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IFLA’s First Fifty Years: A reprise

Extracts from ‘An Outline of IFLA’s History’ by Joachim Wieder, published in IFLA’s First Fifty Years: achieveme...

The History of the International Federation of Library Associations: From its creation to the Second World War, 1927-1940

"[de Vries' thesis] traces the history of the International Federation of Library Associations from the conception of th...

IFLA: Library Universality in a Divided World

A companion article to ‘IFLA’s first fifty years: a reprise. Extracts from ‘An Outline of IFLA’s History’ by J...

Public libraries and the influence of IFLA, 1930-1960, with special reference to Lionel McColvin’s chairmanship of the Public Libraries Section

Report by Anthony Thompson, IFLA Secretary General 1962-1970, concerning IFLA's influence on public libraries throughout...

Le livre objet de liberté apercu sur l’activité pendant la seconde guerre mondiale, au sein du Comité consultatif de la Croix-Rouge pour la lecture des prisonniers et internés de guerre

Longtemps on a cru que la seconde guerre mondiale de 1939 à 1944, avait entrainé, pour l'lFLA comme pour tant d'autres...

Fifty Years of IFLA [1927-1977]

Agfacolor Dio W slides from 1977 containing portrait photographs, photos of documents, original drawings and objects fro...

IFLA 75th Anniversary Brochure, 1927-2002

"The year 2002 is a time of celebration and remembrance within the global library and information community and beyond, ...

Comité consultatif pour la lecture des prisonniers et internés de guerre : rapport sur son activité [1951]

"This body, set up in April 1940, to provide prisoners and internees with educational books and religious and recreative...

Annual Report 2023-2024: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Annual Report 2023-2024 of the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Annual Report: IFLA WSIS submission 2024

The present year has brought many opportunities for libraries’ continued engagement for the support of a more inclusiv...

Minutes of Meeting: Equitable and Accessible Library Services (EALS), 19 July 2024

Items discussed at the meeting include Flashlight session (short reports by members in attendance; follow up on communic...

Action Plan 2023-2024: Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Action Plan 2023-2024 of the IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section

Meeting Minutes: Management of Library Associations Section Standing Committee, 16 September 2024

Meeting Minutes of the IFLA Management of Library Associations Section Standing Committee, held on Monday 16 September 2...

Meeting Minutes: IFLA Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section, 2 October 2024

Items discussed at the meeting include: Flashlight (Each member in attendance gives updates on activities since the last...

IFLA Metadata Newsletter: June 2018

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter is a joint publication of three sections: Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Subject Analysis a...

IFLA Metadata Newsletter: December 2015

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter is a joint publication of three sections: Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Classification and...

IFLA Metadata Newsletter: December 2017

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter is a joint publication of three sections: Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Subject Analysis a...

Minutes of meeting: Library Publishing Special Interest Group, 25 September 2024

IFLA Metadata Newsletter: June 2015

The IFLA Metadata Newsletter is a joint publication of three sections: Bibliography, Cataloguing, and Classification and...

Minutes of Meetings: Document Delivery and Resource Sharing Section, 03 October 2024

The Document Delivery and Resource Sharing (DDRS) Standing Committee met as per the monthly meeting and discussed the th...