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- From Presentation To Publication
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Seven papers that were presented at our LSN Satellite Program on "Libraries and The Homeless" presented in Tallinn, Estonia in August 2012 will be published in a special issue by Emerald...
News - 15 Abril 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Disadvantaged people, Information literacy, Information professionals, Library as place, Poverty, Library Services to People with Special Needs
- Internet Governance Forum 2012 - videos from IFLA workshops now available
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Last November the IFLA team attended the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Baku. During our time there we were run four workshops. These workshops were very successfully received and the...
News - 8 Abril 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Azerbaijan, IGF, Internet access
- E-Lending review in English public libraries
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The department of Culture, Media and Sport in the UK today published the Sieghart review on E-lending in English public libraries. This government commissioned review states that E-...
News - 27 Marzo 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, United Kingdom
- Libraries power development - Results from the Guardian live chat
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Stuart Hamilton participated in the Guardian live chat on the role information plays in development. The live chat lasted for 2 hours and recieved a lot of questions and feedback in form...
News - 25 Marzo 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Development, Guardian
- Folding shelves - The Economist publishes article on Elending
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In late March, The Economist published an article on the Elending and Public Libraries. Stuart Hamilton, Director of Policy and Advocacy, as well as members of the IFLA Network, such as...
News - 25 Marzo 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Advocacy, Copyright, Future of libraries, The Economist
- Libraries Power Development - IFLA and Libraries in The Guardian
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Photo: Dan Chung IFLA would like to draw your attention to an article we have just posted on the Guardian ‘Global Development Professionals’ blog. The...
News - 13 Marzo 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Guardian, Libraries and Development
- 13th International Symposium of Information Science
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The 13th International Symposium of Information Science (ISI) will be held against a background of accelerated change processes in both academic and everyday lifeworlds. In view of these...
Event - 6 Febrero 2013 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Conference, General discussion, Germany, Information technology, ISI, Knowledge management
- Libraries Driving Access to Knowledge (A2K)
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This book is a must for librarians with international interest in access to knowledge. It includes a collection of 15 chapters written by authors from all over the world and covers different...
Publication - 7 Septiembre 2012 (created)
Tagged: A2K, Access to information, Access to knowledge, Publications
- Deadline for early registration is Friday, June 1 for the IFLA Satellite Post-Conference: Beyond libraries
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This is a reminder that the early registration (with a reduced rate) for the IFLA Satellite Post-Conference, Beyond libraries – Subject metadata in the Digital Environment and Semantic Web,...
News - 29 Mayo 2012 (created)
Tagged: Access to information, Access to knowledge, Cataloguing, Classification and indexing, Digital resources, Electronic resources, Estonia, IFLA Satellite meeting, Indexing, Metadata, Semantic Web, Classification and Indexing
- ‘Enhancing the Culture of Reading and Books in the Digital Age: Copyright as a means to foster creativity and access’
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IFLA Secretary General Jennefer Nicholson (centre) with conference delegates; photo by Jacinta Were A short report on recent IFLA activities in Nairobi, Kenya Earlier...
News - 22 Mayo 2012 (created)
Tagged: Access to knowledge, Copyright, Kenya, Literacy, CLM (Committee on Copyright and other Legal Matters)