(5 July 2016) The IFLA Green Library Award was established in 2016 by Environmental Sustainability for Libraries (ENSULIB), a special interest group of IFLA. The award, generously sponsored by De Gruyter publishing, communicates libraries’ commitment to environmental sustainability. Moreover, the objective is to create awareness of libraries’ social responsibility and leadership in environmental education. In…
(17 June 2016) Library association leaders, IFLA leadership, staff and trainers participated in a milestone event for the Building Strong Library Associations programme in Manila, Philippines 30 May-2 June 2016. The first ever BSLA Global Meeting, hosted by IFLA in partnership with the Philippine Librarians Association (PLAI), highlighted the stories, challenges and successes from associations…
(2 June 2016) IFLA’s Building Strong Library Associations (BSLA) programme has been expanded through a series of workshops and projects at the regional level in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean since 2014, now reaching more than 60 countries since the Programme began in 2010. From 30 May to 2 June 2016 IFLA…
(24 May 2016) At 32nd session of the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), which met earlier this month in Geneva, libraries made many interventions. In particular, IFLA and others made the case for: Parallel Importation – allowing libraries and archives to purchase works from abroad when they are…
(18 May 2016) IFLA’s Environmental Sustainability and Libraries Special Interest Group (ENSULIB) is pleased to announce the winner of the IFLA Green Library Award 2016. The IFLA Green Library Award was established 2016 by ENSULIB (SIG) and generously sponsored by De Gruyter publishing. The award is 500 Euros for the first place winner. Objectives of…
(24 March 2016) The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) with the support of IFLA/BSLA has initiated a programme to promote and propagate Professional Conduct and Ethical (PCE) culture among library and information professionals in Sri Lanka. As initial phase, a three day workshop to train the trainers on PCE was organized and ceremonially inaugurated at…
(25 February 2016) The “right to be forgotten” refers to an individual’s ability to request that a search engine (or other data provider) remove links to information about himself or herself from search results. This has also been referred to as the “right to delist,” the “right to obscurity,” the “right to erasure” or the…
(5 February 2016) The International Leaders Programme is a two-year Programme designed to increase the cohort of leaders who can effectively represent the wider library sector in the international arena, and to develop leaders within IFLA. The Programme provides opportunities that IFLA is in the unique position to offer through our global role and reputation…
(3 February 2016) The IFLA Section on Metropolitan Libraries and AIB (Associazione Italiana Biblioteche), in collaboration with Regione Umbria, Gallucci editore, MediaLibraryOnLine and Del Vecchio editore, has the pleasure to announce A Corto di Libri, AIB/IFLA International Short Film Competition about Libraries for 2016. “A Corto di Libri” honors short films which focus on libraries and the…
(20 January 2016) The IFLA Green Library Award will reward the best Green Library submission that communicates the library’s commitment to environmental sustainability To create awareness of libraries’ social responsibility and leadership in environmental education. Libraries of all types are encouraged to participate To support the worldwide Green Library movement, concerned with – environmentally sustainable…
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