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Learning to lead: a scan of global library field practice

Leadership in libraries and related fields plays a crucial role in creating an innovative and productive environment. It...

IFLA 1977: World Congress of Librarians, Brussels, Belgium [photograph]

IFLA Staff member Dia van Vliet (wearing IFLA T-shirt) at the "Fifty Years of IFLA" display during the 1977 IFLA World C...

Minutes of meeting: Acquisition and Collection Development Section, 10 September 2024

Understanding Library Field Structures

The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), as part of its partnership with Stichting ...

Marrakesh Monitoring Report 2025

This is the latest update of IFLA's Marrakesh Monitoring Report, which surveys available information about legislation i...

Minutes of Meeting: Management of Library Associations Section, Monday, 25 November, 2024

The last Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) Standing Committee Meeting for the year 2024 was held on 25...

Report of the IFLA mission to South Africa, June 1993

Charge to the 1993 Mission: "During a two-week visit to Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban the mission will assess the o...

IFLA Mittelfristiges Programm 1998 - 2001

"Die Tätigkeit der IFLA setzt sich aus den Aktivitäten der Abteilungen, Sektionen, Arbeitskreise und Kernprogramme zus...

IFLA Headquarters at the Nederlands Congresgebouw, 1972 [photographs]

From 1972-1982, IFLA Headquarters was located in the the 'Nederlands Congresgebouw' (World Forum) in The Hague, The Neth...

Annual Report: IFLA Universal Dataflow and Telecommunications (UDT) Core Programme, 1996

"The UDT Programme Plan for 1996 continued to follow the goals and objectives set out in the 1992-1997 Medium-Term Plan ...

11th Session of the IFLA Council, 4–5 July 1938, Brussels, Belgium [group photograph]

Group photograph featuring delegates at the 11th Session of the IFLA Council, which took place from 4–5 July 1938 in B...

IFLA's programme advancement of librarianship in the third world : ALP : a proposal for the future [1990]

"This report with proposals for the future of IFLA' s ALP Programme is a result of a project which I have carried out fo...

22nd Session of the IFLA Council, 3–4 September 1956, Munich, Germany [group photograph]

Group photograph featuring delegates at the 22nd Session of the IFLA Council, which took place from 3–4 September 1956...

IFLA's Professional Priorities [2001]

5-language (English, French, Spanish, German, Russian) outline of IFLA's Professional Priorities, as of January 2001: "T...

IFLA and the Third World : the IFLA core programme on the advancement of librarianship in the Third World (ALP) [1986]

"The present brochure deals with a concerted effort to mobilize all available professional and financial resources to im...

IFLA programa a medio plazo 1998-2001

"Las actividades de la IFLA están constituídas por las actividades de sus Divisiones, Secciones, Mesas Redondas y Prog...

The IFLA ALP (Advancement of Librarianship in Developing Countries) Programme : A Bibliography 1966-1990

"The origin of this bibliography was a literature search carried out in connection with the ALP study - a study of the o...

The IFLA Core Programme for the Advancement of Librarianship in the Third World [1994]

5-year (1992-1997) workplan and goals for the IFLA ALP Programme.

38th Session of the IFLA Council, 28 August – 2 September 1972, Budapest, Hungary [group photographs]

Group photographs featuring delegates at the 38th Session of the IFLA Council, which took place from 28 August – 2 Sep...

IFLA and the Third World : the IFLA core programme on the advancement of librarianship in the Third World (ALP) [1987]

"This brochure, which was originally compiled for a goodwill mission through Scandinavia (December 1986, see 5.2.11) has...