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President's Closing Ceremony Speech, IFLA WLIC 2025

The closing address of the IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2025 reflects on the significance of hosting the ...

Incoming President Closing Ceremony Speech, IFLA WLIC 2025

The Incoming President’s Closing Ceremony address at IFLA WLIC 2025 acknowledges the leadership of outgoing President ...

Minutes of Meeting: Professional Council, 16 August 2025

Minutes from the 16 August 2025 meeting of the IFLA Professional Council

President’s Opening Ceremony Speech, IFLA WLIC 2025

The Opening Ceremony address of IFLA WLIC 2025 welcomes delegates to Astana, marking the first IFLA Congress in Central ...

Report of the President to the IFLA General Assembly 2025

The General Assembly address at IFLA WLIC 2025 provides a report on the Federation’s progress over the past year and r...

Library Classification Systems: Exploring The Democratic Potential of Custom Approaches in German Libraries

This poster explores the democratic potential of custom classification systems in libraries, particularly in specialized...

Speaking Out in the Stacks: Oral History Project of LGBTQIA+ Librarians

LGBTQIA+ librarians have established inclusive and diverse library institutions, yet their contributions remain largely ...

The Language of the Conquerors: Opening the Lost World of the Turkic Empires for Genealogical Research

The imperial records of the Turkic empires of the past several centuries, initially composed in such dead languages as O...

Youth Information Literacy in the Age of AI: Insights from a Danish Study

A qualitative mobile ethnographic study explored how Danish pupils and students across educational levels search for and...

IFLA Statement on Contract Override (2025)

This statement, agreed by the Governing Board on 16 August 2025, establishes IFLA's position in favour of strong contrac...

Addendum to the IFLA Statement on Net Neutrality: Network Usage Fees (2025)

This statement complements the 2016 Statement on Net Neutrality by highlighting a new type of threat to this - the impos...

Minutes of Meeting: Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section, 7 May 2025

Minutes taken at the ENSULIB Section business meeting held on May 7th, 2025 via Zoom.

Minutes of Meeting: Art Libraries Section, 19 June 2023

Minutes of Meeting: Art Libraries Section, 18 January 2023

Voluntary Collaboration, Future Impact: AI Adoption in Turkish University Libraries

Voluntary Collaboration, Future Impact: AI Adoption in Turkish University Libraries The advancement of Artificial Intell...

Minutes of Meeting: Art Libraries Section, 7 January 2025

Minutes of Meeting: Art Libraries Section, 17 August 2025

Inclusive Animation Studio

The goal of our project "Bala-DARYN Inclusive Animation Studio" is to develop the creative abilities of children with di...

UM Smart Campus: The Popularity and Impact of the Book Pickup Service (BPS) at the Universiti Malaya Library

The Book Pickup Service (BPS), launched by the University of Malaya Library in August 2023, reflects the library’s ini...

Library available to children left behind in urban village: a grass-root library operated by social welfare organization

Abstract: Fengyang library is located in Kanglu community, a concentration of fabric manufacture that holds over a hundr...