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Mr Winston Roberts as the newly elected Chair of the IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania as well as the 19 Members of the Committee.

Message from Chair of IFLA Regional Division Committee for Asia and Oceania

Our region of Asia-Oceania has a stronger mandate and a new Committee. The Pacific (North and South) is more strongly represented than before. The Regional Council and all the Regional Division Committees are actively preparing their Action Plans which will fit in with IFLA’s overall Action Plan. You will hear more from us in the coming months and years!

The UNESCO General Conference: recognising libraries as partners in culture, education, and access to information

UNESCO’s 41st General Conference has ended. This biennial meeting brings together representatives of the Member States, alongside observers from non-Member States, intergovernmental organisations, and non-governmental organisations, to determine the policies and the main lines of work of UNESCO.

Exploratory meeting : formation of an IFLA Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence applications are increasingly a part of the library space: in chatbots, embedded in library systems, used for automated indexing and classification, and integral to robots.  The IT Section in the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions is sponsoring the formation of a Special Interest Group in AI (AI SIG).

Public Libraries: Responding in Times of Crisis

Earlier this month more than 100 delegates joined Dr Sadie-Jane Nunis (Singapore Institute of Management), Vickery Bowles (Toronto Public Library) and Prof R. David Lankes (University of Texas at Austin’s School of Information) for a webinar facilitated by Erik Boekesteijn (National Library of the Netherlands)

Bringing the Voice of Libraries to COP26

IFLA was proud to join the Climate Heritage Network in a series of events that brought the voices of cultural heritage and cultural institutions to the table – highlighting the sector’s critical role in powering climate action.

Report IFLA-IPU Conference Parliamentary library & research services: towards an agenda for the next decade

On 6-8 October, 2021, an exciting collaboration between the IFLA Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section and the Inter-Parliamentary Union led to a successful virtual event, addressing some key issues on the agenda of parliamentary library & research services in the next decade.

SOCRS November meeting

ARL Webinar on Disaster in Libraries: Speakers' Bio (October 2021)

Upcoming webinar: "Accessibility Helps You Share More, Share Better", November 23rd

The IFLA Audiovisual and Multimedia Section (AVMS) invites you to a 60-minute webinar on how to make born digital content more accessible.

Library Voices in the Internet Governance Forum 2021: A Look Ahead

The upcoming 2021 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) offers libraries an opportunity to engage with internet governance policy dialogues, and to shape their role in helping achieve these ambitious goals.

The Role of Libraries in National Broadband Plans and Policies

A 2-part report by IFLA and EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) explores the roles libraries play in different national broadband policies and plans, and how such policy measures were implemented in practice.

We’re back! WLIC to be in Dublin, Ireland in 2022

IFLA is excited to announce its plan to hold the 87th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in person, in Dublin, Ireland. Mark the dates in your diary now – 26-29 July 2022 – and look out for more updates!

IFLA Library History SIG Annual Report for 2020-21 Now Online

Editorial: IFLA Newsletter – The Creativity Issue

This newsletter shares perspectives from outside of our field around the role that libraries can play, looks at the work libraries themselves are already doing to advocate for the importance of creativity for all and libraries’ role in it, and welcomes examples of how this is happening on the ground.

Job opportunity: Human Resources Officer

IFLA Headquarters is looking for an experienced Human Resources Officer (part time position, 16 hours per week) to join a dynamic international team working with members and volunteers on global projects.

Volunteering in Libraries – Activities and Benefits - Call for Proposals

December’s webinar is dedicated to the International Volunteer Day (December 5) and therefore its theme is “Volunteering in Libraries – Activities and Benefits”.

Second Edition of the Guidelines for the Selection of Digital Heritage Featured in International Conference on Digital Preservation

The theme for this year’s World Digital Preservation Day (4 November) is: ’Breaking Down Barriers’.

Call for Applications: Library and Information Science Student Voices: Global Peer-to-Peer Dialogue

The IFLA Building Strong Library and Information Science Education Working Group (BSLISE) announces the second webinar “Library and Information Science Student Voices: Global Peer-to-Peer Dialogue”.