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We are proud to accept this Special Mention as a recognition of the many efforts the Section undertakes to communicate effectively with IFLA members and library colleagues around the world.
Country coordinators can start now uploading their selection of titles for the 3rd edition of the World Through Picture Books catalogue
IFLA's President Christine Mackenzie and Secretary General Gerald Leitner have issued the below statement concerning the situation in Afghanistan.
IFLA’s Professional Units offer Grants and Professional Awards in honour of excellence in their sectors. A few of these awards were highlighted at this year’s WLIC Unit Awards Session. In addition to the Unit awards, the Dynamic Unit and Impact Award for 2020 and for 2021 were featured.
The past 20 months have required libraries around the world to not only find ways to deliver their services remotely when possible – but also to reflect on their broader roles in the digital ecosystem.
The IFLA/UNESCO Public Library Manifesto proclaims UNESCO's belief in the public library as a living force for education, culture and information, and as an essential agent for the fostering of peace and welfare through the minds of all people.
IFLA WLIC provides a great opportunity to reaffirm the goals of the IFLA Strategy, and to accelerate our efforts to implement it.
IFLA’s General Assembly is only a week away. Following this meeting, IFLA's new Statutes and revised structure will be implemented. A new era for the Federation will begin.
IFLA WLIC 2021 online session sponsored by the IT Section is about OER and library IT, don't miss it!
This year our session follows the Congress Opening Ceremony at 0730 GMT on Tuesday 17 August.
DAY 2 Stream 1 on your WLIC 2021 Program!
Translations of the Guidelines are now available in 26 languages!
The IFLA Library Buildings and Equipment session at WLIC 2021 - Safe and open: post-recovery library design - takes place on day 1 (17th August).
Soon, the global library field will be together again, back for the 86th World Library and Information Congress.
The theme is "Preserving our recorded sound and visual heritage for the future...and beyond!"
An Open Forum on LTR research projects. LIS research that is sensitive to diverse communities, multiple ways of knowing, and local participation
Develop LIS education programs, appropriate to a diverse community and relevant to its local contexts in a globalized economy