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Empowering Youth Through Art and Heritage

The Poudre River Public Library District’s bilingual art workshop IMAGINANTES offers an opportunity for Latinx youth to connect to their heritage, their community, and their future.

December 2021 Newsletter celebrates 40 years of MCULTP

This issue features articles from current and former Standing Committee members of the section, looking back at their fondest memories and achievements over the past 40 years.

Choose Your Library Adventure and Discover the Wonders of the Library

During the pandemic, when schoolchildren's visits to Singapore's libraries dropped, the National Library Board innovated new ways to interact with students online.

Children impress as talk show hosts at Stockholm Public Library

Stockholm Public Library's new program series is a recorded talk show about books - planned and run by children. Adult authors might be invited as guests, but librarians and other adults gets to stay behind the camera.

The first issue of the ENSULIB Newsletter now available online

ISBD: Update 2021 to the 2011 Consolidated Edition [DRAFT]

The International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) Review Group is pleased to announce the release of the Update 2021 to the 2011 ISBD Consolidated Edition as a draft.

Standing on one foot - a Norwegian library's digital focus during the pandemic

The pandemic didn’t pull the rug from under our feet. It simply meant that we had to stand on one foot for a while.

Deadline extended for 2022 IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award!

The IFLA Section on Management and Marketing is partnering with PressReader in collaboration with the IFLA PressReader International Library Marketing Award for 2022. Submissions are due 19 December 2021.

Recording now available for the IFLA Webinar: Public Library of the Year Award

Internet Governance in 2021: takeaways and insights for libraries

Libraries and Access to Reproductive Health Information in Times of Crisis

Recording and Slides now available for the IFLA Webinar: Lessons from the Library Advocacy Priorities Study

These webinars around the theme “Lessons from the Library Advocacy Priorities Study” provide a starting point to think where and how we advocate for libraries. Recording and slides are now available.

Recording and Slides now available for the IFLA ARL Webinar "Tales of Rising from the Ashes: Rebuilding Libraries/Museums after a Disaster"

Recording and slides now available

Upcoming webinar: Literacy & Representation: Teaching Media & Visual Literacies Across Communities

The IFLA Audiovisual & Multimedia Section invites you to a 60-minute webinar: “Literacy & Representation: Teaching Media & Visual Literacies Across Communities”

Impacts of public access to the internet and ICT in libraries: reviewing recent evidence

The Great Sustainable Shifts: The Story of ENSULIB

The IFLA Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB) has existed little over ten years and the narrative of the group reflects broader shifts in the environmental discussion in libraries.

IFLA Newsletter, December 2021: Editorial

At the heart of IFLA’s values is the idea that everyone should enjoy freedom of access to information, and so to high quality library and information services. Yet upholding rights is not always easy or simple. This month's IFLA newsletter highlights different angles of our work in this area. Happy reading!

The Right Rights for Libraries? Discover library laws on IFLA Library Map of the World 

Did you know that you can find information about different library policies and laws from around the world on IFLA's Library Map of the World?  

Libraries for Human Rights: an Interview with Ellen Tise, Chair, IFLA Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression

With the December edition of IFLA's newsletter focusing on rights, this month's interview brings together IFLA Secretary General with Ellen Tise, IFLA President 2009-2011, and currently chair of IFLA's Advisory Committee on Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression. He asked her about her perspective on how libraries fit in with wider work on human rights. 

Job opportunity: Knowledge Rights 21 – Brussels Representative

The Brussels Lead will make a vital contribution to the Programme’s success at the European level, developing the networks, contact and understanding necessary within the EU institutions to catalyse change. Closing date: 15 December 2021.