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Artificial intelligence as an instrument for smarter cataloguing: a prospective dialogue

Empirical evidence suggests that the hiring, training and retaining of cataloguers is increasingly challenging for libra...

Why Metadata Standards Matter?

This paper, presented as a keynote at the IFLA 2025 Congress in Astana, Kazakhstan, provides an overview of the importan...

Newsletter: Library Theory and Research Section, December 2025

The newsletter contains a letter from the newly appointed Section Chair, Yasuyo Inoue; a report from the Information Coo...

Minutes of Meeting: Acquisition and Collection Development Section, 21 October 2025

The meeting of the Acquisition and Collection Development Section, held on 21 October 2025, focused on the presentation ...

Newsletter: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, December 2025

Table of Contents of the IFLAPARL Newsletter December 2025 issue: Message from the Chair; Astana 2025 – WLIC 2025: Kno...

IFLA Standards Procedures Manual

The IFLA Standards Procedures Manual aims to give guidance to IFLA units on the production or revision of an IFLA standa...

IFLA-professionele verklaring over universele bibliografische controle (2025)

Deze professionele verklaring, goedgekeurd door de raad van bestuur van IFLA in juli 2025, definieert de belangrijkste p...

Επαγγελματική Δήλωση της IFLA για τον Διεθνή Βιβλιογραφικό Έλεγχο (2025)

Η παρούσα Επαγγελματική Δήλωση, η οποία εγκρίθηκε από το Διοικητι...

Newsletter: IFLA National Libraries Section, Autumn 2025

This issue provides an overview of recent developments across national libraries globally, documenting key projects, str...

Minutes of Meeting: Middle East and North Africa Regional Division, 28 October 2025

During this meeting, the new committee members were introduced. The committee’s action plan was also reviewed, with de...

37th IFLA Council session, 28 August – 4 September 1971, Liverpool, United Kingdom [group photograph]

Group photograph published in IFLA Annual 1971 featuring members of the IFLA Consultative Committee at the 37th Session ...

Newsletter: Information Literacy Section, Winter 2025

We are pleased to share the latest issue of the IFLA Information Literacy Section Newsletter, which brings together 10 c...

Newsletter: IFLA Library Services to Multicultural Populations Section, December 2025

This issue highlights global library contributions to updating the Multicultural Communities: Guidelines for Library Ser...

Minutes of Meeting: IFLA Regional Council, 28 October 2025

The third meeting of the Regional Council 2025-2027 was held virtually on 28 October 2025. Items discussed during this m...

Профессиональное заявление IFLA об Универсальном библиографическом контроле (2025)

Настоящее Профессиональное заявление, утверждённое Руководящим ...

IFLA-ның Әмбебап библиографиялық бақылау жөнінде кәсіби мәлімдемесі (2025)

IFLA Басқарушы кеңесі 2025 жылдың шілде айында бекіткен осы Кәсіби мә...

IFLA-UNESCO സ്കൂൾ ൈല്രബറി മാനിെഫേസ്റ്റാ 2025

IFLA-UNESCO സ്കൂൾ ലൈബ്രറി മാനിഫെസ്റ്റോ 2025, മുൻ IFLA/UNESCO സ�...

IFLA Townhall (Nov-Dec 2025) Slides

These are the slides presented at the November and December IFLA Townhall Meetings, led by IFLA President Leslie Weir an...

Minutes of Meeting: Library Publishing Special Interest Group, 3 December 2025

Minutes of Meeting: Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section, 19 February 2023

Minutes of the Standing Committee meeting where action plan items were discussed.