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IFLA launches toolkit to support library institutions and associations to advocate for access to information in the UN post-2015 development agenda

LibrariesOctober 14, 2014

(6 October 2014) As the United Nations reflects on the future of global development and the post-2015 agenda, access to information must be recognised as critical to supporting governments to achieve development goals, and enabling citizens to make informed decisions to improve their own lives. IFLA, the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, believes that libraries…

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Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP) launches new website

Asia Pacific, LibrariesSeptember 24, 2014

(24 September 2014) Dr. Dianne Heriot, President of the Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP), launched the Association’s new website in July 2014. The website is the result of nine months’ collaboration and work by the APLAP Executive. For the first time in APLAP’s 24 year history, all of the Association’s…

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Guidelines for Planning the Digitization of Rare Book and Manuscript Collections

DigitizationSeptember 23, 2014

(22 September 2014) Digitization guidelines have proliferated in many forms over the last fifteen years, and all of them reflect a set of best practices that continues to evolve. These guidelines, published by IFLA, attempt to complement this body of knowledge by addressing the specific needs related to planning digitization projects for rare and special…

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ALIA poster wins international award

Asia PacificAugust 24, 2014

(22 August 2014, Canberra) An Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) poster, which highlights the future of the Australian library and information science profession, has won an award at an international conference held in France. ALIA’s Future of the Profession poster has been on display at the International Federation of Library Associations’ (IFLA) conference, the…

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IFLA launches the 2014 eLending Background Paper

eBooksAugust 1, 2014

(30 July 2014) The eLending environment for libraries around the world continues to change at a rapid pace. In 2012, IFLA released its Background Paper on eLending, which formed the basis for the production of the IFLA Principles for Library eLending, the third revision of which was issued at the World Library & Information Congress…

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ARL Attendance Grant applications for IFLA Congress, Lyon 2014

Asia Pacific, EventFebruary 14, 2014

(13 February 2014) The Academic and Research Libraries Section (ARL), with generous sponsorship by ExLibris and Sage, is offering three Attendance Grants for the IFLA Congress in Lyon 2014 to an information professional from each of these regions: • Africa • Latin America • Asia/Pacific region Each grant covers the registration fee of Euro 455…

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Call for papers for International Symposium on Library Services for Children and Young Adults

Asia Pacific, EventJanuary 27, 2014

(24 January 2014) The symposium takes place 19-20 June in South Korea. Details here:

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International discussions on copyright exceptions for libraries and archives re-commence today

(18 December 2013, IFLA) Today, on the third day of negotiations at the 26th meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright & Related Rights (SCCR) at WIPO headquarters in Geneva, discussions regarding copyright exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives are getting underway. A number of countries including Brazil, Tunisia, Iran, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago…

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IFLA Statement on Text and Data Mining (2013)

DataDecember 16, 2013

(12 December 2013) IFLA maintains that legal certainty for text and data mining (TDM) can only be achieved by (statutory) exceptions. As an organization committed to the principle of freedom of access to information, and the belief that information should be utilised without restriction in ways vital to the educational and cultural well-being of communities,…

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IFLA publishes Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining

Data, LibrariesDecember 14, 2013

(12 December 2013) IFLA is pleased to announce the publication of a Statement on Libraries and Text and Data Mining. The IFLA Governing Board approved the statement on 4 December 2013. There are vast amounts of information and data being generated every day through government, academic, economic and social activities. Text and data mining has emerged as…

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