IFLA – Access

IFLA publishes first ever guidelines for libraries supporting displaced persons: Refugees, migrants, immigrants, asylum seekers

LibrariesDecember 17, 2024

(16 Dec 2024) The first ever IFLA Guidelines for Libraries Supporting Displaced Persons grew from a chapter inside the 2017 IFLA Guidelines for library services to people who experience homelessness published by the IFLA Equitable and Accessible Library Services Section (EALS) (formerly Library Services to People with Special Needs – LSN Section). Even at the time the need was…

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IFLA Trend Report 2024 launched

LibrariesOctober 7, 2024

(30 Sep 2024) We don’t need to know for sure what the future holds for libraries and the communities they serve in order to be able to play a role in shaping it. The 2024 Trend Report, launched at the Information Futures Summit and made possible by SIGL support, offers a key resource for librarians,…

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IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Newsletter May 2024 is now available

Asia PacificMay 26, 2024

(13 May 2024) Contents of this issue include: Planning for the future of knowledge and information in Asia-Oceania INCITE in Conversation CONSAL XIX comes to Malaysia Report on the “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – Measurement, Evaluation, Demonstrating Impact of Library Services” Workshop in Kandy, Sri Lanka What does Singapore public libraries’ Chief Innovation Officer do?…

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IFLA Information Literacy Section Newsletter Summer 2024 is now available

Information literacyMay 26, 2024

(14 May 2024) The IFLA Information Literacy (ILS) Section Newsletter is published twice a year. Articles in the Summer 2024 issue include: Unlocking Minds: Digital Libraries for Sustainable Literacy (Banaras Hindu University, India) Transforming the AMDI Library, Universiti Sains Malaysia: Embracing Innovation for Enhanced Learning (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia) Library Instruction and Blended Learning at RMIT University Vietnam…

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IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News – Feb 2024 is now available

Asia Pacific, LibrariesMarch 4, 2024

(28 Feb 2024) In this issue of IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Division Newsletter, Malaysian Libraries: Transforming Communities Through Citizen Science Building a Digital Network of Chinese Ancient Books” Chinese Ancient Books Resources Database Construction and Services Innovation for Enhanced Smart Library Services Implementation and Response to SDGs by a Public Library: Innovative AR Picture…

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Copyright priorities in 2024: What do the experts say?

CopyrightJanuary 31, 2024

(22 Jan 2024) Copyright rules have a key impact on the work of libraries, shaping how we acquire, manage, and enable people to use knowledge. It is also an evolving issue, with new laws and regulation always under discussion, in response to technological, political and economic change. IFLA asked the members of its Advisory Committee…

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IFLA Green Library Award 2024: Call for submissions

LibrariesDecember 1, 2023

(20 Nov 2023) ENSULIB, IFLA’s Environment, Sustainability & Libraries Section announces the 9th IFLA Green Library Award 2024 is open for submissions. The prize is awarded in two categories: Category 1: Best Green Library/Grand-Scale Project Category 2: Best Green Library Project The deadline for applications is 28 February 2024. Find out more here.…

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Invitation to host IFLA WLIC 2024 in Dubai withdrawn

LibrariesOctober 11, 2023

(3 Oct 2023) IFLA has been informed of the decision to withdraw the invitation to hold the 2024 World Library and Information Congress in Dubai. The decision was communicated to us by the Emirates Library and Information Association who led the bid to support the development of the field and wider region. As Dubai…

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IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News – June 2023 is now available

Asia Pacific, LibrariesJune 15, 2023

(6 Jun 2023) In this issue of IFLA Asia and Oceania Regional Quarterly News: IFLA Elections 2023 Results Role of Asia-Oceania Government Libraries in VNR Preparation Retrospective of AI Satellite Conference in Singapore Five-Storey Punggol Regional Library Official Opens Today Mapping Collection of Southeast Asian Maritime World Children Read in Seasons (CRIS) 11th International Library…

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Webinar: Sustainable development goals and library associations

EventJune 1, 2023

(31 May 2023) IFLA’s Management of Library Associations Section (MLAS) in collaboration with the New Professionals Special Interest Group (NPSIG), the Environment, Sustainability and Libraries Section (ENSULIB), and the IFLA Regional Divisions is proud to announce a webinar series on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Library Associations. The webinar series “Sustainable Development Goals and…

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